Chapter 387, Bridging
"The second point is about public opinion."
"There are a large number of stupid and stubborn madmen on the Internet who are following the trend and insulting and insulting, and I have just issued an order to our network technology department, asking them to monitor and count all the people who spread rumors and insult me on the Internet, and keep a record of their comments."
"These people will pay for what they have done. I will contact my lawyer to prosecute all those who are recorded in the eucalyptus. ”
"Since you insist that you are right, and refuse to learn about justice, now I give you a chance to experience its charm!"
The list will be published at a later date in e.. y official website. With that, Brooklyn paused, then continued
"I know that in recent years, government officials have been adopting a negative attitude in the face of public opinion, and whenever they encounter opposition from public opinion, the person concerned will immediately stand up and admit his mistake and apologize, and once someone opposes it, the person concerned will be immediately removed from office and punished."
"This has greatly emboldened the arrogance of some madmen, who think that if they oppose it, they will be punished, and if they oppose it, they will achieve their goals, whether they are right or wrong."
"Cancel culture is starting to shine from the internet into reality, and people are starting to think that whoever has the loudest voice is right, and whoever has the loudest voice has a point."
"But I'm not going to compromise! I must correct this misconception and tell everyone that truth is truth, right is right, and wrong is wrong! I will fight to the end! ”
"Alright, that's all. Don't bother me with this in the future. With that, Brooklyn frowned and turned to leave, leaving a blank reporter.
What did he just say? The reporters looked at each other to make sure they had heard correctly. He's going to sue all those who spread rumors and insult him!
!??? Did he go crazy? Is April Fool's Day today? ……………… Generally speaking, the distance between the Internet and reality is very far, and what happens online has almost no connection with reality.
But Brooklyn doesn't intend to look at these two things in isolation. Maybe the 'court discipline' matter was accidental at first, but if the matter can develop to the current scale, there must be someone behind it!
It doesn't matter if it's Pence Norton pushing now, or if it's Pence Norton's shrimp soldiers and crab generals, or if it's his allies who don't know how the hell he's pulling.
It doesn't matter if Pence Norton pulls in or not. Importantly, whether or not that group was in the same league as Pence Norton, they were bound to join in when Brooklyn had shown themselves to be incapable of controlling the situation.
Joining the Brooklyn + Winston + Frank faction is low-payoff and restricted. Brooklyn they have already divided the 'territory', and after the division is completed, what will the latecomers get?
Is the leftovers cold? Therefore, they will inevitably choose Pence Norton. Even if Raymond Newman wasn't bought by them before, they will do it in the future.
Now it's not a question of whether Brooklyn thinks they are willing to confront these people, but they are bound to stand on the opposite side!
Brooklyn also wondered whether the dollar was useful or the government was superior. The long history of federal money pouring into politics has made people forget that capital and the state are not the same thing.
It's not a good thing for Brooklyn to be on capital right now, he hasn't grown enough to fight against capital, but there's no time for him to grow.
Brooklyn immediately dialed Burke's phone after the interview, and after the phone was connected, he did not ask why the Harvard faction did not give him a message, but directly explained his intentions
"Burke, I am ready to submit a proposal for amendments to the law of rights." With that, Brooklyn paused, giving Burke time to react.
But Burke was clearly not as unbearable as Brooklyn had imagined, and he seemed calm, as if he had expected it.
Burke didn't even pronounce an interjection, but directly analyzed its possibilities.
"You don't have any connections in Congress, and even if a proposal is submitted, it's unlikely to pass, let alone a proposal to amend the Constitution."
"The likelihood is almost zero."
"Maybe you'll have to wait a little longer until you know a few councillors." Brooklyn Road
"What if it's about existing laws?" Burke was silent for a moment. He was surprised that Brooklyn had abandoned the previous proposal so quickly, and immediately reacted, this is Brooklyn's words.
"What are you going to mention?" Burke asked with a chuckle.
"Press law? What are the online speaking standards? What are the standards for media dissemination? Or a memo from a media company? Brooklyn gave four answers in a row, and then said
"You should know what's going on in New York, right?" Burke let out an 'um' sound, noncommittal. Brooklyn said again
"You should know the public opinion against me on the Internet, right?"
"yes, I know."
"But I just estimated that no matter what the content of your proposal is, the chances of passing it are still zero."
"You're meddling in the legislature, Brooklyn, and the members of Congress won't allow it. Even if you made a proposal for the Federation to occupy the sun, they wouldn't agree. "Because the occupation of the sun is none of the business of the councillors!
"Not to mention that you're probably trying to limit the dissemination of information in the media and the Internet, and regulate it, right? You're going to do that, aren't you? Do you know what it means? ”
"It means that lawmakers can no longer manipulate public opinion, it means that candidates can no longer draw a pie during the election campaign, it means that the soap bubble that the Federation has worked so hard to build will be punctured, and the public will wake up from the 'matrix.'"
"Brooklyn, not everyone will choose the red pill, most people are more suitable for the blue pill. Once you forcibly feed them the red pills, something will go wrong. ”
"Everyone has the right to choose freely."
"Yes, everyone has the right to choose freely." Brooklyn repeated, continuing
"Freedom of choice refers to making a choice after knowing the effects of two pills, rather than having someone else choose instead."
"It's hard to say 'for your own good' and 'you won't be able to take it,' Burke. Or let's talk about a higher ideal? Burke was silent for a moment, then said slowly
"Every leader worth following needs to have a lofty ideal, Brooklyn, and I don't hear respect for ideals from your words." Brooklyn chuckled, but quickly relented and grew solemn as the call fell silent.
"Maybe it sounds ironic, but Brooklyn, you have to know that lofty ideals are the standard configuration of any successful leader, leaders are different from ordinary people, ordinary people may sound ridiculous when talking about ideals, but leaders don't, if you have been holding this attitude towards ideals, or have not found your ideals, I think you are still a long way from becoming the speaker of Harvard."
"Okay, let's talk about ideals." Brooklyn said seriously
"On the other side of the ocean in ancient times, local officials, equivalent to governors or state governments, were called 'shepherds', and priests and popes were called 'shepherds' in Christianity. Honestly, I really hate that title. ”
"Shepherds, the world is not even a human being in their eyes, just a flock of goats."
"Our constitution is getting thicker and thicker, the interpretation is becoming more and more cumbersome, and our affirmative action movement is flourishing more and more...... It's been so long since George Washington issued the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and we haven't even treated our citizens as human beings. ”
"What are the citizens of the Federation in the eyes of the government? Or rather, what exactly is the federal government now? A game for a group of rich people? Is the essence of the Federation a group of rich people? ”
"Are the citizens of the Federation nothing more than slaves to the rich? The publication of the D-Stand Declaration was only to clothe slavery! Brooklyn said excitedly, loudly, causing the people in the office to look up.
But Burke was calm, almost cold.
"You sound like a well-dressed high school student getting ready for a high school prom, only to arrive at the venue only to find out that your dance partner has been snatched away." Burke spoke cruel words in a steady tone
"Maybe you've been under a lot of pressure lately, Brooklyn, and you're about to lose your mind. My advice is to take a break, sleep in, and then find a scenic spot to climb the mountains, or go fishing, and relax. ”
"Your 'lofty ideals' sound like a failed absurd play, with a gorgeous exterior but nothing on the inside."
"Such an ideal is not appealing, Brooklyn, on the contrary, it scares away people who want to get close to you. You should think again. Also, a word of advice for you, this is the Federation. Brooklyn listened in silence to all of Burke's blows, and then said in an unexpectedly calm voice
"You asked me to talk about lofty ideals, and now that we have finished talking about lofty ideals, let's talk about reality."
"I have enough eucalyptus in my hand to attract attention, and I am experiencing public opinion violence myself, and the retired justice who spoke for me is a ready-made example, I heard that he is very old, and I am expected to be so angry that he will be hospitalized, and if he can hold on for a while and then die, it will directly push this whole thing to a climax."
"In addition, I am very confident in what is happening in New York, and we will succeed."
"We have attention, and even if we don't publicize it, there are people who will spontaneously help me promote it; We have examples, me, the old judge, and the girl who died, we are all living examples, and we are more persuasive; The public will also feel the pain. When the dust settles on my hands, everything will be reversed, and everyone will understand how they forced a girl to death. ”
"The only thing we lack is congressional support."
"And to promote the passage of legislation, we can expand our influence, Burke, now is no longer the era of abiding by the rules of the separation of powers and not going beyond the thunder pool, even the military is seeking development, expanding its influence, we can't sit back and wait for others to plant the flag at home. The territory is so big, everyone wants to expand, and there can only be people who are unlucky, and I hope this unlucky guy is not us. ”
"Pushing for legislation can also enhance our voice in the judicial system, and show the public that we are different from others, that we are the government, not the lackeys of capital."
"As for the other benefits, I don't need to say more, right?" Brooklyn uses absolute reason to analyze the possibilities and rewards of things for Burke, like a thief who takes a carrot and kidnaps a donkey.
Of course, Brooklyn doesn't need to say much about what benefits can be brought by pushing through legislation, and Burke knows better than he does.
Brooklyn can only rely on imagination, logical deduction, and history in books, but Burke has experienced it firsthand.
"Something touched me." Burke bluntly admitted
"But your chances of success are too low."
"Maybe you should ask Mr. John Manning." Brooklyn was a little disappointed, but then cheered up and spoke
"He's the Speaker, and he should have more of the kind of leader you said. By the way, are courage and decisiveness and pioneering the standard for a good leader? ”
“ok,ok!” Burke's voice sounded helpless, and Brooklyn could even imagine that he was raising his hand and shrugging his shoulders helplessly as he spoke.
"I'll go and relay your words to John."
"Thanks, Burke." Hanging up the phone, Brooklyn looked at the phone in his hand for a while, got up and went into the bathroom.
A handful of cold water poured on his face, and the cold touch seemed to take away a slight pain, making him sober up a little.
Brooklyn examines herself in the mirror, carefully recalling what happened today. From discovering Raymond Newman's abnormality to confirming that Raymond Newman's game was irretrievable and decisively giving up, to perceiving the abnormality and suspecting that Pence Norton had joined forces with other capitals that have always been quiet, from knowing that he was being 'cyberbullied' to making a decision, giving an interview, determining the opponent, and finally to 'proposal', to the call with Burke, to 'lofty ideals', to 'the coldness of reality'.
So much has already happened in just an hour. The proposal for public opinion surveillance was not entirely on a whim, and since Selena Eucalyptus, Brooklyn has sensed that whatever she does in the Commonwealth will be constrained by public opinion.
In the past, he tried to blend in, for which he unprecedentedly launched a talk show to accumulate word of mouth for himself, and he also tried to speak out through social platforms and subtly borrow public opinion.
But these operations give Brooklyn the feeling of one word - tired. Brooklyn wasn't a man who liked to show off, and he wouldn't even accept interviews unless he had to.
After some initial attempts, Brooklyn was convinced that he simply didn't fit the rules of the current federal game.
Every time the opponent launches a public opinion war, every time he is passively beaten, and then the Jedi turns the tables. Brooklyn doesn't like this kind of thrilling operation.
It wasn't until this time that he faced off with Pence Norton, reminded by Bob and witnessed the absurdity of online public opinion, that Brooklyn suddenly felt enlightened.
Since the existing federal rules are not in your favor, why not create one that is beneficial to you?
In just a few minutes, the idea took root in Brooklyn's heart. He accompanied Burke from ideal to reality, and the most direct purpose was, of course, to gain the support of the Harvard school, but in the process of arguing, Brooklyn found that the original casual nonsense actually carried a bit of sincerity.
Brooklyn looked at himself in the mirror, guessing where this bit of sincerity came from.
He suspected that it was the cause of the awakening of his memories after the shooting, the memory of the kind child who had been killed by the head of the Angel House.
Ever since discovering that he was affected by his memories, Brooklyn has been keeping a close eye on his mental state, and in the process, he finds himself becoming emotional, impulsive, and irritable.
Brooklyn chooses to accept emotionality, which is the only way to digest memories, and when the memories are all digested, he will naturally return to his original state.
Brooklyn grinned at himself in the mirror, and he grinned in the mirror.
"Fool." Brooklyn muttered to the mirror, lowered his head and washed his face, took out a tissue to dry it, and left the bathroom without looking back.