Chapter 345: US-Soviet Cooperation
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1963 was a turbulent time.
But it was also an era of flying, and the economic development of the more than 20 years after the war reached the highest point in history, especially the economy of the United States, which almost no other country could compare.
As for science and technology, it is even more explosive, all kinds of electronic and electrical products, aerospace technology, mainframe computers, personal computers, Internet networks, etc., their emergence will make the life of this era colorful.
However, it is the United States that leads the world, so this century is called the American century! Only the Soviet Union was able to compete with it slightly, but after the Cuban Missile Crisis, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States took a surprising turn. Little by little, they shifted from a relationship of competition and hostility to a path of communication, understanding, and cooperation.
There was a tacit understanding between Khrushchev and Kennedy, and they assumed a direct telephone call between the White House and the Kremlint to increase the time and opportunities for communication and reduce unnecessary contradictions and misunderstandings. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev even visited the United States in person to express the Soviets' goodwill and reduce hostility between the two sides.
During his time in the United States, Khrushchev saw Kennedy as a healthy and energetic man, and he patted him on the shoulder with laughter and said: "I didn't expect you to look younger and more energetic than the newspaper photos!" ”
Kennedy welcomed Khrushchev's visit, and he took time out to accompany the top leaders of the Red Nation on a tour of the American states. After that, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were greatly eased. At the same time, they also carried out economic and military cooperation to reduce friction between the two major powers, so as not to mislead to war.
Peace is what people want!
But what they are doing is a betrayal of their position and a connection with the enemy country for some people. More crucially, Kennedy violated the interests of certain people, including the Carpenter family.
"What? NASA is ready to cooperate with the Soviet Space Agency? ”
When Alex received the news, he was stunned, he never imagined that Kennedy would offer NASA to cooperate with the Soviet space agency in the research of aerospace technology. Although in a sense. This is of great benefit to the Human Fair. However, in this case, the interests of SCC will inevitably suffer.
This is something that Alex and Hughes don't want to see, they don't want their hard work to build aerospace technology and market mature, and then some people will easily pick the fruits next to them.
Merely. NASA is still nominally administered by the U.S. government. If the government insists on involving the Soviets in research. Alex and Hughes couldn't do much.
Fortunately, this is only an intention, and there is no plan yet.
"We must let the government dispel this idea!" Alex said with determination. His idea was strongly supported by Hughes, and both of them sent a large number of publicists to lobby lawmakers. Let parliamentarians find ways to block the passage of relevant bills or projects.
In addition, in order to curb inflation, the Kennedy administration proposed a solution that required labor and companies to accept mediation, on the one hand, to limit the wage demand to a commensurate increase in production, and on the other hand, to be willing to keep prices from rising.
Unexpectedly, however, as soon as Kennedy persuaded the steelworkers to accept this non-inflationary wage solution, U.S. Steel immediately announced a $6 per ton price increase, and other companies immediately followed suit.
Enraged by such behavior, Kennedy used all his executive power to solve the difficulties of his economic plan. He put pressure on small steel companies to maintain their original prices. He also threatened to revoke government contracts with offending companies and hinted that the Justice Department would decide whether the price increase violated antitrust laws.
At the same time, Kennedy mobilized the media and public opinion to thoroughly expose this matter, so that the American people could see the face of the capitalists clearly. All of a sudden, many newspapers criticized the incident and focused people's attention on such incidents.
In the face of strong pressure from the president and the public, U.S. Steel retreated, canceling the decision to raise prices.
Kennedy's stance drew lasting resentment from industry, when he told the public to dispel suspicion: "My father always told me that all capitalists are bitches, but I have never believed it until now." ”
This sentence backfired, and the more suspicious the capitalists became, the more suspicious the capitalists became, and when this phrase was made public, the stock market immediately went downhill, falling by 35 points in one day and 2oo points in two weeks! Wall Street blamed the disaster on a lack of confidence in the government, and the capitalists became more jealous of Kennedy.
In a way, the relationship between the capitalist and the "superior man" belongs to that of the tenant farmer and the landlord, while the president of the United States is the landlord of the "superior man". Normally, the landlord would not heed the demands of the tenant farmer, whether the tenant farmer was his relative or someone, and the "masters" pursued freedom and freedom, not to act indiscriminately for the capitalists to solve their problems.
The premise of this is that the fundamental interests of the "superior people" will not be infringed upon.
In fact, even if President Kennedy gave the entire NASA to the Soviet Union, it would not matter if the "masters" were to be bothered by such a small matter. The problem is that Kennedy didn't know that the "Moon Demon" was on the moon, let alone that the "Moon Demon" was on the moon.
When Alex and Hughes stopped Kennedy's efforts to prevent NASA from succeeding, Kennedy still didn't realize his own mistake. He also mixed with blacks, everyone knew that Kennedy came to power because the support of blacks played a big role, and he could repay blacks after becoming president, but everyone didn't expect Kennedy to really stand on the side of blacks.
Some people criticized him and said: "As a politician, I took the promise I made before coming to power seriously, this is not a good politician!" ”
Especially when Martin Luther King Jr. handed over his essence and blood to Kennedy to use, so that he could successfully transform into a werewolf, both his mentality and thinking have changed a lot. Kennedy not only turned himself into a werewolf, but also turned his younger brother Robert? Kennedy pulls in and convinces his brother to become a werewolf as well.
And just like that, the Kennedy brothers went further and further down this path!
Ostensibly, Martin Luther King Jr. was a leading figure in the campaign for moderate demonstrations, shouting in front of the public: "Nonviolent movement! In fact, he was the leader of Black Power, a violent group that often preached the use of violence against secular oppression and institutions.
Martin Luther King Jr. also said to others in private: "If someone hits you, send him to the grave." ”
At a demonstration action group in Atlanta, the nominal chairman of Black Power shouted, "Black Power! It's time for us to stand up and take over the city! ”
"Take over! We manage our city by ourselves! ”
"Get out of the way, or we'll crush you!"
These remarks were like sparks falling from gasoline, and all at once a raging fire ignited! Demonstrations turned violent, black and white police clashes erupted, the order of modern society was challenged, and black neighborhoods became unmanageable.
In the months that followed, Martin Luther King Jr. gotton guò chairman of Black Power made his point out to the outside world.
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that blacks should fight for themselves, not seek an alliance with white liberals bent on paternalism. "Negroes should, and must, fight back," he said. Instead of resorting to the resort of begging for alms! ”
"Blacks should promote their cultural identity, sweep away the external control of blacks, and then achieve self-determination, rather than just demanding the ostensibly desegregation of a social order that is still white supremacy in reality!"
At the same time, Black Power advocated uniting blacks into a political organization capable of controlling black-populated areas, or establishing autonomous political parties in the South to form cohesive electoral blocs. There will also be production cooperatives and consumer cooperatives, and public schools will be taken over, etc.
This means that the black community is equivalent to a self-governing autonomous region, scattered throughout the cities and towns of the United States!
These actions were connived at by the Kennedy administration, which turned a blind eye to what black people were doing, and the influence of black power groups grew, and American society became more and more volatile.
The reason why the civil rights movement in the 6O era was able to flourish was not only the will of the black people at the bottom, but also because of the struggle of the upper forces, and with the use of people with intentions, it would be out of control.
President Kennedy was not a fool, he did this because he wanted to challenge the order of this society, so he used his position as a "steward" to stir up the extremes of black slaves and try to redistribute the benefits to those tenant farmers.
If he does a good job, the redistribution of interests will become a social trend in a few years, and even the "landlord" will not be able to do anything about him as a "housekeeper" when he comes to his senses. It's just that he shouldn't have touched someone's fundamental interests.
After Alex learned that Kennedy had an idea of NASA, he kept trying to find a way to bring down Kennedy, and finally he planned to hold a meeting with the Freemasons and the Illuminati as a "human being" to explain the role of aerospace technology in human society, and the connection between the technology and the "Moon Demon" and so on.
His real thought was, "If you're making me uncomfortable, I'm going to make you feel bad." Even if it doesn't break you, it can make you uncomfortable for a while. (To be continued......)