Chapter 252: The Great Waves of the Information Age (7000-character chapter)(2/2)
The rails are laid...
The city trains have begun to operate officially.
Commercial trade in various cities began to flourish.
Athya's prediction is gradually realizing.
Under the impact of the Internet, with this Goer City as a comparison, the people's consciousness is still gradually awakening.
Some people traveled in Goertek and were influenced by culture. When they came back, they began to publish "How sweet the air is outside", "How free life is", and "How round the moon in Goertek".
Even if the consul of Goer City did nothing, the entire city is still spontaneously exporting ideologically.
Oligarchy still aroused serious dissatisfaction among the people. More and more people began to show political demands, complaining about the failure to break down power.
In particular, the people in the army began to get excited and were dissatisfied.
There are also some individuals who, under the influence of culture, began to immigrate spontaneously to Goer City. These immigrants are all very high-quality populations... They have taken away a large amount of wealth belonging to the city itself.
Faced with this natural awakening of the public's ideology, the oligarchs began to panic. They never wanted to expand exchanges, and they would have problems of one kind or another.
But it is no longer realistic to close the country now!
Expanding business exchanges has promoted economic growth and improved people's lives. Suddenly closing the country to the outside world will affect the interests of many people, especially many middle-level people who rely on this to make a living, and these guys have to riot directly.
No matter how powerful a military group is, it needs population as the basis.
If the people under his command run away and rebel, the entire political structure will become a sourceless water, a tree without roots, and no one will execute administrative orders. What is the difference between a commander who is bare?
As people's minds change and even the army becomes no longer loyal, the oligarchs begin to panic and will sooner or later be overthrown by the angry people.
In order to solve the problem of ideological invasion, the oligarchs have taken many measures, including but not limited to putting strong pressure on the culprit Goer City; controlling the people's speeches; improving people's social welfare, killing several corrupt officials to appease the people, etc.
"The most tragic scene happened..."
When telling this scene of history, Gan Yaduo seemed extremely sad.
"Under the joint pressure of 12 cities, His Excellency Athya was sentenced to death by the consuls of Goer City for the crime of anti-civilization and peace."
Zhang Yuan's heart beat hard and sighed again. Political struggles have always been cruel. Throughout history, even different civilizations, all of them are.
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A people's court sentenced the scientist to "countering civilization and peace", including but not limited to establishing illegal gangs, posting inflammatory remarks on the Internet, etc.
It requires the cruelest criminal law and electric punishment.
"Atya, do you admit that you are guilty?"
"I admit that I did all of these. But I don't admit that I am guilty... The right and wrong will be judged by future generations."
Naturally no one pays attention to this defense.
The judge solemnly declared its crime.
Athya sat on the electric shock seat and was put on torture instruments, with a calm expression. The people watching below were cheering loudly, and they didn't care who was killed. It didn't matter whether it was a good or a bad official. As long as the officials were executed, they would always cheer.
It is about to enter death.
"Buzz!"
The current is gradually increasing. The most cruel criminal law naturally requires sufficient pain and sufficient punishment. What's more, this public execution is also trying to calm the anger of other urban rulers.
In just a few seconds, its muscles began to twitch unstoppably, and endless pain was caused throughout the province. But this current would not cause death directly.
Suddenly, it shouted at the top of its lungs, "The civilization of democracy...the civilization of freedom! The seeds of light have spread all over the world, and we will surely achieve glorious victory!"
The cheers among the people became even more fanatical, and Athya and the criminals who were discredited as peace-destroying.
In the end, Atiya... died.
However, this measure only calmed the anger of the oligarchs, and they would no longer be able to attack Goer City.
However, the public's anger has not been calmed down. Various measures only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, with little effect.
There is even a fool who has always ruled violently and aimed his guns at the angry people in his city!
However, this guy naturally had no good results. The crazy army quickly retaliated against itself. The tyrant fell in the internal melee, and the new ruler took office and announced a series of welfare measures, giving up many of his own interests, which calmed the anger of some people.
The oligarchs were also very troubled. Athya was dead, but his spirit was indeed passed down. The information on the Internet was spreading too quickly. Everyone knew about any disturbances.
The public's ideology gradually awakens and knows what is good and what is bad.
Oligarchs want to maintain true dictatorship but do not want to fall on their own. How can such a best-of-two-world thing be done?
"This was the best time for Goertek to turn the tide. Whether it was providing armed support or expanding ideological output, the leader at that time chose to be a turtle with his head! He even killed the heroes of his own civilization."
When talking about this history, Gan Yaduo occasionally expressed a feeling of regret that he would not be able to become a steel.
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Finally, decades and hundreds of years have passed, and in the midst of various chaos, the oligarchs gave up a lot of their own interests and finally came up with a bold and absurd way: the "pacifier" theory!
Since the gap between individuals and individuals cannot be smeared and cannot satisfy the political demands of the people under oligarchy, then... just stuff a "pacifier" to the people and shut them up!
What is this pacifier?
Simply put, weaken the people's beliefs and prevent them from caring about social injustice.
Amplify their entertainment sensory experience, occupy their spare time, make them addicted to it, and consume extra energy. Let the people think that they are living a fulfilling and happy life.
To put it simply, that is...
Vigorously develop the entertainment industry!
The biggest benefit of the entertainment industry is that it can stabilize the masses and reduce dissatisfaction.
Various new entertainment, including movies, TV, and games, have begun to relax the original restrictions and have begun to spread more widely.
These vulgar things were originally despised by traditional morality, but now they open warehouses and gates like floods, and are beginning to fuel the fire with the bonus of the Internet.
They do not, like the old ways of entertainment, require some thinking to gain pleasure. The more vulgar things, the easier it is to get widespread.
For example, a large number of unrealistic TV series, but they are very enjoyable to watch.
For example, the color industry, the Bocai industry, the violent online game... After the time is over, time passes, and then slowly forgets these gaps and injustice, and honestly does a job that barely satisfies food and clothing, and no longer causes trouble.
The Glitzer people have limited energy. They have to take a rest for more than ten days after working for two days, and vent their energy. If they lose their ability to think, they will no longer fight for their own power.
In particular, a new game called "sensory movie" has begun to become popular. In fact, according to human language, it is an immersive VR device, which can obtain a sense of reality and illusion.
All kinds of entertainment, remote appointments and so on, have been invented.
But the difference is that the human government will at least have some restraints and various moral condemnations. This civilization does not have it. The ruling class spares no effort to promote it vigorously, which is popular among the people.
At most, only some knowledgeable people were calling for criticism, but these serious voices were quickly overwhelmed by a huge amount of information. No one heard or saw it.
However, watching such sensory movies for a long time will lead to confusion between virtual and reality, destroying individual fighting spirit, and even unable to tell who they are.
But so what?
The effect of this policy is simply too good!
For top rulers, peace and stability are crucial. In addition to work, the people are entertaining and enjoying themselves. Their level of happiness is high, and their will is gradually being wiped out, which is a huge good thing.
Time passed day by day, year by year. The storm that had just risen, was pushed back by some people. That strategic window period passed quietly...
Athya's so-called light has been realized partly, but it has not been fully realized in the end.
The people will no longer pursue so-called democracy, freedom, equality, and so on, and will not affect the political rights of the oligarchs.
Even the original democratic base, Goer City, received a huge impact from vulgar entertainment.
Zhang Yuan opened a book with the life philosophy of the Glitzer people at that time.
The first sentence above is: [...Making money is of course for consumption, and consumption is to satisfy one's own desires. So how to make money has become the most important question. What is the fault of a citizen if he wants to make money in a unique way? That is just its personal freedom!]
[As long as it does not affect others, there should be no extra restrictions.]
[Happiness is just one desire after another to satisfy!]
[A policy, if it can give the largest number of people the greatest happiness, then it is the best policy!]
One expert after another jumped out of his own fallacies, and even thought that this was the ultimate truth...
Even those rulers were brainwashed by their own set of theories, believing that this world itself should be like this...
Materialism and hedonism are becoming more and more serious, and the only existing morality is thrown into the sewer.
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 has plummeted, and there will be no longer any endless artists and bards who are determined to travel thousands of miles away.
The times are changing, but the revolutionary thoughts have never arrived...
A thousand years have passed.
Ten thousand years have passed...
There is no eternal rule in the world. The top oligarchs have been replaced by several groups due to internal decline. However, the warriors who slayed the dragon worked hard to kill the evil dragon just to become the evil dragon again.
After entering the information age, the Glitze civilization, which had experienced several industrial revolutions, was still hiding underground on this planet.
But this time, it is even more difficult to get out of your planet.
In thousands of years, the world seems to have not changed.
Chapter completed!