Naruto hodgepodge

After the Sandai left and packed up, when Naruto was about to go to sleep, he saw Shisui still there with a worried expression and asked: "What's wrong, Shun-nii, what are you thinking about?"

Shisui sighed: "Hey, Naruto, I don't understand... But why do people fight? When will the world stop fighting and have true peace and understanding..." Naruto also sat down and poured a glass of wine for Shisui, but he got drunk after a while. Naruto had to help the butler Shisui to rest.

Afterwards, he lay on the bed and thought. He had acquired the memory images of the past historical fragments. Combining them with the future of Jiu Lama and what was recorded in the school's history books, he recalled and pondered.

This world is a state of international anarchy. The ninja villages in the Naruto world lack a unified, coercive sovereign institution to maintain order and arbitrate disputes. This state is similar to international anarchism in the real world. Countries (ninja villages) can only rely on their own strength to maintain their own security and interests. In this case, weak countries (ninja villages) are often at a disadvantage and find it difficult to speak out in international affairs.

In the ninja world, the strength of power directly determines the status and voice of the ninja village. Strong ninja villages such as Konoha and Kumogakure can dominate the international order, while weak ninja villages can only rely on the strong or become victims. The existence of this kind of power politics and military politics makes the relationship between ninja villages full of tension and confrontation. When the power reaches a balance, although the war may disappear temporarily, once the balance is broken, such as when the tailed beast is robbed, the war will break out again.

Due to the lack of transparency and trust between the villages, it is difficult for each village to fully understand the true intentions and strength of other villages. This information asymmetry and chain of suspicion exacerbates the distrust and tension between the villages. Once a village appears empty or weak, it may become the target of attack by other villages. The state of international anarchism prompts the villages to constantly pursue power to enhance their self-protection capabilities, and the increase in power further exacerbates the degree of international anarchism. Because there is no unified government that can monopolize these powers, the struggles and conflicts between the villages will continue to escalate.

The root of this vicious cycle lies in the selfishness and self-preservation instinct in human nature. As realists believe, countries (ninja villages) pursue their own interests and security in international relations, rather than the well-being of other countries. This selfish instinct makes it difficult for ninja villages to form true cooperation and trust, thus exacerbating the vicious cycle of international anarchism and power politics.

The essence of man is the sum of social relations, and conversely, social relations are nothing more than a projection of human nature on a collective level. From a realist perspective, the international system may also be a projection of collective human nature, that is, the state. Therefore, the war of all countries against all countries in realist international relations is unavoidable in the ninja world.

It is precisely because of the conviction of the principles of realism that countless war tragedies have broken out in this ninja world, causing indelible trauma and pain to generations of people. Only by understanding and solving this pain can the ninja finally eliminate war. Konoha Village is a microcosm of this ninja world, where idealism and liberalism are irreconcilable. To understand this idea in the simplest terms is to completely reject the realist theory of international anarchism, basic survival force politics, and the chain of fear.

Of course, there is a certain degree of human nature, but this human nature is not biological, but philosophical and metaphysical. This human nature is the rationality of ninjas as human beings, especially moral rationality. This rationality is essentially legalistic, and any fully developed person should follow this rationality. Moreover, this rationality allows people to communicate with each other completely, because it is an absolute truth and objective standard, just like mathematics and physics. However, this rationality has always been obscured by the primitive pre-modern system of the shadow and the daimyo, that is, the royal power, which erased individual thoughts and development possibilities. The foundation of this moral rationality is to ensure the individual's right to life, freedom and property.

War obviously destroys these three rights. Therefore, as long as all people have moral rationality, all countries composed of these people will protect these rights, and war will be avoided in the end. At the same time, in order to avoid the restoration of freedom of the monarchy, the main focus of the doctrine is to protect individual freedom by restricting political rights, so that people can choose the best and most ideal country. Only by using the system to avoid the ever-extending mercantilist power desires and impulses of powerful people like the Second Raikage and Danzo to ignore the basic rights of the people, can there be peace in the ninja world.

This idealistic vision also faces many challenges in the ninja world. Just as the major ninja villages in the ninja world in history may have democratic systems or similar governance mechanisms, these systems often appear fragile in the face of conflicts of interest. War and conflict are still the norm in this world, while peace and understanding are like the brightest stars in the night sky, dazzling but out of reach.

The shadow of war always looms over this land. The war in the ninja world is not entirely driven by the economic system, but the realism and existentialism contained therein are equally profound and complex.

Realistic wars in the ninja world are often caused by various conflicts of interest and power struggles. They seem to have clear logic and purpose, but in fact they are full of meaninglessness and absurdity. Just like the first to third ninja world wars, they not only brought deep suffering to countless ninjas, but also revealed the cruelty and ruthlessness of war itself. In these wars, personal bravery and glory seem insignificant in front of the huge war machine. Every life may disappear inadvertently. The causes of death of countless people are absurd and random, which makes people sigh. This realistic view of war is essentially an extreme disregard for the value of life and a ruthless trampling on human dignity.

However, the Ninja World does not have a real economic production system, and the class system is different from the Blue Star in Naruto's memory. Existentialism has not been able to go deep into the level of class struggle and social structure. Realistic war destroys and distorts personal destiny. In the Ninja World, a world full of wars and disputes, everyone is looking for their own way of survival and meaning. In this world, realism and existentialism are intertwined, forming a unique view of war and life. The plan that Naruto is currently writing in Konoha is to introduce an economic production system to add these missing things to this absurd system.

In the complex pattern, the unity of opposites between ideals and reality constitutes its profound historical context. Although realism does not directly advocate political systems such as democracy like idealism, it closely links the power struggle between countries with the highest interests of the country - sovereign survival. This strong institutional presupposition makes domestic affairs inevitably serve the supreme purpose of national security, thus giving birth to an extremely violent and totalitarian view of domestic affairs.

In this world, bloodline exists like an invisible shackle, forming a class barrier that cannot be ignored. This unique social phenomenon has caused the newly established ninja villages, such as the five major ninja villages of Konoha, to quickly differentiate into a ruling class that holds power. These class members soon realized that there was a lack of a world order that could monopolize force to consolidate their position, so the anarchist tendencies of the family system period quietly revived.

From the beginning of Konoha's founding, the deep bond between Hashirama and Tobirama foreshadowed the interweaving and collision of idealism and realism. However, this unity of opposites did not show true dialectical thinking, but was like a pendulum clock bound by a fixed trajectory, swinging endlessly at both ends, but never escaping the established framework. The tragedy of the Uchiha clan is the most painful sacrifice in this fateful cycle.

Uchiha Itachi, a tragic hero regarded as an idealist, tried to force his ideal political blueprint under the given external conditions with his extraordinary personal force and authority. However, this attempt was like sailing against the current, and ultimately only led to a more violent counterattack from realism. This profoundly reveals that both idealism and realism are inherently conservative and have failed to touch the deep class and economic roots behind the order of Konoha and even the entire ninja world.

Faced with this dilemma, Itachi made a shocking decision - to exterminate his clan. This behavior may seem absurd to others, but it was actually a helpless move after careful consideration and a deep insight into the order of the ninja world. He understood that a simple uprising or revolution might bring about a short-term change, but it could not fundamentally change the power structure of the ninja world. Therefore, he chose a more extreme path, hoping to trigger a deeper change through self-sacrifice.

Sasuke's last wish was a key part of Itachi's strategic layout. He left Sasuke behind not out of simple love from an elder brother, but out of deep hope - hoping that Sasuke could become the exceptional existence that breaks the old order and transcends the boundaries between reality and ideal. Sasuke's growth and revenge are the practice and inheritance of Itachi's profound philosophy.

In contrast, Danzo, as a staunch defender of the realistic order, is even more tragic. He is firmly bound by the realistic ideology and becomes a flesh-and-blood puppet who only pursues power and interests and ignores humanity and morality. In the test of Tobirama and Hiruzen, Danzo's choice has foreshadowed his fate - a tragedy that can never break out of the self-cycle and can only sink in the power struggle.

Although Tobirama is regarded as a realist, his thoughts do not completely abandon humanity and morality. In foreign policy, he shows the calmness and determination of a realist; but in domestic issues, he retains a concern and understanding for human nature. This complex and contradictory personality trait makes him transcend the scope of pure realism to a certain extent.

The ninja world is full of idealism and realism, not just a battle for power and interests. People like me, Sasuke, and Gaara, although they were born into prominent families or possess extraordinary abilities, have been marginalized by society due to the trauma of war. The marginalized people use an existentialist empathy method, and the final outcome is to achieve mutual understanding and reconciliation. However, this understanding and reconciliation is more on an individual level and is difficult to directly extend to the entire ninja world. When they finally sit at the table of the Five Kage Talks on behalf of their respective ninja villages, they strive to quell disputes and maintain peace through negotiation and reconciliation.

This process is difficult and challenging. Idealism is very fragile. According to Kurama's memory, the final choice of another Naruto was idealism. It was really a brave attempt. It shows that although this ninja world is dark, people are still more willing to believe in light and never give up the pursuit of peace and understanding. Then, under his leadership, he finally achieved true peace.

However, if such a world relies on the personal relationships and ties between the leaders of each village, wouldn't it be equivalent to the unlimited reproduction of the ruling class? Compared with Madara, his own thinking is actually more extreme, because he ties the safety of the entire human world to a few families with special interests. It can be imagined that in order to prevent the world from falling into chaos, the people of the future ninja world must worship these families from generation to generation, and these families also monopolize the most important military resources in the ninja world. Compared with the existing ninja world, there is only one more hero. If the hero is disillusioned, the world will be turbulent again. It is better for them to fight for themselves in the current situation. Where is the liberation of such a world?

The personal ties between the leaders of each village cannot be permanently stable. Only through reasonable ruling relations and social interest mechanisms can generations of people be united. In other words, the world that he ultimately envisioned is actually an extremely desperate postmodern totalitarian regime that is even more terrible than the Warring States period, a thorough hereditary bureaucracy. How can such a concept surpass the extremely realistic Pein's nuclear deterrence entrusted to Akatsuki and the extremely idealistic Madara's pursuit of infinite moon reading?

Which is worse, the world of white terror threatened by Pain's force and the world of infinite brainwashing by Madara's single will, or the world where he is enslaved by the ruling class of infinite self-reproduction for generations? Therefore, if there is no accident, his failure seems to be doomed, unless a super god suddenly appears to intervene. And Kaguya, who suddenly descended into the world of mechanical deity, still maintains the extremely ancient slavery ruling ideology, and such a future highlights the relative progress of his political plan. However, in the end, the gods came one after another, and his own power was not enough to cope with it.

So, what should he choose for his future? Naruto fell asleep in deep thought, unable to get an answer.