The Koolock is supposed to be wealthier than sort of the general farmer peasant. And so basically it gives you a mechanism of resentment and you know, must be better off because they're cool. It has just from an economics perspective, even leaving ethics aside, it basically completely de-incentivizes productivity. So while this was going on and food was becoming a problem there was a campaign about, oh, the reason you're hungry is because the Koolocks are hoarding all the grain.

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