Fox of France

"What reactionary rulers? We are obviously the most enlightened rulers." Lucien said.

"Then we have to be better at using these two tools." Joseph replied.

"Joseph, don't pay attention to this idiot, let's continue the topic just now." Napoleon said.

"Among these two methods, force suppression should be used with caution, and if it is used, it must be swift and violent, and the chaos will be killed in the bud at once. What is the germ of the chaos that we need to pay attention to the most? My brothers, The most dangerous germ is the beginning of organization at the bottom. If someone tries to organize the people at the bottom, those sans-culottes, we need to take immediate measures to destroy their organization. We can tolerate unorganized riots, but we must Organized demonstrations, even peaceful ones, cannot be tolerated. Because organization itself means real power." Speaking of this, Joseph thought of the successful experience of a certain lighthouse country in later generations.

For a certain period of time, the lighthouse country was actually just a "beacon of freedom" rather than a beacon of "democracy". At that time, the banner of democracy was still flying in the hands of her most dangerous enemy, the polar bear. At that time, it was not the lighthouse country that most liked to promote democracy all over the world, but the honest and reliable plush bear.

At that time, a group of black people in the Beacon Country, led by a black pastor, began to attack the system of the Beacon Country, clamoring for democracy in the Beacon Country. They also took hundreds of thousands of blacks and low-level whites to the Lincoln Memorial for peaceful demonstrations.

It is said to be a peaceful demonstration, and it is indeed a peaceful demonstration. A demonstration of hundreds of thousands of people did not even throw a scrap of paper—how dangerous is this organizational power? I don't know where the danger is compared to those who smashed and looted. Moreover, the black pastor also delivered a speech at the rally. Although the "non-violent non-cooperation" set of things proposed in this speech is much more benign than the "armed seizure of power" and the like, it is also a rebellion. guiding theory. If you have theories and organization, if you continue to develop, what will happen? Therefore, the Beacon Country decisively took the measure of beheading and killed the black pastor with one shot.

After the black pastor, what kind of "Black Panther Party" is there? It's not the Black Panther who lets ordinary people live a primitive life and pretends to be a superhero. They believe that changing the world must be through long-term organization and mobilization of the people. Trying to create revolutionary socialism from mass organizations and community programming, providing free breakfast to poor kids in black communities, giving political education to the people of the community, hoping to change people's thinking bit by bit and empower them - see ? They actually want to organize!

How to deal with them? Of course, it is still an old trick, beheading directly. Soon, the leaders of the Black Panther Party were either shot to death or thrown into prison. Then, protests, riots, of course, still exist, but how much threat can unorganized and undisciplined riots pose?

"Once we find out that they are organized, like the United Textile Workers' Union in the UK, especially the kind that is organized and thoughtful, we will immediately take measures to disintegrate them. Including direct physical solutions. Of course, this way Sometimes the incidental costs are relatively high, so deception can be used, and it is best to use deception. Well, Napoleon, how can a piece of land not grow any crops no matter how you plant it?" Joseph asked suddenly arrive.

"Ah, it's very simple." Napoleon said, leaning back in the soft seat back, "just let the ground be full of weeds."

"That's right." Joseph said, and glanced at Lucien at the same time.

"I... this question, give me a little more time, maybe I can answer it too." Lucien thought with a guilty conscience.

"Then what is a weed? Of course it looks like an organization of workers, but it is actually an organization of ours." Joseph said, "What are the characteristics of the workers in our factory? Workers can be divided into two categories, one is ordinary workers with high mobility, and the other is relatively stable skilled workers. The conditions of these two types of workers are also very different.

First of all, the wages of ordinary workers are quite low, far lower than that of skilled workers, and even lower than that of farmers. Our skilled workers, even the lowest skilled workers, earn five times more than ordinary workers. As for the most high-end skilled workers, their income is more than ten times or even dozens of times that of ordinary workers.

One consequence of this is that although skilled workers and ordinary workers are both called workers, their lifestyles are completely different. For skilled workers, their lives are already passable. Ordinary workers can only be said to live on the line of food and clothing. But we have a pressure relief valve for them, which is North America. One of their goals in life is to earn enough money to buy a boat ticket and go to North America.

Moreover, in terms of ethnic composition, they are also significantly different from skilled workers. More than half of the ordinary workers in our factories are foreigners with green cards. In other words, 'prepare the French'. "

When it comes to "preparing the French", Joseph couldn't help showing a smug smile.

The so-called "prepared Frenchmen" could only become French citizens when they arrived in Louisiana. The green card in their hands is the proof that they have passed the "Basic French Test" and the "Oath of Allegiance to France". Only with such documents can you buy land at a low price in Louisiana and get loan support at low interest rates. But if they were involved in a crime or something while they were in mainland France, they would be disqualified and deported. So these "preparatory Frenchmen" with green cards are generally very honest and don't dare to make trouble. They won't be in France for long anyway.

"These 'preparatory French' are very mobile, they don't stay here long anyway, it's difficult to establish an organization. Add language issues, legal issues, and the guys from their hometown The problem of their oppression-with them as a foil, our oppression of them is actually not particularly intolerable.

As for skilled workers, their situation is different. They are relatively stable. It can even be said that as long as our factory has no problems, they may be able to work in the factory for a lifetime. In addition, the income is good, and the lifestyle is different from that of ordinary workers. Their way of life makes them emotionally closer to the top than to the bottom. They're doing just fine, and even though they realize we're robbing them, they have to think that if they fight, what they have now is likely to be wiped out. They will complain, they will say weird things, and when we bully them, they will shout 'be gentle, it hurts', but they will not really fight back. Because they are afraid of losing everything they barely have. Therefore, they are also the easiest to buy and control.

They have been in the factory for a long time and have little mobility. Based on them, we preemptively established a labor union. These trade unions seem to be used to protect the interests of workers, but in essence, they are protecting our interests. But not everyone can see and understand this.

Now that the field is full of our weeds, those who want to grow the fruits of the revolution here are too difficult, isn't it? It will take a lot more effort for them to grow the crops that will bear the fruits of the revolution. At least they need to get rid of these weeds first. But those skilled workers—or, should we call them the labor aristocracy—will think that our unions are protecting them, and then they will cut off from ordinary workers, and they will protect these weeds, and then the workers' It will be a mess inside. How nice of you to say that. "

"This is part of the deception of public opinion." Napoleon nodded and said, "It is indeed very instructive. Is this also part of the deception?"

"Of course. In addition to this, ideological deception should also be carried out." Joseph went on to say, "An important factor for a revolutionary organization to be organized is that they have the guidance of revolutionary ideas.

To be honest, before the Great Revolution, the living conditions of the French people were not bad compared with those of other surrounding countries. Whether it is Italians, Spaniards, highlanders and lowlanders, or even Austrian Prussians, their lives are no better than the French, and most of them are even worse than the French. Why can't stand it at first, and want to rise up for revolution, and it is the French who rise up to rebel, not the people of these countries? Lucien, answer this question for you. "

"Ah, I know that, because they don't have Voltaire and Rousseau." Lucien replied immediately.

"This statement is quite correct." Joseph nodded, "Because of the enlightenment thought in France, people like Voltaire and Rousseau appeared-speaking of which, the two of them were deadly enemies in life, but after the revolution, they were killed together. They were sent to the Pantheon, and they were still so close. If they died without knowing, they would probably be arguing every day.

It was with these ideas that there have since been various clubs organized around these ideas, including the Jacobin Club. Without these ideas, France might not have been the first to have a revolution. So, Lucien, do you know what your job consists of? "

"I think it should be something more metaphysical than Napoleon's earlier mention of 'our union'. Well, 'our union' is organizational weeds, and I, I am responsible for providing something more advanced— — mental weeds."

"No, no, that's not the case." Napoleon shook his finger and said, "It's not the case."

"What is that like?" Lucien was a little unhappy.

"What you want to plant is not weeds, but all kinds of big poisonous weeds!" Napoleon replied.

After hearing this, Lucien habitually wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, it seemed that what Napoleon said made a little sense, so he shut up.

"We want to promote those theories that can benefit our rule. For example, we want to emphasize freedom, and emphasize that economic freedom is the basis of all freedom. And in the situation where we have occupied such an advantage, any freedom is against the We are unilaterally beneficial.

Secondly, we must promote a 'free way of life', and make those workers and aristocrats yearn for such a way of life. This way of life should make the working aristocrats - well, we can give them a name, let's call them the middle class - let them feel that they can touch it with a little effort, or they can make them children can touch. Let them be obsessed with such a 'free life style'. Then they will become our staunch supporters, even though we are actually exploiting them.

We also promote entertainment of all kinds. Provide a variety of entertainment that can drain one's energy. Many times, false entertainment can drain people's energy, let them indulge in illusions and immerse themselves in false happiness, so as not to cause any trouble.

Well, we can tailor something like this for them.

The first is venting entertainment, liberalization of the porn industry, lively election campaigns, endless war of words and abuse of various drugs. The second is the other kind of satisfying entertainment, reporting on trivial things, such as cute animals, celebrity scandals, etc., plus various promotional activities for various festivals, and popular entertainment, such as various theaters and various competitions. Let them consume too much energy in the process and stop thinking about problems that they shouldn't think about.

In addition, ordinary workers are the most prone to class consciousness. We must strengthen their foreign attributes. Once they do something that does not conform to our wishes, we will direct the conflict to ethnic conflicts. It is said that those foreigners have brought our workers into trouble. "

Disguising class contradictions as ethnic contradictions, or even racial contradictions, is also a common method used by later generations. This is what the lighthouse country of later generations is best at. At this time, France also naturally has the conditions to implement this set. The existence of a large number of self-cultivating farmers is equivalent to those red necks in the lighthouse country of later generations. And those Germans are exactly equivalent to those Latins in the lighthouse country in later generations. So Joseph felt that although such tricks were not needed for the time being, it was good to prepare in advance.

"In addition, there are economic theories. We must pay close attention to it. We must convince the people that we capitalists and them are not in an employment relationship, but a cooperative relationship. We must leave a certain upward channel for the bottom. Although it does not need much, but There must be, and we must publicize such examples as much as possible, encourage others to learn from these lucky ones, let them use all their strength in these areas, and use them to compete with each other for these channels..."