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While Scrooge and Subi were having a good conversation, the servant shouted outside: "Abraham? Mr. Lincoln has arrived! ”

"Ah, Scrooge, John, Mr. Lincoln has arrived." Subi said, "Let's go and welcome him together." ”

"Okay." Scrooge said that Scrooge was still curious about the next president of the United States, who would leave an immortal name in future history.

"Mr. Lincoln is now a lawyer, and he was formerly a member of the House of Representatives in Congress. In 5o years, the slave owners made a miasma of smoke for a while, and Mr. Lincoln withdrew from Parliament. I became a lawyer again. As he walked towards the door, Subi didn't forget to introduce Scrooge to Lincoln, the protagonist of the party.

Lincoln standing at the gate of the manor was very conspicuous, because he was so tall that he seemed to be a head taller than Subi. So much so that Scrooge somehow came out of his head for a while: "It's a waste for this guy not to go to nBa." "Fortunately, he doesn't have the kind of problem that some travelers have in their heads and just say what they think, otherwise he would have to take the time to explain to people what nBa is.

Scrooge knew that there was a joke about Lincoln's height:

As a young man, Lincoln joined the militia in St. Gammon, Illinois. His colonel-commander was a short man, and Lincoln's stature was particularly tall, much more than the commander. Because of his height, Lincoln was accustomed to walking with his head hanging and hunched over. The Colonel was furious at his stooping posture and brought him in to reprimand him.

"Listen, Abel," cried the Colonel, "lift your head up, you fellow!" ”

"Yes, sir." Lincoln replied respectfully.

"Your head is going to be held high, you fellow," the Colonel insisted, "to be raised a little more." ”

Lincoln straightened his body, stretched his neck long, and asked, "Is this okay?" ”

"It's going to be a little bit higher." said the colonel.

"Do you want me to be like this forever?" Lincoln asked.

"Of course, you guy, do you need to ask?" The Colonel is on fire.

"I'm sorry, Colonel," said Lincoln with a sad face, "and then I'll have to say goodbye to you, for I will never see you again!" ”

In order to be able to see others, Lincoln still maintained a posture of hanging his head and bending over, which also made him look particularly amiable.

"This Lincoln doesn't look like the picture I saw in the history books in my previous life, well, it's even uglier than the picture in the book." Scrooge was a little surprised, "Although the election in the United States is not a beauty pageant, if a person's image is too bad, he will suffer no matter what." How did a guy who is ugly like this chosen? ”

But this was not the time to discuss this, for Mr. Lincoln had already come before them.

"Hello, Mr. Subi. How's the business going? Lincoln asked.

"Blessings to President Tobukanan and the Democrats, business is terrible." Subi replied.

"After all, the dark days are over, and your business will be as good as it is in the United States." Lincoln said with a pun.

"Well, Subi, you should introduce me to these friends." Lincoln continued.

Next, Subi introduced Rockefeller and Scrooge to Lincoln, and Lincoln also talked to them very politely, and he was very surprised by Scrooge's youth.

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After the guests gradually arrived, the reception officially began. In his speech, in addition to his usual criticism of slavery in the South, Lincoln also criticized the economic policies of the Democratic Party, especially in times of crisis, when other countries around the world have raised tariffs, while continuing to maintain a suicidal economic policy with ridiculously low tariffs.

"In the beginning, we were counting on the Democrats to come up with effective economic policies to pull the United States out of the crisis, and then we expected them to at least take a little bit of confidence to give us a little bit of confidence, but now, we pray to God every day that Buchanan will not do too much that will interfere with the natural recovery of the American economy. God, it would be nice if he did nothing for four years. Lincoln sarcastically called his political opponents, but he was not mild-mannered.

I have to admit that Lincoln's speech level is very good, and laughter and scolding are all articles. After listening to his speech, I also understood why he became the president of the United States. For example, in today's speech, he repeatedly emphasized that this crisis could have been an opportunity for the United States to take advantage of the retreat of European capital to wrest a large number of important sectors and markets from the control of European capital back into the hands of American capital.

On the question of how to handle relations with the South, Lincoln stressed, on the one hand, that both the South and the North belong to the same United States, and under the premise of one United States, anything can be discussed. On the other hand, it is also asserted that the spirit of freedom is the foundation of the United States, that slavery is fundamentally contrary to it, and that the question of slavery is not whether it should be abolished, but when it should be abolished. On this issue, the South must show its allegiance to the spirit of freedom.

"I believe that after the end of the barbaric and heinous slavery system, it was not only the black slaves who were liberated, but also the vast masses of the South." When it comes to this, Lincoln's words are heartfelt and touching.

"Mr. Lincoln got to the point, and he understood what we were most concerned about." Scrooge said to Rockefeller, "By 186o, he would have been president." ”

"I dare say he's in the South and can't even get an electoral vote." Rockefeller said, "But the votes in the north are enough to make him president." ”

Because of this, southerners must be very unhappy with his election. And a person who does not even get an electoral vote in the South can become president by a clear margin, which in itself means the division between the South and the North, and the complete loss of the South's influence in politics. Even if the southerners oppose it, the north can elect a president who fully represents their interests, and it can also rely on the double advantage of numbers and states to control the Senate and the House of Representatives. Under these conditions, the South has completely lost almost all of its political influence, and in the federal government, they no longer have any influence, in other words, this federal government will no longer represent their popularity and interests. Under such conditions, what option does the South have other than to withdraw from the Union? Scrooge clasped his hands to his chest and said leisurely, "At that time, as long as we are prepared, we can receive the most generous rewards." That's the charm of investing in political futures. ”

By this time, Lincoln had finished his speech, and the waiters served plates full of wine glasses, all of which contained a temptingly aromatic golden champagne. The guests raised their glasses and began to wander around the courtyard and talk. Another waiter brought a notepad and began to collect donations for the Republican Party. If you're willing to donate five dollars to the Republican Party, you'll get a Republican ID, well, and then you're a Republican.

Political parties in the United States are much more casual than those in some European countries, and whether it is the oldest Democratic Party, the Whig Party, which has already split, or the Republican Party, which is now on the rise, all lack coherent organization. It is even easier to join or quit a political party than it is for a child to play a family, a tradition that has continued into the twenty-first century. In his previous life, Scrooge had an American classmate who changed from a Democrat to a Republican in a month and then back to the Democratic Party several times because of his views on environmental protection, marijuana, abortion, homosexuality and other issues.

Generally speaking, if you claim to have voted for a party in an election, or donated money in its political solicitation, well, you are a member of that party. As for what kind of activities and discipline you have after joining the party, well, the only discipline is probably that if you are a Republican, you should vote Republicans in the election, and the same is true for other political parties.

In those political parties in the United States, there are so-called party leaders, but they do not necessarily hold so-called party positions. Moreover, there are no positions such as "chairman" and "general secretary" within the party. The traditional explanation for this situation is this:

This situation reflects the love of liberty of the American people, and their wariness of any organizational instinct that may create a stranglehold on the precious freedom of the individual. It is this love of freedom and wariness of totalitarianism that has made the United States a beacon of freedom...... It is as if the American people are wood elves belonging to the camp of chaos and goodness.

But in fact, any industrial country must belong to the camp of order, and the difference is only whether they are angels of good order, titans of neutral order, or just evil rib dragons. Because industry is the most organized, the most order-oriented mode of production. Any country that rises in line with the tide of the force of order, the Industrial Revolution, is bound to be a member of the camp of order.

If nothing else, just look at the US Constitution and the system of separation of powers, how tightly structured and orderly are they? The looseness of political parties is simply due to the fact that political parties in the United States do not assume more social functions than political parties in some countries. It is not these overly visible political parties that really carry out these functions, but the orderly, big corporations that hide behind the United States.