Chapter 126 Market Laws
A united Texas and bipartisan decision-making have brought unprecedented efficiency. It is impossible to do good things without letting citizens know. Citizens must understand that the state government cares about them in every possible way. Only in this way can the value of the civil service system and even higher-level lawmakers be reflected.
For the absolute minority, Republicans in Texas, their existence itself is very difficult. What they hope to gain now is not to be ignored, to be treated equally with Democrats, and to be favored by their financial backers, that's all.
After the war, the losers always have a deeper memory. The hostility of the states that once joined the Confederate States of America towards the Republican Party is not so easy to dissipate. In fact, this hostility will continue for a very long time.
The Democratic Party is more inclined to the ideal of an agricultural empire. Normally, the Republican Party's ideals create more value. Coupled with the victory of the Civil War, the Democratic Party would certainly be in a slump, if not disappear into thin air. But in fact, the Democratic Party soon recovered in the southern states. The reason is simple: industry creates higher value, while agriculture covers a wider range.
McHale only sees the surface. In fact, the Democratic Party’s rule over the deep blue states in the South will last for another sixty or seventy years. No matter how hard the Republicans try, it will be useless.
With the Texas government's statement on electrification construction, the establishment of new electrical standards spread to the neighboring state of Louisiana almost instantly. New Orleans, Louisiana was the largest city in the Confederacy at the time and had a significant influence in the eyes of many people. Texas, the largest state in terms of area, and Louisiana, which controls the Mississippi River, passed resolutions on electrical standards almost at the same time.
The domino effect soon appeared. Texas, the largest and most affluent state, and Louisiana, which had the best geographical location, established voltage standards in a short period of time. This was almost a clear signal. For a time, the attention to voltage standards and the significance of electrification were reported in various Southern newspapers.
At this time, Tesla, the winner of the current war, who had rebuilt the Tesla laboratory in Houston, was pushed to the forefront and became a positive image in the media of the southern states. Sheffield achieved the conditions that encouraged Tesla to go south, so that the electrical engineer would no longer be criticized by the harsh media in the north, and used the unique environment of the south to promote his own electrical standards.
It can be said that Tesla never received so much praise from newspapers, even when he won the current war with the support of Westinghouse Electric, but with the support of these Dixie farmers, he was the one who could make people feel at ease.
At this time, it was no longer important whether Tesla was more talented than Edison or whether he was more professional than Edison. He was now a figure pushed to the front, a venting point for southern citizens.
In Texas, a country deeply influenced by its grandfather, many people know that Tesla is a Slav, an outstanding electrical engineer who belongs to their country. He is obviously more talented, but he was suppressed by Edison because of some unspoken rules. And Edison is a Yankee. It's such a simple logic.
Tesla has been carrying a lot of Dixie people's hatred for the country and the family. The Republicans have always stirred up hatred before elections and used it as a weapon to defeat the Democrats. This time, the Yankees, who have forgotten the war, will bear the consequences of stirring up hatred. The victorious side chooses to embrace the future, but the loser camp will not let it go.
In the face of the overwhelming advantage of Dixie voters, Southern Republicans, politicians who are responsible for their own political lives, will not respond directly to this hatred. Instead, they will show that they stand with the voters in these states.
In order to be responsible to the voters, the heavyweights of the Southern Republican Party also had to downplay the hostility caused by the hatred incited by newspapers and explain to their counterparts in the Northern Republican Party that the economic benefits brought about by the advancement of electrification could make up for the damage caused to the South by the Civil War.
Although they are Republicans, their political life, at least for now, is in the southern states. They must solve the problems at hand, otherwise they will lose the present, so how can they have a future?
To use a phrase from later generations, they are covering up the issue, doing their best to downplay the North-South issue caused by electrification, and only mentioning the economic benefits it brings. Better serving the public, this is one of the benefits of democratic elections, at least politicians are not divided by party, and can pretend to serve citizens when facing major issues, even if the actual problems are never solved by them.
"As long as we move forward fast enough, we can create a fait accompli. Anyway, the federal government has not determined the standard. The Yankees think that the standard of 110 is enough, and we Dixies think that the standard of 220 is more appropriate. So let's build separately. Once this thing starts, there is no turning back. We must be faster than the Yankees, even if I lose money, I will do it." After visiting the Tesla laboratory, Sheffield walked out with his hands in his pockets and a relaxed look on his face, "This is what I call charity."
"That's not necessary, Master William. I'm already very happy that I can promote electrification with your help." Tesla, who came along with them, quickly spoke up to stop Sheffield when he heard that he was not even prepared to make any money, or even lose money, to help him promote electrification. He said that he really couldn't afford it.
You are just overthinking it! Sheffield said with a well-deserved look, "It doesn't matter. As long as more scientific results can serve the citizens, some short-term unprofitable situations are not unacceptable."
Who says that the laws of the market economy must be followed? As far as he knows, many companies have risen because they ignored market rules. Samsung's semiconductors defeated the original Japanese semiconductors, but in this process, Samsung's semiconductors were not profitable for a long time. For a period of time, Samsung's semiconductors became a drag on the entire group.
During this process, market laws certainly exist, and commodities naturally rise and fall due to supply and demand issues. Samsung Group uses the profits of the entire group to compete with its semiconductor rivals. Once the market is saturated and rivals begin to cut production, Samsung Semiconductor not only does not cut production, but instead increases output to further suppress prices, completely making it impossible for its competitors to survive.
As long as the opponent dies and loses the ability to produce products, the market share occupied by the opponent will naturally belong to Samsung, and then the price will be set to recover the previous cost. Samsung's operation is completely fine for private enterprises, but this operation is most afraid of state-owned enterprises, and some enemies of the free world. Samsung is most afraid of learning this trick.
(End of this chapter)
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