"I know. It's a mess, and I'll have to keep it all balanced on a knife's edge."
Optimus moved to pace, eying Megatron speculatively.
"Change things too quickly, and what is left of our economy will fall apart. As much as I loathe the practices of the nobles and richest of us, and find most of the individuals themselves repugnant, they are some of the largest employers we have left outside of those that work for the governments and entertainment. Manufacturing has gone to slag - we need to make drone-outsourcing illegal soon; it is one of my priorities. We don't have the overproduction to export, and importing anything but energy is a waste at this point."
He shook his head, audials flipping back and forth with displeasure.
"The masses can't run on fear of Quintessons alone, and until our supply chains are stable again, going into full wartime production at this point would choke off the lowest zones completely. We wouldn't have anything left for them. But do it too slowly...and well, you know." He spread his arms out, miming a slow explosion with his hands.
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/CULLS THE LENGTH DOWN
Date: 2012-05-26 09:56 am (UTC)Optimus moved to pace, eying Megatron speculatively.
"Change things too quickly, and what is left of our economy will fall apart. As much as I loathe the practices of the nobles and richest of us, and find most of the individuals themselves repugnant, they are some of the largest employers we have left outside of those that work for the governments and entertainment. Manufacturing has gone to slag - we need to make drone-outsourcing illegal soon; it is one of my priorities. We don't have the overproduction to export, and importing anything but energy is a waste at this point."
He shook his head, audials flipping back and forth with displeasure.
"The masses can't run on fear of Quintessons alone, and until our supply chains are stable again, going into full wartime production at this point would choke off the lowest zones completely. We wouldn't have anything left for them. But do it too slowly...and well, you know." He spread his arms out, miming a slow explosion with his hands.