Chapter 48 The Capital Chaebol State
Things are clustered by likeness, and people are grouped. With the same three views, they came together in order to face the same forces, and with the full cooperation of the three parties, the first phase of joint research and development came to an end.
The gentle breeze wafting from afar, rustling through the branches, made a noise in the hearts of the four of them, and sat on the grassy grass that had not been seen for a long time, looking at the lights rising in the city, diffusing in the hazy night, and wiping away the stars.
"What do you say hangs over the heavens?" Chen Zhang's voice broke the balance of the night, looked at the three of them and continued: "Figuring out the essence of this problem will help us truly understand the forces we are facing. ”
Lin Sen looked at the full moon under the cover of floating clouds and said: "Capital, chaebol, and government are sometimes the same, in a capitalist society, big capital is a chaebol, and a big chaebol is the government. ”
Chen Zhang nodded in agreement and said: "The word government, compared with Chinese and Western countries, is not completely consistent in reality. Without taking into account the differences in different countries and different social systems, the broad masses of the people generally refer to the government as officials. ”
Cao Xuefei asked puzzledly: "Western countries are capitalism, and capitalism is literally to serve capital. ”
Zhou Zhiqi also asked suspiciously: "In the public opinion information transmitted to me, they are advocating that our national government should learn from the governments of Western countries and transform into a service-oriented government, so as to better serve the people." I always felt that there was something wrong with this sentence, and I couldn't explain why. ”
Lin Sen replied: "In our definition of the word government, government refers to the organ of the state that governs and manages society. The focus is on who holds the power of rule. Just like in the democratic elections in the West, on the surface, the people are the masters of the country through the right to vote, but in fact, politicians are hired to the government to exercise the right to serve the society through the funding of the chaebol. This is the true meaning of service-oriented government in the West. ”
Zhou Zhiqi asked: "When our country's government function is transformed into a service-oriented government in Western countries, does it mean that we are moving towards a capitalist system?" ”
"Yes. This service type is interpreted differently by Chinese and Western people, we think it is serving us, but it is actually serving me. ”
Zhou Zhiqi then asked: "Why does the ruling power of Western countries fall into the hands of the chaebols?" ”
Lin Sen explained: "It has to start with the development of capitalism. From the 15th century to the 17th century, Europe entered the Age of Discovery, and European pirates colonized, traded, traded, burned, killed and plundered all over the world. The more resources these pirates plunder around the world, the stronger the armed forces they hire. With the development of global trade, pirates gradually controlled the country's financial and military power, and then overthrew feudal rule and took control of the regime. Thus, the capitalist system, a social system based on private ownership of the means of production, came into being and replaced the feudal system. These pirates rose to become trade chaebols due to the Age of Discovery, and then the oil chaebols and steel chaebols that rose due to the Industrial Revolution, and the financial chaebols and military chaebols that rose due to the scientific and technological revolution, etc., rose one after another. With the changes of the times, the ruling power of Western countries has been inherited by these chaebol families. ”
Chen Zhang took over Lin Sen's topic and concluded: "Therefore, our country's government has been sitting at the same negotiating table with the stewards of the Western chaebols, and our country's enterprises have been in an arena with the rulers of Western countries. If you don't realize this role misalignment, you'll always be at a disadvantage. Now you understand what the forces we are up against, right? ”