As midterm election voting approaches, Simon's attention does turn to this matter.
The 1994 midterm elections were related to the American political landscape for at least two decades before and after the millennium. It was also a major turning point in modern America from neoliberalism to neoconservatism.
The various so-called 'isms' cannot be explained in a few words, and Simon only cares about the elements related to the Westeros system.
For example, the two concepts’ attitudes towards large enterprises.
Neoliberalism pursues fairness, which is why the US government has split up corporate giants such as AT-T and imposed strict antitrust restrictions in the past many years. Neoconservatism instead advocated market freedom, so 1994 also became the beginning of the re-emergence of a series of industrial oligarchs in the United States in modern times.
It is difficult to judge which of the two is better.
In the neoliberal era, the U.S. economy continued to lose vitality, which largely led to the rise of Japan, forcing the United States to use unconventional means to suppress Japan's threat to itself. Similarly, the greatest economic prosperity and the most severe economic crisis in modern times in the United States also began with the neoconservative era that began in 1994.
For Simon, naturally the latter is more able to promote the development of the Westeros system.
Therefore, Simon might have been more willing to become a Republican supporter had the situation not dictated it. In fact, in this mid-term election, the Westeros system has begun to place bets on both sides.
During the two days of the weekend, Simon ostensibly stayed at the Dume Point Manor without going out. Simon spent most of his time dealing with various matters related to the mid-term elections.
In the large study room on the first floor of Baker Villa.
After finishing the call with Joseph Schlapp of the East Coast, Simon put down the phone and looked at Janet, who was not far away holding Seattle and identifying the densely packed nameplates on a wall. He stood up and walked over, looking at a total of 46 pairs of names written on the whiteboard on the wall. The nameplate is the list of all members of the House and Senate or candidates for Congress involved in the Westeros system's 'sniper plan' and 'basic maintenance' plan in the 1994 mid-term elections.
After a series of lobbying, gaming or exchanges, the initial 23-person 'sniper plan' was narrowed down to 21 people, and the 'maintenance base' plan involved 25 people.
For more than half a year, the Westeros system has invested more than 250 million U.S. dollars directly and indirectly for these lists on the wall, with an average of more than 5 million U.S. dollars per person.
In comparison, in this midterm election, the average campaign funding for a single senator is only US$4 million, which is a significant increase compared to previous years. The average campaign salary for members of the House of Representatives is even lower, only $500,000.
Therefore, it can also be seen that the Westeros system has invested a lot of effort.
Due to the strict restrictions of the Federal Election Law, more than $200 million of the $250 million in funds is actually various indirect investments. The effect of this money may be half of the clearly targeted campaign expenses. The effect is not achieved, but as long as it is a slightly decent plan, even if it turns out to be useless, even if it is enriched by some people, Simon will not hesitate to smash it.
Simon Westeros' money isn't that easy to come by.
It is well known that the subsidiaries of the Westeros system are strict in financial supervision. During this mid-term election, in order to prevent some funds from flowing into illegal channels that should not flow and become a handle for attacks, financial supervision will be even stricter. Every 10 Expenses over $10,000 require approval from Simon or Janet
Not only that, the Westeros family’s intelligence team is also closely monitoring the specific spending of funds.
Therefore, Simon basically knew all about the funds flowing into private pockets.
Just deliberately turning a blind eye.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
However, taking money and not doing anything now does not mean that you don’t have to pay in the future.
When necessary, these guys who do not violate the Federal Election Law but are suspected of job embezzlement can be used as 'scapegoats' to do certain things. Either use this as a reason to go to jail or do some dirty work that is not visible to the public.
Janet and Seattle are playing a game of guessing people's names.
My daughter just took a few glances at the nameplates on the wall and clearly remembered them all in her mind. She even knew exactly where a person's name was. It was a typical photographic memory.
After letting the mother and daughter play for a while, Simon said with a smile: "Don't always spoil Sylvia so much. Be careful that Moer and Nick will not be close to you in the future. They are your biological children. Moreover, today is Nick's one year old." It’s my birthday, won’t you help prepare it?”
Janet pointed to another location and listened to Seattle's accurate answer. She lovingly put a sticker on the little guy's face and said nonchalantly: "Jenny is preparing. It was already agreed. I will exchange with her. West You are mine and Nick is hers."
Simon was helpless.
Janet was very distressed for a period of time because she could not get pregnant. In those days, when she saw other people's children, she felt fond of them and wished she could take them home and raise them by herself. When she was just pregnant in Melbourne, she was very excited for a while.
After Melbourne and Nicholas were born one after another, it seemed that some kind of task had been completed, and Janet soon lost interest in the tedious things of raising children. In the early days of Melbourne, Veronica was always in charge, and now Jennifer is in charge. For Seattle's favor, there is more of a natural affinity between a very smart older girl and an even smarter little girl.
Ignoring her husband's expression, Janet, who was tired from hugging her, put Seattle into Simon's arms and asked, "I just heard you and Joseph discussing the National Rifle Association?"
Simon held his daughter in his arms and had no intention of avoiding the topic. He said, "Yes, there was too much noise this time. The two parties will inevitably backlash afterwards, and they will always find a scapegoat to take the lead."
In this midterm election, the Democratic Party's defeat is certain.
The two plans of the Westeros system will, without any surprise, end perfectly.
What needs to be considered now is the aftermath.
Although he is a very important supporter of the Democratic Party, due to the divisions within the Democratic Party, Simon cannot guarantee whether anyone will jump out to target the Westeros system afterwards.
The Republican Party needs to be even more vigilant.
Simon has not forgotten an episode that happened to the Gralf family. During this period, in addition to a CIA agent who disappeared from the world, Simon also unceremoniously destroyed a private equity company with a scale of about 20 million on Wall Street. Fund, monitoring and investigation of this matter are still continuing.
This time, whether it is the 'sniper plan' or 'maintenance of the basic base', most of the targets are aimed at the Republican Party.
Even if there is a winner in this midterm election, there is no guarantee that the Republican Party will not settle scores later.
The massive spending in the Westeros system during this mid-term election is undoubtedly a flaw.
If you want to impose a crime, there is no need to hesitate.
Even if Simon is very cautious in financial operations, it is impossible not to have borderline behaviors. These are actually gray areas that both parties have defaulted to in previous political campaigns. However, if you take it seriously, it will definitely be troublesome.
I started thinking about this very early.
The solution is the 'scapegoat solution' just discussed with Joseph Schlapp.
In this midterm election, the Westeros system performed very well, because the Clinton administration successively introduced gun control bills, and the infuriated National Rifle Association went into action.
All Simon has to do is put the NRA in front.
In the proposed plan, after the voting day on November 8, the Westeros system will secretly reveal various plans of the National Rifle Association over the past year to some media that hold a gun control stance. At the same time, during this period, The Westeros system will also pay close attention to shooting incidents occurring across the United States as 'spice' for subsequent campaigning.
Shootings are very frequent in the United States.
Take 1993 as an example. Not counting suicides, there were more than 40,000 shootings throughout the year, and the death toll reached 13,000. This kind of loss was equivalent to a large-scale war.
Therefore, by exposing the National Rifle Association's operations for this midterm election and then hyping up the serious consequences of some shootings, whether proactively or passively, public opinion will quickly point the finger at the National Rifle Association. By then, even the two parties in Congress will have to Take a stand.
The National Rifle Association is in the front, attracting most of the public opinion firepower. Even if someone comes to trouble the Westeros system, Simon can deal with it relatively calmly.
In fact, during this period, it was not just the 'scapegoat plan', Simon also made other arrangements intentionally or unintentionally.
For example, the 'Information Age' marketing plan has been in full swing since the beginning of the month.
For example, the Thanksgiving period starts on November 11th.
For example, the third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was specially placed on November 12th.
These arrangements are all designed to capture as much of the public's attention as possible and divert their attention away from the midterm elections as quickly as possible. .
Brzezinski, the most famous strategic thinker in the West in the 20th century, had a very famous 'pacifier theory'. This theory is rarely seen in the media, but it has been unknowingly promoted around the world.
In my memory, the pacifier theory was proposed at a gathering of global elites in San Francisco in 1995, and it is still 1994.
Simon was able to know in advance.
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the loss of the focus of the long-term confrontation between the East and the West, social problems such as the gap between rich and poor in this society will become increasingly prominent, and the 80/20 law that wealth is concentrated in a few people will become more and more serious.
In order to prevent the gradually marginalized 80% of the earth's population from causing too much trouble to the 20% of the upper class elites, Brzezinski's solution is to put a 'pacifier' on these marginalized populations. The specific measure is to pass Vigorous promotion of the development of the entertainment industry has allowed movies, music, games and other virtual contents that can satisfy the greatest sensory stimulation to occupy the public's attention, causing these people to gradually become mentally paralyzed, content with the status quo, and no longer think about real issues such as social injustice.
In the past, the most thorough and successful implementation of the pacifier theory was undoubtedly South Korea.
Inequality in Korean society under the control of chaebols is very serious. However, Korean society has always been very stable. As for the reason, it is self-evident when comparing the pacifier theory and Korea's extremely prosperous entertainment industries such as movies, music, and games.
This is largely the reason why Japan's culture has begun to flourish again after its economy stagnated.
Twenty years later, Japan's so-called "low desire society" seems to be a very serious social problem on the surface, but in fact it is not the result that the Japanese ruling class hopes to see. Without desire, only instinct remains. Only in this way can we be more at ease as a 'social animal', right
Later, smartphones were undoubtedly another pacifier on a global scale.
Simon remembered a statistic: more than 50% of smartphone users in the world use mobile phones for more than 5 hours a day. A person only has 24 hours in a day, 8 hours of work, 8 hours of rest, three meals a day plus 3 hours, and the rest is exactly 5 hours.
As the Westeros system grew larger and larger, Simon almost instinctively began to consider this issue.
Public opinion is like water.
It is no empty talk to capsize a boat.
If everyone feels that the development of the Westeros system should be restricted, Simon will undoubtedly face very big trouble.
This requires a solution.
Then, Simon thought of the 'pacifier theory' that he occasionally saw in his memory.
Brzezinski is an absolute genius.
Long-term planning cannot be achieved overnight, but in the short term, in order to shift the focus of public opinion and temporarily fill the public eye with certain things, the current Westeros system can easily do it.
Hence this large-scale 'Information Age' marketing plan.
Simon did not explain the underlying reason to anyone.
The high-sounding reason is naturally to further promote the development of new technology industries and accelerate the public's entry into the information age.
In just one week, with all the investment, the overwhelming 'Information Age' propaganda plan effectively occupied a large amount of media space and easily suppressed the enthusiasm for the mid-term elections.
After the mid-term elections, the big marketing plan of the 'Information Age' continues. However, on November 11, when the Thanksgiving schedule of multiple films is launched at the same time, there will be a complete ODY feast at the national level waiting for the public to enjoy.
Angels are coming.
No matter what the bullshit midterm elections are.
In order to achieve this goal, the marketing intensity of this third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will even reach the sum of the previous two years. Although the TV broadcast will not be broadcast until November 16, after the live show on November 12, North American mainstream media will quickly be flooded with talk about the Victoria's Secret show.
As all of this unfolds, Simon doesn't believe that many people will pay attention to the midterm elections that seem to be so rigged.
Even if it's rigged, it's the NRA's fault.
After chatting with Janet for a while, the phone rang, the woman hugged Seattle again and left, and Simon continued to work.
until evening.
Tonight is the Westeros family's first birthday party for Seattle and Nicholas. Seattle's birthday is November 3rd, three days earlier than his brother Nick. However, the female assistant took the initiative to hold the two children's birthday parties together. , according to the official registration, as 'twins', the two little guys happened to be born on this day.
Simon was certainly fine with that.
Because it is a child's birthday party, tonight's guests have been specially selected. Except for a few core high-level officials of the Westeros system, other guests will come with their children.
Even though Simon had never liked socializing in the Dume Point Manor, many people were invited this time, and the size of the birthday party exceeded 200 people. Since winter has entered, the weather has turned cooler, and it is impossible to hold the party in the open air venue of the manor, so the guests were lucky enough to enter the Baker Villa.