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131 The Scourge of Selfishness

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    "Little guy, why are you giggling all the time?" asked the land mother pretending not to understand.

    Alas, a little carried away!  After hearing Granny Land's reminder, I quickly calmed down and asked solemnly, "Elder-in-law, don't you want to lie to me?"

    "What? I lied to you?" The father-in-law suddenly raised his voice twice, and replied angrily, "Could it be that you haven't heard the rumor that so-and-so became an immortal in the world?"

    "I have heard it. However, firstly, what I have heard is false. After all, I have not seen it with my own eyes, so it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false; secondly, these legends are from ancient times.  It must have never appeared before. Therefore, it is no wonder that I have doubts about the legend of 'becoming a fairy'!"

    After listening to my explanation, the land father-in-law's anger has been vented a lot, but he still said angrily: "That's good! Now, I will tell you clearly that the legend of 'getting the Tao and becoming a fairy' you heard,  Most of them are true!"

    "Since many of them are true, why is it that no one can 'achieve the Tao and become a fairy'?" I asked pretending to be puzzled.

    "Of course this is caused by you yourself! First of all, it is because of the concept. Influenced by the so-called 'scientific' world view, almost no one really believes in the existence of ghosts and gods. You don't think that gods exist from the root (hear this, I  Just give the father-in-law a suspicious look), then how is it possible to "become a fairy"? Hearing this, you may ask, my earth temple is so prosperous, how can I say that almost no one really  Do you believe in the existence of ghosts and gods? In fact, those who come to offer incense and kowtow do not necessarily believe in the existence of our gods. Most of these people who offer incense come with a purpose.  It¡¯s true, you can¡¯t believe it¡¯s nothing¡¯ mentality. They feel that if our immortals really exist, if our immortals really appear, wouldn¡¯t they who worship ¡®sincerely¡¯ be blessed by the gods! They  They came here for 'benefits', not really believing in the existence of gods. Most of them are 'opportunists'. Secondly, it is because of their character. Taking a step back, even your current human beings absolutely  Most of them really believe in the existence of ghosts and gods, so very few people will get the great opportunity to 'become immortal'!"

    "This, why on earth is this?" I asked almost hoarsely.  This is too fucking pit!  I was still holding on to the glimmer of hope of "getting the Tao and becoming a fairy".  Isn't this typical discrimination against modern people?  I hummed angrily in my heart.

    "Well, it's because of the nature of the heart, so who can blame it?" After a sigh of emotion, the father-in-law began to explain, "Your so-called civilized society is actually developing on a wrong road. You humans are now getting more and more  Selfishness, for the sake of own development, completely disregarding the life and death of other creatures, and even wantonly destroying the natural environment on which one lives. It is because of you human beings that the species that are extinct or on the verge of extinction on the earth will become more and more  A lot. When you human beings are maliciously destroying the natural environment, you are still shamelessly looking for a high-sounding reason, which is called 'economic development'"

    Although what the land father-in-law said is almost true, no matter how you say it, I can be considered a part of human beings.  Now, someone actually scolds human beings for this and that in front of my face, of course I am very upset.  "Elder-in-law, what you said is a bit extreme. It is true that during the period of 'economic development', there are frequent phenomena of destroying nature, but aren't we humans constantly improving and trying to avoid it? Besides, this 'development of economy'  ' That's right! Otherwise, how can the lives of tens of thousands of people be improved?"

    After listening to my argument, the land father sneered twice, and then said: "Improvement of life? What a joke, could it be that people in ancient times starved to death? Now, the most mentioned by your human governments is to pass'  'domestic demand' to drive the economy. Let me ask you, what is 'domestic demand'?"

    In fact, what the father-in-law said makes some sense. After all, as long as the ancient people were not in a period of war or severe natural disasters, most people were still able to solve their survival problems.  It's just that, in my opinion, this life can be better, can it be wrong?  Therefore, I still do not agree with such extreme views of the immortal in front of me.  However, fortunately, the question asked by the land father-in-law seems to have little to do with attacking human beings, so I replied without hesitation: "'Domestic demand' mainly refers to the internal demand of a country. It includes investment demand and  There are two aspects of consumer demand."

    "Then what is this investment? What is this consumption?"

    Test me?  Hmph, it's not that easy to stump me?  After all, I am a book lover.  Although economists can¡¯t talk about it, ???I still know some basic common sense.  "Investment includes many aspects, but the most important thing is to meet the consumption needs of the whole society. Therefore, in economics, there will be the saying 'what kind of demand will have what kind of production'. This consumption demand is divided into  There are two aspects, material and spiritual. The material aspect includes food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., but the spiritual aspect also needs material carriers. For example, knowledge must be spread through books and other media"

    Just when I was about to speak eloquently, the father-in-law of the land interrupted me.  "Very well, this increase in domestic demand actually means that the consumption of various natural resources by the entire human society has increased significantly. And the continuous stimulation of domestic demand is actually a crazily and unrestrained plundering of resources from nature by human beings.  To put it bluntly, human beings are constantly reducing the living space of other creatures and destroying the ecological environment for their own enjoyment. Of course, "every evil comes with evil", in the end, human beings will pay a heavy price for this, inevitably  towards self-destruction."

    Finally, I realized that I seemed to have fallen into the trap of a fairy again.  However, this time, what the immortal said seemed to make sense.  So for a while, my mood became extremely sad, and I forgot to argue for human beings.

    The father-in-law of the land saw that I frowned and said nothing, and continued: "In the environment of eager for quick success and quick profit, almost everyone's xinxing has been affected to some extent. And the first thing you need to 'get the Tao and become a fairy' is to be pure-hearted and ascetic.  You said, how can modern people, who are polluted by various selfish desires, have the opportunity to 'become immortals'?" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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