1185 Difference of Ideas

Over the weekend, polling stations opened in some squares in Sabine City, and many people came early in the morning and started queuing.

Federal people, especially the middle and lower classes of federal society, may be the largest and most devoted group of people in the world for political elections, especially general elections.

Every election year, various activities for voters have become the most lively and common activities in the federation.

Even the capitalists will relax their demands on workers at this moment, and they can even stop work on non-weekends to participate in various election activities.

Some people become friends because they voted for the same candidate, and some friends and even family members get into fights because they support different candidates.

This is actually very magical, and it is difficult for people in other countries to imagine it.

Perhaps only federal people feel this way, because from city councilors to the president, they are all elected through voters and ballots.

So they think.

Maybe the sense of participation is not that strong when electing the president, but when electing city councilors and mayors, the sense of participation is very strong.

Each of their votes determines whether a politician has the opportunity to realize his or her ambitions and political ideas. It is entirely up to them to decide who becomes the next "big shot."

This is actually a very complex system, and people's deep participation in it satisfies their desire to participate in big events from the perspective of a small person.

Everyone will have a heroic dream, and everyone will think that their vote will be the crucial vote.

Looking at the entire federal social system, there are actually many similar things that allow some ordinary people to, at some point, seem to have the opportunity to decide the fate of big shots. At least that's what it seems.

No society is absolutely fair and just, and the same is true for federal society. In this country that advocates long live freedom, people's lives may not be satisfactory or happy.

They face various problems and troubles in their lives.

A small house, a difficult financial situation, worrying job prospects, there are too many things tormenting them.

They also need to vent and be satisfied, otherwise they will explode like a bomb under the constant accumulation of pressure.

Politicians know it, and so do capitalists.

So there are all kinds of cheap foods to satisfy their desire for food. Many foods high in starch, oil and sugar in supermarkets are ridiculously cheap!

Take popcorn, for example, the price of those sweet things is cheaper than people buying corn and various ingredients to make it themselves.

Some people say that this is a miracle of industry. Large-scale production and industrial supply chains have reduced costs, but in fact it is only part of the entire "plan".

There are also all kinds of shitty TV series, paired with almost unnecessary sweet drinks and cheap food high in sugar and oil.

A family only needs to spend two or three yuan to enjoy a whole night of satisfaction!

It doesn’t have to be happy, but it must be satisfying!

Lying on the sofa, watching the TV that comes with free TV programs or content services that come with free content for a certain period of time when you buy a TV, and then stuff your mouth with things that can satisfy you.

They will laugh loudly and sometimes cry. They are very poor, but the most important thing is empathy. This may be the only thing they are rich about.

Food and simple entertainment allow them to forget some of their worries and anger. Coupled with elements such as "tolerance" and "greatness" in mainstream media, people are no longer so easily angry.

If these are just the most superficial ways to meet the physical and emotional needs of people at the bottom of society, then giving them the right to vote will give them huge satisfaction from the psychological, spiritual and even soul levels!

Contentment brings stability, that’s the magic formula.

When there is a bad politician in the Federation, say a former President.

The voters who "voted" to bring the former president to power will not make too much of a fuss because it was their choice. They will just awkwardly apologize to the people around them, telling them that they "accidentally made a mistake" and elected the wrong person.

If given the chance, they will never give their votes to this idiot next time.

These words came out of their mouths as if if they really didn't vote, everything would happen as they imagined.

Voters who did not vote for the former president will point to the noses of colleagues, friends, and even family members of opposing political stripes as if they have won a huge victory, saying how excited they were to vote and how many there are now. madness.

It seems like there are regular demonstrations for anything in the Commonwealth, vegetarians, feminists, the working class.

But there are very few people who often launch demonstrations as "voters", which is amazing.

These are the rules of the game in the Federation. Everyone is deeply involved in the rules and becomes a part of the rules.

Like this morning!

It's past six o'clock. Those people who probably have to get up after at least 7:30 for a year have already gotten up a little past six o'clock.

Not only did they get up, they also brought breakfast to the square and lined up to vote.

At eight o'clock, the polling stations started working, and policemen with guns were guarding the polling stations. If it was an election year, there might be militiamen in some swing states.

There are people who rob stores, there are people who rob banks, and of course there are people who rob polling stations.

"Hey, who are you going to pick?"

A young boy saw an equally young girl standing in line and walked over on his own initiative.

The boy scratched his hair, a little shy. He had liked this girl for a long time. The two had also been alone together, and they had almost become boyfriend and girlfriend. It was just that someone finally pointed out the relationship.

The girl looked at the boy with eyes full of sweetness.

The two were also high school classmates. After graduating from high school, they started working. The boy did some very hard work in a factory.

Because I am young and willing to endure hardship, my life is not bad even though my work is tiring.

Girls work as waitresses in a restaurant, and the wages are relatively low. Waiters in restaurants are often paid very low, and they do not work ten to twelve hours a day like workers in factories.

Restaurants often only have a few hours of operation throughout the day. Restaurant owners give waiters the minimum hourly wage. If they want more, they have to find ways to earn tips.

The current social situation... Obviously, it is not that easy to earn tips.

But no matter how tiring life is, they will be together as long as they have time.

Watching TV, watching movies, or going shopping, they are a very sweet couple in people's eyes, and they are also a couple who are bound to get married.

The girl thought for a while, "I'm going to choose Catherine and..." and she named a few more people.

Sabine is a small city. According to the relevant provisions of the federal election law, the number of city councilors will be determined based on the total population of a city.

Some small places may only have a few city councilors, but there are also hundreds of city councilors in big cities like Bupen.

There have always been voices suggesting that the city councilor system should be reformed. For example, instead of deciding the number of councilors based on the total population, it can be decided based on the city's administrative district planning.

But this has touched the interests of many city councilors, even the interests of the party, so the reform has never been passed.

According to the current method, a total of eight city councilors will be born in Sabine City, but there are nearly 20 people participating in the election, and two-thirds of them can only run with them.

The boy frowned after hearing the names mentioned by the girl, "They are all people who support education reform."

The girl nodded, "Don't you care about education reform?"

"If education reform can come early, maybe we can also go to college, and then we can have a higher starting point and a better life."

"Although we can't catch up...", the girl's face turned redder, "but our children can catch up. This is very important to us and them."

The boy did not hear the key word "our children" in the girl's words. His attention always focused on education reform and he put forward his own different opinions.

"Education reform is indeed important, but I think the social security system and the opportunity to provide more jobs are more important to us now."

"I heard that Mr. President once planned to reduce the pension insurance payment period from 30 years to 20 years. Do you know what this means?"

Without waiting for the girl to answer, the boy expressed his thoughts, "This means that we can save ten years of fees and enjoy the benefits that others had to pay for thirty years in the past."

"We could even try to upshift, but there's so much resistance right now, and if we can make our power felt to more politicians in Congress, maybe this can be done while we're alive."

The boy's choice was different from the girl's. The girl looked at him in disbelief, "I thought your choice would be the same as mine..."

The boy frowned, "Education reform is too far away, even for children born this year, especially for us."

"A policy that will benefit us more than ten years or even twenty years from now is far less important than changing it now!"

The two people began to argue about this. Everyone had their own ideas and reasons. In the end, the girl looked at the boy with a look of disappointment, "Let's break up. Although we haven't really started yet, it's over!"

Watching the girl queue up in another line, when the boy began to question whether he had done something wrong, a man in his thirties standing in front turned to look at him.

With a smile on his face, "You did the right thing, young man!"

"If those people can change the current working environment and give us more opportunities for promotion, maybe without education reform, we can let our children enjoy higher education!"

The boy clenched his fists. He didn't think he was wrong.