Imu

Chapter 661: Imu

Slavery covered a very broad range. Although those feudal states that had begun transitioning toward imperial rule already possessed the characteristics of an imperial feudal system, as long as the people within those systems were not free, their bodies did not belong to themselves. Their bodies belonged to those with power.

Although the World Government had created one imperial state after another, it had even stepped into what appeared to be a democratic parliamentary system itself.

But in reality, that was merely an illusion. The truth was that the World Government was a dictatorship based on bloodlines, disguised as a democratic nation.

Such a bloodline-based state was stagnant water. The Celestial Dragons' Five Elders were the Celestial Dragons' Five Elders, not the Five Elders of the people. Therefore, these Five Elders would never place the interests of the people first. Their only goal was to help Imu plunder the world, allowing Imu to live more comfortably while also letting the Celestial Dragons live more comfortably.

In other words, when the state belonged to one family, they were even less inclined to care whether ordinary people in other countries lived or died. They could even shirk their responsibility: Look, you're the king. Your people live poorly because your king is incompetent. Just replace the king, replace the system, and everything will be fine.

But what was the reality? The Celestial Dragons had established a global taxation system much like that of the United States. The United States' tax system was even more refined—so refined that anyone even slightly foolish would fail to realize they were being invisibly exploited through the United States' dollar—oil—global commodity trading—SWIFT transaction system. All it needed to do was keep printing money, and it could endlessly seize the goods and wealth produced by others