In a country like the Bailey Federation, people always used a half-joking, half-helpless tone to joke. Taxes and death were things that no one could avoid.
In fact, in addition to taxes and death, there was another thing that people couldn't avoid, whether it was birth, old age, illness, or death, and that was political stance.
There were three major parties in the Bailey Federation, which was also the requirement of the Bailey Federation's charter. At any time, there must be three parties competing for power in the Bailey Federation.
The Federation Progressive Party, the Federation Conservative Party, and the Federation Socialist Party. These three political factions, in a seemingly loose and free political environment, sometimes behaved very aggressively.
Even when in prison, the court would ask people to fill in a questionnaire, which included the political stance of the prisoner, and then arrange the prison and prison according to this questionnaire.
The mayor was very satisfied with Lynch's answer, reaction, and thoughts. The political stance was his last question. If Lynch had a different political stance from his own, he would dilute Lynch's role in this. He would even talk to some local capitalists and let them find a way to replace Lynch, and then drive Lynch to other places.
It was impossible to let a capitalist from another party develop and grow in the Progressive Party's territory, unless the mayor decided to give up his future political life or change sides to help Lynch for free.
Politicians and capitalists always complement each other. Capitalists provide politicians with enough political contributions, provide them with jobs, and provide them with more content related to urban construction.
Similarly, the politicians would also give the capitalists what they wanted in return. Their policies would be tilted and some development plans tailored around the capitalists.
This required the two sides to be able to trust each other and be close in some cooperation. People couldn't trust "outsiders", they only trusted "their own people".
What kind of people were "their own people"?
Obviously, people with the same political stance and united for the same goal were "their own people".
Fortunately, he was very satisfied with the answer Lynch gave him. He didn't mind introducing Lynch into the Progressive Party and letting the power of capital invade the party. This was not a scandal in the Bailey Federation. Any well-known politician had the support of capitalists or even consortiums behind them.
Without the support of these people, no matter how great a politician was, he wouldn't be able to do anything on this magical land!
Of course, Bailey's political environment was still very lax, at least on the surface. There had never been any violence against civilians. People could say that they were members of the Progressive Party in the morning, and in the afternoon, they could change their stance and become supporters of the Conservative Party. No one would criticize them, at most, some ordinary people would scold them for being shameless.
Such an environment was indeed very relaxed. There was no need for any substantial application, no need for a lengthy review and approval. All that was needed was a word, a word of acknowledgement, and the entire process was basically complete.
However, after leaving the bottom of society, in the middle and upper levels of society, the political environment would become relatively strict. For people like capitalists and politicians, it was not easy to change their positions. If they were not careful, it would easily cause some trouble.
There were some other more complicated situations, but that had nothing to do with the current situation.
Lynch had checked some information before going to the banquet. He had some understanding of the Progressive Party. His words just now were not entirely flattering words to cater to the mayor.
In his eyes, the Progressive Party was indeed much better than the Conservative Party that was currently in power. The Conservative Party's political program was to develop silently, which was also the reason why isolationism was popular in these years.
From a certain point of view, the Bailey Federation did not participate more in international disputes and wars. They worked hard to develop technology and industry behind closed doors. It seemed that in some aspects, the Bailey Federation had made considerable progress.
However, this also buried hidden dangers for the Bailey Federation.
Perhaps people still didn't realize that with the development of technology, the concept of Blue Planet would change from "planet" to "village".
It would take about a month and a half to travel from the Bailey Federation to the farthest Zarisku United Kingdom, which included land and sea routes. People would not be interested in such a distant country, nor would they believe that such a distant country could affect the Bailey Federation.
But in the future, when airplanes or other faster methods of movement appeared, this would greatly shorten people's perception of distance. They might leave in the morning and arrive at the Zarisku United Kingdom in the afternoon or the next day.
Today's rejection of the outside world would inevitably be exchanged for the isolation of the Federation from the outside world in the future. When other countries began to develop rapidly through exchanges, the Federation would gradually fall behind and eventually be eliminated.
While the Conservative Party was still singing the praises of isolationism, the Bailey Federation had already had some problems, and if these problems could not be solved in a short period of time, they would inevitably affect the future for a long time.
Compared to the Conservative Party, the Progressive Party's political program and ideas were obviously more in line with the trend of world development and Lynch's needs for the future.
Integrating into the international community was the most correct choice!
He talked about his own views on dissatisfaction with the Conservative Party, which resonated well with the mayor.
Sometimes, you don't need to praise a person, you only need to criticize his opponent to gain the person's appreciation, and this kind of appreciation was more satisfying than flattery.
"Your opinion is very advanced …" The smile on the mayor's face was still there. He paused for a moment, and the door to the room opened. Felar quickly observed the two's expressions and told them that lunch was ready.
The happy atmosphere between the two made Filar breathe a sigh of relief. Lynch was a person who looked tender and sometimes made people feel that he was a little shy, but in fact, he was a very opinionated and tough guy. Filar was afraid that this guy and the mayor would fall out, but now it seemed that the two of them were getting along well.
"Then let's fill our stomachs first?"
The mayor's slightly consulting tone and the smile on his face made Filar even more shocked. Superiors would not blatantly show their preferences, but they would show it through the details.
This kind of consulting tone did not happen often in the mayor's work life. Filar felt that Lynch was a magical kid more and more.
Lynch stood up and tidied up his clothes. "Of course, sir!"
The two of them walked into the dining room. There were only two seats at the table, and there were only two sets of cutlery on the table. Filar did not eat here, although he was the mayor's personal attendant.
According to the original plan, Filar should have left to eat at this time. There was a special waiter here, but he took the waiter's job, wanting to hear how Lynch moved the mayor.
After the two of them sat down, the mayor glanced at Filar, who was opening a bottle of wine, and then looked away. He felt that Filar was very sensible, and knew that some words were not suitable for others to hear. He was a reliable person.
Today's lunch was a combination of steak and fish, and the base was T-bone steak. One meal could taste three different styles of food, and there were more variations in taste. This was the happiness of the rich.
While the poor were still pursuing how to fill their stomachs, the rich had already started to pursue more variations in taste, more distinct layers of texture, and the aftertaste that lingered in the mouth at the end.
When the poor ate, they really ate, just to fill their stomachs.
When the rich ate, they enjoyed it. Stuffing food into their stomachs was an unavoidable process.