On Saturday morning, people across the west knew that Dulin would participate in the general election in two years' time, but Dulin did not reveal which state's governor's election he would participate in, which left people with a lot of suspense.
After Memnon's death, a large number of grassroots political forces in the west fell into a vacuum. Under the compromise between the new party and the old party, both parties sent a large number of officials to fill the grassroots in the west, but the governor did not change. The governors of the three western states include one member of the old party and two members of the new party. Originally there were only two states in the west, but a large number of middle-class people wanted to get rid of the impression of being rural people from backward areas and launched a referendum. The west was composed of Two states turned into three states, and these middle class got their wish and moved closer to the south-central part of the empire, although they were still from the west.
They claim to be central or southerners and are unwilling to admit that they are westerners, although they are indeed westerners and cannot change this fact in a short time.
Dulin and Hersmann believed that the newly established state was not a suitable state for election because there were too many middle-class people. These middle-class people could launch a referendum in order to get rid of the impression they gave, and their own positions would be more difficult. Favor the old party. The "elite society" proposed by the old party in recent years is very popular among the middle class. The so-called elite society is, to put it bluntly, an alternative kind of class restoration. The idea of separating the middle class, the backbone of society, into an elite class makes many middle class people ecstatic.
Under the encouragement of the old party, many middle class people are somewhat dissatisfied with the current social environment. They believe that their contribution to society and the country far exceeds that of others, but they do not enjoy unique treatment. There is no difference between them and ordinary people who can only earn fifty or sixty yuan a month. They need recognition from the entire society, not just the middle class to describe them, they also need respect.
According to the ideas put forward by the old party, the elite of society should enjoy better treatment and more benefits. They account for about 10 to 20 percent of the country's total population, but their contribution to the country exceeds 70 percent of the population. They represent the most important part of a country's strength and should have Different from the bottom of society.
This fits in well with most middle-class families. Many middle-class families are supporting the old party, donating various funds and expenses to them, and spontaneously safeguarding the interests of the old party.
After Du Lin took the lead in implementing the household registration system in Otis City, the old party has been planning a new household registration system, a hierarchical and stratified social household registration system. They also instituted a social points system to upgrade the level of household registration.
Ordinary people have a certain disgust with this, but not everyone is disgusted with the old party's remarks. There are always some pretentious people who think that they can soon enter the middle class and become different from ordinary people. Elite level. There are not a few people who hold this idea. The popularization of education and the emergence of various vocational schools have given people at the bottom of society a lot of opportunities and a ladder to a higher level. When these people worked several times harder than others, spent the most difficult time studying, and spent their youth studying, they achieved varying degrees of success.
However, in addition to being reflected in wealth, this kind of success cannot better reflect the differences between oneself and others. For example, if a middle-class person with an annual income of 2,000 yuan dines in a restaurant, the people sitting at the tables around him may be those at the bottom of society with an annual income of only a few hundred yuan. How does this reflect that he is different and superior? The style? What they need is privilege, unique treatment, and something completely separate from the bottom society!
There is an essential difference between the new party and the old party in terms of philosophy. The new party's political program and ruling ideas are more biased toward free competition. It will not specifically give privileges to certain people, nor will it deliberately suppress certain people. It will always start with one life. Guangyao, how to develop next, and to what extent it can develop, all depends on one's ability. This is a very good environment for some truly capable people. A society similar to the law of the jungle will filter out a group of unqualified people and settle them into the grassroots of society under the increasing competitiveness. Some capable people will then evolve into middle and high-level society.
Although it cannot be absolutely fair, it is at least relatively fair, because everyone has a chance, everyone is the same, no one is destined to succeed, and no one is destined to fail.
The old party's program and management methods were different. The old party put the class in a new dress, packaged it and pushed it to the stage. Many people were confused by the new dress and could not see what was behind the new dress. The social upgrading system is what the old party is best at, and Turnell was implementing this system back then. They emphasize fairness. Everyone starts from nothing and works hard bit by bit. As long as they make corresponding contributions to society, they will definitely receive corresponding feedback.
According to the philosophy of the old party, there is a ladder in front of everyone. As long as everyone follows the social system, they can keep walking on the ladder, continuously improve their status in society, and have more benefits and privileges. But in fact, these people have artificially set up several small levels to avoid being discovered. If an ordinary person wants to become a middle-level or high-level person in society, in addition to his own efforts, he also needs to make enough connections.
So how can an ordinary person with nothing make connections that can give him or her the opportunity for promotion
The answer is simple, benefit transfer!
During Dulin's time in Tenel City, there were only a few people who could really climb the ladder and cross the threshold. They were all the so-called "tycoons" and the like.
It can be found from people like Gedol and Woodcutter Wood that they develop in accordance with the requirements of the old party in a prescribed environment. Each stage will change a form, but the essence will not change. They obtain the recognition of the upper class by conveying benefits, and then give them a key to open the door to promotion, thereby obtaining an improvement in social status. They have become "victims" of this social system and at the same time have vested interests. This is precisely the approach most recognized by those who support the old party.
In other words, under the social system run by the old party, lower-level society must obey the upper-level society, otherwise there is no way out and a dead end, so that in many cases personal ability has no value in the promotion of social levels. As long as you know the key person, you can make a breakthrough in social class.
Looking at the whole world, the old party's governance philosophy cannot be considered too backward, and it does not even make people think that there are too many problems. After all, the empire has only been out of feudal rule for more than 20 years, and there are still many problems in the world. In a country with a feudal system, for the citizens who are currently in their prime years, they are still in the conflict and contradiction between the old and new systems. The new party's emphasis on individual abilities and the old party's relationship with social development have their own supporters. Even though the royal family has abdicated for more than 20 years, don't some people miss the days of being ruled by the royal family or the aristocracy every day
The culture received by the main population of society is the biggest difference between the new party and the old party.
Most of the young people who were born after the new party came to power do not like the things of the old party, but now the middle class and the upper echelons of society are the beneficiaries of the old system, and they are more willing to support and maintain the ideas of the old party. . If the royal family can be restored, they may all be the staunchest supporters.
Hersmann’s advice to Dühring was to avoid states where the middle class is concentrated and where the average age is older. It will not be easy to defeat the old party in these states, unless Dühring can provide a better solution than the old party and the old party. The new party's social system has higher concepts and more advanced ideas, otherwise there won't be many people supporting it.
On the contrary, Hersman believes that the latter two states are actually more suitable for Dulin to run. The reason is also very simple. There are not many middle classes in the other two states, and most of them are at the bottom of society, farmers, miners or others. Most of these people are employees of Dulin. At the same time, they are located on the edge of the empire's territory, and their methods of obtaining information and recognition of the empire are insufficient. The closed social environment has left the social ecology here in a slightly barbaric state. To put it in a slightly bolder way, these people are a group of people with weak national consciousness. They have not received much education and are barbaric. Western society makes these people pay more attention to their own interests. As long as there are enough benefits, they will not mind who they vote for.
Hersman also knew very well that the governor was just a springboard for what Dulin wanted. He could not stay in the west all his life just to make the people here live a better life. He would definitely work towards the center of the empire, no matter which one he chose. The state is not important, the important thing is that you must be able to choose.
Dulin had no objections to Hersmann's plan. Just as Hersmann thought, all he needed was the position of governor.
Dulin left the West soon after announcing his intention to run for office. He needed to record a few programs for broadcast, at least to let people know what the benefits of choosing Dulin would be and what changes it would bring. This is also one of the plans that Hersman made for Dulin. Starting publicity as early as possible will be beneficial to the next plan.
It was at this time that Saint Luodu suffered a surprise attack.
An army that passed through the primeval forest and suddenly appeared outside Saint-Loduo made a surprise attack on Saint-Loduo. As a member of the fifth city chain, Saint-Loduo obviously did not deploy any defensive measures. The main force of the imperial army was still in the third city chain. In a tug-of-war with the federal army, who would have thought that an army would pass through a virgin forest with a diameter of more than 200 kilometers and directly attack the rear
The moment a shelling sounded, the whole city was in chaos.
(End of chapter)