Chapter 2543 Looking at the World (Ⅱ)

In the nineteen years of living in the world, Joan faced such torture again and again. Her soul was pushed into the gap between the two grinding discs called "emotion" and "morality" time and time again, and was crushed to blood. , fragmented.

Her tutor, Professor Moriarty, pointed out sharply that the question of "helping or helping relatives" is just a concentrated expression of human weakness, unless you completely abandon your identity as a human being and draw a clear line with your relatives, friends and compatriots. Otherwise, in the end, we can only choose to "help the relatives but not to help the relatives", the difference is only in the depth of the degree.

Qiao An remembered that the teacher also said that "helping relatives but not helping others" is the common nature of human beings. It is based on this nature that human beings can unite and create a brilliant civilization that makes other races with better talents sigh. It is also limited by this nature that human civilization will be destroyed in the hands of human beings sooner or later.

The more advanced the society and the more developed the civilization, the greater the harm of "helping relatives but not helping others". Today, this human frailty has given birth to a monster called "racism" and is creating an even scarier monster called "identity politics".

From gender to race, to nation, to clan, human identities are always infinitely divisible, and even brothers and sisters of the same mother are also divided into closeness and distance.

If "helping relatives but not helping others" is pushed to the extreme, and everything is based on closeness and closeness, human society will be torn into loose sands where no consensus can be reached sooner or later.

Joan didn't want to fall into such a quagmire, so she chose to exile herself, temporarily abandoning her human identity, and examining the disputes in the world from the perspective of an outsider.

This kind of attempt is beneficial, although it cannot be completely objective and neutral, at least it is more sober than when it was in the game before, and it has a more comprehensive view of the problem.

For example, the "Declaration of Independence" issued at the closing ceremony of the Second Continental Congress on May 4, 1626. Joan used to think that it was a revolutionary call to encourage the people of the New World to rise up against the oppression of the suzerain country. A broader perspective re-examined the timing of the Declaration of Independence and the position it stated, only to find that the Declaration actually had specific diplomatic intentions.

The leaders of the "Continental Congress" are very clear that foreign aid is inseparable from victory. If their attitude is ambiguous and there is room for them to shake hands with the Fijin Kingdom, no power in the old world will really help them A helping hand.

The publication of the "Declaration of Independence" completely cut off the retreat of the three colonies on the east coast of the New World, and it was impossible to fall into the embrace of the suzerain country again.

The "Continental Congress", which entered the world stage as an independent regime, also used this declaration to announce to the world that they are ready to conclude diplomatic relations, establish alliances, and seek assistance with countries that are hostile to Fiji—after all, the enemy's enemy should be friend.

As the highest authority of a new regime, the "Continental Congress" showed two completely different "faces" on the two issues of domestic military construction and seeking foreign aid.

Internally, representatives from different colonies had countless heated disputes over whether to establish a unified "Continental Army" and how to recruit soldiers and apportion military expenses. A complete set of military management plans, even if they are said to be a mess, they will be flattered.

It is true that the Continental Congress has many difficulties, but is it true that patriotic young people who are willing to serve in the army cannot be recruited?

Of course not.

In the turbulent summer of 1626, from Jotunheim to Midgard, and then to Alfheim, the wave of independent revolution swept across the east coast of the New World, especially among young people, armed resistance to oppression from the suzerain had become There is a broad consensus that there are tens of thousands of passionate young people who have actively joined the army!

This can be seen from the militias in various colonies. Take Delin Town as an example, the population has just exceeded 10,000, and there are as many as 1,000 militiamen!

This situation is not a special case. In the three colonies of the New World, it is conservatively estimated that the total number of local militias is no less than 300,000. However, as a regular army, how many soldiers have been recruited so far by the "Continental Army"?

Less than thirty thousand.

It is less than one-tenth of the national militia, and most of them are the local militia in Jotunheim, and most of the soldiers from the south are passionate young people who came to join the army with their own dry food.

The "Continental Congress" not only failed to actively mobilize the people of the whole country to unite as one and send troops and food to fight against the suzerain country, but it dragged its feet everywhere and had a counterproductive effect.

In essence, it was because the "Continental Congress" itself could not achieve unity.

Especially the representatives of public opinion in Midgard and Yalfheim, rather than sending troops and money to go north to join the war, they are more worried about the safety of their own one-third of an acre of land, so they would rather recruit more militiamen to protect their hometown. Mmm... that's the "Gringo" and "Yankee" trouble, what's that got to do with our town?

In terms of the efficiency of building an army and preparing for war, how can we talk about an "independent revolution"? It’s no wonder that Earl Winthrop made the following public comments on this group of “rebels” in an interview with the Jotunheim News:

"Mud can't support a wall!"

In fact, the "Continental Congress" cannot be blamed for its low administrative efficiency. The representatives of public opinion are all elites of this era. Don't they want to unite in the war of resistance?

Of course I would, but unfortunately I couldn't.

Because they are representatives of "public opinion", the mainstream people in the south they represent have such an attitude, whoever dares to go against the wishes of the local gentry will not be elected as a representative of the congress next time!

The domestic conscription preparations are messed up, and you still want to defeat the well-equipped and well-trained Fiji regular army. What can you do?

There is only one way, which is to "hug your thigh" and seek foreign assistance.

It has to be said that the representatives of the Continental Congress are unprecedentedly united on the issue of seeking foreign aid, and the efficiency is extremely high!

On the last day at Midgard University, Joan heard the old Dean Mr. Franklin talk about the diplomatic initiatives of the Continental Congress, such as the establishment of a "Diplomatic Committee" designed to seek the support of foreign friends, to all the people in the Vares world. Great powers sent envoys to spare no effort to get other countries to send troops and money to help the revolutionaries in the New World fight against the Kingdom of Fizen.

Judging from the follow-up news, the "foreign friends" who placed high hopes on the Continental Congress generally responded indifferently, which greatly disappointed the revolutionaries who were waiting for military aid.

Of course, there is a factor of intervention by the Fiji government. At the same time that the Continental Congress was seeking foreign aid, the Fijian authorities were actively engaged in diplomatic activities to clear the way for the suppression of colonial rebellions.