[ Kitty offers a little nod of acknowledgment and settles in to give said opinions. Well done, Raina: she has been buttered up into holding nothing back. ]
This world is...not a bad world, to be certain, but one that might be turned to a bad path quite easily. The society I come from originally is completely corrupted. The structure of it has been built so that there's no hope of change and so that oppression of the weak by the strong is just what happens. Here, things are much better. There are some genuinely decent people in charge, and ordinary citizens can speak up freely when they're dissatisfied with the way things are going, and they can protest if they want. And vote. The power structures here are not so entrenched that they can't be shifted by people dedicated to the cause.
But all of that said...I'm sure you've heard already of the threat of war with the Russians. The government is deeply devoted to hating the Soviets, and unless change is really made then they'll hurl themselves into a fight with them. Viciously. Horribly. And that could well ruin this place.
Still - the people here are good people. They're kind-hearted and generous. Really giving. And they stick up for one another. There are some places where the evil of society really filters down to ruin everyone involved, every person. This isn't one of them.
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This world is...not a bad world, to be certain, but one that might be turned to a bad path quite easily. The society I come from originally is completely corrupted. The structure of it has been built so that there's no hope of change and so that oppression of the weak by the strong is just what happens. Here, things are much better. There are some genuinely decent people in charge, and ordinary citizens can speak up freely when they're dissatisfied with the way things are going, and they can protest if they want. And vote. The power structures here are not so entrenched that they can't be shifted by people dedicated to the cause.
But all of that said...I'm sure you've heard already of the threat of war with the Russians. The government is deeply devoted to hating the Soviets, and unless change is really made then they'll hurl themselves into a fight with them. Viciously. Horribly. And that could well ruin this place.
Still - the people here are good people. They're kind-hearted and generous. Really giving. And they stick up for one another. There are some places where the evil of society really filters down to ruin everyone involved, every person. This isn't one of them.