Darkstone Code-Chapter 799 - 0797 Love [This - is sponsored by: Liu Wenhan - additional update 5/?]
Sitting in Lynch’s villa, the light from the fireplace provided some warmth to the room, although Akumal couldn’t understand how such a small flame could warm such a large hall.
But none of that mattered; what was important was that he was contemplating how to answer Lynch’s question. He had a feeling that this exchange would change him, and might even alter the future fate of Nagariel.
He had to make himself serious, dedicating himself entirely to this question.
After thinking for a long time, he slowly answered with one word, "Spirit!"
After he spoke the answer he had in his heart, he looked at Lynch.
Lynch pondered for a moment, nodding as he said, "Go on."
Akumal took a deep breath and began to articulate his views, "After I came to the Federation, I found that the biggest difference between here and Nagariel was in the people’s spirit."
"I don’t know how to accurately describe the feelings in my heart, Mr. Lynch, everyone here loves life. Perhaps for you, this is just an ordinary thing."
"But for me, for the Nagariel people, it is something rarely seen!"
"Because the oppression from the decaying ruling class made us numb, we would rather rot slowly in the sewage than stand up and strive through our efforts and labor to exchange for the means to survive."
"We do not love life; we live only because our fear of death surpasses the fear of continuing to live. We are pitiful!"
"Without love, we lose ourselves; that’s how we used to be..."
He thought of the past Nagariel, where the entire country, the entire society, was lifeless.
Every day he saw mostly people lying hungry at their doors waiting to be fed, their eyes vacant towards the future, indifferent to real life.
They had no desire to work hard, because no amount of effort could change much of their lives and destiny.
Affluent foreigners and the ruling class not only took away their wealth but also deprived them of the opportunity to earn Wealth.
Faced with such a life, how could people possibly grow to love life?
After exhausting themselves, they could only live slightly better; stuffs they couldn’t afford remained unattainable. Life had little change, but they became more tired instead.
When people lose their vision for the future, they lose their love for life, becoming like walking, moving corpses, languishing and perishing with time.
To awaken the souls of Nagariel people, they must be instilled with spirit, making them love life.
Akumal’s eyes were filled with a kind of unwavering emotion, and his thoughts were shining!
"Mr. Lynch, initially I rejected and even resented your arrival. I thought you were all invaders, no different from those former foreigners, or even our rulers!"
"I thought you would enslave us, make us live even harsher lives than before, but I was wrong."
"You brought real change and made me realize that the future and hope aren’t something we can wait for; we must achieve them with our own hands."
"Labor will earn us corresponding rewards, and those rewards can quickly and visibly alter our lives, a ray of lively sunshine melts the ice and snow!"
"Mr. Lynch, I, along with those around me, have all started to love life. Their spirits have changed from before, becoming more like humans, rather than living corpses."
"The love for life and the changes it can bring are what Nagariel society most needs at present."
"We don’t need violence, we don’t need confrontation; what we need is just for Nagariel people to start loving life."
"A peaceful and orderly society, life, and hope, changing our society and country doesn’t require some earth-shattering power; it only requires a little bit of love!"
Akumal’s emotions were intensely fluctuating; everything he spoke was what he had seen and felt most directly during this period.
The Federation’s rule wasn’t like the former oppressive rule in Nagariel; the ruling class lived well, and so did the masses, didn’t they?
Perhaps this was the path for Nagariel’s future, just as he said, only a little love is needed.
Lynch was deeply moved after listening, "What you said was excellent, a little love..." He couldn’t help but nod repeatedly, "But I’ve heard some advocate for changing Nagariel’s current social structure through violence or even armed revolution." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Be it the Nagariel Youth Party at that time or those with various names later, they seemed to have followed this thought and ideology top to bottom.
From their attack on the Royal Palace, it was evident that they were a restless group of people.
And this restlessness hadn’t diminished or disappeared with the founding of the Nagariel New Federation.
On the contrary, it was continuing to expand, developing stealthily in corners unseen by people’s eyes.
This is inevitable, social rapid development is like a group of people sprinting on a track at high speed.
Some have excellent physical stamina or explosive power, allowing them to run at the forefront, a natural advantage.
Following behind are some with physical conditions better than ordinary people; they run fast, representing the middle to upper levels of society as a whole.
Then are the ordinary people, unable to surpass those at the very front or the second echelon, but they won’t fall behind.
After these people, there are still some who, for various reasons, continue to lag, and they won’t consider their own problems, or why they can’t keep up with the group, instead complaining that everyone’s abandoned them.
These people become the breeding ground for extreme thoughts to grow and spread!
Just like now, every aspect of Nagariel is rapidly developing. As long as one is willing to work hard and not afraid of hardship, they are sure to find a suitable job.
Yet some people don’t want to find work while hating all those who have changed, and also those higher-level people who provide change to these people.
There are still those who admire violence as the means to change the world, to change Nagariel, and they believe only violence can change things, unwilling to listen to any other suggestions.
In reality, these people are failures in society, yet they don’t want to admit their failure, continuously making excuses while attempting to change their awkward situation in foolish ways.
Letting these people continue to spread is very dangerous, after all, for Nagariel people, Federation people are ultimately outsiders.
As long as they’re outsiders, there’s a foundation for opposition.
Nation, country, society, culture, form...
How to solve these problems is also what the United Development Company in Nagariel is facing.
Rather than arresting these people and executing all of them as some suggest, Lynch believes using another ideology to trigger a competitive mechanism, gradually and naturally eliminating such thoughts is the best approach.
There’s no great danger, and it can allow more people to make a comparison.
No matter what others do, at the very least Lynch feels this is the best way to solve the problem.
Originally, he planned to use Asir in this role, and he was very suitable, to be honest.
He came to work in the Federation earlier and then returned to Nagariel. He personally experienced and felt the differences in all aspects between the two societies, and he was still an ordinary person from Nagariel, one of the representatives of the social bottom.
His speech was more representative than others’.
When Lynch finished asking his question, he looked at Akumal. This was a test; as long as Akumal could pass this test, Lynch would let him become the person he wanted to be.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Akumal looked at Lynch, meeting his eyes without any dodge, proving his inner sincerity.
"Mr. Lynch, violence is not the best way to change social progression."
"Recently, I’ve been reading some books in the Federation, some history books, some books on society, and I found one very noticeable feature among them."
"Rulers whose power is based on violent rule often cannot bring happiness to people, violence only begets tyranny, and actually, Nagariel’s previous government has already proven its correctness on this point!"
Akumal gave two examples, one was the Federation’s founding history. The Federation wasn’t founded through large-scale wars, it wasn’t a nation founded through war.
Of course, Akumal wasn’t aware of the shameful extent of the Federation Government, capitalists, and historians.
The Federation could be said to be founded not through war for unification; indeed, no large-scale wars occurred at that time, as Federation people were busy playing the game of ear-cutting and slave-capturing with local indigenous people, having no time for mutual warfare?
Founding the nation was merely a decision made by capitalists and politicians to seek compromises for profits, after all, a unified government suited everyone better.
Akumal then cited the example of Gafura; they also didn’t unify through war. The Imperial Family changed the opinions of the nobility through persuasion, leading to the dissolution of the United Parliament, and the rise of the Imperial Family.
The two most powerful countries in the world are both non-violent countries, which already says a lot.
Violence cannot bring lasting peace, as tyranny born from violence will ultimately end by new violence and tyranny.
To change Nagariel, violence is the least advisable way!
Akumal patiently and thoroughly expounded his viewpoint, believing that only through forming a societal orientation that aligns with the interests of all people from bottom to top, will this orientation ultimately impact the rulers.
In the face of a general trend, regardless of whether the rulers wish to relinquish their power, in the end, they must do so, because they are facing the people, the entire society.
If they do not compromise, they will be abandoned by the entire society, this is Nagariel’s future, the future of all Nagariel people!
Lynch applauded his idea after listening, "A very brilliant idea!"
He said with a pause, "I think your idea should be heard by more Nagariel people!"
