A Matter of Distribution

‘That’s because politics is fundamentally… yeah. It’s a discussion about how to distribute limited resources. No matter how fairly you distribute them, there will inevitably be people who take a loss, and what’s more, the total amount of resources is gradually decreasing, so the dissatisfaction of those who receive less is bound to grow.’

[Test Subject, there is a problem with that argument. If there are those who receive less, there must also be those who receive more. However, the Citizens I have gathered information on through the Test Subject’s senses have, without Exception, all harbored dissatisfaction toward Politicians.]

‘People are like that. There are no such people who are one hundred percent satisfied, whether they receive a little or a lot. And also… what was it called? Ah, right. The sample. There’s probably an issue with the sample size too.

As you know, our bar is located in the Lowest-Tier Outskirts Area, and the average income of the people here isn’t on the high side. It means they receive less distribution. Naturally, those kinds of Customers are the ones who mainly gather at the bar. Furthermore, people usually drink alcohol when they’re having a hard time.’

[So the environment for information gathering itself is the home Ground of dissatisfied Citizens. Understood. In that case, looking at the city as a whole, are there more people who are satisfied than those who are dissatisfied?]

“Uh… that might not exactly be the case either.”

[Why is that? Wasn’t it because the proportion of satisfied individuals was higher that the Elected Persons were elected?]

‘Politics is something everyone can participate in, but that doesn’t mean everyone can participate equally.’

[If I understand correctly, didn’t all Citizens Possess an equal number of voting rights? If not, the Citizens' power would not be able to influence policy properly.]

‘That’s true. The principle of Equal Suffrage or whatever is valid. One vote per person. No matter how bad Dusk City is, it hasn’t gone completely Crazy to that extent.’...