Do you think you could speak a bit as to what kept nonChinese polities from developing the massproduced crossbows to arm peasant troops with ? Was it political , social or technological ? <| sep |> Red is barely listening at this point . It ' s unclear if she even truly understood what Jess had said , but if she did , all she did mutter was , Survival . She charges up another spear attack , what could ' ve been the last one Jess would ' ve seen , before Mac shoots at her , staggering her back a few steps and disrupting her focus . The bullet had bounced off some sort of cloaked armor Red was wearing . She blinks off after Mac . <| sep |> well you do have social justice tribunals running parallel to regular courts . Which should exemplify how social justice is anything but actual justice , but somehow people went for it .