Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27883716-20160228133805/@comment-734582-20160228211558

We know darkness, because we know light. Silence, for there is sound. We see white, because there is black. We're happy because we can be sad. We can be angry because we can be at peace.

Madara's solution isn't a solution. it's not life, it's a state of limbo, of nonexistence. Living forever in a dream is nothing more than being a plant, or a rock. The IT would destroy happiness because there would be no sadness. IT is simply a state of nonliving. Without contrast, life wouldn't just be boring, it wouldn't even be life.

Lastly, Naruto did give an answer to Pain. But he did it the way Kurama described, not through words but through actions. Naruto's answer is that True Peace is a lie. That Peace is not achieved through one tyrant, be it a Biju weapon, Kaguya, or Madara's IT, but achieved when people cooperate. Peace is achieved when people try to understand each other's pain, rather than inflicting. Peace is achieved when people look out for each other, when they help someone in pain. And peace is achieved when, if someone strays from their path, their friends will bring them back into the light.

Naruto's pursuit of Sasuke is the ultimate answer to the question of peace: through never giving up on peace, never backing down for peace, through bringing back your friends from the dark no matter how far they have fallen, and to make people understand your pain through sharing it, rather than through inflicting it.

EDIT: I forgot, but Jiraiya specifically thought that there was too much hatred in the world, and wanted to do something about it. Well, Naruto did. It won't be gone, because hatred is a natural emotion. the child of prophecy would bring about a great change, and Naruto brought that change.