fierybluebird | [voice]

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[Marco's voice starts off cheerfully enough.]

Hey everyone, I think I found the place where the cave-in for the train-thing is. The currents here are pretty weird so if we can get ... some ... strong swimmers then...

[He starts trailing off, obviously seeing something.] Pops...? [His voice is quiet, barely audible. It's not possible, he knows it's not, he watched the man die. So it's just like Luffy's food and an illusion. Has to be. But then it gets stronger.] POPS!! [He starts running, sandals hitting the wood of the deck.] Pops... [This time he just sounds anguished. And then suddenly there's a splash. Uh where did Marco go?]

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Though I do not know what the tenryuubito is, you do have a point, aru. A classless society was the original vision of the man who formed the idea. Over the years, though, it began to branch off in many directions.

The branch that my country has taken is the one where, as I mentioned earlier, the government owns everything, aru.

To free people from worrying about it, is that it?

Are those in the government allowed slaves then?

China has no slaves, aru. At least, not since 1910.

We have farmers, factory workers, soldiers, and any other people you can think of, but not slaves.

Even for the government?

Yes. [So he says.]

That's good then. I almost envy it, eh.

My world isn't quite as much a caste system as say, the troll's world, but with the world government controlling everything, people put far too much stock in bloodlines.

But my Pops always said it didn't mean anything. A man of the sea is free from all of that.

That is surprising to hear, aru. It seems as though nearly every other country is against communism.

Although, in the past of my world, there was also a time where people usually gained more status by their bloodlines. Nowadays, however, there is much change going on, especially with the Cold War affecting several countries, aru.

"Cold War"?

Right after the Second World War ended, the Soviet Union and the United states began the conflict, but there's been other conflicts within this war. The Vietnam War is only one of them, aru. Then there is also the Space Race.

The Cold War itself has been continuing ever since 1946, aru. It is so exhausting just thinking about all the things it has caused.

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