1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 72 Cambridge Lectures (1)

“Yes, I am not worried about the great proletarian revolution.” Scrooge said seriously, “because I think that United States still lacks the basis for such a revolution.”

“United States special theory?” Marx laughed, “I have heard this argument countless times from religious believers and bourgeois moralists. But the process of your conclusion may be a bit interesting, because we Although our goals are different, we look at the problem from a similar perspective. Let’s talk about your views.”

“Yeah.” Scrooge said, “United States has large tracts of undeveloped land, and the government does not have strong control. Unlike in Prussia, the Junkers can easily take the originally public forests for themselves. Yes, and those who pick up branches in the mountains and forests become thieves. So in the United States, it is difficult for capitalists to exploit free workers to look like Europe, because if the workers’ lives are too miserable, they can simply run away. Go to the west and enclose a piece of land to be a farmer. This is also one of the reasons why the United States industry has been suppressed by Europe. Europe’s costs are too low, and their wages are too low, so that even if their work is finished It costs freight to ship across the Atlantic, and the price is still cheaper than ours. Well, from this perspective, any victory of the European proletariat is a good thing for us.

To make the government stronger, it is necessary to establish a very strong army. Although this is a good idea, it is too expensive to maintain such a strong government for a long time. You know, the United States now has an army of less than 60,000 people, but it is enough to suppress the resistance of the domestic proletariat. And if the pressure on workers is to be ascension to European standards, then the standards for things like the army, police, and prisons must also be ascension to European standards. This does not require a small amount of money, and the money can only come from taxes. In this way, a large part of the excess profits brought by the oppression ascending is offset. The efficiency of doing so is not as good as raising tariffs. The effect of raising tariffs, at least in the short term, is definitely better than establishing a strong European government. Well, of course this is not good for the South, and those slave owners will definitely oppose it. However, the difficulty and long-term cost of overthrowing slave owners in the South must be far less than that of establishing a strong government and constantly suppressing workers with high pressure.

In addition, our government can also alleviate class conflicts by continuously attacking and even exterminating the Indians and depriving them of their land and wealth. Of course, the undeveloped land is not infinite, and the Indians will surely be basically killed on the day, and the land in their hands will be basically deprived of it. By that time, there would be no difference between United States and Europe. But it will take time, even generations. Before that, I was not at all worried that the proletariat of United States would rise in revolution. Mr. Marx, because the workers in United States are easy to have guns in their hands and the government is relatively weak, resistance is always relatively easy. However, the urgency of United States workers to overthrow the rule of the bourgeoisie and establish an own government It is far inferior to the European proletariat. Therefore, I think that the focus of the proletarian revolution is still in Europe. ”

“There is some truth in explaining the’United States Special Theory’ from this perspective.” Marx said, “But the proletariat in North America is being exploited and oppressed. This is also an indisputable fact. Perhaps as you said, the proletariat is in The time for North America to overthrow the bourgeois regime and establish a true democratic state is not yet ripe, but organizing the proletariat to resist oppression is of great significance, whether it is to promote the consciousness of proletarian revolution or to improve the social status of the proletariat. Yes. So we will not relax our attention and support for the struggle of the United States proletariat.”

“Of course. I understand and support this very much,” Scrooge said.

“Because you hope that the revolutionary actions of the proletariat will help you fight your competitors.”

“Yes. In addition, Mr. Marx. My company can temporarily serve as a benchmark for workers to fight for their own interests. You must know that my company is one of the few companies that implements an 8-hour work system and has a’conscience’.” Shi Gao Zhi said.

“The conscience of the capitalist.” Marx smiled, with a sense of irony in his smile.

“Yes, ‘the conscience of the capitalist’.” Scrooge also laughed brazenly.

Early the next morning, Scrooge rode a carriage provided by Prince Albert to the railway station and boarded the train to Cambridge. Cambridge is more than ninety kilometers from London and is the second oldest university in the UK. It is also the second oldest university in the English-speaking world. Until the 21st century, it is still one of the best universities in the world. If a university is an ivory tower, then Cambridge University is a well-deserved ivory spire. In the original time and space, since its founding in 1209, to the beginning of the 21st century, Cambridge University has produced a total of 90 explosives award winners, ranking first in the world. In other places, the explosives award winners are already very tall, but in Cambridge, the 90 explosives award winners are not its proudest. What makes it most proud is that in his campus, there have been some real masters (compared to these masters, the so-called “masters” who talked about in the Republic of China fans do not know where they are going. The gap may be bigger than that of Wang Chongyang and Song Bingjia who was trained by Mei Chaofeng in “The Legend of the Condor Heroes”.).

Among the alumni of Cambridge, Newton must be the most famous. The “encyclopedic all-rounder” with an IQ of up to 180 is said to have put forward Newton’s three laws in physics and established the foundation of modern physics. The calculus he invented in mathematics pioneered algebra and geometry. Another important branch of the world-mathematical analysis. Even in Economics Realm, this master also has outstanding performance. The “gold standard” system that has influenced human history for hundreds of years was proposed by Newton.

Another famous master is Darwin, the author of “The Origin of Species” who shocked the world of science and philosophy. In addition, Maxwell, who founded the electromagnetic theory, and Bacon, who is known as the “true ancestor of the entire modern experimental science”, also graduated from Cambridge University.

To give lectures in such a university, in the words of Chinese people, it is quite a bit of a cleverness. Scrooge also understands that many people are not convinced of the honor he has now obtained. Especially since he is still a United States. Just as many United States people do not look pleasing to the British, the British do not look pleasing to the United States. In particular, people in United States can’t understand that people in United States always advertise themselves as a beacon of freedom, and put adjectives such as greed, evil, and cruelty all over the United Kingdom. If not all the opinions in the own paper can be rigorously proved by the experiment, I am afraid how many people will jump out to oppose the own point of view. However, even if they cannot deny the views in “Research on the Causes of Some Infectious Diseases and the Effects of Certain Chemicals on Their Treatment” that are supported by rigorous logic and reproducible experiments, they still approach him from other angles. Launched an attack. Some people say that Scrooge McDonald is not the true author of “Research on the Causes of Some Infectious Diseases and the Effects of Certain Chemicals on Their Treatment”, the true author is someone else. (This is also a common trick. Until today, there are still people who believe that “The Complete Works of Shakespeare” was not written by Shakespeare, and that the author was someone else; and “The Quiet Don” was picked up by Sholokhov on the battlefield. , The real author is an unknown White Army officer.)

Others turned to accuse Scrooge McDonald’s character when they could not academically question the “Research on the Causes of Some Infectious Diseases and the Effects of Certain Chemicals on Their Treatment”. (Although Scrooge’s moral character is indeed not very good) So various rumors emerged, why Scrooge secretly bought a large number of black slaves in order to develop medicines. He was on a small island near United States. A Death Institute, code-named 731, was established, and countless blacks were tortured to death. He also gave those black people a code name “logs.” What else does Scrooge’s first fortune rely on as a child prostitute for a millionaire, what Scrooge’s father is a counterfeit banknote, what… etc., etc., etc. It is simply a copy of Mark Twain’s “Running for Governor”.

In this situation, Scrooge could almost imagine that when he came to Cambridge to lecture, those people would not take the opportunity to weigh his weight. Well, for example, arrange for some people to come up with various problems to test themselves or something. Of course, it is too difficult and too perverted. Not only Scrooge can never do it, but even they can’t do it. Don’t worry about it. Because even if such a problem cannot be solved, it does not mean that he is a parallel importer.

However, Scrooge still has some confidence in himself. With the current level of science in Europe, it is not difficult for him to make a mathematical problem to stump him. It is not difficult for him to solve it for a long time. But Realm, where his achievements are located, has not been as demanding in mathematics as in physics. So even if these people stumped him in mathematics, it would not have much impact on his status in the Chemistry and Microbiology Realm. So if someone wants to test themselves, the chances of chemical and microbiological problems are probably the highest. However, Scrooge felt that the level of chemistry and microorganisms in this era should not be enough to stump him.

Compared with later high-speed trains, the trains of this era are as slow as a snail crawling. The average speed is just over 30 kilometers per hour. But at the time, this was already very fast. It is said that Queen Victoria took a train for the first time. After the train reached a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, the Queen was so nervous that she almost fainted. It took nearly four hours to travel from London to Cambridge, less than one hundred kilometers. So much so that Scrooge had to eat lunch in the car. By the time Scrooge arrived, it was already around one in the afternoon.