Ideologies
Sometimes we wonder, whether one powerful body/ government should rule society in its entirety, or whether we should work towards a more 'people-oriented' ruling system that serves to ensure fairness and equality among all people.
For the former, progress in society can take place at a rapid rate, in general, provided the governing leaders are reasonably competent and skilled. Without the need of unanimous agreement/ approval from the majority, decisions can be made very quickly. However, this system requires the people to place their trust in the ruling government. If the people do not have faith in the government, or if the government is not open and transparent enough to the people, problems are bound to arise. Another trend inherent in these kind of systems that involve a hierarchy of power is that, corruption among leaders holding great power is common - which eventually leads to the downfall of the ruling power (agree?).
Then there is the system where everyone has a say and if a particular group is unhappy with a particular initiative presented by a particular ruling party, that initiative cannot go on (ideally) until approval is given by the people. This system seems good because everyone has an equal say in things. Well, the obvious problem is that this hampers the passing of laws/ effectiveness of new initiatives/ etc. . Also, the term 'freedom' is really very relative to all sorts of people. One may think that he is discriminated in some way or another while another person may think otherwise. Again, some small problem may arise (which may escalate into something really big).
So, which should it be - free-for-all or absolute-ruling?
In some anime , many a times the bad guy says he wants to take over the world then boomz! he will undertake some evil means to do so. Then sometimes the bad guy says actually he is the good guy because after controlling every single person using his mangekyo sharingan or sth, he will ensure conflicts will never occur and people will live in a world of utopia where there is peace and happiness forever. Obviously this sounds retardedly insane, but then think about the present situation. Many conflicts occur all around the world, causing sadness, despair and resentment to plague certain parts of the world. While we can say we are working towards this ideal where there is peace and only peace in the world, what 'work' are we actually doing? Like the five kages, what can they really do?
Attempt of L5
For me, I think it's not about the system all the time - i'm sure everyone would agree that each system has its own good points and bad points. Instead, the crux of the issue lies in the cooperation of the people with the ruling/ leading government. Even if the system sucks, it requires the cooperation of the people to work towards improving the system, rather than them fighting mindlessly and killing people to vent their frustration. Of course, the system also has to be relatively good so that the people can be at least motivated to try and improve the system.
in naruto, the ruling leaders (the kages) represent their own countries. so obvious that they are always over-suspicious of what their neighbouring countries are doing, as such they cannot cooperate fully with each other and their lack of interaction with each other further increases this inherent distrust. as such, the five nations arent able to be genuinely friendly with each other and forever will fight with each other, leading to ninja wars. in this case, however, it is suggested that, perhaps, the ruling leaders themselves play a more pivotal role in the change of society. as in, the people were not shown to be directly involved in this conflict - the kages were the one bickering away stupidly, until some powerful bad guys came and totally pwned them upside down.
总而言之，this boils down to the fact that, there is nothing perfect in this world - yes, and we should strive to work towards the ideal situation where everyone is happy with what they have. When we decide whether a system/ decision made is effective or not/ good or bad, we must always ask ourselves - what we do next decides whether society will benefit at the end of the day. Going against the decision is ok, but we shd provide constructive criticism too; not saying anything is ok, but only if others bother to speak up; supporting the decision is also ok, but we shd have a good reason for doing so. And if these differing viewpoints can be all taken into consideration, we can slowly inch our way to improve the current system.
oh yes, chem/phy/amath/chi left. sad face.
