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Chapter 688: Farce about Freedom

Perfectcot had already thoroughly investigated the congressman who gave the speech, including whether there were other forces supporting him. Perfectcot knew everything.

Before his election, this congressman was a well-known local donor. This time, someone paid him to return to his old ways and find someone to give inflammatory speeches in front of the National Assembly in order to stir up hostility among the people against Perfect.

Originally, this job should have been assigned to subordinates, or a suitable agent should have been found.

But it is not known whether the congressman was drunk or deliberately wanted to keep the reward for himself, so instead of hiring someone to give a speech, he gave the speech himself.

For the matter itself, it doesn't make much difference whether he gives the speech himself or hires someone else to do it, but it is different for the people behind the scenes.

Even if the former donor found someone else to do this, Perfectcot would still be able to find out who was behind it, but taking a detour could ultimately cover up some clues and make the intelligence personnel in the North spend more effort.

As for the person behind this, Perfect was somewhat amused and helpless after investigating it thoroughly.

The driving force behind all this was a group of young aristocrats and the emerging bourgeoisie, who believed that Perfecto's existence hindered the progress of freedom and democracy and that she was reversing the feudal monarchy.

Therefore, in order to implement bourgeois reforms and enable the Victorian Empire to leap from the ignorant and backward feudal monarchy to the advanced capitalist constitutionalism as soon as possible, they must remove the stumbling block of Perfectocte.

These people were not driven solely by their own desire for power. Rather, they were similar to the Decembrists in the former Tsarist Russia. They were influenced by the French Revolution and believed that the feudal monarchy was a stumbling block to national development and that power should be handed over to the people.

This idea is not wrong. Perfectok's parents were reformists who supported this concept. Even before Perfectok came into being, the Victoria Empire was in the process of transitioning from a feudal monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

However, this process was affected by the Doomsday Disaster and the emergence of Perfectoct, and as a feudal lord, she blocked the process of constitutionalization of the country.

Originally these people felt desperate and thought they could not defeat Perfect.

However, with the reform of the National Assembly and the establishment of the prime minister's cabinet system, they seemed to see hope again, believing that as long as they restricted Perfecto's power through the National Assembly and the cabinet, they would be able to gradually overthrow him, thereby further restricting the power of the old aristocracy and the royal family and reforming the country.

In this regard, Perfect could only sigh that some things are just for talk, but don't really believe them.

The National Assembly and the Cabinet have power because Perfecto has supported them in power.

If she does not support the parliament and the cabinet to take power, she can dissolve the National Assembly and the cabinet at any time, and even dismiss the prime minister.

For the ruling class of the Victoria Empire, this is something that everyone knows clearly.

And the confidence that enables Perfectot to do so is the army and force at her disposal.

Before there was a force that could counter the power of Perfecto's Steam Knight, it would be naive to try to impose any restrictions on her.

Perfect might compromise and give in for various reasons, but that is based on the premise that the other party does not infringe on her interests or cross the bottom line that she can accept.

If someone really violated her bottom line, Perfect would not play any political games with the other party, but would directly eliminate her enemy from a physical level. But now, Perfect didn't mind seeing what tricks they could play.

After all, Perfecto had investigated this group of people very clearly. They were just a group of young nobles who had eaten too much and thought they had awakened. They wanted to reform the state system and promote the so-called capitalist constitutionalism.

Perfect didn't object to this, but she wanted to see whether these people were really capable or just had unrealistic expectations.

So she didn't stop it, nor did she let the Duke of Gloucester and others stop it.

But judging from the current situation, I'm afraid things will disappoint her.

These people's ability to incite public opinion is limited to giving speeches and distributing leaflets. They are very naive and lack political skills.

It seems to have a kind of beauty that has not been polluted by the dirty tricks and routines of politics.

This is also one of the reasons why Perfect can tolerate their troublemaking. After all, they are just a group of naive guys who simply believe in those propaganda things and think that this will make the country better.

However, they do not have the skills and ability to put all of this into practice, nor do they have the ability to truly improve the country.

They seem to think that the country's problems are the fault of the system, and that as long as the system is changed, everything will get better instantly. The originally sluggish economy will prosper rapidly, the originally poor and scarce supplies will quickly fill the entire shelf, and even the food on the table will become abundant again out of thin air.

Obviously, they do not realize that the system is never the key to deciding the problem, but the talents in power are the key.

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Systems may be advanced or backward, but the difference is not as big as imagined, and the difference is only in administrative efficiency.

As long as the efficiency of policy implementation and the effectiveness of policies can be guaranteed, a country can be governed well even if the most primitive tribal chieftain system is adopted.

Of course, if a country is governed by a truly primitive tribal chief system, it is highly likely that it will not be governed well, or it may only be able to govern a small country.

A relatively advanced political system can indeed effectively raise the lower limit, but it is impossible to raise the upper limit indefinitely.

What can truly make a country better is not a certain system, but whether the ruler is acting for his own selfish interests or considering the entire country, and whether the system he implements can carry out his will.

The reason why democratic elections seem better than feudal succession is that the elected rulers represent the interest class that supports them and benefit more than the original feudal system.

And democratic elections can ensure that the elected rulers at least have a certain lower limit and will not be a fool born from incestuous marriage.

However, some people who do not truly understand the essence of democratic elections simply believe that democracy is definitely better and that everything will be fine as long as there is democracy.

But I have never thought about the possibility that forcing democracy in places where there is no democratic foundation will only result in a mess?
"What people need is not freedom, what they need are rules, boundaries and protection. What people need is a leader who can provide both constraints and support..." As Perfectcot walked in the corridor of the National Assembly Building, she repeated a famous quote she had heard in her original world.

(End of this chapter)