Dictatorship;

Democracy;

Most people have the impression that these two systems are like winter and summer, water and fire, light and darkness, which are absolutely opposite existences and can never be integrated.

In fact, whether it is dictatorship or democracy, in the final analysis, it is just a formality, a way of managing the country - just like medicine, democracy is a chronic Chinese medicine, and dictatorship is a medicine with great side effects. And while these two drugs are opposed, they are pregnant with each other.

When democracies are flawed and societies wither and lose their vitality, people crave strong leaders to sweep away the problems with an iron fist. When people feel that they can't tolerate dictatorship, they embrace democracy and chant "one for all, all for one".

There is no opposition between dictatorship and democracy, both systems are just the "desire for freedom" and "desire for domination" of human nature that are faithfully manifested through thinking and acting, just as the history of civilization of intelligent beings has shown – a spiral of rising contradictions.

It doesn't ask where it comes from or where it returns, it's an infinitely stretching spiral of contradictions.

- It was supposed to be like this.

However, the power of God will break this trend.

A closed society, dominated by a single set of values, is the strongest brainwashing device.

Fighting the "natural" and "commonplace" that has been thoroughly instilled since childhood will seal the freedom to hold doubts without the person noticing. Once the personality is formed in this environment, it is extremely difficult to change it. In this society, any "anomalous person" will immediately be ostracized and expelled by the entire society.

It's like if Darwin had been born in the Middle Ages and had come up with the theory of evolution, no matter how much evidence and information he had cited, no matter how convincing the words and numbers and fossils were, the people would still have thought him crazy, and people would have taken him to the Inquisition and laughed at him being burned to ashes.

But even the long dark Middle Ages will eventually come to an end. After all, the church is an organization established by people, and no matter how sophisticated the organizational structure is, it needs good enough people to maintain it, and the life span of people is limited, can their successors be as diligent and excellent as their predecessors...... As far as the known history is concerned, at most three generations, whether it is an emperor, a pope, or a head of a department or agency, the overall level will show a significant downward trend, and from the fourth generation onwards, all kinds of decadence and erosion will appear, and then spread and deteriorate bit by bit, and finally drag everything into the abyss of no return.

This can be said to be the limit of the system of domination constructed by human beings.

So, what about an immortal god to control a similar system?

There is no doubt that the so-called hope will cease to exist altogether.

"Compared to eternity, the creatures who will eventually face the end of 'death' are too fragile, their bodies, their thoughts, and their lamentations will eventually disappear into the long river of time, leaving no trace. What could frighten those who willingly gave their lives to awaken the majority of people?"

The brandy in the glass rippled in circles, and the red pupils showed a crooked and hideous appearance through the shaking wine, like the evil eyes of the devil watching through the cracks of hell.

Those who join the revolution can be broadly divided into three categories: the masses who are swept away by the currents, the ambitious speculators, and the enthusiastic idealists.

The first two kinds of people are easy to buy, as long as you have enough benefits, they will soon become "friends of the king", "obedient people of the emperor", as if they have always been like this, and they have never changed, and the so-called rebellions and underground activities are even more illusory.

The latter kind of people are more troublesome, because most of the hard guys are idealists. Physical means such as nine-tailed cats, soldering irons, and pistols may help some people correct their ideological mistakes, but there are also tough guys who would rather die than give in, and torture, intimidation, coercion, and inducement will not work for them at all. In order to realize their ideals, to awaken the numb populace, these people are happy to give their lives, water the flowers of freedom with their own blood, and become glorious martyrs.

The biggest fear of this kind of person is that after giving everything, the world will still be the same world for decades, centuries, thousands of years, and nothing has changed.

"'A future that will not change anything' is the strongest poison for those idealists, and no matter how strong and resolute they are, they can only give in to their fate or end up in despair when faced with this sure vision. So in any case, they will also leave a seed before the world goes into lockdown, leaving a glimmer of hope for humanity. ”

"That hope...... Is it democracy?"

“...... It's a little different. ”

After a deep groan, Li Lin put down his wine glass.

"If I think of the world as a flower garden, what I do is remove all kinds of weeds and wildflowers, keep only the one needed rose, then carefully sprinkle herbicide and cement all the land outside of the rose's growing range. What Roland is doing is to leave a crack the size of a palm or even the size of a finger before the cement is poured, giving those wildflowers and weeds a little breath. ”

That is...... Leave room to show what's possible?"

There was a glint in Nidhogg's eyes.

In fact, even now, Roland has not proposed any systematic plan to anyone, everything is just a few words, as for whether Roland has such a grand plan in his head with the goal of subverting the world under Li Lin's control, no one knows at all, and no one can tell.

However, through Roland's way of thinking, as well as his various actions, after combining and analyzing each other, some clues can still be seen.

"A platform to showcase what's possible...... In other words, the establishment of a sound democratic republic. It would certainly be the best outcome if Charlemagne could be restored to complete independence and self-determination from the domination of the Holy Gilmanian Empire or the Church. If it doesn't work, then he will try to find a democratic republic, no matter how big or small. ”

"It sounds a bit like a replica of the founding process of Alfheim. ”

That's right, when he conceived the plan, he had Alfheim in mind. In the history of the present, there is only one close to his vision. But it was only the degree of reference, and he never thought that he could replicate the miracle of Alfheim, nor did he build a replica of Alfheim. ”

After experiencing imperialism, expansionism, ****, racism, authoritarianism, ***ism, and religious theocracy, Roland's thinking basically fell to the left. In his eyes, the state is only a concrete means of putting the well-being of the people and democratic republican politics into practice, and has no other purpose.

In other words, it is the opposite of the state supremacy of Alfheim.

"Of course, no matter how much the thinking changes, the main scope of work for the establishment of the state is still the same. That is, the four major blocks of ideology, politics, economy, and military. ”

Ideas are the core and premise of the whole plan, and in a world that has never known and experienced democratic republican politics, how will ordinary citizens feel in the face of a completely new system and the sudden political rights granted? Will people applaud or ignore it? It can be said that the degree of care and support that a nation-building idea can receive directly determines whether or not the country can survive the darkest days of its initial stage. If the majority of citizens do not agree with the meaning of a democratic republic, then no plan or conspiracy is meaningless. There are roughly two conditions for citizens to identify with and devote themselves to the idea of a democratic republic, namely, the oppression of authoritarian tyranny or the symbolic sacrifice of a person who advocates democratic republican politics. The realization of either of these two would be a catalyst for the idea of a democratic republic.

"If it were me, I would consider doing something elaborate in public, such as arranging for a sniper to shoot at a protester crowd disguised as a government military police at a march, or arranging an unsuccessful assassination disguised as a secret assignment by the government during a public speech, in order to provoke the anger of the crowd and promote my ideas. Roland wouldn't have done that. ”

"Because he doesn't like vile means?"

"No, it's just that once exposed, they become street rats. All the efforts that have been made so far will be in vain. ”

There are always many similar things, especially when some superpower needs to carry out regime change and color revolution on a certain prey, and all kinds of "massacres and murders" against "human rights fighters", NGOs, and "freedom-seeking people" will gradually increase. At the same time, the media denounce the ruling authorities and those in power in a compassionate and indignant manner, portraying them as bloodthirsty butchers, beasts that gnaw at the flesh of the people, puppets supported by other superpowers or camps. Then, as a gesture of appealing for the people's lives, they called on their governments and authorities to take military action to stop those atrocities in the interests of human rights, justice, justice and peace – even without the authorization of the United Nations. What followed was the step-by-step play out of the script for military intervention, which had been rehearsed countless times, bombing, ground invasions, and the fifth column...... In the end, a "democratic regime" was established from the ruins.

Familiar recipes, familiar tastes, but it's not so easy to replicate.

Mastery of core technology, military bases and huge armies all over the world, and the right to speak in public opinion -- without mastering these in their hands, they want to incite a group of obedient lambs to rise up for revolution? No one with a little sense would do that.

Coupled with his personality, Roland will definitely choose to work the ground. Although it took a bit of time and was too honest, it was really the best path and arguably one of the easiest jobs. ”

Shaking the wine glass, Li Lin stared at the ripples in the glass and said:

"The next part, which is the practical part, is as difficult as the sky. ”