Our Family Made By More Than Blood

Chapter 1 (1/3)

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I'LL ONLY SAY IT QUICKLY - THE TEXT MAY CONTAIN SOME ERRORS - IT WAS TRANSLATED BY AI BUT MY CORRECTIONS ARE NOT PERFECT.

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Excerpt from Christine Leroux's "Interviews with the Supreme," from November 27, 2048.

(conversation and thoughts in English)

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Christine Leroux (Interviewer): Mr. General. Practically from the beginning of your time in power, you have been promoting that three-word motto that is probably known to every viewer - Strength, Man and Hope. What do these slogans mean and what is the meaning behind them?

When the journalist finished her question, the camera moved toward Rozescu. He was slowly finishing his black coffee to the end. When he finished he put the cup down on the glass coffee table that stood right next to his beige armchair. A moment later, he sighed and smiled slightly.

Rozescu: These three words mean exactly what they imply. They can be understood in a literal sense, but they can also be understood differently.

Christine Leroux: In what way differently?

A moment of silence fell.

Rozescu: These three words can be read metaphorically...

Rozescu: Maybe I'll start with strength first. What do we associate it with? Most will probably say that with athletes, strongmen or bodybuilders. The strength that they all have in common is directly related to physicality, to muscles. Muscles that are capable of higher results and successes than the corresponding muscles in other people. Another part will say that it is also related to the mind. Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Pythagoras and many, many others - all of them could be said to have been geniuses in their own fields. And who is a genius if not someone who has a potentially greater ability - a greater power - for something than the majority, and realizes that ability?

The general stopped for a while and flew away somewhere with his eyes. However, not a moment passed, and he returned to the conversation again.

Rozescu: So if we think of strength as a synonym for "ability" then we can also talk about societies. About their beginnings and flourishing. About their peaks and falls. Each of them existed for a shorter or longer time - they were weaker or stronger. Time has always been the verifier.

Here Rozescu momentarily interrupted his speech while thinking about something.

Rozescu: However, please note that despite their ups and downs, there have always been some larger or smaller groups of people who have managed to survive. This means that the strongest are not specific states, civilizations and empires, but people as a collective. I repeat - as a COLLECTIVE. If this collective has managed to survive millennia, imagine how much it could survive and what it could create UNITED. Then it would be stronger than ever!

A moment of silence fell. The general cleared his throat.

Rozescu: So... In short... This is how "Strength" can be defined - a union that can give the ability to a special greatness.

Christine Leroux: How can this "Strength" be pursued, Mr. General?

Rozescu leaned forward in his chair. He almost rested his elbows on his knees.

Rozescu: If humanity is to be united, it must first of all BE like itself. That is - to think and act like it. There can be no case when an individual - that is, a part of some whole - thinks or acts differently from the rest of the group, because then it is a threat to it. And threats must be removed as soon as possible. Especially in these days of constant danger from the creatures of the South and the East, we see how important this is. I think I've said it some time before, but I'll say it again to make it sound - HUMANITY MUST BE ITSELF ON EVERY LEVEL.