Well okay industrialists believe anything really.But if they had some common sense like the muds they would probably think ''what a load of garbage''

The muds are just as gullible as the rest, as seen by Abe's originally comment on his "good job" its not until he's actually acquired freedom that he realizes he was a slave. And we've seen a lot of Muds act just as stupid as any slig. There's a shift in their conciousness after Abe escapes, as they all seem to realize that they probably would be better off somewhere else. But we don't really see that until MO, when they've been given prisoner type uniforms and recognize Abe. Ironically, it was probably the propaganda posters of Abe's terrorism that helped the Mudokons understand their position. Its a good thing we don't blindly follow whoever tells us someone's a threat...right?

Scrubs could be classed as an altogether different type of mudokon.They are born into the labour but not as children.As children they will wander about and get disciplined allot with painful ways but the ways they watch sligs and the depressions makes them gray and probably goofy vandals.When they become native muds get happy and green.And a bit wiser too.Although Abe can never truly be happy so he remains a cold depressing blue.I think muds are a sort of chameleon/human thing.A native mud of any sort would not listen to a glukkon's lies

In terms of Mudokon status, Scrubs are certainly lower the natives, liberated Mudokons and consumers (incidentally, Glukkon propaganda says that the reverse is true, claiming native savages have no jobs), but they're Mudokons nonetheless. Obviously they're going to be alien to a native life, at first, and are certainly adapting more to the lazy, fun-loving ways of life more than the traditional spirtualistic religion. However, their knowledge of Industrial life will come in as a huge advantage to the Free Mud Party's cause. But I don't think I quite get your precise point, CS.

Basically when they are first born they won't be put into labour.Due to the fact they would have small weed yarms that cannot do anything really.As kids they will watch sligs thinking they are cool etc. Possibly heroes to them.When they grow up they will learn sligs aren't so cool when the sligs come and beat them up.But as kids they will watch the sligs lazy ways and learn his type of lifestyle.If they watch a slig beating people up all the time he will probably grow up to be a red mud but gets depressed and becomes a lowly scrub.But when they watched sligs they pick up a slig-like personality and act really goofy and lazy.Natives are the opposite and try to make full concentration.Muds back in abe's time weren't gray cos they thought it was an honourable job.Eventually after abe strieks the industrialists get cruel.the muds get depressed and turn gray.This seperates natives from the scrubs.The industrialists could get a nice mud army if they trained them with weapons.They would'nt do that though because it would cause rivalry between sligs and muds and a war will start.But sligs make a mud get his personality.If a slig was ever to be as smart as a native mud then the muds would grow up to be like that.