Chapter 41 5. Bird's eye view

The answer is yes. The reason is also very simple: if independence, freedom, and equality are not common values, then democracy, republic, and constitutionalism will not become the trend of the world.In fact, all nations in the world have pursued this.For example, Mohism, Taoism, and Buddhism in China all talk about equality, and the only difference lies in the way to achieve equality.Although Confucianism does not talk about equality, it talks about reciprocity, independence and freedom, but only advocates "relative independence" and "relative freedom". I will elaborate on this point in the sixth volume "A Hundred Schools of Thought Controversy".

The same goes for other nationalities. So the question arises: Since independence, freedom, and equality are common values, why did democracy, republic, and constitutionalism come so late? Even the West has made a big detour? Obviously, the country must still have secrets, and it must be hidden in the starting point before the breakup. This means that you can no longer walk through the streets and alleys, you can only go back to the fork where the Sphinx robs pedestrians, and you have to have a bird's-eye view.The results are also clear.The prehistoric path of all peoples in the world is the same, from clan to tribe to country.Prehistoric cultures are the same, they all have witchcraft and totems.But after entering the age of state and civilization, they parted ways.Witchcraft became religion in India and science in Greece; totems became gods in Egypt and law in Rome.Primitive cultures are reborn.

Religion is "a country without borders", law is "a totem that is not a totem", and what they achieve together is "identity".Any national system and national road are nothing but different choices and explorations made by various nations in the world under different historical conditions in order to achieve security, freedom and identity. This is the secret of the state. It is also the logic of the state.