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On one hand I see what you're saying when you say that people shouldn't give up. However, I wouldn't really call Madara and Obito weak minded. In esscense, they are like engineers in a sense.
What do engineers do? Their job is to solve world problems using scientific and technological skills. When the world saw the need to get to higher floors in a more efficient manner, engineers created the elevator as a means to solve that problem. It was a problem-solution relationship.
In the same way, Madara and Obito saw the problems with the shinobi world. They saw the fact that pride (over things like one's clan) and greed (over things like money, land and militaristic power) led to senseless wars that caused the deaths of innocent people. Were they wrong? Think about it.
The Uchiha clan ancestor's damaged pride (over something as simple as not being chosen as the sage's successor) ultimately started the war between the Uchiha and Senju. This was the same war that killed Madara's brothers, Hashirama's brothers and countless other people. Little kids (like Kawarama Senju) were being killed at ages such as 7! What's worse? There was nothing that the suffering children could even do about it! They had no power to change things! They were just doomed to a terrible life for reasons that were out of their control.
Another example is the 1st shinobi world war. Hashirama tried to give all of the nations bijuus as a peace offering, but how did the nations respond? Their greed led them to crave and fight over more power and money. This led to the 1st world war, which killed many people who had no power to control the circumstances they were in! The tension generated from this war probably led to the tension that generated the next two wars (the third of which killed Rin!)
It killed poor Rin who had no say in any of this!
As you can see, the shinobi world and life in general made it so that horrible things will happen to innocent people who were powerless to change their fate. Madara and Obito clearly saw a clearly defined problem to this. That is what led them to come up with infinite tsukuyomi as a solution to the problem.
It is a problem-solution relationship ; just like with the engineers.
You are simply saying that people basically need to just get over it. Not everyone is satisfied with just getting over it though. Some people actually want to create change to solve problems. You are saying that nobody should create change and that people should just settle for suffering.
Think about the real world. What if nobody ever decided to study medicine? What if everyone just took your approach and said "people get sick, but let's just get over it and suffer anyway instead of studying medicine"? If that were the case, then people would still be dying from the common cold. One little sneeze would mean a death sentence. What if nobody ever invented any modes of transportation? Going from your house to your job would require walking for hours or even days on end like it did centuries ago. If you're injured, you can forget about it. Don't you see? It is not always enough to just get over it. Change is necessary. Solutions are necessary!
Now don't get me wrong. People with Naruto's ideals are still respectable. However, unlike Madara, Obito, Nagato and now even Sasuke, Naruto has no actual plan to create change. He is just saying, "Don't give up dattebayo! Let your friends help you get through it". While those things may help you get over pain, it does nothing to actually address the real issues of the world. If a cereal killer is on the loose and he kills your friends, even if you say "I won't give up", that still does nothing to stop the cereal killer. That is the problem with Naruto's views. In essence, Naruto's ideology is just a bandage while Madara's ideology is the actual preventative measure against injury.
If you counter me by saying something like "the preventative measure against injury is to start a war?"or something like that, I will say this: Sometimes, creating change requires one last dose of injury. It is just like how vaccines help prevent sickness by introducing your body to that sickness
In conclusion: Madara and Obito are the exact opposite of weak minded. They are stronger because they are taking a stand instead of just sitting there and just giving in to whatever crap life gives you. It's easy to be like Naruto and just say "get over it". It takes strength to actually do something about it.
What do engineers do? Their job is to solve world problems using scientific and technological skills. When the world saw the need to get to higher floors in a more efficient manner, engineers created the elevator as a means to solve that problem. It was a problem-solution relationship.
In the same way, Madara and Obito saw the problems with the shinobi world. They saw the fact that pride (over things like one's clan) and greed (over things like money, land and militaristic power) led to senseless wars that caused the deaths of innocent people. Were they wrong? Think about it.
The Uchiha clan ancestor's damaged pride (over something as simple as not being chosen as the sage's successor) ultimately started the war between the Uchiha and Senju. This was the same war that killed Madara's brothers, Hashirama's brothers and countless other people. Little kids (like Kawarama Senju) were being killed at ages such as 7! What's worse? There was nothing that the suffering children could even do about it! They had no power to change things! They were just doomed to a terrible life for reasons that were out of their control.
Another example is the 1st shinobi world war. Hashirama tried to give all of the nations bijuus as a peace offering, but how did the nations respond? Their greed led them to crave and fight over more power and money. This led to the 1st world war, which killed many people who had no power to control the circumstances they were in! The tension generated from this war probably led to the tension that generated the next two wars (the third of which killed Rin!)
It killed poor Rin who had no say in any of this!
As you can see, the shinobi world and life in general made it so that horrible things will happen to innocent people who were powerless to change their fate. Madara and Obito clearly saw a clearly defined problem to this. That is what led them to come up with infinite tsukuyomi as a solution to the problem.
It is a problem-solution relationship ; just like with the engineers.
You are simply saying that people basically need to just get over it. Not everyone is satisfied with just getting over it though. Some people actually want to create change to solve problems. You are saying that nobody should create change and that people should just settle for suffering.
Think about the real world. What if nobody ever decided to study medicine? What if everyone just took your approach and said "people get sick, but let's just get over it and suffer anyway instead of studying medicine"? If that were the case, then people would still be dying from the common cold. One little sneeze would mean a death sentence. What if nobody ever invented any modes of transportation? Going from your house to your job would require walking for hours or even days on end like it did centuries ago. If you're injured, you can forget about it. Don't you see? It is not always enough to just get over it. Change is necessary. Solutions are necessary!
Now don't get me wrong. People with Naruto's ideals are still respectable. However, unlike Madara, Obito, Nagato and now even Sasuke, Naruto has no actual plan to create change. He is just saying, "Don't give up dattebayo! Let your friends help you get through it". While those things may help you get over pain, it does nothing to actually address the real issues of the world. If a cereal killer is on the loose and he kills your friends, even if you say "I won't give up", that still does nothing to stop the cereal killer. That is the problem with Naruto's views. In essence, Naruto's ideology is just a bandage while Madara's ideology is the actual preventative measure against injury.
If you counter me by saying something like "the preventative measure against injury is to start a war?"or something like that, I will say this: Sometimes, creating change requires one last dose of injury. It is just like how vaccines help prevent sickness by introducing your body to that sickness
In conclusion: Madara and Obito are the exact opposite of weak minded. They are stronger because they are taking a stand instead of just sitting there and just giving in to whatever crap life gives you. It's easy to be like Naruto and just say "get over it". It takes strength to actually do something about it.
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