Chapter 3532 Research on Cats and Dogs (80)

Power is a poison. People often say that.

But what kind of poison is power? Is it a neurotoxin that kills people in an instant, or an addictive drug?

I believe that anyone who has a little experience should know that the toxicity of power is between the two. Although it is possible that people will die without a place to bury them at any time, countless people still flock to them and become addicted to them.

How is power addictive?

Some people may feel that status itself brings material enjoyment and is pleasant enough; others may feel that the spiritual satisfaction brought by respect is the key.

But unfortunately, at least in human society, the pleasure brought by power is achieved more by satisfying a person's desire to control.

Most of the people linked to desire for control are not very healthy mental states. Too strong desire for control can lead to various mental problems.

But the human mind itself is a procedure that forces it to run on many mistakes. Meeting any need seems to be doing evil, and it is inevitable that it will not be linked to pathology.

So is it because power gives birth to a stronger desire for control, or is it that people with a stronger desire for control themselves who desperately pursue power?

At least on the topic of Justice League, the latter is to be discussed.

To pick out a representative with strong control, everyone will of course recommend Batman. He controls the Justice League and has an irreplaceable position in the Justice League, so he naturally has power.

However, this just shows that the others in the Justice League do not have that strong desire for control. If their desire for control is the same as Batman, they will definitely compete with Batman for power.

Because power is exclusive, or in other words, the process of establishing power itself is exclusive. If you want to establish the only authority, you must attack and control others. This is what is called a mountain that cannot accommodate two tigers.

Now that Batman has become a tiger on the mountain of Justice League, the remaining people may only be other animals, and most of them are herbivores or small animals that cannot threaten the tiger.

However, the fight in the power field is prepared for large carnivorous beasts: either kill or eat the other party, or be killed and eaten. Everyone has sharp teeth and is never satisfied.

Can you expect a group of sheep to fight for power and profit in the universe?

This is exactly where most Justice Leagues are struggling.

Batman became the absolute core of the team, and others more or less chose to give in, choose to cooperate with him, choose to accept his plan, and act according to his ideas.

This means that Batman has tamed them to some extent, allowing them to develop a habitual idea of ​​"even if I don't control it, things will definitely go in the best direction." This is actually very terrible.

Everyone can think about it, when was the first time they had a desire for power?

Or ask in another way: When did you first want to control something? When did you develop a desire to control something?

The answer is when it gets out of control.

Everyone's power enlightenment must come from an unwilling accident and from "unwillingness".

When you choose to go with the flow, the development of things goes beyond your control and brings bad results, and you want to change this result.

So when the next thing comes, you are ready to decide that you must take full control this time, and no one wants to interfere with your decision. This time you will definitely move things in the direction you want.

This seemingly ordinary idea is actually the most direct and clear manifestation of the desire for control.

There is nothing right or wrong with the desire to control itself. Everyone wants to control their own life, want to live independently, and want to make independent choices. Only by learning to use the motivation brought by this desire can you better control your life.

The uncontrollable desire for control will lead to pathology: in addition to one's own life, people also want to control other people's lives, and even the entire world. At this time, they need to be controlled and corrected.

Once a person has a strong desire for control around him, even if he has not reached the pathological level, he will only control the development of the event within a reasonable range. When you are involved in the event under his control, you will once again fall into a state of drifting with the flow.

So then again, if the result does not satisfy you this time, you will find a way to escape from his control and try to control it yourself the next time.

But what if the result satisfies you?

Most people will think: "This is pretty good. I didn't bother to work hard and got a result that satisfies me. Isn't that a good thing?"

As the saying goes, humans can be domesticated, and what domesticated humans use is human desire.

Not only does it stimulate desires, it can also limit and smooth desires.

When you are always in the control of someone and his control can always bring you the good results you want, your desire for control and power will be greatly smoothed out.

Without the "unwillingness" to reverse the development of the situation, there is no strong desire to control the development of the situation. Driving with the flow will become a habit.

Some people may think: "Others have been bringing me good results, so there seems to be no need to control myself?"

But in fact, the good and bad results are subjective judgments, and as long as they are subjective judgments, they can be manipulated and interfered with.

You think it has brought you good results, but what you think is good is just limited to a narrow perspective, a kind of good that is based on lack of knowledge and does not consider the long-term future.

The result may not be good, and it is just the illusory spiritual satisfaction brought about by being recognized by others when you are controlled for a long time and judged as an object.

So it’s not that Batman did not do it badly, but that he did it too well.

He is always prepared, can always solve all troubles, and can always bring good results.

This will put the rest of Justice League in this numb and go with the flow rather than trying to control something with great ambition.

This can be seen from the several "Batman Death" incidents in the comics.

The "Death of Batman" here does not mean that Batman is really dead, but that Batman is unable to lead the team for some reason and temporarily disappears from the public's sight, the reactions of other members of the team.

When Batman was here, Robins discussed "who is Batman's favorite Robin", which was a bit joking, instead of saying "I must step on your head and climb up to prove that I am the boss."

But after Batman died, things took a sharp turn. The Bat family, which seemed very united, suddenly began to do their own affairs, and everyone wanted to get Batman's cape and become his heir.

Is this their sudden mental disorder?

Of course not. This is because they know that if other Robins control the development of things, it will not bring the good results they want, so they will try to control them themselves.

As long as Batman is there, they will feel that Batman will definitely bring the best results, obeying his arrangements and acting like unity.

There is no doubt that there are certainly feelings among the members of the Bat Family. However, their positions are different. Just whether to kill or not, there is a big conflict.

In this case, it is normal to fight and unity. Because humans cannot predict the future and never know where the car will drive, they all believe that the direction they choose is the right one. It is human nature to try to grab the steering wheel and turn hard toward themselves.

And Batman is like anchoring a future: "As long as you all listen to me, the car will definitely drive to the best results."

This deprives members of the right to exert control to a certain extent.

The desire for control is weakened, which means that they will not take the initiative to seize power, will not try their best to climb up, will not keenly seize every opportunity, try every possibility, and allow themselves to gain greater power.

Someone must think: "Is this kind of mentality of rushing to camp really good? Isn't it happier to do whatever you want?"

It can be said that if someone says to you when you have not yet controlled your life, "There is no need to work hard, there is no need to control power, just be happy and comfortable every day", then this person must want to harm you.

The so-called "free and easy" is a lifestyle that people have already tasted the peak of power and enjoyed the prosperity of the world.

Instead of being fiddled with by others, you don’t even have the right to make your own decisions. You are urged by this and driven by that person like a dog, and you are comforted when you sleep in the open and don’t hide your body.

Superheroes are indeed voluntary labor. However, when the threat is no longer street fights or thieves, but becomes a disaster that endangers the entire earth and even the entire universe, as part of the earth or the universe, everyone must do their best to save their home.

The so-called doing all the best in other universes means that when disaster comes, make plans as much as possible to defeat the enemy and protect the earth and the universe.

And the efforts of this universe are to try every means to gain power from all groups before disasters come, use power to mobilize resources, and use resources to feed back power.

When the power you can obtain is large enough and the level is high enough, everything will become a resource for you to consolidate your power.

Friends are resources that can obtain more help after cooperation; enemies are resources that can increase prestige after fighting; friends' friends are more help; friends' enemies are more prestige.

All things that run in the universe will be swept into this huge vortex and begin to cycle. This huge machine of power will shatter everything and make a deafening roar, in which you will not hear anyone talking loudly to you.

Hal got his power within the Green Light Legion, so he could desperately tilt resources to the earth and then use the earth to gain more power.

Lex has obtained his power within the United States, so he can try every means to tilt resources to the Metropolitan City and then use the Metropolitan City to gain greater autonomy.

Diana negotiated with Hera on behalf of humans, and said that she also had her own power within Mount Olympus. She could also use this to benefit Amazon and humans, and then consolidate her position with the help of humans.

Even Bruce, who obtained the power similar to the high priest from Barbatos and obtained the identity of an archangel in heaven, could use this to benefit his universe, and then consolidate his identity with the development of his universe.

Throughout history, any individual, collective or country has its own vortex of power, and everything is circling, turning to the collapse of order and destruction of dynasty.

The best way to resist foreign enemies is to stir yourself and the earth into this huge vortex. Whether it is natural disasters or man-made disasters, as long as you dare to come over, I will dare to pull you into the water.
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