mtl008 Chapter 2621 Mayfly World (21)
Chapter 2621 Mayfly World (21)
Chapter 2621 Mayfly World (Twenty-one)
Clark is a journalist at heart. He used a lot of metaphorical words and emotional expressions in the process of explaining his ideas. If it were written into a book, it would be quite moving.
But the biggest reason why Schiller made such a judgment was that he was very good at summarizing. Whether it was summarizing the nonsense of those mentally ill patients or summarizing Clark's beautiful, rich and gorgeous words, it was one of his essential professional skills.
To sum up Clark's mental journey, it can be said that he was originally a supporter of social rules. It's like this house is built very well, but the paint is occasionally peeling off, so I will use my super-human abilities to help them repair it, which can be regarded as a sense of participation.
But after going to Mexico, Clark discovered that some of the existing rules in this world were not creating a happy life for human beings, but making them starve.
Maybe it was because he came from a farm family, or maybe the scene Clark saw was really too exciting, in any case, Clark simply could not accept the fact that humans were starving.
So he changed his concept and goal. It is simple to say, which is to prevent human beings from starving and to make the land under their feet grow food that can feed them.
As for the issue of violent means, although Clark said it very tactfully, the main idea is that whoever makes people starve should be beaten.
It's just because he's a Kryptonian with a super brain, he can beat people in a fancy way and he can control it well.
If we go deeper, most of the supermen are gods on earth. They stand at a higher level to maintain the stability of social operations, but since they stand higher, it means that they are not among the human collective.
Therefore, the means he adopted were more like adjudication, similar to a judge in a court. He was not in the same group as the plaintiff and the defendant, but precisely because he was above them, he could remain impartial.
Some superheroes choose to serve as jurors and use their own power to influence the outcome of the trial, which is a more gentle way.
It is natural for them to choose this method because they are too powerful. They naturally stand at a higher level without any movement. As long as they are not deliberately corrected, they are born to be a judge.
To be specific, they really don't have much in common with ordinary humans. It's not that they are really the same just because they look the same and follow the same values, otherwise the mutant problem would not have developed to this point.
The gap in power levels is enough to destroy all common ground.
But Clark is not like that. He found a different way to share a simple connection between himself and ordinary people: they all need to eat.
It may sound ridiculous, but it made Schiller admire that Clark did have a natural sharpness and he instinctively grasped the key to the problem.
They work the same land, harvest the same crops, cook the same meals, and fill the same stomachs. Who can say that there is any difference between these two types of people?
Schiller knew that this was also the approach that China took towards mutants, and it was precisely the approach that Europe and the United States could not adopt.
People need to eat. Isn't Magneto powerful enough? Now that the Andromeda Galaxy can't grow food, he still ran back happily? He can indeed not eat by turning into a magnetic field, but what about his subordinates? What about his subordinates' subordinates? Will he still be alone after going out for half a lifetime?
If you don't have food, you can't work. If you have food, anyone can work. This is a simple truth. It is precisely because of this theory that mutants have never been seen in the East.
But Europe and the United States have no way to adopt this theory because the foundation of their country is class segregation and infinite subdivision.
Even if there are not so many differences between ordinary people, they have to forcibly create many differences, make them take sides, and then attack each other. How can they unite people like mutants who have physiological differences?
Having said that, if ordinary people and mutants are united, or even if the two sides are united, then who will they deal with?
Therefore, the Eastern philosophy of seeking common ground while reserving differences does not work here. Here, people try to create differences even if they do not exist. Even if you are not abnormal, you are considered abnormal.
Back to Clark, he only went to Mexico once and he figured out a theory that could even unite the Kryptonians: everyone needs to eat.
Kryptonians may not need to eat as frequently as humans, but they have a more fatal weakness: their power comes from the sun, and humans cannot live without the sun.
Since they all had the need to survive, why couldn't they unite together? Why couldn't he consider himself one of them?
Even if Clark jumps out now and says that he is a member of All Green, All Green will not be able to refute it. Kryptonians can grow in the sun, and plants also need to grow in the sun. What makes you say that we are not the same kind?
There are many obvious benefits to truly considering oneself as a member of the human race. First of all, one will become much more humble.
Although the original Superman cannot be considered arrogant, it depends on who he is compared with. Compared with Batman, everyone is extremely humble. But from the perspective of ordinary people, the existence of superheroes itself is a product of arrogance. They fly around overhead without considering that when they execute justice, ordinary people may pay the price for them.
Once Clark chooses to completely join the human group, he will no longer be a superhero, but will strive to become a hero, a hero that has appeared countless times in human history.
For him, it can also further improve his mental stability. This kind of super saint is actually most afraid of making mistakes, because when something goes wrong, they will look for their own reasons first. Once they make an irreparable mistake, they may fall into the abyss because of self-blame.
But if Clark regards himself as an ordinary person and finds that the world is too big and he is too small, he will understand that both this land and this society leave enough room for someone's mistakes and will not change just because he actually has the ability.
The last benefit is actually the most useful one, which is that Clark will no longer hold himself to an extremely high moral standard that is close to that of God. This kind of moral standard in the past not only restricted his thinking, but also his means.
There is a group of people who have not made any mistakes, but their existence will lead to one mistake after another, which the supermen of the past would not care about.
He won't think about these things. He will only think that this is within the rules, that this is a product of social rules and is part of the ant nest.
But Clark won't do that. He realizes that the existence of some people is a mistake in itself, or their existence is the source of one mistake after another under them, and he will strike hard at these people.
Because from the perspective of ordinary people, these people should not exist. Since he is also an ordinary person and is affected by the mistakes they make, he should actively fight for his own interests like ordinary people.
Instead of turning a blind eye to these mistakes and ignoring the existence of these people just because you have your own strong abilities to avoid the harm caused by the mistakes they make.
Schiller and Clark had different ways of wanting to become ordinary people. Schiller was from the bottom up, while Clark was from the top down. It seemed that Schiller's way was more difficult, but in fact it was not.
If you are far superior to humans, it will be more difficult to realize and change your situation, and you will have to pay more to fit in with ordinary people.
Because for Schiller, the process of integrating into ordinary people is a kind of therapy in itself, but for Clark, integrating into ordinary people is a kind of sacrifice. If he wants to fight for his rights with ordinary people's means, then he can no longer rely completely on his superpowers, which will not work.
Like now, he can fly directly to the Andromeda Galaxy to help Magneto plow all the land, but does it make sense?
There are still many hungry people in the Mexico of this universe, and it makes no sense to improve their situation.
He could even choose to destroy the United States, or threaten the United States to stop, but without the United States, will there be no one else? There will never be a power vacuum.
In this case, all he can do is to fight endlessly, keep striving and keep going until all mankind completely eliminates hunger and poverty.
Oliver's experience has taught him that just swinging fists is not enough. Take the recent accident for example. If Clark is asked to use mind reading to find out the real culprit behind the incident and beat him up, will that be enough?
How can he clear himself of suspicion of drug trafficking, how can he make the public believe his self-evidence, how can he comfort those who once had hope but were disappointed again, how can he unravel the mystery and find the real culprit behind the scenes? None of these can be solved by simply dragging the person out and beating him up.
Clark had suggested to Oliver that he could protect Oliver and take him back to Mexico. Under his protection, Oliver would not be in any danger and he would have ample space to investigate and collect evidence, but Oliver was unwilling to go.
What is involved here is more complicated than Clark can imagine. Oliver talked to him briefly. Although Clark could not fully understand the various theories that "the savior of the Mexicans must be themselves", he could always feel too much helplessness.
Since he chooses to stand with ordinary people, he will one day encounter such helplessness, which is far from being resolved by violent means, but rather a conflict of consciousness and a clash of ideas.
Therefore, he could only choose to use his super brain more and try to figure things out first, and at the same time be more restrained in taking violent measures, so as not to alert the enemy with one move.
Today was obviously one of his attempts. Clark used so many psychological techniques in this conversation that even Schiller was amazed, and ultimately caused Magneto to suffer a mental shock.
Schiller believed that this was only the first step of his plan. Once this super brain that could not even work in the minds of most supermen really started working in a smart little head, the brilliance it brought would be far beyond the reach of the sun.
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