Thread:Ghelæ/@comment-5080468-20170729213650/@comment-47205-20170801223936

Another effect of the Medwedian system would seem to be that there are more tradespeople who want to be tradespeople, sure. This might also exacerbate the lower rate of technical advancement: another result could be that there'll be less development of automation technology, because they need menial work to keep the lower classes occupied.

(Note that I'm not saying anything about whether any of this is good or bad. The discussion you wanted to bring up was about the effects, not the morality (of a system developed by an oppressive dictatorship to keep themselves in power).)