"These politicians elected by the people construct the entire national system, so politicians emerging from the people will surely consider the interests of the people."
"But in Lapar, power is top-down, it's inherited."
"The President's son remains the President, the minister's son also remains a minister, as for us?"
"A commoner's son always remains a commoner!"
The speaker, in his fifties with graying hair, a lean build, wore round black-framed glasses that seemed somewhat blurred, probably due to long use.
He took off his glasses, wiped the lenses with his clothes, put them back on, "I've worn these glasses for seventeen or eighteen years. They don't hold special meaning for me; it's just that I cannot afford to buy a new pair."
"Because a new pair is very expensive, costing me two months' salary."
"This is Lapar, suffocatingly bad!"
"Without changing the current societal structure, let alone catching up with the Federation, we can't even take the first step!"
