Chapter 82: The Devil's Deal (Part I)
Sighing, Gaia's thoughts about the Precept King are understandable and admirable, but he also disagrees: "But fairness is not equality, if everyone stands in a square, then equality is not to make everyone the same height and look like a piece of brushwork, but to let everyone stand on the same plane."
Because everyone's "height" is different, true equality always looks unequal. If you want to be fair, you have to cut off part of the tall man's leg and give it to the short man, do you think that's acceptable? ”
The King of Precepts was not angry, and shook his head with a smile: "Equality is the object, fairness is the way, for example, everyone has the right to education, before the law, everyone is equal, everyone in this refers to the object of equality, the right to education and before the law, refers to fairness."
Equal and fair compromises produce relatively good results. And this result cannot be set, and any presetting of the outcome is, in essence, a violation of equality and fairness.
Just like you can only get a cup of brine after mixing a spoonful of salt with a glass of water, you can't continue to ask for a glass of sugar water.
For example, everyone can get an education, but not everyone can go to the royal capital for further study, not everyone can graduate, everyone is equal before the law, and not everyone can win the lawsuit. Being able to graduate and winning a lawsuit are both results, and they can only be produced by themselves.
However, in view of the fact that institutions are always imperfect and that social life includes factors such as contingency, it is possible to make an ex post facto remedy after an undesirable outcome, but such redress must also comply with the principles of equality and fairness. ”
Looking at Gaia, who was thoughtful, and Madnis, who was not listening at all, the King of the Precepts continued: "You are talking about the average of everyone, the average is a material category, you are capable, you are lucky, you have a good family, you are an official, you are rich, you are famous, you enjoy more social resources, you can eat better, you can dress better, live better, have time to travel around the world, appreciate fine art, children go to better schools, enjoy better medical care, etc., these aspects, it is impossible to be average, It is impossible in this life, and it is impossible in the next life.
And equality of all people is a social and spiritual category, you are a worker, you are a farmer, you are a doctor, you are a teacher, you are a celebrity, you are a nobleman, you are a city lord, a great nobleman, a king, you are a merchant, a businessman, a rich man, this does not affect me, a farmer who sees you, a city lord, a big nobleman, the queen of the king needs to kneel, do not have to hand over my life and death to you to dispose of, I am a worker who abides by the law every day, works hard, I don't have to grovel when I see the boss of the enterprise, bow my head and bow my waist, I, a flat-headed ordinary person, don't have to worry about those who have the money and the right to take a fancy to my daughter and rob her to be a little wife, you live your wealth and glory, I live my firewood, rice, oil and salt, and even those who are too ostentatious will not end well.
You are stronger than me, richer than me, better than me, but you can't bully me indiscriminately, you can't take a knife in the magic carriage and come to cut me who is walking on the road, we live on the same land, you are richer than me, but you are not nobler than me, you have more power than me, but you have no right to control my life, this is called fairness. ”
After listening to the words of the King of Commandments, Gaia was about to agree, but was suddenly interrupted by Maidenis: "It's. The world is not equal, and the gap between people is unimaginable.
Not to mention the predetermined gap between origin and class, "everyone can succeed", which was taken for granted by education when he was a child, will become extremely ridiculous when he grows up.
Whether a person succeeds or not depends largely on the class of his parents. Personal effort is only an unimportant factor in what you can achieve, and the class and platform you are in are the fundamental basis that determines your future.
The second factor that determines the fate of life, as important as birth, is luck.
The vast majority of wealthy people actually have a sense of insecurity in their hearts because they don't know why they are so successful. Maybe it's a good time, maybe it's the right industry, maybe it's a coincidence that you pick up a leak and start soaring.
They don't know how they made so much money in a daze, and they don't understand why opening a store suddenly became popular.
Yes, I admit that the experience of location marketing for opening a store is indeed important, but the problem is that the role of these experiences has undoubtedly been exaggerated. Experience is the second most important, and courage is the first important thing.
Because as long as you start doing anything, you will definitely gain experience. But whether there is enough courage determines whether there is a chance of success in the first place.
Therefore, birth is very important, luck is very important, courage is also very important, but hard work is essentially just an additional factor after having these conditions.
If you really want to be fair, why don't you go to the devil and sign a contract? ”
The King of the Precepts was very angry by Maidnes's words, but he really couldn't clean her up, and subconsciously opened his mouth and scolded: "Sign a head!" What will happen if you find a demon to sign a contract, haven't you told your mother's pillow story?! ”
Seeing this, Gaia hurriedly coughed a few times: "Ahem! I don't know, I'm not a local, please tell me about it. ”
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you about it." When Mednis heard this, she really forgot about the disgusting precept king, and began to chat with Gaia with great interest, and the precept king could also see that Gaia was playing a round game, snorted coldly, and silently thought in his heart that he was not as good as a psychopath, and he just bowed his head and led the way without saying a word.
"Come, come, tell you, the story goes like this: after successfully meeting the devil on his first trip to hell, the explorer of hell had to make a wish for "world peace" as requested by the king. He wondered if the wish was too big, but he didn't expect the devil to nod generously.
Overnight, the world was truly at peace.
The definition of peace simply means that there is no war. From that night onwards, all wars in the world came to an abrupt end. The soldiers found that the weapon systems were all faulty, and the rifles could not be fired. They angrily brandished knives, guns, and even fists at each other, but they couldn't hurt each other in the slightest.
The great powers that possessed superweapons rushed to test their weapons, but none of them succeeded in exploding. The bigwigs were busy flying around, signing all sorts of agreements, and were completely disrupted by this sudden turn of events. Scientists have begun experiments to explore a detailed definition of this desire.
If there is no war, then what is the minimum size of the war? Can two people fighting each other count as war? But what if two border guards were fighting? The devil has taken a lower limit on all such details, and after experimentation, it has been found that even a fight between two children can be counted as war. This is quite a disappointment for martial arts fans, and they may not be able to see boxing again in their lifetimes.
However, it didn't take long for someone to come up with a solution. If the physical presence of the other party cannot be resolved in person, then indirect means can also be relied upon. For example, pushing someone down on the edge of a cliff.
Although it is not possible to experiment, a large number of real-world cases still prove that even indirect malicious harm cannot be carried out. Otherwise, countries can dump garbage into each other and use dams to create floods – not war, at most operational errors.
Attentive scientists have discovered that world peace seems to be a dynamically changing concept, embodied in the fact that the devil's standards seem to be getting stricter and stricter. At the time of the first vows, verbal violence was not yet prohibited. But after some time, when people find that it is not possible to physically destroy another person, they decide to resort to a mental attack. ”