Chapter 542, Who is the Antitrust Targeted? (1)
The train emitted a puff of white steam, followed by a long chirp. The conductor closed the door, and the train slowly began to move. Dena and Liebknecht stood on the platform, watching the train fade away, then turned and walked out of the platform.
"Dena, what do you think of Comrade Lenin?" Liebknecht asked.
"I didn't have much contact with him, but I felt that as a revolutionary, Comrade Lenin was very good." Dena stroked the hair on her forehead with her hand, thought for a moment and said, "We have all read the theory of Comrade Lenin, and the theoretical level is quite good. However, what impressed me the most this time was not his theoretical level, but his ability to act. You see, the Social Democratic Party in Russia, like ours, has a problem, that is, there are too many factions and too many ideas to act. Sometimes I even feel that our party is capable of acting like Poland in the past. ”
To be honest, this analogy of Dena is quite mean. The so-called "Poland of the past", Liebknecht knew, Dana was talking about the Polish veto system. Once upon a time, Poland was also a first-class power on the European continent, when Great Poland swept through Central and Eastern Europe, whether it was Russia in the east or Germany in the west, there was a history of trembling under the iron hooves of the big waves. However, at such a time, the United Kingdom of Poland, in order to protect the rights of the lords from being suppressed by the royal power, made a strange decree, which stipulated that the noble lords of the country had the right to veto on major matters of state.
As a result, since there was this strange decree, Da Bobo has been getting worse day by day, and he soon changed from Pingdu Town to a European footcloth. The reason is simple, because the Polish government is completely unable to do anything effective. Because any policy will always involve changes in interests, and once it involves changes in interests, there will always be people who oppose it, and these opponents still have a veto power in their hands. So the government of the big bobo became a complete ornament. In the end, it finally fell to the point of being divided and ruined.
It is said that with this lesson of Da Bobo, future people will naturally mourn and learn from it. However, history has proven time and time again that the only thing we can be sure of when we learn history is that we will learn nothing from it. Because when the real interests are placed in front of us, the choices we make are not much different from those of the ancients. For example, in later generations, after the establishment of the European Union, the total GDP even surpassed that of the United States, and many people once thought that there was a core of world power about to appear, however, the establishment of the European Union was useless, because it adopted the same one-vote veto system of all member states as the big wave of the year. So it's so easy to interfere with the EU's decision-making, and it's enough to bribe one of these countries to vote against it so that the EU can't make any key and valid decisions. How can such an EU become the core of world power?
"After all, we are our own comrades, and besides, isn't the reason why we want revolution to build a truly democratic society? Of course, we must allow everyone to have different opinions. Liebknecht shook his head and said, "Some of the practices of Comrade Lenin have in fact split the party. Don't you think that both the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks are already exactly like two parties? ”
"But the Russian revolutionaries have increased their ability to act, haven't they?" "If you want me to say, we should have done like Comrade Lenin a long time ago to unite comrades who are genuinely willing to take the revolutionary road, and not fantasize about reform, into a genuine, combative group......
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While Dena and Liebknecht were discussing the question of party building, a huge storm was brewing in the United States.
"Dad, President Theodore Roosevelt is preparing to push through a bill called the 'Antitrust Act.'" Greystone said to Scrooge, "How dare he!" ”
"Oh, that's what you're talking about." Scrooge smiled, "That's a good thing." Moreover, Mr. Roosevelt and I had discussed it beforehand. I think that's a very good thing. ”
"Dad? What do you mean? Greystone froze, unable to react for a moment.
"Don't you understand? Go back and think about how much this bill can affect us, and if a person like me emerges in the future, what impact will this bill have on him? Scrooge seemed a little upset.
Greystone immediately realized that he had said something stupid, so he went back to his office with trepidation, and took out the draft antitrust law he had obtained through the intelligence agency he controlled, and read it carefully.
At this moment, the office door quietly opened, and Greystone looked up to see his mother walk in.
"Kid, I heard you were talking stupidly to your father?" Dorothea asked.
"Mom, President Roosevelt was going to pass an antitrust law, which would have a big impact on our business, but Dad said it was a good thing. He asked me to think about why he supported President Roosevelt's approach. Gladstone replied.
"Let me see the provisions." Dorothea sat down beside her son.
"Under these provisions, some of MacDonald's businesses will be spun off. Moreover, we can no longer increase our competitiveness by prioritizing the transportation of our own raw materials and products by our own railways, as we have done together. "When it comes to rail transport, we can't afford to prioritize our own businesses when it comes to raw materials and products, or when it comes to bank loans." Greystone explained.
"Did your dad give you any hints?" There was so much that Dorothea decided not to read it yet.
"Dad said to go back and think about how much this bill can affect us, and if there is a person like me in the future, what impact will this bill have on him?" Gladstone replied.
"Then you can extrapolate from this." Dorothea said.
"After the split, the controlling stake in these companies is still in our hands." "After all, we are our legitimate property, sacred and inviolable," Greystone said. So the direct economic loss should not be too great. And...... After the split, social funds will definitely continue to enter the dismantled enterprises, which will reduce our equity ratio, but our status as a major shareholder will not be affected. And because the shares of the other shareholders are so dispersed, in fact it is difficult for them to form a joint force, so the executive power will definitely be controlled by us. This means that we can control more money than before. ”