Our journey of thought, which began with a highly modern and sophisticated marriage market condition—women’s hypergamy—traveled through the biological asymmetry that forges cellular attachment, and orbited the grand historical cycles of the rise and fall of civilizations. Now, it finally comes to a halt before the most honest, painful, and breath-taking existential conclusion:
"If scarcity is relative, the allocation of resources is bound to be relative as well. Consequently, the emergence of classes—the strong and the weak—is inevitable. If that is the structure, then human beings must somehow, above all else, become strong."
Stripping away the veil of morality and speaking with cold detachment, this realization is agonizingly accurate; it is an instinctively justified declaration of survival. If scarcity is relative and the resources of the Earth’s system are finite, everyone cannot be a winner at the same time. That one person must starve when another holds more resources is a mathematical certainty shared by both Mother Nature and capitalism. In the face of this ruthless law, the cry to "first become strong" is not a selfish desire, but the bare minimum right to self-defense required to safeguard oneself and one’s cherished ones in this cruel world.
Escaping the Gaslighting of ‘The Peaceful Fairytale’
From childhood, we are educated on beautiful morals: "We must concede to one another, share equally, and live in harmony." To be sure, the humanitarian values that sustain civilization are noble. Yet, looking into the cold, raw flesh of the system exposes a cruel paradox: the strong sitting at the absolute pinnacle of the colossal pyramid desire the weak at the bottom to remain tightly bound by those very moral codes—submissive, docile, and easily controlled.
As we witnessed in our previous inquiries, whether civilization is prospering brilliantly or crashing down under the weight of its own self-generated contradictions, it is always the vulnerable weak—those lacking the power to protect themselves—who pay the harshest systemic costs with their bare bodies. The moment I fail to become strong and forfeit the initiative of survival, the safety of my life and my family is mortgaged to the capricious "mercy" of another strong entity. Therefore, the resolve to become strong is not greed. It is the most primordial will to safeguard one’s autonomy as a living organism.
The Position We Must Target: The ‘Abstract Knowledge Strong’
What kind of strong entity, then, must we become? Must we become savage predators of the past, seizing the resources of others through physical might? In a highly advanced modern capitalist society, and in the looming era of artificial intelligence, the true strong who wield the highest added value are "intellectual capitalists who possess irreplaceable context and human networks."
Moving beyond a mere rich person with large numbers stamped on a bank account, this is the individual who possesses original insight (knowledge) to sharply pierce the currents of the world, and holds onto a human solidarity (platform) that machines can never trespass. When civilization prospers dazzlingly, these strong individuals grasp immense abstract wealth at the uppermost tier of the system; when civilization trembles or endures the growing pains of a collapse, they can construct the sturdiest breakwater alongside those who follow them.
The Ultimate Cheat Code: The Strong Who Cradle ‘The Wildness of the Weak’
The truly terrifying strong are not fragile elites raised delicately inside a greenhouse. They are the strong who handle the most advanced, high-tech intellect with their minds to ride the waves of capital, yet cradle a "low-tech wildness" within their hearts—ready at any moment to roll around in the mud should the glass of the greenhouse shatter.
It is about perfectly understanding and utilizing the rules of the world, while continuously tempering one’s own body and soul to ensure they never become 100% addicted to the sweet poisons of systems and civilization. It is about maintaining a raw humanity capable of bonding deeply with others without the mediation of a calculator. These "all-weather strong" are the sole entities who never wither away, but instead lay down the foundational stone once more amidst the rise and fall of civilizations and the periodic resets of history.
Survive, and Become Strong
Our dialogue, which began with a microscopic puzzle piece called the conditions of the marriage market, has journeyed through the demise and reset of human civilization, finally carving its definitive punctuation mark with a magnificent, existential conclusion: "Therefore, we must become powerful in reality."
The world is no beautiful fairytale. Scarcity is cruel, resources are limited, and history runs away with merciless velocity. Inside this colossal train, will you remain weak, only to be ground down as a mere component of the system? Or will you somehow become the strong entity holding the initiative, constructing your own greenhouse to protect those precious to you?
Build an unyielding fortress wall that refuses to be swept away by the tides of the world. Atop that wall, forge the coldest intellect and the hottest humanity at the exact same time. Ironically, the sole path for a human being to safeguard dignity like a human in this ruthless universe is to become strong with every ounce of their might.
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