Chapter 258

Chapter 258

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With the gradual development of science and technology, the scale of 13 cities has become larger and larger, and the populations have reached tens of millions. With a large population, if management fails to keep up, it will inevitably cause chaos between cities, otherwise the crime rate will become higher and higher, and the productivity of the unit population will decrease.

In this case, there must be a new management method.

With the efforts of scientific researchers, the information age represented by the Internet has finally arrived slowly.

The emergence of Internet technology has brought new entertainment, social and management methods, and the distance between individuals has begun to rapidly narrow. With information technology, even cities with tens of millions of people can be easily managed.

In addition to the signing of the nuclear destruction treaty, the realization of overall peace means that there is no need to maintain hostility between cities as before.

More social needs have also arisen between cities.

However, it is neither safe nor convenient to pass through the traditional surface traffic.

So, after a global conference, the leaders of 13 major cities decided to dig a global tunnel deep underground to form a global transportation network to promote commerce and population Exchange!

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo seemed excited and regretful.

"In this case, the entire world, the only democracy, Goer City, ushered in the greatest opportunity in history!"

"——Ideological External output!"

...

An eternal evening day, a violent gust of wind is blowing outside.

At a depth of 80 meters underground, a global underground transportation plan that has lasted for 662 years is being implemented.

The entire long and narrow underground passage connects 13 major cities and 24 secondary cities. It can be used not only to place communication cables, but also to install rail trains as a means of transportation between cities. With these means of transportation, trade between cities will undoubtedly be smoother, and there is no longer any need to pass through the ground to endure dangerous typhoons.

When Goertek got through the last key node, suddenly, the whole construction team cheered.

"Connected!"

"Connected!"

Workers from different cities all embraced together excitedly, these long and narrow tunnels , I don’t know how much Gliese’s sweat has been condensed.

Now, it is finally finished!

"Praise technology!"

"Praise!"

Every Gliese person knows exactly what this huge project means . If there is no advancement in technology and various excavation tools, they are simply impossible to complete such a huge underground project.

On the same day, the high-level leaders of Goertek held a grand celebration banquet to celebrate the completion of this project.

I even dialed the remote communication video on the spot to contact people in other cities. In the past, it was only possible to use telegrams, which was complicated and troublesome, but now it is different. City and city will be able to communicate very simply.

After the celebration was over, these senior executives held another internal meeting.

A scientist in charge of a large communications project, Atiyah, suddenly thought of a very strange idea. This idea made it excited and enthusiastic.

In an internal meeting, it said: "...Ladies and gentlemen, the next era must belong to the era of information, and we have also determined the direction of development in this area. A small A tunnel, a small cable, can change our lives in all directions and allow us to come into contact with a bigger world!"

"The competition between cities will inevitably become more intense!"

"For a specific example, if a certain product enters the other’s city first and seizes the other’s market, the people of the other side will continue to use this product after they are used to it. This kind of preemption The strategy of the market will make our city more prosperous."

The members of the parliament underneath are whispering to each other. This clever Mr. Attia is right.

The opening of underground tunnels inevitably means a large number of commercial transactions.

As the founder of the information age, Atiyah itself has a very high prestige. It is a remarkable achievement to interpret some of the information in the universal factory as quickly as possible and transform it into a usable industry.

The chief executive officer nodded agreed: "Yes, in this era, although an overall peace agreement has been reached, the competition between cities is extremely fierce, and all cities are frantically exploring universal factories. The potential of the company, trying to step on the competitors. This is impossible, only we want to get..."

Many Gliese people quickly formulated a series of strategies that need to be developed, including the development of various products. Development, especially social software.

Social software is inherently monopolistic. After you use one, you basically won't use the second and third.

Atiyah loudly said: "No, no no, everyone, the monopoly of commodities is just one aspect, which allows us to gain wealth."

"Can we... What else do you do for this?"

The members of the enthusiastic council lifted the head, what does it want to express?

Looking at the confused people, Atiyah asked: "I want to ask, have the rest of you been to other cities?"

Even if the underground tunnel has been opened , But there are still some follow-up work to be carried out, the rail train has not yet officially opened. Of course, everyone here is in a high position. Unlike ordinary persons, many people have been to other cities.

The chief executive suddenly said: "The outside world is indeed very different from our city."

"The leaders of those cities are in power for life, and, They can also raise their own children and let them inherit this power. No matter whether the child’s moral character or ability is excellent, it can still obtain the power of Supreme..."

"So, everyone , In this time science and technology competition, we at GoerTek will definitely be in the leading position and will always be in the lead!!"

Everyone knows all these things and smiles confidently. Gliese people who have been to outside cities all feel superior to their Goer City. This is a kind of institutional self-confidence.

Scientist Attia agreed: "Yes, the outside world is a dictatorship! I have been fortunate to have been to the neighboring cities of Nifang and Agala... to live in this kind of city, Even the air seems to be muddy. A stupid and selfish leader can still be a leader, unlike us, who can integrate the wisdom of a group of people."

"This dictatorship is corrupt and corrupt. The dark system suppresses the nature and creativity of the people."

"And the Democratic System, bright and free..."

"Can we take the opportunity to do something What? It’s not just a monopoly on commodities, it can also be a monopoly on ideas." In fact, Goertek is not the kind of harmony on the surface. It has various dark sides, but the various forces interact with each other. There are constraints, and citizens also have certain political power. At any rate, on the surface is much better than the outside world.

"Atiyah, what can you do?" asked the consul at the time.

Rays of light appeared in Atiyah’s eyes: "...The emergence of the Internet has brought the world closer, making it easier to obtain information. We only need to promote the freedom and beauty of our city. , Let the Gliese people in the whole world who yearn for freedom know that there is such a heaven!"

It gets louder and louder and more fanatical, "...let them understand that every one Citizens should have their own power, instead of letting others override their own heads!"

"In this way, it can loosen the political foundation of dictators and disintegrate their power! In this way, we even Possibility to unify the world!"

The external output of this ideology, theoretically, does have the potential to cause major changes in the world!

It's a pity that after the fanatical Attia delivered his generous speech, he suddenly realized that the congressman sitting underneath showed a cold and indifferent smile.

The entire Conference Hall suddenly fell silent.

"Your Excellency Attia, I seriously doubt that you are a spy sent by the enemy city!" A political enemy frigid irony and scorching satire said: "Your plan is indeed very interesting, but it will Where is the security of Goerc City?"

"Don't you think that the leaders of other cities are fools!"

The original 13 cities have their own governance. It's okay even if Goertek is different. Every city has a universal factory. As long as the technological gap is not the difference between Heaven and Earth, no one can do anything about it.

But now it’s different. If Goertek conducts "ideological export" to the outside world, it will become a target of public criticism!

12 enemies, no matter how bold and talented Goer City is, it is also impossible to be an enemy of the whole world.

"If the 12 enemies unite, Goerc City will be over."

Therefore, regarding this ideological export plan, the archons in the city are extremely divided. .

"Your Excellency Attia, if the system in other cities is also changed to the Democratic System, which is as advanced as ours, why can our Goerc City stand out from the competition?" A member of Parliament attacked. .

Atiyah was stunned, "Don’t we even have this confidence?"

"It’s not that we don’t have this confidence... Let the other party decay, we suffer The competition will undoubtedly be smaller."

"Why does the outside world have to do with us? It is done, there is no benefit... At least it is not good."

"If it fails, just what It’s all gone."

"It’s too dangerous."

Atiyah argued for reason, trembling with anger: "Why not? We can attract With a large number of talents, the talent advantage is not important?"

It suddenly realized that its own city is not as enlightened and advanced as imagined.

"As long as we vigorously develop tourism and improve cultural facilities, we can spontaneously propagate ideas to the outside world. If such a good opportunity is missed, when can we wait for the next opportunity?"

The Gliese people who can get into those positions and have power, which one is not the real Old Fox?

They are impossible to change their will because of Attia's short words.

Talents?

Save civilization?

What interstellar joke, when does civilization need to be saved?

Is it important to have your own life?

So after this meeting, the plan was not passed, at least not carried out with much fanfare.

The angry Attia did not give up, trying to use his influence to accomplish his goal. After all, it is a great scientist, and it has its own connections.

"What gave you the illusion that our civilization needs to be saved?" An elderly Gliese man asked. He was once the governor of Goer City, even if he has retired. Now, I still maintain a strong personal relationship.

"I always feel that something is wrong, really! Now that the outside is full of dark clouds, the stench of various dictatorships has been going on for too long, too long. We really don't need to do anything about it?"

The Archon touched his ear, "Atiyah, I had this idea when I was young. Going to outside cities will feel unfair for them."

"But, you have to know that the times will always progress, and history will spiral upward. We don't want to do anything deliberately. People who are at the forefront of history will have no good results."

Atiyah questioned: "If there is no one to do it, how can history change?"

"From a local short-term perspective, society has been up and down from time to time, and even worse and worse. ; But from the perspective of big history, it is getting better and better. The ups and downs in a certain period of time are erratic, and the decline in a certain stage does not affect its overall rise. The curve of history is the biggest, and it cannot change the rise from chaotic times to peaceful times. The great historical process of rising to the Pacific..."

Atiyah turned his head in disappointment. This old man is getting older and no longer has his previous ambitions. It is unwilling to be here. This kind of time has many troubles, just want to spend my old age.

The so-called spiral history theory, no one can prove whether it is correct or wrong.

Especially, if everyone escapes in this way, how can history rise?

This precious strategic period, in the hesitation and hesitation, began to slip away quietly...

Time passed year after year.

The cables are laid...

The rails are laid...

The city train is officially running.

Commercial trade in various cities has gradually become prosperous.

Atiyah’s prediction is gradually being realized.

Under the impact of the Internet, with this Goertek City as a comparison, the public's consciousness is still gradually awakening.

Some people took a trip in Goer City and were influenced by culture. When they came back, they began to announce "How sweet is the outside air", "How free is life", "How round is the moon in Goer City" ".

Even if the governor of Goer City has nothing to do, the entire city is still spontaneously exporting ideology.

The oligarchy still caused serious dissatisfaction among the people. More and more people are beginning to appear political demands, complaining about the unbreakable power.

Especially, people in the army also begin to stir and feel dissatisfied.

Some individuals, under the influence of culture, began to spontaneously immigrate to Goer City. These immigrants are very high-quality population... They have taken away a lot of wealth belonging to the city itself.

In the face of this natural awakening of the people's ideology, the oligarchs began to panic. They did not want to expand their exchanges and they would have problems of this kind.

But it is no longer realistic to close the country!

Expanding business exchanges, after all, promotes economic growth and improves people’s lives. Suddenly shutting down the country will affect the interests of many people, especially many middle-level people rely on this for food, these guys have to riot directly.

No matter how powerful a military organization is, it needs population as its foundation.

If the people under your hand run away and rebel, the entire political structure will become a sourceless water, a tree without roots, no one will execute administrative orders, and what is the general without an army? Both?

As people’s minds change and even the military becomes no longer loyal, the oligarchs begin to panic, and one day they will be overthrown by angry people.

In order to solve the problem of ideological invasion, the oligarchs have taken many measures, including but not limited to strong pressure on the culprit Goer City; controlling the people’s speech and speech; improving the people’s social welfare and killing Drop a few corrupt officials to appease the people and so on.

"The most tragic scene happened..."

When talking about the history of this scene, Gan Yaduo looked very sad.

"Under the joint pressure of 12 cities, His Excellency Attia was sentenced to death by the Archons of Gore City for the crime of anti-civilization and peace."

Zhang Yuan's heart beat hard, and he sighed again. Political struggles have always been cruel, since ancient times, and even different civilizations, it's not as good as it is.

……

A people’s court sentenced the scientist to "counter-civilization and peace crimes", including but not limited to establishing illegal gangs, publishing inflammatory remarks on the Internet, etc. .

It needs to accept the most cruel criminal law-electrocution.

"Atiyah, do you admit that you are guilty?"

"I admit that these all are I did. But I don't admit that I am guilty...Which one is right? No, it will be judged by posterity."

This kind of excuse is naturally ignored.

The judge solemnly announced its crime.

Atiyah was sitting on the electric shock seat and was put on a torture instrument with a calm expression. The crowd onlookers below were cheering loudly. They didn't care who was killed. It doesn't matter whether it is a good official or a bad official. As long as the official is executed, they will always cheer.

It will soon die.

"weng!"

The current is gradually increasing, the most cruel criminal law, naturally, it is necessary to ensure sufficient pain and sufficient time for punishment. Even more how, the public execution this time was also used to quell the anger of other city rulers.

In just a few seconds, the muscles all over his body began to twitch uncontrollably, causing endless pain throughout the province. But this kind of electric current does not cause death directly.

Suddenly, it shouted hoarsely, "Democratic civilization...free civilization! The seeds of light have been scattered everywhere, and we will surely win a glorious victory!"

The cheers among the people became more fanatical, and Atiyah and the discredited criminals became peace-breaking criminals.

In the end, Atiyah...died.

However, this measure quells the anger of those oligarchs, who are no longer in trouble against Goal City.

However, the anger of the people has not yet been subdued, and various measures are only treating the symptoms and not the root cause, with little effect.

There was even an idiot who adopted the brutal rule of the past and aimed firearms at the angry people in his city!

However, this guy naturally has nothing to eat. The crazy army quickly backlashed itself. This tyrant fell in the internal melee, and the new ruler came to power and announced a series of welfare measures. It has given up many of their own interests to calm the anger of some people.

The oligarchs also have a headache. Atiyah is dead, but the spirit has indeed been passed down. The information spread on the Internet is so fast, and everyone knows what is going on.

The ideology of the people is gradually awakening, knowing what is good and what is not good.

The oligarchs want to maintain a true dictatorship, but don't want to fall by themselves. How can we achieve this kind of the best of both worlds?

"This was originally the best time for GoerCity to pull strongly against a crazy tide, whether it provided armed support or expanded ideological output. As a result, the leaders at that time chose to be coward! He is a hero of his own civilization."

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo often expressed a feeling of hate iron for not becoming steel.

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Finally, several decades, hundreds of years have passed, amidst all kinds of chaos, the oligarchs gave up a lot of their own interests, and finally came up with a bold And the ridiculous method: the "pacifier" theory!

Since in oligarchy, the gap between the rich and the poor cannot be smoothed, and it is impossible to satisfy the political demands of the people, then...just put a "pacifier" on the people and let them shut up!

What is this pacifier?

To put it simply, weaken the faith of the people so that they no longer care about social injustices.

Amplify their entertainment sensory experience, occupy their spare time, let them indulge in it, and consume excess energy. Let the people think that they have a very fulfilling and happy life.

Simply speaking, that is...

Develop the entertainment industry vigorously!

The biggest advantage of the entertainment industry is that it can stabilize the masses and reduce dissatisfaction.

A variety of new entertainment, including movies, TV, and games, began to relax the original restrictions and began to spread more widely.

These vulgar gadgets, which were originally content that was rejected by traditional morality, are now opened and closed like a flood, and they are starting to fuel the flames with the addition of the Internet.

They are not like the old entertainment methods, which require a certain amount of thinking to get pleasure. The more vulgar things are, the easier it is to spread widely.

For example, a lot of unrealistic TV series, but let them watch them very well.

For example, sex industry, gaming industry, violent online games...Time passed after it was cool, and then slowly forgot about these gaps and injustices, obediently and honestly do a barely satisfying food and clothing Work, no more troubles.

The energy of Gliese people is limited. After two days of work, they have to rest for more than ten days, vent their energy, and lose the ability to think, they will no longer fight for their own power.

In particular, a new game called "sensory movie" has become popular. In fact, according to human language, it is an immersive VR device that can achieve a realistic sense of illusion.

All kinds of entertainment that humans have, such as long-distance dating, have all been invented.

But the difference is that the human government will at least have some restrictions and various moral condemnations. This civilization does not exist. The ruling class spares no effort to promote it and the masses of the people are attractive spectacle.

At most, only some people of insight were calling for criticism, but these serious voices were soon overwhelmed by massive amounts of information. No one hears and no one sees.

However, watching this kind of sensory film for a long time will cause confusion between virtual and reality, and consume the fighting spirit of the individual. It is not even clear who you are.

But so what?

The effect of this policy is simply too good!

For the rulers at the top, peace and stability are the most important thing. In addition to work, the people are entertainment and enjoyment. The level of happiness is high, and the will is gradually worn down. On the contrary, it is a big deal. Good thing.

Time goes by day by day, year by year. The rising winds and scudding clouds that have just risen in the times have been pressed back alive by some people. That strategic window period just passed away quietly...

Atiyah's so-called light has been partially realized, but after all, it has not been fully realized.

People will no longer pursue so-called democracy, freedom, equality and the like, and will not affect the political rights of the oligarchs.

Even Goer City, the original democratic base camp, has received the impact of massive amounts of vulgar entertainment.

Zhang Yuan opened a book with the life philosophy of the Gliese people at that time.

The first sentence above is: [..., of course, making money is for consumption, and consumption is for satisfying one's desires. So how to make money has become the most important issue. What's wrong with a citizen who wants to make money in a different way? That is just its personal freedom! ]

[As long as it does not affect other people, you should not be more disciplined. ]

[Happiness is just one desire to be satisfied one after another! ]

[A policy, if it can give the largest number of people the greatest happiness, then it is the best policy! 】

One after another, experts jumped out of their own fallacies, talking, and even thought that this was the ultimate truth...

Even the rulers were also My own set of theories was brainwashed, thinking that this World itself should be like this...

Money worship and hedonism became more and more serious, and the only remaining morality was thrown into the sewers.

The civilization that has been addicted to vulgar entertainment for a long time has undoubtedly caused serious damage to the original traditional ideology. The original artistic level dropped a thousand zhang in one fall, and it is impossible to have an endless stream of artists, and A bard with ambition to travel thousands of miles.

In the changeable situation of the times, the revolutionary trend of thought has never come...

A thousand years have passed.

Ten thousand years have passed...

There is no eternal rule in the world. The top oligarch has replaced several batches due to internal decline, but the dragon-slaying warriors have struggled to kill by suffering untold hardships. The evil dragon died just to become the evil dragon again.

After entering the information age, the Gliese civilization, which has experienced several industrial revolutions, still hides in the ground of this planet.

It's just this time, it's even more difficult to get out of your planet.

Thousands of years, the world seems to have not changed.

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