Science Fiction Universe: Starting Inventory Of The Strongest Scientific And Technological Civilizat

Chapter 76: The heavens are shocked! One rich man, two billion poor people! (Subscribe)

Under the gaze of the universe civilization, the first universe census taker pondered for a long time and slowly spoke.

“Our No. 1 Earth is very similar to the two human civilizations of your No. 4 Earth. We have all walked the road you have traveled, and we have also experienced your current era: although the distribution of social wealth is uneven, it maintains a certain Balance, there are not too many poor and rich people, people generally believe that with the progress of society, the gap between rich and poor will be further reduced, they look forward to the great era when everyone is rich. But people will soon find that things are more complicated More, that balance will soon be tipped.

“Break by what?” Smoothbore wondered.

“Education. You also know that, in your present age, education is the only way for the lower classes of society to get to the upper classes, and if society is an ocean divided by temperature and salinity into many layers of water, education is like a connecting pipe that connects the bottom of the sea. The water layer and the sea surface water layer are connected, so that the various water layers are not completely isolated.

“The next thing you might want to say is that the poor are getting – can’t afford to go to college.”

“Yes, the cost of higher education is becoming more and more expensive, and it has gradually become the privilege of elite children. But as far as traditional education is concerned, even if it is only for market considerations, its price still has a certain limit, so although the connecting pipe has been It is as thin as a hairspring, but it still exists. But one day, education suddenly underwent a fundamental change, and a technological leap appeared.

“Is it possible to directly fill the brain with knowledge?”

“Yes, but the direct infusion of knowledge is only part of it.

A supercomputer will be implanted in the brain, its capacity is much larger than the human brain itself, and the knowledge stored in it can become the clear memory of the implanter. But this is only a secondary function of it, it is an intellectual amplifier, a thought amplifier, which can elevate human thinking to a new level.

At this time, knowledge, intelligence, profound thoughts, even perfect psychology and character, artistic aesthetic ability, etc., have become commodities and can be bought.

When hearing the words of the census taker, many low-level civilizations couldn’t help showing their envious expressions.

All information and knowledge can be implanted, which is like a dream world.

Of course, such ideas are limited to lower civilizations.

Because higher civilizations fully master such technology.

Including Zhao Zheng himself also mastered such technology.

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“These things must be expensive.” Smoothbore said after a long silence.

“Yes, it is very expensive. Comparing your current monetary value, the cost of a person’s super education is equivalent to buying two or three sets of 150 square meters of commercial housing in the prime location of the imperial capital or the magic capital.”

“If this is the case, there are still some people who can afford it.

“Yes, but for a small part of the wealthy class, the pipeline connecting the upper and lower classes in the social ocean has been completely interrupted. The intelligence of people who have completed super-education is a level higher than that of ordinary people, and they are comparable to those who have not received super-education. The difference in intelligence between humans is as great as the difference between the latter and dogs.

“The same difference is manifested in many other aspects, such as artistic sensibility, etc. So these super-intellectuals form their own culture, and the rest of the people are completely incomprehensible to this culture, just like a dog does not understand a symphony. .”

“Super-intellectuals may be proficient in hundreds of languages, and in a certain field, they must use the corresponding language according to etiquette. Communication, like our communication with dogs, is as rudimentary… So, one thing happens naturally, you are a smart person, you should be able to think of it.

“The rich and the poor are not the same…the same…”

Smoothbore was shocked to say enough.

He finally understood what the gap between the rich and the poor was!

The gap between the rich and the poor is huge!

“The rich and the poor are no longer the same species, just like the poor and the dog are not the same species, and the poor are no longer human.” The census taker said with a sigh.

“Oh, that thing really changed a lot.

“A lot has changed. First of all, the factors that you mentioned at the beginning to maintain the balance of social wealth and limit the number of poor people no longer exist. Even if the number of dogs is much larger than that of people, they are unable to create social instability. Troubleshooting.39

The census taker said lightly.

“Killing a dog casually is punishable, but it’s not the same as murder after all. When the rabies endangers people’s safety, it’s okay to kill all the dogs. The key to sympathy for the poor lies in the same word, when Sympathy doesn’t exist when the same species base doesn’t exist on both sides. This is the second evolution of humans, the first to separate from apes

By natural selection; this time separate from the poor by another equally sacred law: the inviolability of private property. 97

“This law is also sacred in our world,” Smoothbore said.

The census taker said softly: “In the world of First Earth, this law is maintained by a system called a social machine.”

“The social machine is a powerful law enforcement system. Its law enforcement units are located in every corner of the world. Some law enforcement units are only the size of mosquitoes, but they are enough to kill hundreds of people at the same time in an instant.”

“Their laws are not your Asimo’s three laws, but the basic principles of the First Earth’s constitution: private property is inviolable. They do not bring tyranny, and their enforcement is absolutely impartial, not inclined to have The bourgeoisie, if the poor little property of the poor is threatened, they will also protect it under the constitution.”

“Under the strong protection of the social machine, the wealth of the first earth is continuously concentrated to a few people. And technological development has led to another thing, the proletariat no longer needs the proletariat.

“In your world, the rich still need the poor, and there must always be workers in factories. But in the first earth, machines no longer need to be operated by humans. High-efficiency robots can do everything, and the proletariat is linked to sell labor. The opportunity is gone, and they are really destitute. The rhythm of this situation has completely changed the economic essence of the first earth, and greatly accelerated the speed of the concentration of social wealth to a few people. 9)

“The process of wealth concentration is very complicated, and I advise you not to explain it clearly, but its essence is the same as the capital operation of your world. In my great-grandfather’s time, 60% of the wealth of the first earth was in the hands of a few thousand people; In Grandpa’s time, 80% of the world’s wealth was in the hands of 10,000 people; in Dad’s time, 90% of the wealth was in the hands of 42 people.

“At the time of my birth, the capitalism of First Earth was at its zenith, creating an incredible miracle of capital; 99% of the world’s wealth was in the hands of one man! This man was called the end-man.

“Although the remaining two billion people in this world also have a gap between the rich and the poor, their overall wealth is only 1% of the world’s total wealth. A world made up of poor people, two billion poor people, not the billion I just told you about, and only one rich people.99

“At this time, the constitution of the inviolability of private property is still in force, and the social machine is still faithfully performing its duties to protect the private property of the rich man.

As the census taker said these words, Smoothbore was speechless in shock.

Many civilizations in the universe are even more shocked.

“One whole planet, one rich, two billion poor! What the hell is this rich-poor?”

“Ninety-nine percent of the wealth on the planet is controlled by one person, and the social machine has to protect this person… Then do other humans have a chance to turn over?

“No, it is impossible in this life. Because the rich can use their property and make rules at will, this is already an impossible gap to cross.

“It shocked me! I’m really afraid that my civilization will become like this…”

“Hey, powerful civilizations are all exploring the universe, while weak civilizations are squeezing their compatriots, sad!

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Civilization sighed and discussed.

After all, there are still more low-level civilizations in the universe, and such a gap between the rich and the poor makes them extremely immersive.

Especially Tony Stare.

But Tonista takes the role of a rich man.

But even in the role of a rich man, Tonista can’t imagine that the property of the entire planet is owned by a rich man.

What kind of huge property is this?

One rich, two billion poor!

“Want to know what the Ender has? He owns the entire First Earth! All the continents and oceans on this planet are his living rooms and courtyards, and even the First Earth’s atmosphere is his personal property.

The enumerator sighed softly, then spoke.

“On our planet, the remaining two billion poor people have their families living in fully enclosed houses, which are themselves a self-sufficient micro-ecological cycle system, and they use the poor little bit of what they have. Some resources such as water, air and soil live in this small world that is completely closed, and the only thing that can be obtained from the outside world is the solar energy that does not belong to the end-users.

0…for flowers….

“My you is sitting by a small river, surrounded by green grass, extending to the riverside, and then to the foot of the emerald hills on the other side of the river. At home, you can hear birds chirping, fish and the sound of jumping water. , I can see the leisurely herd of deer drinking water by the river, and the SWAT is the most intoxicated by the ripples of the grass in the gentle wind.

“But all of this does not belong to us. Our image is strictly isolated from the outside world. Our windows are sealed portholes and can never be opened. If you want to rhyme outside, you must go through a transition cabin, just like entering space from a spacecraft. The fact On, ours is like a spaceship, the difference is that the harsh environment is not outside but inside! We can only breathe the dirty air provided by the family ecological circulatory system, drink it through thousands of cycles of filtration water, eating our excreta as raw materials to regenerate indigestible food.

“And there is only one wall between us, the vast and rich nature. When we go out, we dress like an astronaut. We need to bring our own food and water, and even bring our own oxygen cylinders, because the air outside does not belong to us. property of the producer.

Hearing this sentence, many weak human civilizations only feel that their bodies are shaking.

What concept is this?

Oxygen doesn’t even belong to you!

What kind of capital is this!!

It turned out that in the heavens and the universe, there is really a capital of terror.

For a time, many civilizations were shocked and said enough.

Even the air is manipulated, can you still turn over?

Impossible in this lifetime!

Tremors!

This is a tremor from capitalism!!

The census taker continued.

“Of course, sometimes we can be extravagant, such as at weddings or festivals. At this time, we step out of our complete enclosure and come to the nature of the first earth. The most intoxicating thing is to breathe the first breath of nature. The air is sweet enough to make you cry. But it costs money, and we all have to swallow a pill-sized air vending machine before fielding, a device that monitors and counts the air we breathe in The amount of money that is debited from our bank account every time we breathe. 9

“For the poor, this is really a luxury, only once or twice a year. When we go outside, we don’t dare to exercise vigorously, and even sit still to control our breathing. Take a good look at the soles of your shoes, because the soil outside doesn’t belong to us either.

Smoothbore was speechless.

He only felt that this planet was hopeless!

Absolutely no help!

No wonder, they will come to the fourth earth, their earth.

No wonder they confine the earth, it turns out because…

The census taker continued.

“Now tell you how my mother died. In order to save money, she hadn’t been outdoors for three years, and she was reluctant to go out on festivals. Late at night, she was sleepwalking through the transition door. Outdoors! She must have been dreaming about being in nature.”

“When the law enforcement unit found her, she was already a long way away, and the law enforcement unit also found that she had not swallowed the air vending machine, and dragged her towards the house, while holding her neck with a mechanical hand, It didn’t try to shoot her to death, it just didn’t let her breathe in order to protect another citizen’s inviolable private property – the air.”

“But by then she was photographed dead, and the law enforcement unit put down her body and said to us: She committed theft. We were going to be fined, but we ran out of money, so the mother’s body was confiscated. 1

“You must know that for a poor family, a person’s body is very precious, accounting for 70% of its weight is water, and there are other useful resources. But the value of the body is not enough to pay the fine, the society The machine sucks a fair amount of air from us.

The census taker was speaking so calmly, but Smoothbore, as a cold killer, listened to it with cold.

Even in death, the body must pay off the debt.

What a capital! What a ruthless!!

Many civilizations in the universe were shocked and speechless.

To say that the destroyed civilization is miserable, it is only a moment.

But the oppression of brother civilization is simply more uncomfortable than death!!

This is to widen the gap between the rich and the poor to the extreme, and it continues to widen!!!

Until all the poor die because of being “poor”,