Chapter 46 Nationalization
Subtitle of this chapter: German mill, British old lady and American mining industry
So why did a neoclassical liberal master like Yuan Yanshu buy such tabloids that are not on the table? Of course, it is because the editor-in-chief of this newspaper was famous in later generations.
When he first glanced over the editor-in-chief's name, he thought it was the same name. However, he was curious and picked it up and looked at it, and then read this passage:
"The most vigilant trend that has emerged in this era is the growing disregard for the law and order of cum. Whether these trends are influenced by the abominable Russian mobs. The stimulus of this stupid people spreading around the world seems to be driven by a rare malice..."
Isn’t such a gorgeous and rude Baroque style the logo of that guy?
It was the first time our Master Yuan knew that he was actually a racist. But even if he was really a racist, the book "The Territory of Jerusalem" was simply tailored for this, so when he passed by the post office, he sent the manuscript he carried with him.
Of course, he did not use the real name neo-yuan, but used a pseudonym. Since there is the Queen of Red, there is naturally...
Then our Master Yuan followed the new habit and came to New York University with a leather briefcase.
This morning, there was an open class taught by Professor Yulian H-Chandler, and all students from Stern College could enter the classroom to listen to the lectures. When he arrived, the open class had already begun, so Yuan Yan suddenly found a seat in the back and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, he heard a noise in the classroom that could accommodate a hundred or ten students. The students sitting in front whispered with excitement, and some even stood up and danced and didn't know what they were saying.
"Quiet! Quiet!!" The Teutonic Knight standing behind the podium also wanted to calm down the vampire boys below in a gentlemanly way, "Quiet..."
"Bang!" In the end, he couldn't soothe the students' emotions and picked up the teaching stick, knocked it hard on the table, and said a very rare swear word, "Shut up!"
His voice still shocked the students. Most of them closed their mouths, and those who stood up sat down awkwardly.
Professor Chandler nodded and said, "As a gentleman, how can you make such a noisy thing in the school? How can this be more or less concise?!"
He paused and said, "Of course, open speech is the teaching purpose of our school and his teaching philosophy. Debate in my class is allowed, but order is even more necessary. If you want to speak, please raise your hand!"
As soon as Professor Chandler finished speaking, a forest of arms grew in the classroom.
"Mr. Louis Baker, you are the first one."
This Mr. Baker is a handsome and bookish young man with a refreshing and not fancy look. His golden hair is neatly attached to his scalp. No matter how you look at it, he is the so-called "gentleman" of this era.
He stood up and nodded to Professor Chandler with a gentlemanly manner, then half turned around and said loudly: "Mr. Professor, all classmates. I support the United Mining Union's plan to nationalize the mines across the United States this time. Please think about it from a humanitarian perspective..."
After hearing this, Yuan Yan suddenly understood what they were talking about. As Mr. Baker said, American miners are launching a joint proposal to require the current Democratic government to nationalize all mines in the United States!
The awareness of American workers in the 1920s was not low... Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah, for a neoclassical liberal master like him, this was really too reactionary.
But why do some capitalist society, which claims that "wind can enter, rain can enter, but kings cannot enter.", have people so righteously demand the nationalization of private mining? And there are even bourgeois gentlemen who agree with this practice and defend it?
This involves an essential question, that is, whether private property in capitalist society like the United States is really sacred and inviolable.
Unfortunately, it is not true. The last sentence of Article 5 of the US Constitution Amendment is, "Without due legal proceedings... if fair compensation is not given, private property shall not be used as public use." On the other hand, as long as legitimate legal proceedings and fair compensation is given, private property can be used as public use... Hey, is the agreed private property sacred and inviolable?
After reading this back then, Yuan Yan felt very disillusioned.
Therefore, as long as the US government comes forward to enact laws and “fairly” compensate mine owners, the mining industry in the United States can naturally nationalize.
What makes our Master Yuan feel sad is that the bourgeoisie in the 1920s know about this kind of thing, but in another hundred years, some proletariats don’t even know about it, and they open their “German Mill” and keep talking about “British Old Lady”. At this level, they still want to be an elite? Go dream!
However, there were also things that made him feel grateful. At least his classmates did not argue from the beginning whether the mining industry could be nationalized, but whether it should be nationalized. This level is much better than the novices he saw on the Internet in later generations.
But Yuan Yanshu is not interested in this question at all. Because he sits firmly on his butt. Since he has become a master of neoclassical liberals, as long as he hears nationalization, the word "如" is definitely correct. What else should I ask if it should be?
The Louis Baker who was talking about it was really aware of Yuan Yanshu. This is not because this guy performed too well in NYU or was considered the number one figure in later history, but because this gentleman has a very famous grandfather. Even if our Master Yuan had been scrambling to die in Stern Academy for three years, he knew that this close partner of J-P-Morgan and was also a good match for Mr. George F-Bak, a famous banker on Wall Street. But he had no chance to hold this thigh before.
Wall Street bankers support the nationalization of mining. This is certainly...a natural thing!
State-owned enterprises do not need financing? As a big banker, is Morgan partners willing to talk to governments that have long had good political and business relations, or are they willing to talk to all kinds of mineral owners with different capital backgrounds? You should understand it after thinking about it this way.
However, although the two sides were arguing fiercely, Master Yuan, who didn't care at all, just listened to it as a water sticker, and then he felt drowsy and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!