Chapter 2502 Gentle Means

Historically, the land where the traditional countries are located has always been considered the land chosen by God and the origin of civilization. The further east you go, the more mysterious and barbaric it is.

Even a hundred years ago, when the electrical industry was not so developed, the people of the traditional countries still believed that the northeast, where the Federation is now located, was a wilderness full of backward shamanic culture.

Only the national elites knew that the Federation was already a big country at that time, but this big country was very contradictory. On the one hand, it yearned for the traditional power, so the top leaders all learned foreign languages, and the mother tongue of the Federation was not popular. On the other hand, the Federation insisted on a different interpretation of faith from the traditional countries. Although they believed in the same god, their interpretations were diametrically opposed and formed their own school.

In the past hundred years, the national strength of the Federation has continued to develop, and literature has also made great progress, so the mother tongue of the Federation has gradually become mainstream, and with the blessing of countless outstanding writers, it has slowly replaced the dominance of foreign languages ​​over the Federation.

However, the contradictions of the Federation have not disappeared. They believe that they are brothers of the traditional countries because their beliefs come from the same source. But for the traditional countries, the Federation is still a barbarian, and their beliefs in God are all wrong, which is simply nonsense.

Nowadays, the Federation has become a pole in the world, so it has turned from inferiority to self-confidence. It feels that it can become a civilized orthodoxy, and some look down on traditional powers.

The relationship between the traditional state and the federation is like that between a legitimate son and an illegitimate son. Although traditional countries fight on their own, they are still orthodox civilizations and they are all brothers. But the Federation suddenly emerged from the east and claimed to be the inheritor of civilization. Isn't that an illegitimate child? But this illegitimate son is still very tall. If he were allowed to go home, he might beat up his biological sons one by one.

Therefore, in order to deal with this illegitimate son, several brothers must work together to deceive him, and then deceive the illegitimate son until he is lame.

The empire's culture war is based on 'deception', which is to let the Federation stay where it is, and the best thing is to abolish its martial arts.

For example, if the illegitimate child has a fire stick in his hand, how can he bring the fire stick home if he is tricked? Look at these brothers, they don’t have sticks. We are a family and we should love each other. Holding a stick is not conducive to family harmony and brotherhood. It is about to be lost.

If the illegitimate son really throws away the stick, the biological sons will still not be satisfied and will continue to fool: "You are too fat, you need to lose weight, it is best to split into several regions."

If the illegitimate son is still obedient and really loses weight, and really splits himself, then he can't threaten the biological sons at that time. At that time, the biological sons can lock the door and lock the illegitimate son out.

Some people may ask why the illegitimate son goes back to suffer? Why not not listen to the nonsense of these brothers and build a new home by yourself?

It's really not easy, because the history of the Federation is too short, only 800 years at most. But the Federation 800 years ago and the current Federation are also two concepts. 800 years ago, the Federation was a small place, and it took hundreds of years of continuous expansion to the east to have the current land.

The current situation is that 80% of the Federation's land is in the east, and 20% of the land borders traditional countries, and 80% of the population lives on this 20% of the land. There are more people in the east and it has not been developed much.

At the same time, the main language of the Federation was not the mother tongue in the past seven hundred years, and the senior officials were proud of speaking foreign languages. It was not until the industrialization trend began a hundred years ago that the mother tongue of the Federation gradually took its place after the efforts of countless outstanding talents. How could they start anew with such a short history?

It can be said that everything they have is taken from the traditional big countries. They are all adaptations without originality, and they are not shameless enough to say that these things are all the culture of their own country and have not applied for World Heritage.

In short, from the perspective of history, culture, and religion, the Federation has been worshipping foreigners for hundreds of years, and it is impossible for it to change because of the efforts of a few writers. Although the status of its mother tongue has been raised now, it still desires to integrate into the West, not the East. In their hearts, they also believe that the West is the origin of civilization and the East is barbarians, and then they will realize that 'the barbarians are actually me'.

The Federation is indeed pitiful. It has such a huge territory, but it is unprecedentedly inferior in culture. They missed the opportunity to form their own culture.

Of course, there are opportunities. For example, the United States has a shorter history than the Federation, but with its super strong industrial strength, it has taken the lead in entertainment products of industrial civilization and mass-produced art.

Before industrial civilization, people with status would pursue art. Pursuing art is not only to improve one's own aesthetics, but also to condense the spirit of the country. Traditional countries have actually gone through similar periods of suffering when their mother tongues were suppressed. For example, the Bibles of the United Kingdom and the Empire were written in foreign languages ​​before, just like the Federation.

But the Federation woke up too late. The United Kingdom and the Empire started the great project of elevating the mother tongue four or five hundred years ago, translating the Bible into their own mother tongue.

The mother tongue, which was originally a symbol of backwardness, suddenly became a symbol and power of the country. With the translation of the mother tongue Bible, the United Kingdom spoke the language of the United Kingdom and the Empire spoke the language of the Empire.

Then the art developed on the basis of the strength of the mother tongue, whether it is oil painting, drama, novels, or poetry, can become its own thing. After a lot of accumulation, these arts have shaped the foundation of industrial countries.

However, art in the past was still art, and it was something that only a few elites could appreciate. In Hezhou, with its huge industrial production capacity, art was mass-produced, and painting, which was originally mastered by only a few people, became more and more common, so cultural products such as comics appeared. Cultural products are also very strong and more popular with ordinary people. The transformation from highbrow to lowbrow was completed, so Hezhou also produced its own unique commercial art culture.

So looking at the whole world, the Federation was late to realize it. It only started to improve the status of its mother tongue a hundred years ago and did not catch up with the Renaissance. Now if you want to build culture, the only chance is to learn from Hezhou and follow the path of lowbrow.

Unfortunately, the Federation obviously does not have this awareness, and there is no strong man who can lead them on the road to building their own culture, so it gives the Empire an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Since the Federation does not want to make up for the cultural lessons, then don't blame us for exporting culture." Duran said that backwardness is not terrible, but it is terrible to be backward without knowing it.

Of course, the Federation did not claim to be the largest country in the universe, nor did it say that it was the origin of the universe. So Duran didn't want to bully him too badly, just export a little bit to stabilize the relationship between the Federation and the Empire.

Since we want to export, what should we export?

"First, take their limited history, let's deconstruct it, crush it and add the values ​​of our Empire, and then piece it together and send it over." "In this way, it looks like the history of the Federation on the surface, but it actually tells the atheism of the Empire." Duran plans to start with the history of the Federation and reinterpret their history.

Compared with directly throwing a belief nuclear bomb, this is already a mild means.