The First Officer watched as the Captain's expression gradually grew heavier. He understood what the Captain was saying from his words.
Life on the ship is very boring, and when people are bored, they chat.
The lower the class of people, the more they love to discuss those upper-class matters, domestic politics, and foreign politics. Why?
Why do those high society people tend to talk about eating, drinking, and playing all day instead of discussing political current events that many people love to discuss?
Because from morning till night, they are exposed to these things. National policies, global trends, these have no secrets to them.
Conversely, because the lower strata lack the channels to access this information, they are trapped in a class far removed from these matters, leading to curiosity and discussion.
