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Asgard is a member of the Pantheon, but it is not as peaceful as the other side. After all, their concepts are very different. Asgard is also a unique branch among the gods. First of all, they have no family!
Whether it is Olympus or any other clan of gods, they all have their own followers, who are their most devout believers.
Asgard does not have... The Asgardian gods are just a nation. Although their leader calls himself a god, it is just a title, just like the emperor, king and other titles.
They have a strong army and civilization, and do not need the faith of others. They are not very accepting of the faith of others... This is the biggest difference between Asgard and the Pantheon. Asgard's technology and magic are both very advanced.
Unlike other gods, they need to rely on faith to maintain their own strength and prosperity.
Secondly, Asgard also looked down on the style of these gods... When they were on Earth, although the gods were high and mighty, most of them were still very caring towards the people under their rule. For example, the Olympians were very good to their own people. For example, the Amazon female warriors, the gods even granted them the privilege of immortality. This is a treatment only gods have. For example, the Atlanteans, the sea god Poseidon took great care of the Atlanteans.
He even gave them divine weapons.
After all, the earth is their homeland, no matter how arrogant or cruel they are, they will have some fellow countrymen, and they will not go too far.
But since leaving their homeland, these gods have actually lived a much better life than on Earth. Not only do they have more believers, they also have inexhaustible resources to satisfy their own selfish desires.
Although most of the planets they ruled were barren, they could still make some money. After all, although the number of the Protoss was large, their absolute number was extremely small compared to the many planets they ruled.
As I said, no matter how remote the place is, the gentlemen live a good life.
The most obvious examples are the tyrants in Africa!
In ancient times, African countries had complete systems, and the whole of Africa was a society. These large and small chiefdoms once existed for a long time in Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire. The king (that is, the great chief) is the supreme ruler of the tribal union and has absolute power, such as making laws, presiding over administration, commanding wars, serving as a sacrifice, judging cases, collecting taxes, etc. In some countries, government decrees divide chiefs into one, two, and three levels according to the size of the chief's territory, the number of people, and the economic importance. The position of chief is generally hereditary, and in most cases it is inherited by the eldest son. In some republican countries, such as Cameroon, the chief must also be approved by the chief executive. The first-level chief must be approved by the head of state, the second-level chief must be approved by the cabinet minister of territory, and the third-level chief must be approved by the governor. These chief kingdoms not only have kings, palaces, queens, concubines, ministers, etc., but also have their own subjects and retain various privileges. Polygamy is a very common phenomenon in African chief kingdoms. Chief Yebua had 12 wives, the oldest of whom was 70 years old, and the youngest was the same age as his granddaughter. He had a total of 65 children, not including those who died. The highest record in this regard was set by a chief of the ancient Benin Abomey Kingdom, who had more than 4000 concubines in his lifetime. After the chief died, 41 young and beautiful women were selected from them and ordered to drink poison and commit suicide to be buried with the dead chief.
In modern times, this situation has not changed at all.
The most famous one belongs to Swaziland.
Its poverty is far beyond what we can imagine in our current life. It is no exaggeration to say that:
Can you imagine eating two meals a day?
Can you imagine how it feels to exchange a cow for a wife?
Can you accept the feeling of young girls from various families striving to enter the royal family and become concubines of the king?
But these are normal in Swaziland, and this is the reality of their lives. According to valid data, 80% of the population in Swaziland cannot afford three meals a day. In order to save food, they can only eat two meals a day. In a long and tiring day, they must work hard to fight for their lives the next day. But even so, their lives can only be controlled by more than ten yuan. The per capita GDP of Swaziland is 3000-4000 US dollars. But the premise is not to be deceived by this gorgeous number, because it is an average, and the real rich account for about % of the country, and the rest are poor. This means that in Swaziland, most of the wealth is controlled by the few rich people.
For example, the country's King Mswati, his personal assets have reached more than 20 billion US dollars. What does this mean? Swaziland has a population of only 139 million, but the king himself owns most of the country's wealth.
In this way, can we imagine the cruel truth of the word "average"?
Therefore, in Swaziland, nearly half of the population's daily consumption does not exceed US$1.9, which is about or yuan in RMB, less than the price of a cup of milk tea.
In this reality, how can we talk about three meals a day and medical consumption?
It is precisely because of this that many national development systems such as education and medical care in Swaziland are paralyzed. Even civil servants may not be able to receive their monthly salary. Who will go to school or see a doctor? Naturally, poverty has made Swaziland pay a heavy price. A large number of people in the country are troubled by AIDS, and the infection rate has reached 27.3%. The inability to afford medical treatment has directly led to the extremely low average life expectancy of the people. The average life expectancy in this country is 35 years old.
But who could have imagined that? The king of Swaziland lives a different life: showing off wealth, enjoying life, being lustful, and not caring about the lives of the people. It seems that the country's demise has nothing to do with him, and the suffering of the people is only their own business. All he can do is to make money crazily and then spend it under various excuses. King Mswati, who is already in his fifties, has more than 15 wives and concubines in his harem. He likes beautiful women, which is the king's biggest hobby. For this reason, he constantly enriches his harem and constantly uses money to satisfy his women's desire to live in the harem.
"I want to live a good life, be rich, wealthy, have a BMW and a cell phone."
This is a life attitude that local girls do not avoid at all. For this reason, they actively participate in the annual Reed Festival to strive for the opportunity to change their destiny. What is the Reed Festival? This is actually a local folk custom with a long history. It is actually a ceremony for girls to celebrate their adulthood. However, for the girls in Swaziland, it has changed now, because King Mswati will bring the girl he likes back to the palace at the Reed Festival, marry her, and make her a princess. Many people say that the Reed Festival in Swaziland has now become a large-scale scene for the king to select a princess. Moreover, there is a strong voice internationally: ban such festivals.
But Mswati was unmoved. He still enjoyed the power to choose his favorite girl during the festival every year. For this reason, his harem already has 15 concubines, and this will not be the end. As long as the king is willing, he can continue to take concubines into the palace. Indeed, polygamy is legal in Swaziland. As long as you are rich enough and have the capital to support those girls, you can marry multiple wives. Moreover, because of the problem of population decline, marrying multiple wives means contributing to the country in the local area.
However, if he couldn't even afford to eat, where would he get the money to marry a wife and raise children? Therefore, polygamy can only remain in the world of the rich. Moreover, it doesn't cost much to marry a wife in Swaziland. As long as you have a cow, you can pick one at will. This makes people feel cruel no matter how you look at it. A fresh girl is not as socially superior as a cow. Naturally, as the king, Mswati has the most ability to do so, because most of the cattle in the country are in his hands, and he can take out a cow at any time to exchange for a concubine to enter the palace. In order to make his wives happy, Mswati even took out one-fifth of his cattle to buy luxury cars for them: in 2019, he bought 19 Rolls-Royces at one time and distributed them to his wives and concubines. This incident caused a great sensation at the time, and the people talked about it: the king was too extravagant, the people couldn't even afford to eat, but he was spending huge sums of money to buy so many cars.
But what does it matter? Mswati doesn't care at all, and his answer to the public is: I bought it with my own cattle, and I didn't use the country's wealth. But the question is, for a country as poor as Swaziland, does it still have wealth in the treasury? I'm afraid all it has is debt, right? However, no one dared to question the king in this way, and the matter was left unresolved. But this is not the only car Mswati has. He himself is also a luxury car enthusiast, with Rolls-Royce, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, and everything else. Even airplanes and presidential bulletproof cars are not left out.
Well, it is true that the king is rich and willful. But it is also true that Mswati cannot control his wives. Although he buys luxury cars for his wives and takes them out shopping and traveling together, there are still concubines who cheat on him.
But what does this mean for a king who tramples on public opinion and people's livelihood?
He still lived a carefree life. As long as he had cattle and wealth, he would not have to worry about not having concubines. Therefore, every year's Reed Festival was his carnival day. If his wife ran away, he could just exchange her for cattle. This operation did not seem like what a king would do. He turned out to be a nouveau riche with no bottom line.
The gods in the Pantheon are just as unscrupulous as the King of Swaziland. No, it should be said that they are even more unscrupulous!
Asgard is an enterprising nation. They will not allow themselves to become fat and bloated like these gods who lie down and do nothing.
The Pantheon is also unhappy with Asgard, and this is mainly Odin's fault.
Thinking back to when Odin’s father was around, although he was also unhappy with the Pantheon, everyone could get by. After all, Odin’s father was born and raised on Earth, so he could still tolerate the misbehavior of his fellow countrymen. After all, it didn’t affect him much.
At most, you can just turn a blind eye.
But after Odin came to power, everything became different.
Odin's temper when he was young was countless times worse than Thor's before! What kind of shit was Thor like before he first went to Earth? Odin was even more difficult to deal with than Thor at that time.
How could Odin, who is ambitious, bad-tempered, cruel and murderous, look down on these wimps in the Pantheon?
When Odin was fighting in the universe, the Pantheon was afraid that it would affect them, so they put on airs and tried to restrain Odin. After all, there were still many senior gods in the Pantheon, such as the king of gods Zeus.
This Lord of Olympus is still doing well even after leaving the Earth, and is regarded as the King of Gods wherever he goes.
Unfortunately, isn’t it asking for a beating to put on airs in front of Odin?
Odin didn't give any face at all.
Just take the Pantheon back.
Odin even planned to conquer the Pantheon directly! So Odin gave himself a title - God King Odin!
That’s right, the term “God King” did not exist in Asgard before. Odin’s father and grandfather were both called the King of Asgard. But when it came to Odin, it was changed!
Of course, the Pantheon was lucky. Before Odin could declare war on the Pantheon, Odin suddenly came to his senses because of Hela.
But I still look down on those low-class people in the Pantheon.
In his opinion, the Pantheon was just a bunch of fattened pigs! The reason why they were so free and easy was not because they were so strong, but because they were just playing dung and others were too lazy to step on them!
If someone really doesn't mind the dirtiness, then just step on it!
Anyway, Odin will not get involved with a bunch of stinky shit.
When the Pantheon was dealing with Gorr the God Butcher, they also thought about bringing Asgard in... It should be said that Asgard is really strong! And the Pantheon itself has a share of Asgard. After all, Odin didn't really do anything to the Pantheon, and the Pantheon didn't remove Asgard from the list.
Some people even proposed to expel Asgard... After all, the attitude of Asgard's people towards the Pantheon is not good at all. From top to bottom, no one takes the Pantheon seriously. The key point is that Asgard has not paid a penny to the Pantheon for all these years!
It’s a bit like the United Nations to America... Has America taken the United Nations seriously over the years?
The United States has always treated the United Nations as a chamber pot, using it when it is useful, and treating it as a toilet in its own home when it is not. The United States does not care at all.
Membership fee?
What is dues? Why do I have to pay dues? Shouldn't the United Nations pay the United States? Why is the United Nations against me?
The United Nations is an illegal organization!!!
The United Nations supports me?
The United Nations is a responsible organization!
In short, the main point is to do whatever you want.
Asgard is pretty much like that to the Pantheon.