Ch6-49

Othosmops on Feb. 27, 2025

(russian):

Panel 1:
BRUNO: Yes, if it's the one who ruled Japan at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. He didn't just look after dogs. During the comparatively peaceful reign of the shogun, Japan's population had exploded and, as on Rapa Nui, almost the entire island kingdom had been deforested to provide arable land for all the people.
With his absolute power, he stopped this trend. the dog shogun ordered the land to be reforested and introduced a modern forestry system.
MIIKO:    His government red to economic crises and famines. But it is probabry thanks to him that Japan is one of the few countries in the world today that stirr has significant areas of forest.

Panel 2:
BRUNO: A powerful ruler who listens to wise advisors can turn the tide. But there was no such ruler on Rapa Nui. There were only ceremonial kings. Otherwise, there was rivalry between the tribes. And there is still no such shogun ruler on Earth to this day.

Panel 3:
GISELLE:    I see what you're getting at: at ze beginning of ze 21st century, when at least some governments wanted to come to zeir senses and make a change, certain potentates took advantage of ze situation to realize zeir delusions of great power and forced ze others to invest zeir resources in weapons instead of real solutions to problems.
VILIS: And things have been getting worse ever since.