“People are cowards. It’s just like you said, voting through the internet is an obvious idea. It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out. The only problem is people are so concerned about what other people think of them. They think that if their true opinions, votes and feelings are shown bare to the whole world, they would get attacked. And they are right, people are cowards, but more than that they are just assholes. They shame others for holding a different opinion than their own. Hell, some people don’t even have opinions. They just enjoy bullying!” yelled Fushichin with a grimace.
“Yes, that is true. But Mister Fushichin, what do you think the cause of this bullying is? Bad influence? Social injustice? Miscommunication?” asked Layla.
Fushichin scratched his hair and said “Hah, I dunno. Maybe all of the above but…more than that. I think we were just born corrupted.”
“Born corrupted? That can’t be right. Children have no blame, they are born just like a white paper. It’s the adults who paint them and teach them awful things.” said Hellen with a frown.
“Ahaha, I am interested in the subject. But personally I am not a scientist and I haven’t found that much reliable research on it. I can’t comment on this” said Layla.
“Like I said. Everything probably matters. But I dunno, I myself never had any bad influence growing up. If anything it’s the exact opposite. But I…”
Fushichin’s face became pale. He quickly shook his head, smirked and said “Nevermind.”
“What were you going to say Fushichin?” asked Hellen.
“It’s nothing!” grunted Fushichin.
Hellen and Layla were both shocked but none of them pushed forward. A damp silence loomed over the room.
Fushichin shrugged his shoulders. A wicked smile appeared on his face and he said “But besides that, I just think the whole concept of law and morality to be absurd. Whether it be decided by an authoritarian figure or by democracy.”
“Excuse me?” said Layla with an awkward eyebrow raise.
“Frankly, I don’t give a shit about what an authority figure says or what the majority says. I do what my true nature wills me to do. If my inner wind flows in a certain direction, I simply go towards that direction. I don’t give a damn about what the law says or whether said law is made by authoritarians or democracies. It’s as simple as that. Democracy is cool and all. But there are so many idiots who think they are justified simply because they have the number advantage. If your opinions and views are aligned with the majority, that just means that you’re mediocre and average, you don’t have eyes to see what others are blind to. My eyes might not be as good as an eagle’s but it’s still my eyes. I have nothing else but myself to rely on.” said Fushichin confidently.
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“Yes, I get what you mean. Even if everything becomes democratic, it won’t magically make everything better. But I do think accountability is important. Having full power over the law and country without no one to limit or take away said power is dangerous. Politicians lie and act their way into power but after achieving said power, they do all sorts of law changes just to stay in power. This cyber democracy I propose will allow people to change their votes even after the election is over. At any point during the presidency or the congress’s time in power, citizens can change their votes, forcing the authorities to give away their power. People’s indecisiveness could result in the leaders and laws changing too frequently. But I’m willing to risk that for a better future.” said Layla.
Fushichin looked down at his empty plate. Then he burst out laughing like a hyena.
“Ugh, you’re pissing me off, you weirdo! If there is a problem, say it!” grumbled Hellen.
Fushichin finished laughing and said with a smirk “You didn’t seem to have gotten what I said miss Layla. I find the very concept of politicians, kings, lawyers, rules, regulation, order to be absurd! Whether you like it or not, life is already democratic, it already has rules. The rules of nature. You people waste your entire life fighting for something that already exists. If people truly wanted happiness, peace and enlightenment, there is nothing easier than that. But truth be told, people don’t want that.
People want power, pleasure, war, hatred. They want to bully others and try to justify their bullying and malice with their laws. And the stupid masses all fell for it. Some charismatic asshole said this is good, this is bad. And the idiots believed them like naive little babies that they are. That’s how countries are made, that’s how religions like hinokaiser and ildenshult exist. Great preachers, all talking about how they met god, how the scripture they follow is the ultimate truth. And people are so naive, they believe in others so easily.
It pisses me off that not a single of these preachers or followers just admit that they have no idea what they are doing. Some lie to achieve fame, and the idiots follow the lie just because they are afraid to walk alone. They are just following orders, following the herd, following the bullshit rules set out for them. They chose to become slaves. Everyone in this world is a slave to something. Slaves can’t change the world.
Only people who listen to themselves, their own inner silence can make the right decisions.
It’s obvious why no one thought about direct democracy, how could slaves think about ruling and guiding their own ways in the first place? The thought of direct democracy would never cross their dogmatic minds. All they think about is feeding their stomach and following what people around them told them to do, told them to believe in.”
Fushichin finished his speech grimly. There was silence in the room. Layla stared at the table moodily.
Hellen nodded and got up.
“Well, it’s been nice talking to you, Miss Layla. And if there isn’t anything else you wanna rant about Fushichin, I’ll check up on Mew. Fushichin, you’re going upstairs with me or what?” asked Hellen demandingly.
“Yeah, sure. Sorry for ruining your great Elenrago dream, Miss Layla.” said Fushichin, his face casual.