"Love, you say this kind of thing is love?!"

Roland raised his voice, a question containing intense emotion that bordered on a growl.

"Do you call love to create wars, to occupy countries, to divide the races under its rule into four classes, to reduce the human beings in the occupied areas to the lowest level of labor, and to make the whole country and the world progress to a certain extent and then remain in place?"

It is not uncommon to distort information and glorify one's own behavior to justify crimes and atrocities, and to some extent quite common. But it is really rare to have a huge span like Li Lin and be confident.

Love?

This word came out of Li Lin's mouth not only contrary to harmony, it was simply unrealistic, not to mention that it was still associated with war, massacre, and slavery.

Either Li Lin is extremely confident in his sophistry, or he treats everyone as a fool from the bottom of his heart.

Love and Li Lin - the two have no intersection, they are completely two straight lines moving in opposite directions.

However.

"What do you think is love? Is it love that is all obedient and glue-like? Or, as you argue, fraternity based on equality and mutual respect for all people can be regarded as love? There is no clear standard form of love, the affection between men and women is love, mutual respect and respect is love, the silent love of parents for their children, and the love of the creator for the equality of creation—these are also love. ”

"You're saying it's all out of love?

"Isn't it a joke, can a child who has not experienced hardships, who does not know what sinister is, who thinks that he knows everything, who can do anything, and who has the whole world under his feet? That's right, just like Charlemagne. ”

"That's ......"

It was the result of Alfheim's inducement—the words that came to his heart came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.

Indeed, Alfheim had great influence on Charlemagne's **** rampage. But from another point of view, even if there is no consortium and no Li Lin, after gaining such a leap and progress of great strategic significance as the industrial technological revolution, can Charlemagne keep to himself, concentrate on developing the economy and people's livelihood, and not provoke right and wrong?

The answer is no.

Not to mention whether Charlemagne is still willing to maintain a national border that is not satisfactory to him after gaining a huge increase in national strength and industrial capacity, and does not mention a large number of ethnic and religious beliefs at home and abroad. Assuming that Charlemagne is content with the status quo and is not keen on investing his improved technological and national strength in building up armaments and expanding his territory, people should not ignore the reaction of other countries, and in the face of a rapidly rising economic, political, and military power, whether it intends to achieve military expansion or not, the fact that its rapid increase in national strength and breaking the balance of power will itself cause a high degree of tension among all countries, and promote the intentional or unintentional opposition of all countries, not to mention that its strong productive forces and economic power will inevitably be transformed into the dumping of commodities in other countries. Even if it is only to protect their own markets, countries will erect trade barriers and cut off Charlemagne's supply of resources. As the contradictions continued to accumulate, Charlemagne eventually chose to either break out into an economic crisis, which led to the country's financial bankruptcy and civil strife, or choose to break the encirclement of other countries through war and establish a new international order. Other than that, there is no other option.

Yes, this is actually the strategic dilemma faced by the empire when it was founded, but fortunately the empire has a powerful force enough to drag everyone to hell together, and with the sword hanging over everyone's heads, the countries have to give up the option of flipping the table and honestly maintain a false peace together.

This is simply the cruelest irony.

What guarantees peace is not people's pursuit of morality and their own responsibility, nor is it everyone's reflection and common opinion on war, but relies on the rationality and calmness of dictators, as well as the deterrence of powerful force.

"The root of all disputes is goodwill, the expectation of a good life, the expectation of a good job, the expectation of a better future than the present. This is not a mistake, and it is everyone's right. However, because of this, the good intentions of countless egos are not always mutually inclusive, and even most of them are in conflict with each other, and from those conflicts there are differences and confusions, which then lead to strife, and eventually become war. If left unchecked, humanity will eventually destroy itself and the world. Therefore, although the way is not gentle, it is the only way to protect all life and the world at the same time. ”

It is by no means a form that can be called gentle, but it is absolutely just.

It's like being the head of a big family, maybe not liked by everyone, or even hated and cursed by the family members. But this parent does not care about the feelings of family members, nor does he care about the opinions and reactions of others, and manages with a responsible attitude towards the whole family, and any behavior that may bring harm to the family will be punished, and any family member who goes out of line will be ruthlessly suppressed, and sometimes even punished by family law. All these impersonal practices are to protect the interests and survival of the family, and not to be destroyed by internal or external troubles.

Different from the feudal patriarch in the traditional sense, because there is no so-called preference, purely based on rational thinking, Li Lin and the system he created will not be swayed by feelings. This makes the system more ruthless and cruel at the same time more just.

Although not satisfied, all races do have the right to exist, and war is almost excluded, in a sense, it can already be said that all people are happy. For the first time, people's long-standing pursuit of utopia has finally been realized in concrete form.

It's true...... Is that so?

"Not true. ”

Roland's voice was deep, both confused and determined.

It's like a lost child who still refuses to give up looking for a way forward.

"It's never happiness. ”

What people tirelessly pursue, constantly think about the end of exploration, is to throw everyone into a cage and lock them up, according to the scientifically formulated life schedule, strictly abide by all kinds of rules and arrangements, and do not make a mistake. Finally follow a delicate schedule to go through the whole life?

The so-called life, the so-called happiness, should not be a form that has already filled the itinerary. It should not be obtained by sacrificing dignity and becoming something that others raise.

"It's not love, it's just control and domination. Moreover, what you have done is not just, let alone infallible. You know what's just said that there is a huge contradiction in it, which is enough to reveal your seemingly perfect theory as it is. ”