While Greystone was training at the Associated Press, Scrooge and Dorothea were together to discuss a meeting of the Socialist International in Paris.

"It's a pity that the idea of the trade union has been refuted and abandoned by them." Dorothea lamented, "Actually, some of the ideas of the trade union are quite good. It's better than armed struggle or something. ”

"If it weren't for the purpose of criticizing this proposition, why would Engels have a new socialist international to come out?" Scrooge smiled and said, "However, Engels' opposition may not be of much use. Because this kind of proposition is really tempting that he can't match. Some of these ideas can be promoted in American unions, especially in our unions. ”

The so-called trade unionism is a reformist trend in the international workers' movement. It is named because it first appeared in the British Workers' Federation. They advocated limiting the workers' movement to the economic struggle, put forward the slogan "do a fair day of work, get a fair wage for a day", and regarded increasing wages, reducing working hours and improving working conditions as the sole purpose of the workers' movement; advocating class cooperation and social reform, only allowing trade unions to carry out campaigns for universal suffrage and labor legislation, believing that this can benefit both labor and capital, and achieve the goal of fundamentally improving the condition of the working class, advocating the settlement of contradictions between labor and capital through legal negotiations, and taking negotiation as the fundamental means of struggle for the working class; He supported his government's policy of colonial aggression and expansion, believing that only by maintaining a source of foreign profits could he strive to improve the living conditions of the working class.

Although from the point of view of political economics, the idea of trade unionism does not actually solve the fundamental problem, it does have great temptation for ordinary workers. If nothing else, without a violent revolution, the danger of death is much less. Moreover, a little improvement seems more reliable than a violent revolution that has no prospects for a long time. After all, from the uprising of the silk weavers in Lyon in 1831 to the uprising of the Silesian textile workers in 1844, and then to the uprising of the Paris Commune, the uprisings of the proletariat have all ended in brutal suppression. The workers were bleeding, but victory was out of reach. Even after each such struggle, the economic and social status of the workers not only did not improve significantly, but even for a period of time it was more difficult than before.

Although those who insisted on armed revolution insisted that the exploitation of the workers by the bourgeoisie would have been more unbridled without the repeated uprisings, much of the benefits now obtained by the trade unions in the guò negotiations were forced to compromise by the pressure of the proletarian revolution on the bourgeoisie.

Of course, there is truth to this argument, but who wants to be the victim of the "power of the proletarian revolution" so that other workers may benefit from it? Moreover, the trade unionist compromise did not bring much improvement, but it was a real improvement. Their routes are safe and effective, which is naturally appealing.

"What do you mean by some of the assertions?" Dorothea asked.

"Of course, 'we and the workers are a community of mutually beneficial interests,' and 'the American nation must unite with the outside world to ensure that our products can be sold all over the world and bring sustainable benefits to us and our workers.'" Scrooge replied, "I have collected all the theoretical works of the Trade Unions, and I will be able to put them to use when I need them in the future."

Of course, the phrase 'we and the workers are a community of mutually beneficial interests' and 'we must be united with the outside world' can now be promoted in our trade unions. Over the years, we have slowed down the pace of expansion, and although the wages of workers have not fallen significantly, given the effects of inflation, in fact, the wages paid to workers in the factories and enterprises under our control have fallen to the average level in the United States. In the past, the trade unions that we controlled were able to expel the influence of those unions that specialized in making troubles from the enterprises, although it was due to the influence of factors such as our more sophisticated means, but more importantly, at that time, the wages and working conditions of our workers were a little better than those of other enterprises. Workers are naturally reluctant to lose the opportunity to work in our enterprise. In this way, they themselves are not willing to confront us.

But now the situation is a little different, we have neither a wage advantage nor a labor intensity advantage compared to other enterprises. So, the influence of those troublemakers is starting to infiltrate our business again. Of course, we have also strengthened our crackdown on this, but this kind of thing, relying on suppression alone, has a limited effect. The stick of hard state is indispensable, but the relevant public opinion deception is also necessary. Ah, recently our Dena got a job at a left-wing newspaper in Paris, and she did a pretty good job. Judging from the reports she wrote, Dana had a better understanding of these theories than Greystone. If it weren't for her talent in polytechnic, I would have wanted her to switch places with Greystone. ”

"If I could, I would like it too." Dorothea also said. After all, the Dashi yàn room is the core of the family, and of course, if Greystone has the ability to take over this position, then the electrical part will definitely be his. After all, he was the son of Scrooge.

"But Dena's personality is a bit snarky." Dorothea said, "It's okay to let her take care of the room, I'm afraid it will make many people uncomfortable." I really don't know how Carol and Catherine gave birth to this girl. It's not at all like the personalities of the two of them. It's kind of like ......."

"It's kind of like Morgan." Scrooge grinned and said, "That's how this guy is Morgan, he speaks very harshly. Sometimes no matter how good things come out of his mouth, they will change their taste. Of course, it doesn't matter if Morgan is like this, because his sense of smell in the capital market is unparalleled. But Dena didn't have that ability. Greystone, on the other hand, has good communication skills and can interact with anyone, which is also a very important ability. I hope to gradually develop his ability to coordinate all aspects of affairs, and I can hand over the venture capital bank to him in the future. ”

With the gradual invisibility of the McDonald consortium in equity control, the position of McDonald Venture Capital Bank has become more and more important. So in a sense, the manager of MacDonald Venture Capital Bank can really be regarded as the real successor of the MacDonald family.

Scrooge's words clearly pleased Dorothea, who had always been unremarkable in comparison with his peers. In any of his subjects, except for sports, he could hardly compare to Dena. Even compared to Donald, most of his homework was a little worse. And, perhaps, Dorothea spoiled him too much, so this kid also had an obvious shortcoming, that is, the quality of his will was not good enough. If there's a problem that can't be solved, Dena, and even Donald can study it without eating or sleeping (Dena is more out of hobbies, and Donald is more afraid of being laughed at by his sister), but Greystone can easily give up. He even said, "Dad taught us to know how big the scope of our strength is and where the limit is." He even used Donald as a negative example: "You see, Donald has studied for so long, it's better not that he can't do it, and he doesn't understand it until his father or teacher tells him, and even after he talks about it, he doesn't understand it as quickly as I do." If you want me to say, instead of spending time on this kind of problem that can't be done, it's better to do something you can do. ”

It has to be said that Greystone is more efficient than Donald in many cases, and most of the time, he is more rational than Donald in his choices. But when he really needs to withstand pressure, his resistance to pressure is indeed not as good as Donald's. Moreover, he was also much more playful than Donald, so Dorothea was always worried that Greystone would end up behind Donald. She knew that although Donald was only Scrooge's nephew, the second generation of the family was no less important to the family's inheritance than the first generation in a sense. In order to make the family completely gain a foothold, Scrooge did not favor Greystone too much when choosing his successor. Now that Scrooge has said such things, it seems that he is still satisfied with Greystone on the whole.

"Donald is not bad, but he has a bit of a donkey's temper, and sometimes he sees the target and dies without looking back. Let him manage any aspect, his momentum is good, but coordinating the overall situation, it may not be good. If I don't think of any surprises, I'll be able to live for a long time. When they really have to take on the family, the family should not have any big problems. Of course, if I suddenly get sick and go to God, then Donald will have to preside over the whole family. "Ah, I wonder how Donald is doing at West Point." ”

……

When it was time to eat, Donald walked straight down the white stone path in West Point toward the cafeteria. He was in a straight military uniform, his leather shoes were shiny, and his eyes were straight ahead. At first glance, people know that this is a first-year recruit.

The rules at West Point have always been that first-year students need to focus on obeying orders, while second- and third-year students need to focus on giving orders. In order to train the first-year rookies to obey orders, they set all kinds of messy rules for these rookies. For example, they have a narrow path on the road on the campus with white stone bars, and it is stipulated that first-year students can only walk in areas paved with white stone bars, and when walking, they must walk in a straight step. First-year students are required to dress neatly and well-behaved at all times. There are a lot of pickets in the school who are specifically responsible for finding these rookie problems (these people are often second-year students who have just gotten rid of their rookie status), and if the rookies have any problems, they will be reprimanded and punished, and they will be counted in this year's grades. In the first week of his arrival, Donald saw that several of the guys with him were unlucky. Fortunately, Donald is careful enough to be caught yet.

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