Chapter 267: Political Correctness in Demacia
Demacia's policy of banning magic is essentially the same as Noxus' expansion policy. They are both merely tools for the ruling class to ease conflicts and maintain stability.
After Levi explained this clearly, Seraphine could understand why Demacia had to implement the policy of banning magic for hundreds of years.
But there was one thing she couldn't understand:
"But, Levi..."
"Since the policy of banning magic is just a ruling tool of the Demacia nobles, why are these nobles themselves also passively constrained by this policy?"
The tools of rule are naturally used by the ruling class to rule the ruled class.
As the ruling class, the Demacia nobility should theoretically be completely above this set of ruling tools.
But the reality is not entirely so.
"Just like the secret delegation Demacia sent to Zaun this time - the ambassador leading the delegation is the kingdom's top noble, Lady Ogersa from the Crownguard family."
"She should be considered a ruler among the ruling class, but because of the policy of banning magic, she had to carefully discuss with others for a long time before she could finally make up her mind even to take a Hextech flying gate."
"Why is that?"
Although they had talked a lot, Seraphine was still very interested in chatting and had no intention of stopping to rest.
She struggled to break free from Levi's overheated embrace, and then, not caring about the too-short hem of her dress, she curled up and sat down cross-legged in front of Levi in a relaxed manner.
She waited for Levi's answer with expectant eyes.
Why would even a noble like Ogersa, who could theoretically be above the policy of banning magic, be so terrified of magic?
Levi's answer was: "Because the policy of banning magic has been developed in Demacia for hundreds of years, it is no longer just a practical ruling tool. It is both a practical ruling tool and a theme that transcends reality. It is the absolute political correctness formed by the Kingdom of Demacia for hundreds of years."
To make an inappropriate analogy, the idea of banning magic is actually the "state religion" of Demacia and the "Four Books and Five Classics" of Demacia.
You pastors and priests can blaspheme in private, and scholars can do many dirty things that can anger the saints in private. Anyway, God is not the goddess Ghana, and he will not really come down to earth to talk to you.
But in public, on the surface, priests should abide by church rules and scholars should act according to the moral standards in the scriptures.
If one openly violates the "scripture", one is cutting oneself off from the vested interest groups that are brought together by this "scripture" and is openly undermining the legal order that helps them maintain their vested interests.
"Vested interest group?" Seraphine tilted her head. "But aren't those Demacia nobles themselves a vested interest group?"
She still didn't quite understand. How come these nobles, in their efforts to ban magic, ended up controlling themselves as well?
“Haha.” Levi laughed: “Seraphone, you still made the mistake of personifying the group.”
"The Demacia nobility is not just one person, but a group of people."
"When there are too many people in a group, factions will be formed. Then there will be many small groups in the big group. When the small groups grow stronger, they may in turn undermine the big group. Their interests are not completely consistent."
"For example, Noxus."
Levi took Noxus, which he had analyzed before and which Seraphine was also familiar with, as an example.
"Although Noxus has an inevitable need for external expansion, don't you think that even if there are conflicts at home that need to be diverted, Noxus' expansion policy in recent years is too radical?"
"The whole country was mobilized, and the war was fought on four fronts. The war dragged on for a long time without any results. Not only did the contradictions fail to be successfully transferred to the outside, but they also rapidly intensified and expanded internally."
"Don't the Noxians know that they can no longer fight?"
In fact, almost all Noxians knew this, including the nobles in the court. But they just refused to stop the war.
"Why?"
Most people might say that this is because Emperor Darkvir is crazy.
But Levi and Seraphine both knew that Darkwill was just a puppet of the Black Rose and the noble group, and whether he was crazy or not actually had little impact. The real decision-makers were still those noble families.
Why did these old nobles refuse to cease fighting? Obviously, the war did not bring any benefit to Noxus at all, but instead plunged the empire into a quagmire.
"Because these old aristocratic families had already split into a huge interest group within the imperial nobility during years of foreign wars - that is, the Noxian military-industrial complex."
"Although the wars in recent years have not benefited the Empire, they have brought huge benefits to the Empire's military-industrial complex."
"These old nobles have made a lot of money from military procurement orders, and they are confident in their strength. They feel that they can suppress all dissatisfied opposition forces in the country. Of course, they hope that the war will last as long as possible so that they can earn as much as possible."
"Even if that crazy emperor really came to his senses and ordered a ceasefire, they probably wouldn't dare to let Darkwill take a ride in an open-top car."
"So, under the control of the increasingly bloated military-industrial complex, the policy of external expansion has increasingly become the mainstream ideology of the Noxian Empire and has become an absolutely unquestionable political correctness."
Levi was talking about Noxus, but he was actually talking about Demacia as well.
"Violating the magic ban in Demacia is like openly opposing the war in the Noxian Empire. Even if you are a noble, you cannot openly challenge the political correctness of the empire like this—"
"Because you have offended the entire military-industrial complex of Noxus, a large group of vested interests."
"I see..." Seraphine seemed to understand.
Because Noxus' policy is external expansion , a huge vested interest group has been formed in the years of external expansion wars, namely the military-industrial complex controlled by the old aristocracy.
The growing power of the military-industrial complex has in turn held Noxus hostage, both inside and outside the government, making the empire's expansion policy even more extreme and unquestionable.
What about Demacia?
"Demacia's policy is to ban magic within the country..." Seraphine tried to analyze it using Levi's thinking:
Because Demacia's policy is to ban magic within the country, a huge vested interest group has formed in the policy environment of banning magic within the country for many years.
"The Demon Hunter Corps." Levi gave the answer.
“As long as a political unit exists for a long time, interest groups will inevitably form around it;”
"As long as an interest group exists for a long time, it will inevitably seek to expand its own power and gain more benefits for the group."
This is true of Noxus' military-industrial complex, and also of Demacia's demon-seeker corps.
That’s why Noxus’s desire for expansion is growing like crazy.
That's why Demacia's policy against magic becomes more and more stringent over time;
Therefore, no matter what form or theme of political correctness, as long as there is no more powerful force to restrain it, it will eventually become irreversibly expanded and radicalized, just like LGBT, which gradually evolved into lgbtqiapkdx.
"In the beginning, the Demon Hunter Corps was only responsible for arresting evil wizards who had committed crimes."
"Later, even mages who had never committed a crime would be expelled from the Kingdom of Demacia."
"Later on, even underage children and poor demon hunters who pose no threat, as long as they possess magic power, the Demon Hunter Corps has the power to arrest them."
"Later, later, mages were even completely deprived of their human rights. Demon hunters had the power to break into any home in Demacia and hunt down anyone they suspected of being a demon-tainted person."
"In this way, the policy of banning magic has been implemented for hundreds of years, and the Demon Hunter Corps has also existed for hundreds of years. Their power and influence have expanded all the way to the present..."
Even the nobles of Demacia dared not openly violate the policy of banning magic. If a mage was born in the family of a noble, they had to be carefully hidden. If a mage was born in the family of a less noble, the magic hunters would be even less polite.
The Demon Hunter Corps has grown from an inconspicuous special law enforcement department to an unprecedentedly powerful independent violent agency that combines the characteristics of a military unit, a police unit, and a special agent unit.
"With such a behemoth in the country, if I were Jarvan III, I would probably not be able to sleep well at night." Levi smiled as he waited for the feast.
"If this old king cannot satisfy the Demon Hunters' ever-expanding desire for power, he may end up with a similar fate as Darkwill one day."
"Even worse:"
"For example, the convertible, the shotgun, and the 'coincidental' encounter with a wizard riot, and the inexplicable death in the heavily guarded palace... and so on."
Levi made such a sensational prediction.
Seraphine listened with fascination and nodded repeatedly.
Levi explained the social background of Demacia clearly and analyzed the internal contradictions of Demacia, that is, he explained the what and why behind the problem, helped later generations to recognize the reality and pointed out the direction.
Seraphine didn't understand before.
But now she certainly knows how important a clear and correct direction is to those who desire change.
"Levi, you should write all these analyses into articles."
"Just like you wrote "Why Noxus Fights" and "Who Can Save Noxus" for Noxus before, write these words down and print them for the Demacians who are thirsty for change!"
Seraphine jumped up on the bed excitedly.
She stepped on Levi, who was lying down, with her white and tender bare feet, rudely, as if she couldn't wait to get out of bed to find paper and pen to help him record his latest work.
"Alright, alright." Levi quickly grabbed Seraphine's slender ankle before she could pull away, preventing the girl from jumping off the bed in a hurry. "You make sense, Seraphine."
"But..."
Levi looked at the dark night outside the window, then he turned off the power, leaving only a night light that could barely illuminate the bed.
"It's getting late."
"I'll write the article tomorrow."
