Chapter 345: US-Soviet Cooperation
1963 was a turbulent time.
But it was also an era of rapid development, with economic development reaching its highest level in history for more than 20 years after the war, especially the economy of the United States, which could hardly be compared with them.
As for science and technology, it is even more explosive development, 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 trend of 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 a big smile and said: "I really 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 have also cooperated economically and militarily to reduce friction between the two superpowers, which could lead 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? ”
Alex was stunned when he received the news, he never imagined that Kennedy would offer NASA to cooperate with the Soviet Space Agency in the study of aerospace technology. Although in a sense. This is of great benefit to human development. 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 to be easily picked by some people after they have worked so hard to build the aerospace technology and market.
Merely. NASA is still nominally managed by the U.S. government. If the government insists on involving the Soviets in research and development. Alex and Hughes couldn't do much.
Fortunately, this is only an intention, and the relevant plan has not yet been adopted.
"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 lawmakers find ways to block the passage of relevant bills or projects.
In addition, in order to curb inflation, the Kennedy administration adopted a solution that required labor and companies to accept mediation, on the one hand, to limit labor resources to the amount of wage demands commensurate with production growth, 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 media 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 a lasting resentment from industry, when he told the public to dispel suspicion: "My father always told me that all capitalists are bitches, but I never believed it until now." ”
This phrase backfired, and the capitalists became more and more suspicious of him, and when this phrase was made public, the stock market immediately went downhill, falling by 35 points in one day and 200 points in two weeks! Wall Street blamed the disaster on a lack of confidence in the government, and the capitalists became increasingly 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 all 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" would not be bothered by such a small matter. The problem is that Kennedy didn't know that the "Moon Demon" was on the moon.
When Alex and Hughes stopped Kennedy from working with NASA, Kennedy still didn't realize his own mistake. He also mixed with blacks, and 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 no one expected that Kennedy would really be completely on the side of blacks.
Some people criticized him, saying: "As a politician, he took the promise he 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 the "black manpower," a violent group that often advocated 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 the Black Manpower shouted, "Black Manpower! 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 clashed badly, order in modern society was challenged, and black neighborhoods became unmanageable.
In the months that followed, Martin Luther King Jr. made his point out to the outside world through the chairmanship of the Black Manpower.
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that blacks should fight for themselves, not seek alliances with white liberals bent on paternalistic control. "Negroes should, and must, fight back," he said. Instead of resorting to the resort of begging for alms! ”
"Black people should assert their cultural identity, sweep away external control over black people, 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 advocates the unification of blacks into a political organization capable of controlling black-populated areas, or the establishment of autonomous political parties in the South, eventually forming 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, increasing the influence of black manpower organizations, and American society becoming more and more unstable.
The reason why the civil rights movement in the 60s 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 class, and with the use of people with intentions, it would get 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 status as a "steward" to stir up extreme emotions among black slaves and try to redistribute the profits of 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 have nothing to do with him as a "steward" 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 initiate a meeting with Freemasons and the Illuminati as a "human master", explaining the role of aerospace technology on human society, and the relevance of this technology to 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......)