History is not endless war and you know that. There have been many eras of peace and prosperity. I never said there should be an absolute monopoly on power. Power will naturally spread itself out, but not to the degree that Allen envisions. His degree will never happen as equality is a lie.
it is debatable whether peace is just a preparation for war, like in the last 3500 years we got 268 years with no major conflicts. and even the current peace is fragile, still, it hasn't become a full on world war yet because of the balance in nuclear power between major blocs.
No, it is not a stretch as nature is not fair and balanced. If that was the case, there'd be no apex predator. There will always be those who reign at the top of the food chain as they are the best and strongest.
Nature balances itself though, even on the individual level (1 predator vs 1 prey) it might not look balanced. on population level the apex predators could hunt too much and risked extinction themselves as nothing else to hunt. so nature is kept in relative balance rather than one side wiping out the other, keeping population in relative balance.
in history equal power blocs have always been forming and seeking toward balance, e.g. nations expanding too much disrupting power balance and is countered by a coalition. in recent years such blocs form. and currently, the bottom classes as a whole in modern society (despite declined in recent years) still has more relative power compared to slaves/serfs.
on larger scale nature gravitates towards balance.
Such things must be allowed to resolve themselves. The hard time must be allowed. When you try to stop the cycle, all you do is make things worse once reality demands its dues.
I consider Allen to be part of the natural cycle here. he sees the power imbalance being great, the upper classes grow way more too powerful and oppress the lower classes too much, it makes sense people like Allen rising up to challenge it.
Allens just proving that might makes right
I don't think he has ever stated otherwise. he seems to be aware that the only way to not be oppressed is by having your own power. and seek power to do it.
His lofty ideals would never happen naturally.
don't know what you mean by "naturally", but in human society, everything happened by human will.
from what I read, "equal society" here just means the bottom class as a bloc having enough power to avoid being oppressed. doesn't mean wiping out all hierarchy and making everyone absolutely the same.
