"The Great Dao's course—thousands of years ago, sages had already glimpsed it. But if a system of order offers no benefit, how could it long attract the strong to uphold it?!"
"Granted, our system allows the strong to draw spiritual sustenance and propel the growth of their minds. If it truly comes to fruition, its merit will endure for a thousand ages. But before it is completely established, there is no avoiding those who eat from the pot even as they smash it..."
Though she was in another world, Li Nishang seemed already to have foreseen the future, knowing that such figures would emerge within the future Federation.
Zhao Cheng, meanwhile, had not been specifically watching this side. Yet ever since he had condensed the civilization anchor point, his connection to the Cosmic Federation had become intimately intertwined. Though he had not been watching, everything naturally reflected itself within his spiritual world.
As for the concerns of these two strongest humans besides himself, Zhao Cheng understood clearly that the two of them had struck precisely at the heart of the matter.
The essence of civilization was rules and order—making people, or rather, the majority of people, acknowledge that order.
Thus, feudal dynasties established elaborate rites to highlight the distinction and nobility of the exalted, making people acknowledge the legitimacy of their rule. The same was true in the West: nobles created all manner of aristocratic etiquette and were fiercely exclusionary, rendering the gulf between nobles and commoners impossible to cross.
Beyond that, they used ritual doctrine to shackle thought and kept knowledge in the hands of only a small minority. At the same time, they wielded military force as deterrence, making people pale at the mention of officials and dare not challenge the authority of the government. Only thus could