Assimilation was out of the question. On the contrary, more and more people of the old era began to be thoroughly assimilated by the Empire once they understood what it stood for.
After all, those produced by the Human Production Machine might have seemed lacking in life experience, appearing like mass-produced goods that felt cheap and illiterate, but in reality, every single one of them possessed a worldview that perfectly aligned with the Empire's values—understanding the Empire far better than the people of the old era. It was utterly impossible for them to be assimilated by the knowledge system of the old era.
And what about the people of the old era? Before the arrival of the Empire, many of them struggled just to get enough to eat, and countless suffered from illnesses with nowhere to go for treatment. In rougher areas, if you were robbed, calling the police was completely useless. Yet after the Empire arrived, these very people finally began living good lives.
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