#424. Aren’t you learning history?
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“This country is too harsh on its people.”
“To residential vehicle travel destinations. Everything is limited in what you can buy and use according to your citizenship level.”
“Those who do not meet the labor quota will have their labor points reduced and have to live at the minimum level, and in the worst case, they will be sent to Gulag.”
“Do you know how it is in the Gulag? We have to do eight hours of forced labor a day.”
“Even if you can’t fulfill your workload, your meals will be replaced with nutritional supplements, and you will be banned from using free facilities, including the game room.”
“So this country needs a revolution.”
The home of the revolutionary government.
In the middle of a passionate speech in an underground hideout that had been used since the days of the Revolutionary Army.
Bachemensky made a puzzled expression.
“Brother Reno? Why?”
“…There are many things I want to say, but let’s start with this one.”
A gray-haired young man pressing his temple as if he had a headache.
Limon asked quietly.
“Why are you arguing with me like this?”
“This is the teacher’s order. He will be bored while being held hostage, so in the meantime, discuss the need for a revolution with Brother Reno.”
“Oh yeah?”
‘Are you trying to shake the New Revolutionary Army through me? For something like that, the cutting edge is a bit…’
He scratched his chin for a while.
After getting rid of unnecessary worries, Limon decided to solve his headache first.
“Hey, researcher hyung. This is just advice… It would be better not to say that in front of foreigners if possible? Especially in front of my pets.”
“A pet?”
“huh.”
It sounds like something stupid.
Seeing Bachemenski bewildered, Limon said with a sigh.
“If my pet had listened to you, I think it would have fired the double side kick of rage.”
* * *
[Ummm… Strangely, it tickles my ears. Who is talking about me?]
[Isn’t it because I’m overworked? Aye please I could easily work 20 hours a day during my PAB days.]
[Sleep? That was solved by taking a nap while the team leader was beating up the criminals.]
[You can eat bread or whatever while eating.]
[Thanks to that, I got a lot of salary. In Korea, 160% of overtime pay was given to high-level players.]
[Yes? Where did you spend that money? That’s right, I buy clothes for the kids, buy them presents, donate…]
[Anyway, a nursery school doesn’t work properly just by providing it from the government.]
[Travel? Hey, what kind of punishment are you talking about? Earn while you’re young! If you don’t have savings,
you’ll have a hard time in your old age.] […I died before I even reached old age.]
[Still, the job market is so bad these days. If you can work while receiving that money at a young age, you should work at least 22 hours instead of 20.]
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“Isn’t that an exaggerated rumor?”
“Do you think it’s an exaggeration?”
“Of course not. There is no way anyone would volunteer to work 20 hours a day without anyone pointing a gun at them.”
“Well, born slaves like that aren’t common… Common sense tells me.”
At Limon’s words, which had a very delicate expression, Bachemensky involuntarily exclaimed in relief.
“Look at it!”
“But it’s clear that humans who can play and eat for the rest of their lives 24 hours a day are rarer.”
“…what do you want to say?”
“If you believe that a world will come where everyone can enjoy wealth and glory through a revolution, you are saying wake up.”
“I’m not dreaming of such an absurd country.”
“Then what kind of country are you going to create?”
“Didn’t I tell you? It is a country where everyone can live freely and equally without discrimination of status.”
“Isn’t there such a country?”
“yes?”
“It means that there is status discrimination in any country, and no one can make a living doing all the things they want.”
Power, property, kinship, delay, education, gender, age, race, etc.
It’s explicit, but it’s not.
In any era, in any place, for all kinds of reasons, status and discrimination have existed and will continue to do so.
Limon said sullenly.
In fact, even if money is not everything in life, it has been an unchanging truth since ancient times that the width of freedom depends on how much property you have.
“And this is a subjective opinion, but at least in terms of the class system, the Russian Khanate is relatively fair.”
“Are you saying that the dictator’s country is fair?”
“At least in terms of giving anyone a chance to rise.”
Limon shrugged.
Whether passing the test with talent.
Or try hard.
sacrifice for the country.
Anyone who proves their ability and makes a contribution can rise in the world.
On the other hand, in this society that only believes in the majesty of this family that rots talent through laziness, those who cause trouble eventually lose their citizenship rating.
Even corruption is rare because of the thorough surveillance system of Okrana and the Central Supervisory Service.
There is just an overly meritocratic aspect.
In terms of fairness, the Russian Khanate provides a fair chance for success.
To Limon, who spoke calmly, Bachemensky inadvertently objected.
“So you’re saying that over 80% of Russians are third-class citizens because they’re lazy?”
“Regardless of the effort, it is clear that at least the 20% who pass the test are sincere or have some superior ability than the remaining 80%.”
“that…!”
“If you want to deny it, explain why the ratio of first-class citizens among high-ranking party members in the revolutionary government is high.”
“…”
Bachemensky was speechless.
Of course, he has suffered from all kinds of heavy work just because he is a first-class citizen.
It was the situation of the revolutionary government that even the third-class citizens who had been appointed as bureaucrats were not doing their jobs properly, which only added to the chaos.
“…they just don’t know how to use their abilities because they haven’t been properly educated.”
“Isn’t there compulsory education in Russia?”
“Compulsory education is only basic. First-class citizens are educated at home by their parents before they even go to school.”
“okay? Then first-class citizens shouldn’t even give their parents a chance to get an education.”
“I mean that…”
“Education is not the only problem. When you are a child, everything you eat, wear, see and hear becomes an education.”
Without even listening to Bachemensky’s objection.
Limon said calmly.
“The ideal would be for all babies to be sent to foster care at random as soon as they are born. Then everyone can grow up equally, right?”
“What nonsense is that!”
“why? In fact, there are countries that force the entire population to do this.”
“Don’t talk nonsense! What crazy country would do such a thing!”
Bachemensky was furious.
Equality has degrees.
For the sake of fairness, forcibly sending a child to an orphanage immediately after birth was a product of madness.
And Limon made a strange expression.
“…I’ve felt it before, but don’t the revolutionary soldiers properly learn their country’s history?”
“What is that…?”
what a nonsense word
Vachemensky, who inadvertently frowned, was immediately taken aback.
Why did Limon say this?
Because there was something that suddenly came to mind.
“You guessed right, researcher.”
I nodded my head at him with a puzzled expression.
Limon put on a cold smile.
“The country that actually did that crazy thing for equality and freedom for all was the original Soviet Union.”
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“I don’t know about the other revolutionaries, but don’t you, General Secretary, know something?”
“What do you mean?”
“What a mess this country was, to be exact, the Soviet Union.”
“….”
Sergei kept silent.
Catherine smiled at him.
Just by looking at his heavy expression, he could tell that he had hit the right mark.
That’s why she continued happily, like a kitten digging its claws into a mouse’s wounds.
“Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning. Even in the early days of the country, everyone tried to create a country of equal workers.”
Soviet Union.
after the fall of the Russian Empire.
The world’s first and largest communist country that was founded by eating other neighboring countries.
The country, commonly referred to as the Soviet Union, raised its momentum as if it would dye the world in a red wave until about 100 years ago.
However, their ideals were soon blocked by the harsh walls of reality.
“The problem is that it was the age of heroes.”
The Greater East Asian Empire ruled by the swordsman.
The United States of America where there was a sword spirit and a sword ring.
The Indian kingdom led by the swordsman.
Europe, etc., which was protected by sword light.
The Soviet Union was born in the early 20th century.
It was a time when the greatest number of sword masters in history coexisted.
In addition, there were no players like in modern times, and the age of heroes was far superior to the present.
Only countries with sword masters deserved to be called a great power.
no matter how large the territory is.
Whether you have an army of millions.
The Soviet Union, which did not have even a single superhuman of the absolute class, let alone a sword master, was treated as a weak country.
It was unavoidable.
The Soviet Union was a revolutionary country.
As it was established by thoroughly excluding vested interests, it was inevitable that it would not be on good terms with the existing superhumans.
If there had been a superman of the absolute class in Russia in the first place, the revolution would not have succeeded.
“So the Commonwealth had to struggle to survive among the great powers.”
The Soviet Union, which set the goal of making the whole world a country of equal workers, was making all the great powers its virtual enemies.
In other words, any sword master would have a reason to invade the Soviet Union.
One in particular was like that.
That’s why they did all sorts of irrational measures to stop the Sword Master.
superhuman plan.
weaponization of abilities.
brainwashing technology research.
militarization of the people.
Another world migration plan, etc.
It was the Soviet Union that did so many things that other countries at the time, as well as now, would consider insane.
“Thanks to that, the whole country has been ruined.”
Of course, all plans failed.
On the other hand, time, budget, and manpower were exhausted in a lump.
All sorts of problems arose in the Soviet Union as a result of such a waste of national power, which should have been used for internal affairs.
Even so, the Soviet Union did not give up on the establishment of an ideal state and continued to push ahead with the plan.
As a result, people’s livelihood was ruined and public sentiment fell.
If this continues, the country will perish.
Everyone knew that.
But they didn’t stop.
Just like a person who lost all his fortune on a gambling board is trying to get his money back by selling his daughter.
The Soviet Union has already poured too much into it.
No, to be precise, the general secretary and party members at the time had no choice but to go forward to prove that they were right.
It is as if the current revolutionary government could not stop the war once started.
“The interesting thing is that a real savior appeared in the Soviet Union at that time.”
“….”
He seems to have noticed who he is talking about.
Ekatriche giggled as she watched Sergei harden her already hard face.
It’s like watching a comedy.
with a delightful smile.
Yekathrice spoke in a comical tone, even reading the script.
“The last survivor of the Russian imperial family who lost the country, family, and everything in the noble revolution.”
When the Russian Empire collapsed.
The imperial family was annihilated by the revolutionary army.
Among them, a woman who miraculously survived, received instruction from the Sword Tower, and developed her latent talent.
Among the seven disciples that Limon raised, the Sword Master was the last to engrave his name on the sword tower.
“The Swordswoman Anastasia.”
