“You offer a variety of valid ideas,” Mainsteer leaned back in his seat. He had not eaten much, but he began to sip his third glass of wine. “The biggest problem I see with any of them is a lack of competition. What I desire for our people is a real sense of do or die, make it or break it. Those are the times when the people of Earth made the fastest and greatest achievements—facing adversity. In order to receive the greatest happiness, people had to pay in some fashion. They didn't get certain benefits just because they existed.”
“What?” Quinn finally busted out. “You want to hustle our people into a new dark age of crime, violence, and desolation for a sense of competition? That's ludicrous!”
“There are many people who feel that handing out everything they need in life for nothing is l
