Suppose you were sitting at this table. The napkins are in front of you— which one would you take? The one on your left? Or the one on your right? Usually, you’d take the one on your left. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense, in society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　‘Universe’.

The correct answer is: It is determined by the one who takes their napkin first. Yes? If the first person takes the napkin on their right, then everyone else has no choice but to take the ‘right’ napkin as well. The same applies to the left. Everyone will take the napkin on their left because there is no other option.
This is ‘society’…

Who determined the price of land first? Who set the value of money? The size of train rails? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and regulations? Who was the first to decide these things? Did we all do it because this is a Republic? Or was it arbitrary? No! The one who took the napkin first determined all of
these things. The rules of this world are governed by the same principle of ‘right or left’.

In a society like this table, in a state of equilibrium, once one person makes the first move, everyone must follow. In every era, this world has operated by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone respected by all. Not just anyone can fulfill this role… Those who are
despotic or unworthy will be scorned. These are the ‘losers’.

In the case of this table, the eldest or the Master of the party takes the napkin first… because everyone
respects those individuals.