Want to Become One of the Five Elders, Young Man? (33)

In the One Piece World, attempts to seize power from above rarely succeeded.

Part of the reason was that rulers thought differently depending on the times. Public opinion and the interests of too many people were tangled up in it as well.

A ruler had to consider more than power. He also had to shoulder the responsibilities that came with it.

Where had pirates caused trouble now?

How much Celestial Tribute should be collected this year?

From the direction of government policy down to what ordinary people ate and wore, everything had to be considered. A ruler had to find every possible way to maintain his position.

Simply demonstrating "strength" was not enough.

When raising the banner of rebellion, as the Revolutionary Army did now, strength alone could indeed be enough.

But if the power to make the government's decisions were handed to them, could they do the job well?

The answer...

Heh!

Just look at the Affiliated Nations and Non-Affiliated Nations they had incited to revolt. They toppled one set of corrupt rulers, installed another set of righteous ones, and then...

They left those nations to fend for themselves and moved on to the next oppressed country.

With the World Government and the Celestial Dragons looming over everyone, that was understandable. The Revolutionary Army did not have the capacity to shift its focus to governing nations after their uprisings.

But what would happen once those mountains were removed?

They would simply repeat the process.

It might not even take long. In the instant they received the news, these fighters who pursued freedom could become the very people they had once despised.

And yet...

None of those problems were apparent in Ron.

What set him apart from the Revolutionary Army, which never thought beyond its next move, and the pirates,