Kaelin: “From your replies, I can tell you don’t believe that the World Government has the support of the people.
You see it as not caring about the world at all, only about collecting money.
The heavy Heavenly Tribute forces kings to exploit civilians even more.
Many Marine branch colonels even become corrupt officials.
But it’s precisely because of this that the World Government wins the hearts of the people.
It doesn’t earn them—it snatches them from others.
Who is it that directly exploits the people?
It’s the kings!
What does that have to do with the World Government?
If a Marine colonel does something wrong, then it’s just that individual acting badly—it has nothing to do with the World Government.
What people hate are those who directly exploit them.
If a king can’t be overthrown, he can at least be replaced.
And the World Government will even stand against those kings.
So how can the people hate it?
There’s no way for them to.
The public can’t see the World Government hiding behind the kings at all.
Only high-ranking figures like Monkey D.
Dragon can uncover the truth and awaken.
So the resentment of the people in each kingdom is usually directed at their kings.
Meanwhile, the World Government establishes the Marines to uphold justice, fight pirates around the world, and maintain order.
Who do you think the people will support?
That’s why the Four Emperors are the forces the World Government fears the least.
They can never win the hearts of the people against it.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Marines only have three Admirals.
If the Four Emperors actually united and tried to fight the World Government, I dare say the Marines could draft three more Admirals, six more, even twelve more—just to maintain order.
Do you believe it or not?
The World Government has tied people across the entire world onto its ship.
Unless someone can prove they can do better and give people a stable, happy life, then in order to avoid things getting worse, people will just keep patching up the system they already have.
So why do righteous people like Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr still choose to remain in the Marines, even knowing that the Celestial Dragons are scum?
Because only there can they prevent the world from getting worse and maintain order.”
These words completely woke them up.
They realized that their previous understanding of the World Government had been far too shallow.
Historian: “Shameless.”
Deliberately destroying other countries just to make itself look better in comparison—this kind of World Government had truly taken shamelessness to the extreme.
Even she, who had always been calm and composed, was irritated by the World Government’s methods.
Considering the blood feud she already had with it, this only made her even angrier.
Kaelin: “It can’t be helped.
We instinctively compare good to better and strive for improvement, but reality is about comparing bad to worse.
I don’t need to be good—as long as others are worse than me, then I’m the best.
The World Government made the most suitable choice for itself.
For those who want to overthrow the World Government, the difficulty is far greater.
They have to prove that they can truly do better than it.”
Hearing Kaelin’s words, Dragon fell silent.
Hearing his father’s persistence reflected through someone else’s explanation made his emotions complicated.
Back then, dissatisfied with the World Government and believing the Marines were not truly just, Dragon had left the Marines and begun leading revolutions across the world.
He only wanted to create a better world.
Even though he understood his father’s stance, he had still held some resentment in his heart.
But after hearing Kaelin’s words, that resentment was completely washed away.
Perhaps his father had gone through the same struggle back then.
After realizing he couldn’t change everything, he could only do his best to protect the world in his own way.
That was probably why he had always refused promotion to Admiral, choosing instead to remain stationed in a branch base and freely sail out to capture pirates.
Thinking this, Dragon took a deep breath.
Dragon Slayer: “Thank you.”
He was thanking Kaelin for helping him resolve the knot in his heart.
Kaelin, however, didn’t know any of that and simply assumed Dragon was thanking him for the explanation.
Kaelin: “It’s nothing.
Old One Piece fans all understand this stuff—it’s not complicated.”
Dragon couldn’t help but smile at Kaelin’s words.
If it weren’t for an outsider’s perspective, it might take a lifetime to truly understand these things.
He genuinely wanted to thank Kaelin for his openness.
Without him, he might have been misled by surface-level understanding for years, even decades.
But one doubt still lingered in his mind.
Could a World Government with such deep foundations really be overthrown?
After learning about its strategies, it felt like a massive mountain had appeared before him.
The pressure was even greater than before, and he couldn’t help but question whether his dream was even achievable.
He desperately wanted an answer.
Dragon Slayer: “@Kaelin, you mentioned the Revolutionary Army earlier.
I want to ask—do you think Dragon can overthrow the World Government?
Is there any way to overthrow it?”
Aside from him, almost everyone in the group wanted to know the answer, because for various reasons, they all had the intention to overthrow the World Government.
I Am One Piece: “+1.”
Puppeteer: “+1.”
Historian: “+1.”
Lurker: “Well… I’m curious too.”