In a forest, grassland, or whatever of a scene, peace is simple.
A pride of lions, a pack of hyenas, a herd of zebras, a group of rabbits, and a vast grassland…
A lone tiger, a pack of wolves, a herd of deer, a group of rabbits, and a forest...
Predators and prey, killing and struggling play out every day, yet peace is never broken. One day, a fox appears.
The fox discovers that the lion doesn't like to share...
So long as the fox is content with eating the lion’s leftovers, everything stays calm.
But what if the fox wants the lion to eat its leftovers?
Clearly, it can't achieve that with strength. IQ alone isn’t enough either—because class, in nature, is fixed.
Unless the fox knows that, in the distant forest, there is a tiger, and the tiger doesn't like to share...either.
So the fox will do whatever it takes to make sure the tiger catches the lion’s eye—and the lion, the tiger’s.
When one ruler focuses on another, things become complicated, and once the class structure is disrupted, the fox’s IQ comes into play.
And that’s when the fox’s cunning starts to matter.
Or maybe...
the fox CREATES more hyenas in action.
Now, the ruler needs to start paying more attention to the hyenas. And once chaos ensues, the fox’s IQ comes into play.
Or even...
The fox makes sure the lion watches the tiger, the tiger watches the hyenas, and the hyenas — they’re watching everyone.
Paranoia and chaos, everywhere.
Thus,where there is paranoia and chaos, where the IQ rules.
Finally, the fox pulls it off — the lion eats its leftovers, and so does the tiger.
Well, the lion and the tiger might swear an oath, maybe…,50-50, like things were at the very beginning.
Peace return? No, you're wrong.
The fox will make sure the distant bear catches the lion and tiger's eye—and vice versa.
It seems that the 50-50 is no longer feasible, even though the lion and the tiger once lived in this 50-50 peacefully. Even though they had paid a heavy price to restore .
Isn't the chaos created by three rulers more chaotic than the chaos created by two rulers?
Maybe, maybe not...
What if the fox wants it even messier?
Well... Now we all know, the fox can definitely pull it off, can't it?
The lion and the tiger were living just fine on their own, created by nature, ruled by nature — like the zebra and the deer, created by nature, ruled by nature.
Like all of us.
It is what we believed.
The fox, however, refuses the role it was given. It prefers the lion's.
Things aren’t that complicated. It’s just that someone needs them to be.
Now you know what happened to peace, don't you?
Yes... but what if this is indeed, the nature — the real one?
Things like,
when we all believe the lion and the tiger are the rulers, it’s actually the fox who truly rules.
Things like,
when we all believe the fox is the true ruler, it’s actually the fox that was installed to rule. The fox itself may not even realize it.
Things like，
/a 1.5 square kilometer grassland receives one trillion Joules of solar energy every day, enough to support 300 zebras.
However, three of the zebras don't want to share this grassland with the other 297, so they believe they need to keep a pride of lions to control the zebra population— the others. And they do believe they need to keep a fox to control the lions’.
/a 1.5 square kilometer forest receives one trillion Joules of solar energy every day, enough to support 300 deer.
However, three of the deer believe they are the chosen ones, entitled to everything in this forest. So, they believe they need a tiger to keep their secret garden untouched. They also need a fox to keep the tiger controlled. And they do need these deer and rabbits... to ensure the system works properly.
Now you know where class comes from, don't you?
Yes…, but what if class is actually the law by which this world runs? i.e., nature.
Shall we continue to dig deeper?
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