People's hearts were boundless.
Greed could never be satisfied.
From Uchiha Madara's perspective, conquering the world and establishing a unified nation could only create a society that was peaceful on the surface but still rife with conflict beneath. To achieve true peace, the Infinite Tsukuyomi was still necessary. Everyone would be immersed in their own eternal dream, with no connection to one another. That way, there would be no struggles over interests or conflicting ideals. Everyone would live in the happiest world imaginable. That was true peace!
That was why Madara admired Naruto: for someone so young to have such breadth of vision and conviction was truly remarkable. But he also rejected Naruto's approach, because in Madara's eyes, it was still an outdated method. Of course, if Naruto were here, he would certainly have a deeper debate with Madara over what constituted a truly peaceful world, and whether it was real or false. It was an eternal question. Madara believed Naruto's approach was outdated and merely superficial, but wouldn't Naruto consider Madara's plan an attempt to create a false peace?
Never mind that the Eye of the Moon plan itself had been devised after Black Zetsu deceived Madara.
Even if the plan had nothing to do with Black Zetsu.
Even if it wasn't a means to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.
But if everyone fell into an eternal dream to forcibly create a peaceful world, wasn't that just self-deception?
Only a unified nation was the most practical and sensible path to peace.
In Naruto's previous world, this had been proven countless times to be the best—and only—way. Any internal disputes over interests or ideology that arose later would depend on the ruler's breadth of vision, depth of character, and skill. In the end, though, they would all remain within the realm of