Chapter 537: Schiller

Left or right, that is a question.

Before exploring this question, it is necessary to figure out what is left and what is right. Some people may think that communism is left and capitalism is right, which is not entirely correct.

When this concept was first developed, left represented radical, and right represented conservative. Later, Marx believed that left-leaning represented advanced systems and lower-level masses, while right-leaning represented old systems and power classes.

And in Western social economics, left represents democracy, and right represents freedom. That's right, the original democracy and freedom were actually opposite concepts.

Specific details don't need to be discussed, but one point must be mentioned, that is, extreme left and extreme right.

The so-called extreme left, using concepts that are not completely accurate but relatively easy to understand, is to sacrifice personal freedom without a bottom line, serve public safety, everything should be under the control of an absolutely powerful state machine, and individuals do not retain any freedom.

And extreme right is to open all restrictions, cancel welfare for the weak, the law of the jungle, the state should not impose any control, implement oligarchy, and pursue all freedom.

I believe many people can see it when they see this. From the fact, the Superhuman Registration Act is actually a left-leaning act.

Just like the concept mentioned before, only left-leaning will care about the safety of the bottom masses, which is the so-called public safety, advocating sacrificing part of personal freedom, supporting the weak, and achieving equality.

If it is right-leaning, then this act will not be made at all. Superheroes are stronger, and the weak are weak. That is their own problem.

But the problem is, this is the United States, a capitalist country, where the right wing is rampant. And why this is the case is also related to the concepts mentioned before. Capitalists certainly hope that the government will not interfere in the economy, the less management the better, and it is best not to give any welfare to the bottom people, so they don't have to pay taxes.

Then, in such a country, why would they come up with a Superhuman Act? There are two reasons.

First, essentially, politicians and capitalists are different. Politicians are not gold-standard, but power-standard. Everything they have depends on the size of their authority. No matter what, the priority of anything cannot be higher than the power in their hands.

Therefore, the ideological struggle is like a gun. When you need to shoot, you shoot. When you don't need it, it is best to be dumb. As long as power can be maximized, left or right is not a problem.

Therefore, as long as these superheroes can be controlled to serve their authority, ideology is not the most important thing.

Second, the law of the jungle pursued by the right wing is not suitable for this matter, because for superheroes, all ordinary people are the weak side. The law of the jungle, isn't that sending themselves to superheroes to eat?

When they are strong, they naturally want to advocate the law of the jungle, but when they are weak, they must propose an act to restrict and supervise the strong. This is why left and right is an eternal proposition, always in a swing.

Some people may say, since left-leaning is more inclined to communism and more considerate of the bottom masses, then in this matter, Congress instead played the role of a liberator and is a good person.

But in fact, it is not so simple. Left and right must not only look at behavior and results, but also look at motivation, or in the ideological struggle, if you want to see the essence through the phenomenon, you must look at the first motivation.

Congress proposed this act, essentially not for the bottom masses. The "public safety is the top priority of our task" said by the congressman who presided over the meeting before can be heard in reverse.

In fact, public safety is the thing they will consider at the very end. The first thing they consider is the size of authority, the second is the separation of authority, the third is personal interest, and only then may there be the safety of ordinary people.

Or, in fact, they didn't consider the safety of ordinary people at all, because they clearly knew that once the contradictions between superheroes were ignited, the war brought about might threaten public safety even more, but they didn't care at all.

Therefore, if you want to define the Superhuman Registration Act, you can say that the logic of this act is left-leaning, but the motivation and the final result must be right-leaning.

After analyzing this point, let's look at everyone's choice in the original comic.

Iron Man chose to agree to the act, while Captain America chose to disagree. Essentially, this is not because Iron Man protects ordinary people and Captain America protects superheroes, but because the congressman used this act to create a trap.

That is, they showed Iron Man the left-leaning part of the act. With Iron Man's wisdom, he can naturally understand that this act is actually left-leaning. If it is effectively pushed forward, it can protect ordinary people.

"Control Guard Here"

But what they showed Captain America was the extreme left part of this act, that is, excessively sacrificing personal freedom to achieve strong power, and also the result of both sides suffering after it cannot be effectively pushed forward.

Essentially, the two of them saw different parts of this plan, and it cannot be said who is wrong. If you must find a culprit for the civil war, it is the person who thought of this act and used word games and information gaps to divide the two.

From this logic, if you want to crack the civil war caused by the Superhuman Act, there are many ways.

For example, acting as a bridge in the middle, so that the information gap between the two no longer exists, that is, letting them understand what the other is pursuing and what they are worried about.

This method has a high probability of being able to ease the conflict and let them sit down and talk, but the final result is very likely to still implement the registration act, just becoming a softer, left-leaning middle route, then the final purpose of the act will also change from expanding authority to stabilizing.

On the surface, this is a win-win for several parties, but in fact, it is still a step back for superheroes, and with the first step, there will be the second and third steps.

But in fact, there is a more labor-saving method.

Left and right, just like the direction in reality, are compared.

Compared with the extreme right that requires the government not to interfere at all and implement oligarchy, the right-leaning faction that only requires the government not to pay too much attention to the economy appears very left.

Similarly, compared with the radical extreme left Schiller who requires superheroes to completely abandon personal information freedom and be forcibly controlled by the state, the entire act appears very conservative and right-leaning.

The so-called method to solve this problem is actually that when the surface left of this act is compared by the extreme left and appears very right, then the information seen by Iron Man and Captain America is consistent, and there is no so-called information gap where one looks at content and one looks at motivation.

At the same time, due to the comparison, the originally slightly left-leaning Iron Man and the conservative right-leaning Captain America are kicked into the right-wing faction by the extreme left Schiller, naturally standing in the same camp.

As long as you are not as left as me, you are all right-wingers.

The problem is, how can Iron Man and Captain America be more left than Schiller?

Schiller is no longer left. He belongs to the plan to carry the United States on the car, hit the steering wheel to the left, and then step on the accelerator...

Ask, that is to speed up.

Hearing Schiller's outrageous plan, Captain America certainly couldn't agree. He slapped the table, stood up and said:

"I don't agree! Schiller, you are crazy!"

"Captain America..." Schiller sighed, his tone returned to calm, no longer having such fanaticism, but it was more dangerous. He walked out of his table, came to the center of the venue, looked into Shi Difen's eyes and said:

"You have participated in so many wars. When you see your comrades-in-arms injured, bleeding, and dying on the front line, will you feel sad?"

Shi Difen also walked out and said: "I certainly will, and precisely because I don't want my current comrades to repeat this tragedy, I don't want them to become tools controlled by the government."

"Then ask yourself, will they regret it?"

Shi Difen pursed his lips and said: "No, of course they won't regret it. They are all true iron warriors, bleeding without tears, how could they regret it?"

"Then why don't they regret it?"

Shi Difen looked at Schiller silently, and Schiller also stared at him. Shi Difen saw a kind of light he was somewhat familiar with in Schiller's eyes.

"They don't regret it because they know that they are fighting and bleeding on the front line to protect the ordinary people behind them. They are sacrificing themselves for the billions of lives behind them."

"Then, you who have fought side by side with them, why are you unwilling to sacrifice yourself for the ordinary people behind you?"

"The registration act doesn't even ask you to bleed and die. It only asks you to pay your information and accept supervision. This is a matter of course."

"Your comrades-in-arms once paid so much, including their most precious lives, just to let ordinary people no longer fall into the flames of war..."

"And now, you refuse this act, which is to let ordinary people be in danger of superheroes suddenly erupting at all times. You didn't let the era go backward, but you let the spirit go backward."

"Captain America, you miss that era, but that era may not miss you, because you are not worthy."

Stark, who was sitting on the other side, saw that Shi Difen showed a painful expression on his face.

It is difficult for you to unfold a debate in front of a psychologist who has treated you, because he always uses your former weaknesses as a sharp sword. At this moment, words are more powerful than fists.

"Stop talking, Schiller!" Stark walked out from behind the table and said: "I am not questioning your faith, but the method you mentioned is too ridiculous, and no one can accept it."

Schiller also looked into his eyes and said: "This is like a scale. One side is your personal information, and the other side is public safety. Do you think your personal information is more important than the lives of ordinary people?"

"I didn't think so." Stark denied it, but he still couldn't say the words "can consider" that had already reached his mouth.

Schiller raised the tone too high. If he followed Schiller's words now, the next step would be to liberate Washington.

What's more, others don't know, doesn't he know? Schiller is already crazy enough to want to resurrect the Soviet Union. Now, Schiller's foot is on the accelerator. He will try every means to find every reason to want to step on it. Stark must never give Schiller this opportunity.

Therefore, although Stark agrees with the concept of this act, he cannot express his agreement now. He says he agrees, which is equivalent to pouring oil into the fuel tank. The oil is added, and Schiller steps on the accelerator, then the red ghost really resurrects on the North American continent.

Thus, Stark and Schiller began a debate.

However, as everyone knows, the more extreme the remarks, the stronger the aggressiveness, and the more they can occupy an advantageous position in the debate. Schiller held the core ideology of extreme left, everything serves the public, everyone will have no self, become a part of the state, only then can they achieve true equality and democracy.

Then, if Stark still holds that set of right-leaning theories, it is impossible to beat Schiller at all. Therefore, he must become more and more right-leaning until he reaches the extreme right, so that he can confront Schiller.

Then the question comes, can Congress accept extreme left? Or can they accept extreme right?

In fact, they can't accept either.

Extreme left means the red ghost is about to revive, and extreme right means the government's authority is weakened to the lowest, economic oligarchs have an advantage, which is not what they want at all.

It's like letting them choose shit-flavored shit or shit-flavored shit.

They actually just want to make an act, let superheroes and S. H. I. E. L. D. consume each other, so as to improve their own power, how did it suddenly become an ideological struggle where you die or I live?

But now, the ceiling has been lifted by Schiller. The superheroes present have all been circled into the increasingly fierce debate between him and Stark.

Debates between smart people often have very strong agitation. The atmosphere has been paved to this point. Today, the direction of the future of the United States must be decided, and it must not end well. At least the bystander superheroes all think so.

But the problem is, Congress doesn't want to engage in ideological struggle at all. Everyone knows that once this kind of struggle begins, everyone present, whether left or right, cannot escape the terrible purge.

Finally, a congressman who presided over Congress couldn't stand it anymore. He slapped the table hard and said: "Both sides return to their positions! Quiet! Listen to me! Stop!

What he wants to say next is to let both sides calm down and think, don't raise the situation to an overly extreme level, and then say some polite words used to pull the frame, and then announce the end of the meeting.

Open another meeting another day, exclude the extreme Moon Knight, and then use other reasons to provoke Iron Man and Captain America.

But just when he wanted to say this, Schiller pointed with his hand, and a silver light hit the congressman. He suddenly found that he couldn't make a sound.

At this time, he heard Schiller say:

"In order to prove that I am not talking empty talk, I am willing to set an example and take the lead in announcing my real identity and specific abilities, to show my determination to maintain public safety."

Saying this, the silver on his body slowly receded, along with the iron mask on his mouth, which also disappeared. After Schiller revealed his face, not many people recognized him, because he didn't often appear in front of the screen. Next, he began his self-introduction.

"I know, not many people know me, but I must introduce myself. My name is Schiller Rodriguez. I am a psychologist and also a psychologist. You can see my papers in major journals. Not to be humble, my academic level is still good."

"At the same time, I also serve as a psychologist at S. H. I. E. L. D. This one, Iron Man, has received 230 hours of treatment from me. This one, Captain America, S. H. I. E. L. D. has reserved 130 treatments for him, but he only came for less than half..."

"The rest..." Schiller stretched out his finger and pointed at the superheroes present. He said: "You should know that the pressure as a superhero is also very high. They are all regular customers at my place."

When saying this, the faces of everyone below had changed. S. H. I. E. L. D.'s psychologist is an extreme leftist, and every superhero present has received his treatment...

Is it treatment or preaching?!

But next, Schiller's words made them truly feel cold.

"And my ability... perhaps you know a person. My special ability, from type to intensity, is very similar to him, that is—"

"Professor X." ===== CHAPTER 538 =====