Chapter 2058: Please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!!!
The Time Gem was considered by the immortals as a fruit that should not exist. It was completely playing with cause and effect and was too dangerous. The immortals suffered heavy losses because of this gem. But after defeating the Gods and obtaining the gem, they did not
Blinded by the power, they knew very well that this dangerous power should not stay.
But even the immortals cannot destroy it. The infinite stones are the essence of the universe, and they are the embodiment of the universe itself. External forces cannot shake them at all, and the immortals have no choice. They cannot take them away. After all, the immortals did not know it at the time.
What will your future be like?
They were afraid that taking this thing away would leave endless chaos, so they simply left it on the earth.
With a great guardian existence, no one can discover the information of the Time Stone. And it was handed over to a mortal - Agamotto, a mage recognized by the immortals for his character and strength.
And warned him not to use this power at will, which is absolutely beyond the control of mortals.
Afterwards, Agamotto listened to the warnings of the immortals, sealed it, and warned his disciples never to use it.
Over the years... the Time Stone has actually been used. Every time it was used, it could reverse the situation, but it also left countless troubles.
One of them, the Supreme Mage, used the Time Stone to fight against the Dimension Demon, but everyone forgot about him! His relatives, friends and disciples all forgot all memories of him. He was forgotten by the whole world.
Of course, there may be more serious consequences, but the Supreme Mage chose to sacrifice himself. He left few records and the Eye of Agamotto, warning future generations not to use the Time Stone easily, so that future generations will remember that they will never
Place yourself above the laws of nature, and don’t play with time!
Therefore, all the subsequent Kama Taj mages knew about the existence of Agamotto, but no one coveted its terrifying power.
Because everyone knows that the cost of using it is too terrible.
This is why Modu stopped Ancient One.
Gu Yi shook his head: "I know that this is the last option. I will not use it unless it is at the last moment."
Of course Gu Yi knows this. In fact, he himself is an absolute supporter of this principle. She has always been cautious about power. This is the basic quality of a mage. A mage is a user of magic. If you are addicted to the power of magic,
, that is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse.
However, Gu Yi is also not a stickler for rules. If it really comes to that point, there is nothing wrong with paying some price in order to save the earth.
When Modu heard this, he calmed down a little.
At this time, a mage came over, it was Wang Yuan.
"Master, the government's lackeys are here."
Wang Yuan himself is an American. Although he is Chinese, his generation of immigrants has long been unknown. In addition, he himself is a firm supporter of liberalism.
To put it simply, it is Bai Zuo.
Bai Zuo naturally opposes government power and has extreme distrust of government institutions.
What’s interesting is that the two groups, the white left and the red necks, are at odds with each other on various issues, but their attitudes towards the federal government are surprisingly consistent. That is, they naturally distrust the government. Some people may say that because
The government is not elected by the people, so the people do not trust the government. The implication is that as long as the government is elected by the people, the people can trust it. Is this true? The U.S. government is elected by the people, and the American people
Do you trust the U.S. government? The answer is no. No matter how the government is elected, Americans believe that the government is unreliable. Even if the person who comes to power is the one they voted for, they cannot fully trust him. There is a saying in officialdom:
"The butt determines the brain." No matter how good the meat or dish is, it will become moldy if left for a long time, and it will go bad if there is no supervision. There are many things like being pretentious for votes one second, and then changing one's attitude the next second.
In an era when Americans were exploring the road to nation-building, Cromwell, the leader of the British bourgeois revolution, had always been a negative example in their eyes, warning them not to follow in his footsteps. During the revolution in Congress against the king, Cromwell became a member of Congress.
Became an invincible military commander and created a heroic legend. However, after the revolution won and the king's military power was abolished,
After that, he quickly took control of the military and implemented a dictatorship, declared himself the "Lord Protector", dissolved Congress at every turn, and became another tyrant in the practical sense. The founding fathers of the United States knew very well that once power is highly concentrated, the rulers will take advantage of it.
With the self-expansion of national resources, no matter how honest and self-disciplined people are, they may become corrupted, and the next people to suffer are the common people.
How should we prevent the government from doing bad things? The British political thinker Hume proposed the "rogue hypothesis", that is, when designing the political system, everyone is treated as a profit-seeking rogue, and they act according to the worst-case scenario, and do not take any chances. In this way, even if rogues come to power, they will not be able to take any chances.
We must also serve the people honestly under the constraints of the system, or at least not harm the people. This
This assumption seems to hurt people's self-esteem, but in fact, the practices in many situations, such as airport security and traffic cameras, are all "to guard against gentlemen but not villains". Because even if most people are good people, if they are not
Inspection and supervision will allow a few bad things to succeed, but as long as a terrorist boards a plane with a weapon, the consequences will be disastrous.
Therefore, when the United States designs its political system, whether it is electing or appointing officials, it must first assume that this person is a scoundrel. Don’t take this guy’s oath of integrity and election promises seriously. Instead, he must design a system that can effectively restrict and supervise him.
The system allows him to serve the people honestly. If some people really have all the power of life and death, to what extent can we expect him to become an honest and sage king? If there is no obstacle or punishment for plundering, the oath and the
How binding are promises?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The basic assumption of "human nature is evil" forms the core content of American political culture - once those elected public officials have supreme power, they will inevitably have selfish desires
Expansion is as evil as tyrants and totalitarian dictators. Therefore, even good people elected by the people are unreliable. A good and stable system that can prevent and stop this evil has become crucial and even the only reliable system.
guarantee.
From Washington to Obama, the United States has produced 44 presidents. Among them, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc. are all outstanding politicians who will go down in history. But even if they meet such a person who seems to have everything "benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust", Americans will not
Blindly follow superstition and still exercise questioning and restraint. In 1937, Roosevelt felt that the Supreme Court was too conservative and blocked it.
In line with the New Deal, the Supreme Court judges were old and frail and delayed in handling cases, so they wanted to add an additional judge. As a result, not only the political conservatives who were opposed to Roosevelt immediately actively opposed the intention to reorganize the Supreme Court, but also set off an uproar in the entire society.
The spontaneous wave of protests was especially surprising because independent liberals in the Senate also firmly supported the Supreme Court.
The reason is that they believe that the victory of the liberal cause cannot be achieved by playing tricks, stuffing fake votes into the ballot box, or by adding people to the court to control the court. You know, Roosevelt began to attack the judiciary as soon as he was re-elected.
, who can ensure that he will not take advantage of this, become so proud and complacent that he becomes domineering, or even stand completely opposite to the "U.S. Constitution"?
Based on the early warning psychology generated by this distrust of power, when Americans design the political system, they are always on guard against the government's actions, and they are always vigilant and suspicious of the government and its officials. As a result, a kind of
A social alarm mechanism with great supervisory effect. As a result, government officials have to be more effective and more honest in the face of this ubiquitous social pressure. In other words
In other words, even a person with a very bad heart has no choice but to refrain from doing bad things because he is always afraid of being discovered by others. This person who has "a thief's heart but no courage" will naturally become a "last resort" good person.
There is a difference between a kind of "last resort" good person and a truly good person who is naturally kind-hearted, but this difference does not make much difference to society. Anyway, they do good things in the end.
It can be seen that behind the pessimistic understanding of human nature in American political culture, there is also an optimistic understanding of the system. That is: between people with imperfect natures.
Therefore, everyone in the United States, regardless of whether they are left or right, is wary of the government to the core.
The same goes for Wang Yuan.
Especially since this guy is a fat nerd who surfs the Internet every day and is somewhat involved in conspiracy theories.
"Wang, you are already an outsider. Don't always use those things on the Internet to say that you are not an American, you are a Kama Taj!"
Modu disliked Wang Yuan very much... and even thought that Wang Yuan and Strange would lead Strange into trouble if they stayed together.
Strange is already difficult to deal with in some aspects, and if he stays with Wang Yuan any more, he will definitely go astray.
Kama Taj doesn’t pay much attention to nationality, race and color. Once you enter Kama Taj, although you don’t have to completely forget about the world, you should also calm down and try not to care about those messy things. After all, as a mage, power and money are inherently important.
It has nothing to do with them anymore.
"Okay... people from the US government came here and they want to talk to us."
Wang Yuan doesn't like Modu very much... just like absolutely no one in the school likes the dean. It's not that he has any opinion on his personal character. In fact, teachers who can serve as the dean of the school generally have good quality.
It's pretty good. It's just that he's relatively serious and principled, so people don't get close to him.
Wang Yuan was like this, he feared Mo Du more than he respected him.
Modu didn't care about this. He was just a beggar in North Sudan who was about to starve to death. Can you imagine? In the country where you live, an armed conflict suddenly breaks out. Your home is destroyed, and your relatives are destroyed.
Being killed, you had to flee the place you were familiar with and find a safe refuge. You didn't have enough food and water, no medical care and education, no toys and books, no hope and no future. This was Mordu's original living situation
.
If it weren't for Gu Yi, he would have died long ago.
So for him, Kama Taj is everything, and the teachings of the Ancient One are everything.
"Drive them away!" Although he didn't like Wang Yuan's attitude, Mo Du didn't trust the US government very much either. Because these people have too many selfish motives!
"No! Let them come over." Gu Yi stopped them.
"Master?" Modu looked at Gu Yi.
Gu Yi shook his head: "We really shouldn't have too much contact with them, but now...the crisis has come, they may really be able to help. At least...it can reduce our pressure. We don't have many people and can rebuild the nodes."
It’s imperative.”
Now Kamal Taj is stuck in an endless loop.
If you want to stabilize the situation, you must rebuild the node.
But if you want to rebuild the node, you must stabilize the situation.
To stabilize the situation, additional manpower must be deployed to deal with the unrest.
Without external help, they would have no way to break this situation.
"But... they have too many selfish motives. They will even find ways to master the great guardian, which is a huge threat to the entire earth!"
In the long history of Kama Taj, there has been no thought of using the power of the state to stabilize the situation. But without exception, such attempts have ended in bad results. After all, the idea of the secular state always regards the great guardian as a weapon.
A weapon that could help them rule the world!
This is absolutely unacceptable to mages.
The great guardianship belongs to all humans and also to all mages.
Rather than a tool for some people to realize their ambitions.
Therefore, Kamal Taj has always adhered to the traditional master-apprentice system. Although with the help of the state, Kamal Taj is very convenient in many aspects, such as recruiting apprentices and collecting various resources, but the disadvantages are too great.
"The current situation is that we can only give it a try. There are some situations that we must let them know."
The prestige of the Ancient One cannot be overemphasized. Although contacting the secular government is simply treason in the eyes of Kama Taj's tradition, Kama Taj has no good solution to the current situation.
Soon, Director Hill from S.H.I.E.L.D., Ms. Carter from the Shadow Bureau, and government agents entered the mirror space.
As soon as they arrived, they saw many mages casting spells to move and move the ruins.
Three mortals were brought before the Ancient One.
"I am the Ancient One, Supreme Mage of Karma Taj."
Ancient One's attitude towards mortals has always been very kind, and he does not feel that he is superior to them just because he protects them.
"Supreme Mage...are you the leader of the mages?"
Director Hill has also collected some information about Kamal Taj, but that information was all Kai's dictation in the past and was unclear in many aspects. He knew nothing about Kamal Taj's address or organizational structure.
Supreme Mage, this word Kai once said.
There is no more content after that.
Unexpectedly, they would see the Supreme Mage today.
"You can say that." This is not something that is difficult to admit, and Gu Yi did not hide it.