Chapter 314 Internal Trouble
Although it is fun to spit shit at each other, it does not leave any memorable points. On the contrary, this kind of satirical joke can last for a long time and continue to have an impact for a long time. Sheffield understands how powerful this seemingly inappropriate joke is. Once it spreads across the country, it will be more lethal than a deliberately enacted law.
Because these jokes have stereotyped the entire ethnic group, the harm can be said to be endless.
Seeing that Sheffield had finally finished his work, Edith Rockefeller walked over and asked, "The stories you wrote are quite interesting, but are they useful?"
"Is it useful? It's very useful." Sheffield laughed, "More useful than a hundred newspapers. Are you impatient? Let's go and see the textile factory now."
"Well, there are too many black people in Brazil." If Edith Rockefeller had not been to Brazil, she might have been dissatisfied with Sheffield's jokes making fun of black people. But after arriving in Brazil and seeing it with her own eyes, she felt uncomfortable when she saw that black faces accounted for the majority.
"Don't say that in front of Brazilians. The classification of white people in the United States of Brazil is different from that in our country. If McHale was still in Brazil, he would be a pure white person." Sheffield carefully reminded them while getting dressed, not to talk nonsense in another country.
Sheffield remembered that Brazil had dozens of standards for racial division. The skin color standard alone had more than a hundred colors to choose from. As a result, according to the standards, blacks only accounted for 7% of the population a hundred years later. At the same time, the black population of the United States of America was 13%. But anyone who has seen the Brazilian gatherings will know how unreliable this 7% is. It looks like South Africa, and the division is similar to that of the United States.
"The people here seem too undisciplined. I wonder if they can become workers!" Edith Rockefeller sighed and expressed pessimism about this trip to Brazil.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. With such a large population base, are you worried about not being able to find suitable workers? If it doesn't work, we can ask women to work." Sheffield didn't take Edith Rockefeller's complaints seriously at all. They were all minor problems.
For the entire ethnic group, the concept of hard work is fundamentally against human nature, and any ethnic group should have more lazy people. It’s just that not all ethnic groups have the capital to be lazy, and those who have the capital to be lazy are unwilling to work.
Sheffield remembers that when the Republic just opened up, the first impression of Japanese and Korean companies on Chinese workers was laziness. Japan and South Korea had already gone through the climbing stage at that time, so they could be said to be qualified to say so. On the contrary, in the planned era, Chinese workers had iron rice bowls and had never experienced the competition of facing unemployment at any time.
But after only ten years, the huge number of Chinese workers let these Japanese and Korean companies know that if we work hard, we will be no match for you. Our population is ten times that of the two of you combined. If we put in some effort, we can crush you.
The two borrowed ten cars from a car company in Rio de Janeiro, a Ford car dealership, and headed for the western suburbs. Along the way, they could see many slums. Some boys with bare upper bodies looked at these strange carriages with curiosity. These people didn't quite know what these horseless carriages meant.
"Edith, stop looking at them. They don't deserve our sympathy. If we help the poor instead of the emergencies, the poor will never be saved." Sheffield didn't see it at the time. He always believed that a capitalist must be good at exploitation and must maximize exploitation, because capitalists are also a class. If you are a capitalist who eats well, you will inevitably fail to develop as well as capitalists who exploit more vigorously. In fact, if United Company did not bet on emerging industries and fight against each other in old industries, it would almost never be able to be compared with Morgan Alliance and Standard Oil.
You must find the most easily exploitable group and squeeze out profits with the most intense means to ensure your own strength, so Morgan and Rockefeller can come from behind. If you go back 30 years, these two families can't be compared with his cheap grandfather, but Morgan can be said to be a pioneer in the financial industry, and Rockefeller controls the oil industry, has a strong exploitation, and has emerging industries that others cannot intervene in, and soon left all competitors behind.
"You are such a heartless person!" After inspecting the factory site, Edith Rockefeller pouted and said when she returned to the manor, "Even if it's just a pretense, at least you can gain a good reputation."
"I have no sympathy at all. I'm too lazy to pretend." Sheffield admitted this very straightforwardly and boasted, "I'm the descendant of slave owners. I think everyone is like this. If you want to be better to the workers in your own industry, there is only one way, which is to expand the number of people you can exploit. If there are not enough people at home, you can exploit those abroad. What's so strange about that?"
"Is there anything you dare not think of? The college students graduating every year in our country are all smart people. Aren't you afraid that they will become opponents of large enterprises after entering the society?" Edith Rockefeller curled her lips, not believing that Sheffield really dared to completely ignore his eating manners.
"I can prevent them from graduating. There are so many ways, Edith. I'll tell you a few simple ways. Do you admit that knowledge is priceless? If you admit this, I can meet with the most famous scholars and promote laws to protect the rights of scholars. After I have won over most of the scholars, I can integrate the publishers and raise the prices of all the books and school textbooks that enter the market to a level that an average family can barely afford."
"If this is not enough, I can also work with Lowell, Adams and others to promote student loans, so that all college students will be saddled with debts upon graduation. By then, will college students still have time to trouble me?"
Sheffield's mouth is like a machine gun. He sorts out several interest chains and then uses public opinion to promote happy education. Life is about enjoying life and one should drink, smoke and pick up girls. This two-pronged approach is perfect.
But this is not enough. The most important point is to destroy the public education system. Now the domestic public education system is still too strong, and the gap with private universities is not very big. This is a problem.
"How can there be people like you in this world!" Edith Rockefeller's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she even found it difficult to speak.
"If I discuss this with your brother John, do you think he would agree?" Sheffield took out the telegram from New Orleans from the table and answered while looking at it, "Oh, the other two media giants are gone?"
Although Pulitzer once said in the early days of entering the media industry that his newspaper was not the mouthpiece of the Republican Party, this was obviously a cover-up. In fact, this media giant had a close relationship with the Republican Party. As for another media giant, Hearst, he sided with the Democratic Party because of the Democratic Party's conservative attitude towards foreign immigrants.
These two media giants are from this era, CNN and Fox. Of course, the positions of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are interchangeable in this era. Obviously, the participation of these two media giants shows that the matter is no longer just a matter of civil fermentation. It has already involved some political factors.
Sheffield thought for a long time and felt that it was not the time for John Connor to take action. The heat could still be continued, but he could use this opportunity to let Gail and McHale talk to the Democrats.
The person who was talking was definitely not William Bryan. William Bryan represented a faction of the Democratic Party. This faction was not conservative, but at least it was much more progressive than President Cleveland's faction. Moreover, William Bryan had lost twice in a row, which really made the Democratic Party think about whether to change someone.
Among the Democratic conservatives, the most prestigious person now is Alton Parker, a judge from New York State. Compared with William Bryan, Alton Parker is much more conservative and has a high status in the federal legal system.
If Alton Parker could have had a say, the Democrats in the Southern states would have known what to do.
Because Alton Parker was in New York, Gail asked McHale to stay in New Orleans and went to New York himself to discuss the fact that this public opinion storm had become a bipartisan issue.
The fact that the southern states have different degrees of restrictive bills is due to the contributions of many Democrats in the legal system. After arriving in New York, Gail went straight to Alton Parker and explained his purpose. He expressed his concerns about the current public opinion and directly stated his purpose, "It is completely unreasonable for Republicans who stay out of the matter to use this incident to attack the Democrats. It even undermines the political system of our United States. Now many Democrats are also worried and feel that this Republican attack is not simple."
Gail first attributed the incident to the Republicans taking advantage of the situation, and then seemed to ask for a solution.
"So, what do many Democrats mean now?" Alton Parker pondered for a moment and asked Gail to tell the truth about his purpose.
"Mr. Parker, you have a huge influence in the legal system. Now is the time for you to say something. It would definitely be better if you took the initiative to speak out than the endless accusations from the Republicans. This would also help restore the image of the Democratic Party. This is not only the opinion of the Democrats, but also the opinion of many businesses and companies." Gail spoke everything, wanting Alton Parker to take the place of the senior Democrat and be the first to attack, criticizing the inefficiency of the Democratic state governments in the Southern states, and especially the slow and seemingly non-existent legal system.
Regan
Regan’s new book “Counting the Great Men” is about the development of historical officialdom. If you like this kind of book, you can collect it and take a look. Everyone is welcome to appreciate it!
Regan is also an old platinum. The quality of his book is obvious to all. It is definitely a good book.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
