Chapter 2929 Further
If you want to do practical things, there are not many ways. An can't get everyone's support, so he can only pull one faction to fight another and implement it as much as possible. In that case, his reputation will definitely not be good, and there is no way to be called the second Fire King.
Even if An is kind-hearted, there is no way to change his reputation. He just feels that it is really difficult to consider the long-term.
"This is a very normal thing. It is easy to conquer the world but difficult to rule the world. It is easy to expand but difficult to maintain. Conquering the world means distributing the robbed benefits to subordinates, but ruling the world means redistributing your own benefits, which is difficult to satisfy everyone. But only after the redistribution is completed can it last." Duran said that if you look at history, you will know that if a country or an organization wants to maintain for a long time, it is either to rob benefits from the outside or to continuously work and create benefits internally for distribution. There is no other way.
It is easy to conquer the world, but it is to rob other people's interests. For example, when a city is built now, all the money is gathered from all directions, so everyone can distribute it. But this attraction does not always exist, and even if the attraction always exists, as the scale of the city continues to increase, the cost of maintaining the city continues to increase. Even if it can still attract funds, it is not certain whether this amount of funds is enough.
Even if the city's own output is added, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain the city. The era of conquering the world will still end, because the interests of others are not enough to be divided, and only their own can be divided. Then all kinds of problems will arise. If there is no unified direction, there will definitely be all kinds of moths.
"When you have time, you can study the history of the Earth Power Country and see the problems caused by the urbanization of Yonggu City." Duran suggested that they could also study the history of Yonggu City. As the largest city on the planet, Yonggu City actually has various problems in its development. It has also absorbed funds from all parts of the Earth Power Country to develop.
In fact, another good research object is the Song Dynasty in Wandering Earth. The Song Dynasty is definitely a representative dynasty of urbanization. The urbanization has developed the fastest, but the number of peasant uprisings has also soared. It can even be said that rebellion first and then being appeased has become a standard process.
Therefore, it is not enough for the magic power to only focus on the development of one place. It is also necessary to develop multiple regions at the same time and find ways to promote infrastructure. Don't look like a civilized place in the city, and return to the primitive age when you leave the city. This is not good.
But you must not learn from the United States. The United States plays this kind of game of building its own country, and other countries are best to be the source of raw materials and workers forever, and will not give others the opportunity to develop.
Some people may say that the United States also provides industry to other countries and gives them development. There is indeed a certain development, but this development is conditional and temporary. The first condition is to accept the ideology of the United States. Why does the United States have to have ideology to develop its younger brothers?
Because the younger brother is just a piggy bank, he only develops the younger brother temporarily, and he has to take money when he needs it. If he rejects ideology and is not pro-American, how can he take money out of the younger brother's country?
This is the way the United States plays, so he will not allow his younger brothers to develop, because the younger brothers are all piggy banks. The younger brother is a broiler chicken, given some feed, and finally eats meat. He will not allow the younger brother to be independent, because if the younger brother is independent, it will be difficult to deal with when the United States takes money.
After all, no one is stupid, and no one will be stupid enough to give the money they earn to others. But as long as they are pro-American, there will be a group of people who will help the US empire to get money. The US empire eats meat, and they drink soup, turning the country's wealth into their own.
This is also a way to conquer the world, not touching their own interests, but only distinguishing the interests of others. When distinguishing the interests of others, the US empire is still very generous, and the compradors can indeed live a good life.
However, when the leeks can no longer be cut, all kinds of strange events will appear in the US empire, and the compradors will naturally be the first targets to be harvested.
Therefore, the biggest hope of the US empire is that its own country is a paradise of civilization, and it is best if all foreign countries are primitive areas, so that they can maintain the growth and harvest of leeks. If all foreign countries are high-end countries, who will they harvest?
The same is true for large urbanization. If there is civilization in the city, and the environment is backward outside the city, then the city can continue to produce siphoning and continuously gather funds and talents. If a town with good infrastructure is built around it, and funds and talents remain in place, the city will be in trouble.
Duran believes that Shentong does not need to focus on building a city, but can bloom everywhere. Through Guanshanhai, infrastructure can be promoted to other places.
In fact, in "The Legend of Korra", the situation is very embarrassing. The city is magnificent, advanced and developed, with bright lights and wine, and singing and dancing. But the infrastructure outside the city is a mess. Those who don't know would think that the outside of the city is all colonies, and there is no infrastructure.
This is how the colonists rule the colonies. First, build a stronghold, then build a railway, and then plunder along the railway, and concentrate all the wealth in the stronghold. There is a civilized atmosphere of the city in the stronghold, and outside the stronghold is all wasteland, which is completely two worlds.
In "The Legend of Korra", there is a strong sense of separation. The infrastructure is all in the city, and it feels like the wilderness outside the city. It's no wonder that the villains in it feel that the world needs a complete change, because they can no longer see any further way.
Every wealthy family is thinking about how to maintain its own operation in the city, so how can they have the energy to build infrastructure for other places?
In the second part, the villains’ demands are no longer peace or survival, but how to make further progress. Some people are planning to attack Antarctica through conspiracy. Some people are planning to kill the Avatar and overthrow the Bender through conspiracy. Some people want to obtain the power of God. Others believe that the system must be changed and all regions must be unified.
The villains’ demands are all to make further progress, but their methods are not very beautiful, because they sacrifice others to fulfill themselves, instead of making progress with others.
In the era of the Fire King, only the Fire Nation sought to make further progress, and other forces were trying every means to survive. In the next generation of Avatar, there are more people who want to make further progress. In fact, not only the villains, but even ordinary people want to make further progress? But the next generation of Avatar obviously can’t do this.
So the second part of "The Legend of Korra" is not as exciting as the first part, because An in the first part achieved his goal. He defeated the Fire Nation and brought peace to most people. Although Korra in the second part also defeated the enemy, she did not bring hope for further progress to the audience, which made her look very weak.
Shentongan realized through studying history that Guanshanhai's greatest use is to guide the direction of social development through the allocation of resources. This is something that the rich parliament cannot do. The rich's greatest wish is not to develop, but to maintain the status quo, so that there is a generation gap between themselves and the backward areas, and they can continue to reap the benefits.
If everyone has developed, how can the rich reap the benefits? Through Guanshanhai's interest orientation, everyone's strength can be directed to one place, more infrastructure can be developed, more people can get opportunities for development, and more people can enjoy the convenience of technology.