Chapter IV: Important Parliaments
Laziness is rooted in the deepest nature of human genes, on the one hand, it indirectly promotes the progress of civilization, people have invented many convenient things because of "laziness", and more science and technology have been born because of "laziness".
But on the other hand, when civilization reaches a certain level, laziness becomes a powerful obstacle.
A lion will lie lazily when it is full; A crocodile that does not eat for several months after a full meal, it can rest for several months in a row. These animals, because they are not intelligent, eat one meal after another, and they do not think about where the next meal will be.
That's laziness! However, this lazy gene increases the chances of survival.
Because exercise requires energy, and under harsh natural conditions, a stable food supply and caloric intake cannot be guaranteed.
So, the diligent animals went extinct, and the lazy animals survived.
Not only laziness, but also greed, selfishness, cunning, etc., these genes increased the probability of survival to a certain extent in primitive times, and with the continuation of life, they have been maintained until now.
These things are collectively referred to as "desires".
These desires, in the most primitive times, ensured the survival of living beings, and to a certain extent, they were a good thing.
Humans evolved from animals, and of course these desire genes also exist. But man is the spirit of all things, is wise, to a certain extent, will not be led by desire, today is full, people will think about what to do tomorrow, tomorrow when they are full, will think about what to do the day after tomorrow.
This is the sense of distress. Because of these worries, people with wisdom will control their desires to a certain extent and think about their future survival. People will work hard and take responsibility for their future.
"A person who can't control his desires is not much more advanced than an animal. The sense of anxiety for survival is the key to controlling people's desires. Professor Sean said.
"But what if you put an ordinary person in an environment of extreme affluence?"
A person who was still thinking about "how to survive in the next year", suddenly, does not need to think about the survival materials for a lifetime, then, his sense of distress disappears, and his motivation to work disappears.
If his quality is not high enough, there is a great possibility that he will be swallowed by desire itself. His ego will be lost, he will start to lose control of himself, and he will start doing things that he had not thought about before.
Hearing Professor Sean's conversation, Yu Yifeng nodded, at this moment, he thought of a lot, let's give some examples, what happened to those who won the jackpot in the world?
Three generations of windfall and poverty, and the grand prize ruins a lifetime, this sentence is not a joke.
Jack, the biggest winner in the history of the American lottery, won $315 million in 2002, and bad luck followed, drunk driving, gambling, his granddaughter became addicted to drugs, his wife was separated, and finally his family was ruined. It's all because of money.
Australian David won the $10 million jackpot in 1998 and was persuaded by his neighbors to make various investments with the prize, but all the investments failed, and he lost all the prize money in a few years. His wife couldn't stand this upheaval in her life and divorced him, and her son got into a lawsuit because of him.
The uncle once said excitedly: "Many times, I have always wished to ...... Hopefully I've never hit the jackpot! ”
There is also a husband and wife in Kentucky, USA, who won $64.5 million in lottery tickets. The two of them divorced immediately after winning the lottery and went to pursue a happy life separately. But the strange thing is that the wife took the bonus to buy a mansion by the river, and finally died quietly in the mansion. And soon after her husband got the bonus, he died suddenly, and he didn't even have time to go to Australia to start the new life he had longed for.
Studies have shown that 70% of grand prize winners achieve nothing and usually squander their prize money within a few years. Researchers in the UK found that 44% of lottery jackpot winners spend all their winnings in just 5 years.
Those whose wives are separated and turn against each other, those who take drugs, gamble, go to prison, die mysteriously, and those who are destitute...... There are countless examples of this.
People tend to think that they have a lot of wealth in their hands, but in fact...... No, there are very few people who can overcome their own desires. How high the quality is, how much wealth you have, otherwise, you can't bear it.
"In the end of the development of civilization, these desires must be overcome. Think about it, how can these genes that improved the odds of survival in ancient times possibly promote the progress of modern civilization? Professor Sean explained.
"First of all, the first point is that people's 'work for survival' must be sublimated to 'work for ideals and life goals'!"
"You can't beat desire by 'working to survive' alone!"
Why? A person who works for survival suddenly has money, and the first thing that comes to mind must be eating, drinking, and enjoying all kinds of things...... In this way, we fall into a cycle of desire.
A person who works for their ideals and goals in life, whether they have money or not, will continue to work. If they have money, they will realize their ideals and benefit more people......
But such people are really the same as saints, there may be, but there are not many!
Only when the entire civilization is such a person can the true communism be realized, it is difficult, it is difficult!
Yu Yifeng understood that the ultimate goal now is to grasp thoughts. To put it bluntly, people's thinking is so bad nowadays that if they live a very rich life, people will not be too lazy to work.
Suppose that in the era of extreme material wealth, people can still work voluntarily and actively for their ideals, which is his goal. There are very few such people, and at the moment, it is estimated that only some big scientists who really work for their interests can do it.
They are really working for ideals and honors, and material abundance will only make them work more dedicatedly. There is no doubt about it, otherwise they would not be at the top of humanity.
"With our level of technology, it is possible to achieve very wealth. We have a small population and need less material. Most of our factories are automated...... Converted to a single individual, productivity is also very high. As long as the spacecraft does not lack energy and materials, I estimate that it will be able to reach a very wealthy stage in a few years. ”
Yu Yifeng said that people are very poor now, but he is confident that it will take a few years to solve these problems.
"Yes, to the stage of extreme affluence, if people's minds are not raised, then civilization is likely to stagnate."
In a word, it's hard to do.
The selfishness of human nature, the greed of human nature, he has seen too much. He has been a soldier and has seen too much evil, but he believes that when people are born, they are like a blank sheet of paper, and there is no good and no evil.
It is always easier to be tainted with evil than good, why, because in this society, it is always easier for the selfish to live than for the selfless. It is always easier to survive by being tainted with evil than with good.
There are all kinds of reasons for people to do evil, blame the kitchen knife, blame the communist**, blame IS*, blame Na*, blame Satan, as if there is no kitchen knife, no communism**, no IS**, no Satan, all mankind has no heart to do evil?
People do good, all kinds of difficulties, help an old grandmother to be blackmailed, donate money to the Charity Guild but be deceived, Shengmien, fight Mi Qiu, there are too many stories of farmers and snakes, people do good, too difficult!
It's time to reverse this trend! Yu Yifeng took a long breath, the current human civilization is almost destroyed, almost like a blank piece of paper, and it can be started again. He will inevitably turn these disgusting social climates around.
Yes, he was determined to uproot all the evil on the Noah! Anyway, there are only 50,000 people, and the population is small, and it is also feasible to forcibly reverse them one by one.
Otherwise, communism will inevitably not be realized......
"Xu Yunjin, come over for a moment, let's have a meeting and bring the others with us." Yu Yifeng dialed a phone with a serious expression and said a few words.
Soon, Xu Yunjin came over with all the members of the special forces and walked into a conference room with Yu Yifeng and Professor Sean.
This is a secret political meeting, and only the closest confidants can participate. Whether it is in terms of personal morality or trust, the special forces brought out by Yu Yifeng are definitely the best candidates.
Scientists can do engineering and experiments, but such meetings are excluded. They can do engineering and scientific research, but when they talk about politics, they may only talk about democracy and equality, so they are all excluded.
Besides, this kind of thing doesn't necessarily mean that everyone knows about it.
The military power of the Noah has always been in the hands of Yi Feng's own people, and it has never been lost. Military power is the greatest real power, although Yu Yifeng's current reputation is unmatched, but it may not be in the future, maybe a few Europeans and Americans jumped out to shout about democracy, human rights, and hold a demonstration or something.
With such a small population, Noah can't afford to make trouble a few times, maybe if it is done a few more times, people's hearts will be scattered. He is still very sober in this regard, military power must not be abandoned, I have an army, you dare to make trouble?
Seeing that everyone was seated, Yu Yifeng spoke. He just said a few words and summarized his ideals and goals.
"We want to engage in communism on the spaceship!"
"Engage in large-scale industry and large-scale production."
"It is also necessary to improve people's moral character ......"
When the special forces members were recruited by the army, they were all carefully selected by the state, and their personal character was still very good, and they also received a small amount of political influence. When they heard Yu Yifeng's grand ideals, their eyes lit up.
That's a big goal!
It is not only about communism, but also about building the entire civilization into a utopian ideal society, which is a very great and extremely difficult goal. If it is really realized, it is a trivial matter to collect gold and be selfless, and everyone will be like a saint.
What is the most difficult thing to change in people, and it is the most difficult to change in thought! Seeing old age at the age of three, a person's ideology is formed from childhood to adulthood, accumulated over time, and it is not easy to change. Moreover, it is even more difficult to change the thinking of the entire civilization now.
"Our civilization is a blank sheet of paper, and whatever you put on it is what it is. You don't want to blacken it, do you? Yu Yifeng slapped the table twice and said solemnly, "We have the responsibility and obligation to lead civilization to a new realm!" ”
"A small population is also beneficial!"
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"! Be sure to do it! Xu Yunjin was a fighter for communism, and he even shed tears of emotion. Professor Sean was much better, but he kept the excitement to himself.
"Comrades, we must know that this goal is very difficult and very far away. We need to be realistic and take it one step at a time. Yu Yifeng nodded.
Now the entire Noah is not yet in the era of material poverty, and it is still far from being extremely rich in material things. Therefore, the road still has to be taken step by step, and the first thing is to formulate a suitable economic system, develop science and technology, and make people rich.
So, what kind of economic system is appropriate? Everyone started talking.
The first option: a fully "public" economy, then distributed according to need.
Allocation according to need, that is, the distribution of living materials is divided according to the capitation, not according to the size of the contribution, not according to the amount of investment, everyone wants to distribute what they want, how much they want.
But according to the needs of the distribution, people need to have a very high quality and motivation to work.
The 50,000 people at the lunar base are of very high quality, and most of them have a graduate degree or above. But Yu Yifeng didn't dare to guarantee that all of them would be able to "work for their ideals". Maybe some determined scientists can do it, but ordinary people certainly can't. If some people can get what they want by working casually, then what's the deal?
If someone takes something and doesn't work, then the system can't be sustained.
As Professor Sean said, people nowadays can't eliminate "desires" and can't strive for ideals, that is, their quality is not high enough. Allocation on demand, for now, doesn't work!
So, what about the "equal distribution", where everyone eats a big pot of rice?
That will definitely lead to people being less motivated to work. Capable people and incapable people are on the same path, doing more and doing less, doing good and bad, and taking the same thing, that will definitely not work.
Don't look at the fact that everyone is still eating a big pot of rice now, and they are still very active, that is because they have just won two major battles, and they have a strong spirit. A few months is okay, but if it goes on for a year or two, it will not work, and people's enthusiasm will be reduced.
A completely "private" economy, of course, will not work, not to mention the poor organizational capacity of the government, and it also goes against the original intention of communism.
Therefore, it is necessary to combine public ownership with private ownership......
This discussion is profound and meaningful, Yu Yifeng believes that everything can be decided, and a purposeful battle has started at this moment, that is, to transform all mankind!
(For the sake of plot coherence, I merged the two chapters into one chapter and sent it, a big chapter of 4000 words, so I'm sorry, I won't change it at night, and I will resume the double change from tomorrow.) Friends who see here, have read more than 100,000 words, please collect it, vote for a recommendation, thank you! )
(I have to say that I'm not promoting the Communist Law, but the protagonist chose this system...... The monetary system is something that only exists when energy and resources are insufficient, and when you step on the starry sky, controllable nuclear fusion technology comes out, human beings have almost endless energy, uranium, coal, and oil have become garbage, and a civilization really needs the general equivalent of money? )
(Feel free to correct any bugs in the book review office, and I'll find a way to fix them.) )