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[Alexandr Korol]

in the material world. But no. We already live in a world — in other words, the material world is, let’s say, a mood, not actions. That is, we all live in the social- material world — well, let’s say we all live in the physical world. That’s the world we live in. And in this world, where we all go to work or study, get sick, suffer, acquire things, break things — this happens to all of us. Some experience it more often, some less; for some, it’s on a larger scale of destruction, for others, of creation — but this is how we exist. And while living like this in this world, we all have sub-worlds — moods, so to speak, we have different moods. And mood is exactly another angle. There are people with materialistic views on life, those who don’t live through emotions and the heart, maybe they don’t even have a conscience. But interestingly, such people often live by instincts. And that’s exactly what I emphasize at the end of the first volume of “Alternative History” — people living by animal instincts. These are the same people — they also go to school and then to work — but what drives them is the animal instinct. If you watch the movie “The Animal” with Rob Schneider and it reminds you of someone you know, then that person is currently at that stage of development — the animal stage. That’s when a person only wants pleasure, just food and sexual acts. That’s it — nothing else. And the person can’t control themselves, they’re only led by instinctual feelings. There’s a second group of people — those who have mastered and restrained their animal impulses and instincts because they’ve realized there are consequences if they don’t. These people have been hit hard by life many times, and they begin to develop self-control. When they develop control over their animal instincts and feelings, their mind begins to form. And just imagine how many people from different groups of the world are at different levels of instinct — from the very lowest to the very highest, there are all kinds of people with animal instinct. The most primitive ones want and take, and then they end up in prison. It’s a hard path, but everyone has gone through it or will go through it — that’s how development works. And some people have these instincts — they want something — but they don’t just take it. They understand that if they want to take something, they need to buy it, not steal it. Or they realize that if they want intimacy, it must be mutual, not taken by force. And such a person, you see, still has these instincts, but at least they’re controlling themselves within the boundaries of social norms so as not to harm themselves or society. Even so, they might still harm themselves — for example,