Chapter 465: Ambitious Gorbachev!
"Wars come and go, and my soldiers are always loyal!" -- Tupac.
War is the most intuitive display of the value of soldiers, regardless of success or failure, they are all heroes, the world can make war cast countless heroes, but who can take care of the hero's back road? Who can weep for the twilight of heroes? Who will pay for the war? The heroic soldiers on the battlefield are still the unknown people behind them.
The First World War opened a new and most terrible page in the history of human warfare, and the technological progress of warfare brought about by industrial civilization made a war count tens of millions of casualties and hundreds of billions of dollars. The brutality and losses of the war are unprecedented, which also poses a serious challenge to the solution of the issue of war reparations.
World War II was the second war on a global scale fought on the other side by the anti-fascist coalition and the anti-fascist forces around the world. From Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, 61 countries and regions with a population of more than 2 billion people have been involved in wars, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers. According to incomplete statistics, more than 10,000 military and civilian casualties were killed or injured in the war, and more than $4 trillion was wasted. World War II ended with the victory of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Britain and other anti-fascist countries and the people of the world over the fascist aggressors and won world peace and progress.
The war is fought on capital, the First World War fought hundreds of billions of dollars, and the Second World War lost more than 4 trillion dollars, the government took the money and fought the war, but where did all the money go?
What is International Capital? Capital written by the Germans is a branch of classical economics, and the Germans see international capital very clearly and are very good at using it, using international financial capital to achieve world balance. With the implementation of the Dawes Plan, Germany's government bonds were available for the world's financial capital, and in particular, a large amount of private capital began to pour into the government bond market in the United States, which in turn made it necessary for the entire capitalist world to protect the interests of the entire capitalist world as holders of Germany's debt from the state into the capitalist world. ”
A country's political, military, diplomatic, and so on are all for the interests of its own country or nation, whether in the short term or in the long term. The military is always a continuation of the war, and the war is the brutal slaughter for the sake of interests, who is the poor one? Born and lived, there is no "pity" in life. Whether you are a small citizen or a big country, as long as there are interests, war is always not far from you, and it may be close to you......
On the outskirts of Moscow at dusk, a quiet river flows eastward, and on the other side of the river is a dense wooded field, among which a church with a blue dome can be seen in the distance, next to the bell tower of the monastery. In the red and white woods, there is a small golden dome on top of the minaret, and the reflection of the church and bell tower can be seen on the river.
This is the town of Sergi on the outskirts of Moscow, where Lin Yu and Gorbachev are fishing for a vacation, but both know that they are not fishing but their own interests. Gorbachev fished for the interests of the Soviet Union, while Lin Yu fished for his own interests.
Lin Yu rowed the boat, carrying Gorbachev and drifting slowly, and there were only two of them on board. Looking up, there are two small boats on one side of the river, revealing a smell of depression, and there is an artistic conception of "wild crossing without boats". Lin Yu sighed and said, "It's so beautiful here, it's so pleasant to live quietly in this place, fishing, and this kind of life!" ”
Gorbachev smiled and said, "If you really like it, I can send you a house!" If you have time, you can go on vacation to the USSR and stay here for a while.
Lin Yu smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I'm afraid I won't come to the Soviet Union many times, and there is still a lot of money waiting for me to earn in capitalist countries such as Europe and the United States." As the leader of the Soviet Union, you should be able to relate to this sentiment as well. ”
Gorbachev nodded: "You are right, it is true. For example, our conflict with the Americans in the border area between Azerbaijan and Turkey was originally a small-scale friction, but later it turned into a military operation of such a scale that it almost caused a nuclear war. Every decision made by a politician is a historical responsibility. The same is true of a big businessman like you, if you are not careful, you may lose your property or even cause changes in the world economy. ”
He continued: "The Soviet Union is now undergoing economic reforms, and at the 27th Congress of the CPSU just this year, we drew up a new development plan. In other words, the strategy of accelerated development was to double the national income of the Soviet Union in the remaining five years of this century, to increase its annual growth rate to an average of 47 percent, and to bring the standard of living of the people close to that of the developed countries of Western Europe. ”
Lin Yu looked at Gorbachev quietly, he knew that this person was a reformist full of idealism. Gorbachev sorted out his thoughts and said: "At present, the per capita GNo of the Soviet Union is only 3,396 US dollars, which is not only behind the developed countries of the West, but also behind some countries in Asia and Latin America. The inability of a socialist state to demonstrate the superiority of its development is a serious problem. First of all, we must carry out the reform of the economic structure, focusing on replacing the original administrative orders with economic management methods and bringing into play the role of the market in regulating the economy. The government should reduce the directive and replace it with a guide to the plan index, and adjust the structure of ownership through a series of laws and regulations, so that the original single public ownership economy has changed, and the individual economy and cooperative economy can be developed! ”
Lin Yu nodded and did not speak. At this time, Irbachev was still full of ambition and was ready to carry out large-scale economic reforms to lead the country's development, but he soon found himself facing many unexpected difficulties. Due to the lack of in-depth study of the deformed economic structure formed in the Soviet Union over a long period of time, many economic reform measures were launched in a hasty manner, lacking macroeconomic policy decisions and practical supporting measures.
The reforms in the Soviet Union did not have the desired effect, the economy continued to decline, and the production of consumer goods was further scarce, and even toothpaste, toothbrushes and towels were not available on the market. At that time, Gorbachev attributed the problems in the reform of the economic system to too much political resistance, and in order to remove the obstacles, he did not hesitate to shift the focus of reform to the political field, which eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.