Thread:Ghelæ/@comment-5080468-20170729213650/@comment-47205-20170801215604

So it might not be as extreme as Drodo's comment makes it seem, but the point remains that the possible talent pool has been severely restricted (by 80% to 90%) compared to that of a free society.

The fact that this pool is not simply ignored, but has been actively drained by centuries of enforced poverty and selective breeding (e.g. executing free thinkers) reducing the intelligence of the lower classes. doesn't make this any less of a disadvantage: it just means that Medwedia has little choice but to suffer from it.