Chapter 1717 It’s Hard to Be a Saint

In the past, people always said: People will always choose to turn a blind eye to things that have nothing to do with their own interests.

That's why such things happened: When they killed the Communists, I didn't say anything because I was not a Communist; later they killed the Jews, I didn't say anything because I was not a Jew; then they killed the Catholics, I still kept silent because I was not a Catholic; finally, when they started to attack me, no one spoke for me...

From irrelevant to their own interests to relevant to their own interests, the attitude has changed. If the Nazis didn't point their guns at the speaker in the end, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been moved to say the above words.

If the last thing didn't happen, it would be like this: when they arrested black people, I didn't say anything because I was not black; when they arrested Mexicans, I didn't say anything because I was not Mexican; when they arrested MSL, I didn't say anything because I was not MSL; finally, when the public security problem was solved, they didn't have to arrest people anymore.

Because it had nothing to do with personal interests, not only did they not say anything, but they cheered instead.

The current situation in this country is like the second one. Even if the person who was arrested is their daughter, they still think that Norma is just a minority, only in this age group, and it will not expand. After arresting them, there is no need to arrest them again.

Because the rumors say that the magic low tide sixteen years ago caused these situations, these situations are controllable, even if all the girls around sixteen years old in the country are arrested. After arresting them, the problem can be solved.

Most people hold such naive ideas, so they are still unwilling to recognize their mistakes and would rather continue to make mistakes.

If there is no reflection, everything Duran did will be meaningless.

"But you can't reflect for the sake of reflection." Duran said. Although Embrio is a scumbag, he has done a lot of practical work and has indeed discovered some problems.

And these problems have also been discovered in other worlds.

The current situation in the Empire is actually very similar to the Matrix. In the Matrix, at the beginning, the Matrix treated human thoughts preferentially. It can be said that everyone is a tycoon and everyone is a little genius. But after such a carefree life for a long time, many people will doubt the authenticity of the Matrix, and the Matrix will collapse. After that, the Matrix began to treat human thoughts differently and arranged different identities, so that everyone would not doubt it, and the Matrix became stable.

This country is the same. At the beginning, when Norma had not appeared, everyone was a magician, but they still could not achieve eternal peace. It was not until Norma appeared that everyone had an outlet and the country became stable.

So even if Duran's plan succeeded and the people really reflected on it, what kind of life could they get? Is it better or worse than before?

For the people, they don't care whether it is right or not, they only care whether their lives can be better, but good or bad is relative.

This has to talk about happiness, and happiness can only be obtained through comparison. It is human nature to feel happy when comparing with people who are not as good as oneself, and feel shame or jealous when comparing with people who are better than oneself.

If there is no such profit-seeking nature, human beings may not develop so well. Perhaps some people do not base their happiness on the misfortune of others, but on the embodiment of self-worth, and their own achievements are enough to make themselves happy. But for all living beings, happiness mostly comes from comparison.

If you live better than your neighbors, you will be happy; if you live better than outsiders, you will be happy; if you live better than aliens, you will be even happier.

Generations of great men have tried to make people's thoughts more idealistic, hoping that everyone can work together, but not to be better than others. However, this ideal value will basically fail in a short period of time, and then everything will return to the original track.

Duran suddenly found that he had fallen into this cycle. The people's discrimination against Norma was indeed despicable and bad, and Duran wanted to reverse it. But how far can it be reversed? It is definitely impossible to make the people noble. Saints can't do it, let alone Duran.

All we can say is that they should not just stare at Norma and bully her. If it's just the result, their future life will be like comparing with each other.

This is a problem. Duran is thinking: "Since happiness is obtained through comparison, it has no direct relationship with the material level. If everyone is poor, then happiness will not drop."

Everyone is poor, but some people are not only poor but also sick, so healthy poor people are happy. And without the comparison of rich people, the happiness of poor people will not drop.

If material things are too abundant, people will doubt the world because they have no sense of happiness. Therefore, material life cannot be too full, and we must not let everyone be carefree, otherwise human beings will not progress.

Human beings pursue what they cannot get, just like the carrot in front of the donkey. If the donkey wants to eat it, it will keep moving forward. The more it moves, the more the carrot moves forward. If the donkey really eats the carrot one day, then the donkey will have no motivation to move forward.

Of course, in addition to making everyone poor, there is another way, which is to increase the upper limit of material.

Now the people of the Empire live a life of eating and drinking and occasionally having fun. After the flood, there is only so much land. Even the food and things used by the royal nobles are not luxurious. The land is flooded. Even with high technology, life is like this.

Magic can't help them pick the stars and the moon, and can't let them go to the ocean to catch turtles. The upper limit of magic is here. At most, it can facilitate life, but people are still mortals.

So if Duran raises the upper limit, it can also free them from the despicable happiness of despising Norma and find a better sense of happiness.

Even Duran has not found a better solution in the long years. One is to make everyone poorer, and the other is to let everyone have new goals to pursue.

The problem of Embrio is actually that he is too narrow-minded. Rather than saying that he wants to make humans peaceful, it is better to say that he just wants to be the king of the harem. He simply does not have the ability to lead humans to a higher position.

Duran can do it, but it depends on the performance of the people. If they can reflect in time, he doesn't mind letting them see the vastness of the universe. If they are still stubborn, then let's all be poor together. Anyway, the happiness of both methods will not drop.

Of course, Duran will tell his consultant Emma about this matter, so that she knows what the problem is facing mankind now, not Norma, but their future.

I'm afraid they haven't planned for the future for a long time, but this time they have to think about it carefully.

Emma knew that this was God's decision, but she felt that people might not change so easily, and no one would believe her if she just relied on her words. So she called her father. Her father has always been able to guide her in the direction of progress wisely. Emma now urgently needs his advice.