The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3532 Research on Cats and Dogs ()
Power is poison. It is often said.

But what kind of poison is power? A neurotoxin that kills instantly, or an addictive drug?

I believe that anyone with a little experience should know that the toxicity of power lies somewhere in between. Although it can kill people at any time, countless people still flock to it and become addicted to it.

How is power addictive?
Some people may feel that status itself brings material enjoyment, which is pleasant enough; others may feel that the spiritual satisfaction brought by being respected is the key.

But unfortunately, at least in human society, the pleasure brought by power is more often achieved by satisfying one's desire for control.

Most of the mental states associated with the desire for control are not very healthy, and excessive desire for control can lead to various mental problems.

But the human mind itself is a program that is forced to run on many errors. Satisfying any of the needs seems to be evil, and it is inevitable that it will be linked to pathology.

So is it that power gives rise to a stronger desire for control, or is it that people with a strong desire for control will desperately pursue power?
At least in the context of Justice League, it’s the latter that’s being discussed.

If we want to pick a representative with a strong desire for control, everyone will of course first mention Batman. He controls the Justice League and has an irreplaceable position in the Justice League, so naturally he has power.

However, this also shows that the other members of the Justice League do not have such a 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 is exclusive. If you want to establish the only authority, you must attack and control others. This is what is called "there can't be two tigers in one mountain."

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

But the fight for power is for large carnivorous beasts: kill and eat each other, or be killed and eaten. Everyone has sharp teeth and is never satisfied.

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

This is exactly the dilemma for most of the Justice League.

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

This means that Batman has, in a way, tamed them into thinking that things will work out for the best even if I'm not in control. This is actually very scary.

Everyone can think about when they first felt the desire for power?
Or ask it another way: When did you first want to control something? When did the desire to control emerge?
The answer is when you lose control.

Everyone's enlightenment of power must come from an unpleasant accident, from "reluctance".

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

So when the next thing comes, you are ready and decide that you must take full control this time, and no one should think of interfering with your decision. This time you will definitely make things go the way you want.

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

There is nothing wrong with the desire for control. Everyone wants to control their own life, to live independently, and to make independent choices. Only by learning to use the power brought by this desire can we better control our lives.

The uncontrolled desire for control will lead to pathology: people want to control other people's lives, and even the whole world, in addition to their own lives. This is when they need to be controlled and corrected.

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

So then again, if the result is not satisfactory to you this time, you will find a way to escape from his control and try to take control of the matter yourself next time.

But what if the result satisfies you?

Most people would think: "This is great. I didn't have to work hard, but I got a satisfactory result. Isn't that a good thing?"

As I said, humans can be domesticated, and what is used to domesticate humans is human desires.

It not only stimulates desires, but also restricts and smoothes them.

When you are always under someone's control, and his control always brings you the good results you want, your desire for control and power will be greatly reduced.

Without the reluctance to change the course of events, there is no strong desire to control the course of events. Going with the flow will become a habit.

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

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

You think he has brought you good results, but perhaps what you think is good is limited to a narrow vision, a kind of good based on lack of insight and without consideration of the long-term future.

The result may not even be good, and what you feel is acceptable is the illusory spiritual satisfaction that comes from being affirmed by others when you are controlled and judged as an object for a long time.

So it's not that Batman did a bad job, it's that he did a great job.

He is always prepared, can always solve any problem, and always brings good results.

This will cause the rest of the Justice League to fall into a state of numbness and drifting with the flow, rather than ambitiously trying to take control of something.

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

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

When Batman was around, when the Robins discussed "Who is Batman's favorite Robin", it was a joke, not like "I must step on your head to climb up to prove that I am the boss."

But after Batman's death, things took a turn for the worse. The seemingly united Bat Family suddenly began to act independently, with everyone wanting to take over Batman's cape and become his successor.

Did they suddenly lose their mind?

Of course not. This is because they know that if another Robin were to take control of things, it wouldn't bring them the good results they want, so they try to take control themselves.

As long as Batman is there, they will feel that Batman will definitely bring the best results, obey his arrangements, and act like they are united.

There is no doubt that there is affection between the members of the Bat Family. However, their positions are different. There is a great conflict just on whether to kill or not.

In this case, it is normal to fight and it is abnormal to unite. Because humans cannot predict the future, they never know where the car will go, and they all firmly believe that the direction they choose is the right one. It is human nature for everyone to try to grab the steering wheel and turn it to their own side.

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

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

The weakened desire for control means that they will not take the initiative to seize power, will not desperately want to climb up, will not keenly seize every opportunity, and try every possibility to gain more power.

Some people will definitely think: "Is this kind of busy mentality really good? Wouldn't it be happier to just do what you want?"

It can be said that if someone tells you “There is no need to work hard, there is no need to control power, just live happily and freely every day” when you do not have the ability to control your own life, then this person definitely wants to harm you.

The so-called "free and easy" is a lifestyle that people choose after they have tasted the peak of power and enjoyed all the prosperity in the world.
Instead of being manipulated by others, not even having the right to make your own decisions, being urged and chased by this and that like a dog, and comforting yourself when you are sleeping in the open and have no clothes to wear.

Superheroes are indeed voluntary labor. However, when the threat is no longer a street fight or petty theft, but a disaster that threatens the entire earth or even the entire universe, as a part of the earth or the universe, everyone must do their best to save their home.

What other universes call doing their best means that when disaster strikes, they try their best to make plans to defeat the enemy and preserve the earth and the universe.

The best effort of this universe is to try every possible means to gain power among all groups before the disaster strikes, mobilize resources with power, and use resources to feed back power.

When the power you are able to obtain reaches a certain level and the level reaches a certain level, everything will become a resource for you to consolidate your power.

Friends are resources that can bring more benefits after cooperation; enemies are resources that can enhance prestige after fighting. Friends of friends bring more benefits; enemies of friends bring more prestige.

Everything that is running in the society of the universe will be drawn into this huge vortex and begin to circulate. This huge power machine will crush everything and make a deafening roar, in which you will not be able to hear anyone speaking loudly to you.

Hal got the power that belonged to him within the Green Lantern Corps, so he could desperately tilt resources toward the Earth, and then use the Earth to gain more power.

Lex has obtained the power that belongs to him within the United States, so he can find ways to divert resources to Metropolis, and then use Metropolis to gain greater autonomy.

Diana negotiated with Hera on behalf of humanity, which showed that she also had her own power within Mount Olympus, and she could also use this to bring benefits to the Amazons and humans, and then use humans to consolidate her own position.

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

Throughout history, any individual, group or country has its own vortex of power, in which everything revolves, leading to the collapse of order and the destruction of dynasties.

The best way to resist foreign enemies is to throw yourself and the earth into this huge vortex. No matter whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, as long as you dare to come, I will dare to drag you into the water.

When everyone is spinning endlessly together, no matter how fierce the collision is, it is just a small wave on the skirt of the crazy dance of exchanging interests. The blood red in the eyes of endless greed in the universe is not as good as the wildfire that can be seen everywhere in the power field.