In Three-body, the sword wielder is also the biggest contradiction in human history: on the one hand, society respects democracy and human rights unprecedentedly, on the other hand, the world is shrouded in the shadow of a dictator. Most human beings hate and fear the sword bearer, but they have to admit the existence of the sword bearer. Investigating its root causes, there was a similar existence as early as the Cold War in the 20th century.
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In a comfortable environment, the concept of sword wielder gradually changed from the image of savior to the image of dictator. Most people think that the sword holder is an unreasonable tyrant and want to put him in a cage for trial.
But it is acknowledged that the sword-wielder must exist until the end of deterrence. The basic condition for the end of deterrence is that the scientific and technological strength of the two worlds is equal. Only when this condition is reached can we consider stopping deterrence. The scientific and technological gap between the human world and the three-body world is still quite large.
In the eyes of the public, the ideal swordsman is like this: let the three-body world be afraid, but let the human world not be afraid. Such people don't exist, so the public tends to make themselves fearless.