Behind the confrontation of ideas is the confrontation of classes. When ideas are active, that is, when each class hopes that society will be beneficial to them, it is usually a chaotic time.

When ideas are imprisoned, it is usually when one class has the upper hand, such as in the Middle Ages, when religious ideas dominated the mainstream and theocracy was indestructible. In this era, some people in the West also carried out a reform of writing in the West through the unification of the Bible, which was called the "Carolingian Renaissance", stipulating that the Bible could only have the beautiful Carolingian lowercase font as the only standard.

Unfortunately, because there was only cultural unity but no institutional unity, after Charlemagne died, his sons divided the country.

Then came the Renaissance of the Mediterranean city-states. The city-state merchants who rose by being middlemen in the Crusades used artworks as capital containers and took out ancient Greek ideas to fight against theocracy. However, in the end, the city-state alliance also entered the era of tyranny like ancient Greece.

In the end, the Mediterranean city-states were sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire and the first British Empire, and were lost in the crowd, and the Renaissance ended bleakly.

Then came the era of the Protestant Reformation, when countries translated the Bible in their own languages, abandoned the Latin Bible, and put forward various ideas. Countries also entered a crazy era, and the outbreak of various conflicts was as common as eating.

The more intense the confrontation, the richer the ideas, and of course the more people died.

It can be seen that when the idea is single, it is often when one side has the upper hand. It does not mean that when the idea is single, other ideas will disappear, but multiple ideas exist, but one idea is dominant.

When the ideas are brilliant, it is usually a chaotic world.

Because ideas are usually class ideas, not personal ideas, individuals can only get support if they speak for the class. If they only speak for themselves, then no one will support them.

In short, every place will face class contradictions and internal friction. And how to ease and adjust class contradictions? That is to launch a king, a tyrant.

Why did the Legalists stand out during the Warring States Period? Because the Legalists solved the problems that neither the Confucianists nor the Mohists solved, and united the monarch, the nobles, and the people. The Legalists let the monarch suppress the nobles and the people, and proposed a method to enrich the country and strengthen the army. The three classes worked together to expand, and success would benefit everyone.

Confucianism and Mohism can only benefit the nobles and the people, so it is difficult to unite each other. Then we can only continue to confront each other, but confrontation is also a matter of time. Once other countries carry out reforms, the countries with internal friction will be at the mercy of others.

Shang Yang was not liked by people. He had to bring soldiers to protect him when he went out, and he died miserably. But Shang Yang's reforms were not abolished, because Shang Yang's reforms first proposed military merits, allowing the dividends of expansion to cover the monarch, nobles, people, and barbarians. In terms of the system, it ensures that the monarch can continuously select talents and suppress the nobles and people for a long time.

The nobles and people naturally hate Shang Yang.

After all, the superiors hear the truth and practice it diligently, the middle-level sergeants hear the truth and are uncertain, and the lower-level sergeants hear the truth and laugh. What is a superior? Only those who control the right to speak are superiors, and the middle-level sergeants who have no right to speak can only follow and have no sense of security at all.

The Legalists helped the monarch to gain an advantage, but the monarch must achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and enriching the country and strengthening the army is naturally good for everyone. So the Legalists did not suppress for no reason, but proposed a goal that was beneficial to everyone, and achieved the goal of "everyone is really good" through expansion.

Confucianism and Mohism could not do it. The Confucian world of great harmony and the Mohist universal love and non-aggression both sounded good, but could not be implemented. Before the Legalists, Confucianism and Mohism had the opportunity to practice, but unfortunately they could only benefit their own class. In the end, the Legalists stood out.

In fact, the same was true in ancient Greece. The three places of plains, seaside and mountains were arguing fiercely, and finally turned into several classes with different annual grain incomes. In the end, tyrants were elected and more people were allowed to join the Citizens' Assembly, and then they entered a glorious era.

There is also the Senate system in Rome. When necessary, a dictator is needed to quickly solve the problem, and then there is a lifelong dictator, and finally the Roman emperor appears.

In short, the result of the evolution of class contradictions is a monarch, through which the contradictions are alleviated and the direction of expansion is found.

There are also irreconcilable class contradictions in Wano Country. The monarch, the great clan of the nobles, and the small clan of the nobles, the people should put forward an idea that is beneficial to themselves.

Duran, through Big Mom, asked the Four Emperors to choose a class as a pawn in Wano Country, and then conduct a social experiment in Wano Country, put forward slogans belonging to the class, and fight against each other to see who will win in the end.

But the other four emperors don't understand at all. They are just pirates, not thinkers. They don't know how the monarch, the big clan, the small clan, and the people should fight for their own interests.

The big clan can use the Confucianism of the Spring and Autumn Period. Of course, the small clan should choose the "Theory of the Rise of the Grassroots", the induction of heaven and man, the theory of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians, etc. The monarch can choose the Legalist or the military thought, and the people also have the Mohist and religion. Everyone has a bright future.

The military thought is that the monarch and the army cooperate to expand. Many people think that the Legalist is the military thought, which is wrong. The Legalist is that the monarch suppresses the nobles and the people and then expands. The military thought cannot suppress the nobles. The monarch can only transfer resources to the army to maintain his position, and the result is that the army becomes the host.

The Legalist thought will not give the nobles and the people the opportunity to fight back against the monarch. The Legalists put the monarch first in everything because the legitimacy of the Legalists comes from the monarch, so the monarch is the most important and cannot be shaken.

"Are you hungry?" The Big Mom that Kaido knew would not come up with such a fancy plan. Big Mom's mind has always been simple, and she is only good at eating. He even knows that Big Mom's biggest wish is to become a giant and eat with the giants.

Big Mom is a human, but her height and body shape are the same as the giants. As a result, humans don't recognize her, and giants don't recognize her either, making her have no identity. So her ideal is to become a giant.

How could such a simple Big Mom think of the Four Emperors choosing a class each and then making trouble in Wano Country? It doesn't seem normal no matter how you look at it.

"Don't you think Wano Country is too boring?"

"After I turn this place into the world's largest arsenal, it won't be boring anymore." Kaido said.

Duran was disappointed that Big Mom's proposal was not accepted. He felt that it was completely possible to play with it. After all, each class has representative ideas, and a big East-West stew can be made.

No matter where you are, there will be classes, and ideas that are beneficial to the class will be proposed, and cruel confrontation will inevitably take place. In the end, the winner can maintain a short-term advantage, because if the winner only grabs benefits for his own class, the benefits of other classes will become less and less, and they will inevitably resist if they cannot survive. Only when it is proposed for the benefit of everyone can everyone cooperate. If it is not proposed for the benefit of everyone, then war is bound to take place.

Religious wars mean that after one religion has an advantage, it will absorb the energy of other religions, so it is necessary to fight, and other religions cannot sit and wait for death.

Party struggles mean that when one faction has an advantage, it will absorb the energy of another, so it must fight.

In short, if one has an advantage, the other will inevitably suffer, and they have to go to war. Therefore, the frequency of wars in Western history is very high, because they have never come up with a thinking that will benefit everyone. Even during the period of great expansion, wars have never stopped. After all, there are only so many colonies. If you occupy more, I will occupy less, so we must fight. They are always doing it for their own good, not for the good of everyone.

There are naturally disputes in the Central Plains, but because of the imperial examinations, the way of playing the game is more peaceful, and there is no need to use knives and guns. Moreover, the emperor should represent everyone in theory, so the emperor can lead a group of disadvantaged people to reform and rejuvenate the country, and the dynasty will last longer, basically more than 200 years.

Everyone wants benefits, and they can only get them through gambling, but gambling is divided into literary and physical. After all, a family of three has to gamble, and they all want to occupy a dominant position in the family, not to mention all classes, nationalities, religions, countries, civilizations...

They all distinguish between us and them, but some people will come up with the idea of ​​"everyone is good, then it is really good".

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