Chapter 262: Lubo Fire
Senator Lupo squatted in front of the Star Alliance Grand Council and smoked a whole pack of cigarettes...
I don’t know which civilization came up with this kind of thing first, and because of its slight stimulating effect on the brain and the depressing and pretentious feeling when holding it in the hand, it quickly became popular throughout the Star Alliance.
He looked at the busy traffic at the entrance of the Grand Council and felt a sense of suffocation. The world was so big that he actually felt like he had nowhere to go!
"Congressman Lu Bo, are you the congressman Lu Bo just now?" A passerby saw him, walked over excitedly, and said with admiration: "The speech you just said was really great. Our whole family watched it." I like it very much. My home is nearby and I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came over to have a look!”
This is a green-skinned Cartier, who is also a second-level civilization. Cartier and Lubo Civilization do not have a good relationship with each other because some of their businesses overlap.
Unexpectedly, we would be on the same front because of a proposal.
"Huh?" Lu Bo seemed to have thought of something.
"Congressman, are you okay?" the pedestrian asked.
"I'm fine. Are you saying that you also support currency reform?" Congressman Lu Bo asked.
The pedestrian shook his head: "I don't understand currency or anything. I just think that it is not good for the second-level civilization to have the coinage power in the hands of the third-level civilization. Doesn't this mean that we are their slaves?"
"Yes. That's it!" Lu Bo suddenly realized: "That's it!"
He got up, hailed a taxi, and left quickly.
Only the pedestrian was left standing there, looking confused.
The taxi cut through the sky and arrived at a bar on the edge of the community.
This place is near the Star Alliance Grand Council, so there are a large number of social activists living there. Some of them are smart people from various civilizations. They feel that some aspects of the Star Alliance need to be changed, so they come here to ask the parliamentarians to submit some proposals.
There are also some who are spokespersons for various forces, hoping to meet with the congressmen and help these forces speak out.
The congressmen will not reject these people. After all, the proposal is not that good. The former ones can bring inspiration to the congressmen's proposals, while the latter can make the congressmen's pockets easier.
The Grand Council is being held, and social activists are also gathering with each other. The spokespersons of the major forces are not short of money. Naturally, they watch the live broadcast and discuss matters in luxury hotels. Those who bring their own dry food and have a strong sense of responsibility are Activists gathered in taverns, watching small scroll TVs, and talked about their opinions on a certain proposal.
"Currency does need to be reformed, but it shouldn't be reformed like this. As long as currency is still linked to technological products, it will never be able to get rid of the situation where higher civilization suppresses lower civilization!"
"But how could currency not be linked to technological products? Currency itself is a general equivalent, and technological products are products of extremely high value and are naturally worth a lot of money!"
"So, I don't know what to do. We can't just stop using money and go back to the era of barter."
"Then someone felt that bartering was inconvenient, so they decided to use an item that everyone could accept as a general equivalent, such as a shell?"
"Ha ha ha ha."
There was a happy atmosphere in the tavern.
Then the next moment, the door of the tavern opened, and the dazzling sunlight rushed into the tavern instantly. After a short stay, it was blocked by the door again.
The people who were drinking looked at the door dissatisfied and were about to complain when someone suddenly shouted in surprise: "Hey, aren't you the congressman just now? You left the parliament and you came here to drink?"
"It's true, the proposal can't save the Star Alliance, so it's better to drink."
Lupo ignored their teasing and went straight to the stage next to the bar. Then he took out a stack of star coins from his pocket and handed it to the band: "Leave the microphone and let me say a few words, okay?"
The band had no choice but to look at the boss next to him. Of course the boss would not refuse. Firstly, this was also an opportunity to expand the influence of the bar. Secondly, Senator Lupo was also a regular visitor here, otherwise he would not have gone straight here. Come.
Naturally, he tried his best to meet the requirements of regular customers. He smiled and said: "You are here, why do you pay me? You can say what you want to say, wait!"
He picked up the microphone, clapped his hands to signal everyone to quiet down, and then shouted: "Congressman Lupo, who just proposed reforming monetary policy, came to the bar. Let's listen to what he has to say, okay?"
"Okay!" Most of the drinkers here are social activists who bring their own dry food and have a strong sense of social responsibility. Speeches like this are actually often made, and everyone's acceptance is very high.
Their number one hot topic just now was the currency proposal. It would be great if the congressman himself came to explain it in person.
If it were a bar that was purely about hooking up, they wouldn't accept people coming in to give speeches!
So Councilor Lu Bo stood up, took the microphone and started to say: "According to the data I just found, the Star Alliance now has a total of 42 level 3 civilizations, 22,476 level 2 civilizations, and nearly 140,000 level 1 civilizations. . In the Star Alliance Council, whether it is a third-level civilization, a second-level civilization, or a first-level civilization, all have the right to vote on proposals. Among them, the votes of the third-level civilization are more valuable, one vote is worth 100 votes, but because of the second-level civilization, The number of first-level and first-level civilizations is too large, so the votes for third-level civilizations only account for 0.4% of the total, and the combined votes for second-level and first-level civilizations account for 99.6%!”
"For a proposal to be passed, only 75% of the votes are needed. In other words, as long as our Level 2 civilizations unite, a proposal can be passed!"
"Although my policy has not completely changed the situation where Level 3 civilizations are superior, it has also improved the survival of all Level 2 and Level 1 civilizations. In theory, no low-level civilizations will refuse, but the actual situation is that only 74.9% of the votes are in favor!"
The drinkers didn't care much at first. They had just discussed it for a long time and felt that this monetary policy was not very good. They also thought of rebuttals.
But I didn't expect that Councilman Lupo was not talking about the civilization of the proposal, but the vote?
What's wrong with this vote? Is there a problem?
Of course there is. This is a proposal for you. Why don't you support it?
"Why did this happen?" Councillor Lupo said coldly: "Because some second-level civilizations and first-level civilizations have lost their dignity as an independent civilization and have chosen to become dogs of higher civilizations!"
"They don't even bother to cast more votes against it, but instead control the votes to 74.9% to warn us, as if to tell me: Look, how terrifying our power is, and we can even control the final score!"
"So, I want to ask, is the Star Alliance still the civilization that was called out by the twelve ancestral civilizations when it was established, that is, equality, unity, cooperation, and mutual promotion among all races? Or is it a seemingly equal civilization, but in fact it is controlled by the third-level civilization, and the second-level civilization has become a puppet of the third-level civilization that is a yes-man?"
The drinkers in the audience were stunned, and they suddenly felt that Lupo was talking about a fact that they had vaguely discovered before, but never dared to think about.
"Although it seems that our Star Alliance is thriving, with the technology left by our predecessors and the continuous development of our descendants, the power is getting stronger and stronger. The surrounding civilizations and forces are intimidated by the deterrent power of the Star Alliance and stay away from it one by one, not daring to provoke it.
When you go out, you only need to report the name of the Star Alliance, and those who know the business will naturally stay away. As long as we hang the flag of the Star Alliance, our merchant ships can move freely in the star sea, but is there really no problem? Is there really no problem?" Councillor Lupo asked loudly.
There was silence below.
"Are you happy, all those who come from the second-level civilization, look at the complaints on the Internet, the voices of the people, are they happy?"
"The technology left by the civilization that has ascended before is for all members of the Star Alliance, but where did these technologies go in the end? Is it controlled by some super companies and protected by patents? We don't get it at all, and we have to pay a huge price to use it?"
"Our second-level civilization can't develop at all. There is a pioneer in front of any technological route, and there are countless patent barriers blocking it!"
"What can we do? Only making clothes and food, which are things with no technical content. Our members can only go to the third-level civilization to be waiters, workers, and prostitutes!"
"What is the reason for all this, have you thought about it?" Councillor Lupo asked loudly.
There was silence in the audience. Yes, what is the reason?
Everyone had a vague answer in their hearts, but no one dared to say it.
But Councillor Lupo dared. Since he made that proposal, he never thought about retreating. He thought about it all the way on the way here, and felt more and more that his idea was right, and all the logic could match!
He controlled the projector, and a few big words appeared behind him.
"Level 3 civilization, super technology company!"
"That's right, this is the root cause of our level 2 and level 1 civilizations' pain. They are the two mountains above our heads. They control all the lifelines of the Star Alliance, and block the path of progress of the level 2 and level 1 civilizations, causing the level 2 civilization to always be the level 2 civilization, and the level 1 civilization to always be the level 1 civilization!"
"The Star Alliance is no longer everyone's Star Alliance. It is the level 3 civilization's Star Alliance, the Star Alliance of those technology giants! The Star Alliance Magna Carta has long been in name only, and the 18th Charter has become a helper to protect these two mountains. They seem fair and just, but they have long become the swords of these high-ranking masters to sanction us!"
Councillor Lupo shouted the final conclusion: "No proposal is useful, no currency reform is useful. As long as this civilization still controls the Star Alliance, unfairness will always exist, pain and despair will always exist, and they are the ones who should be reformed the most!"
Wow!
As soon as he finished speaking, the drinkers in the audience were boiling!
That's right, that's right, we should have thought of it long ago, that's right!
Why did we come all the way from our hometown to here, isn't it because we have witnessed too many tragic events? Factories are unemployed, workers are laid off, and there is so much food in the fields that you can't see the end of it, but the people and the common people, because of their pursuit of technological products, buy them at prices they can't afford, buy them with loans, and even sell their children to buy those technological products.
They live in a conversation woven by advanced civilizations, thinking that they have lived the same life as advanced civilizations.
But what is the truth?
The fact is that the wealth produced by the entire civilization in a whole year is not enough to plunder the products produced by advanced civilizations in one day, and this plunder will not stop at 0. They will also actively issue loans, so that everyone will bear high debts, and make the assets of a person, or even a civilization, negative!
Do you think that you have thousands of acres of fertile land and a bumper harvest with the help of second-level technology, and that you are a rich man?
No, all your grain has been sold, and it won’t be enough to repay the interest on your loan. By then, people will still starve to death if they guard thousands of acres of fertile land!
When the entire country is burdened with the debt of higher civilization, will you still have self-respect? Can you still be independent?
Can you still vote fairly and impartially on the Star Alliance Council?
"Congressman Lu Bo, what should we do? Declare war on Level 3 civilization? But we are no match for them!" someone asked.
"Yes, even if the technology giants and the third-level civilization are the source of all this pain, there is nothing we can do against them. Twenty thousand second-level civilizations combined cannot defeat one third-level civilization!"
"Isn't there no difference between being discovered and not being discovered?"
Lu Bo shook his head: "No, I have discovered that the unity of civilization has its limits. Even a civilization with a population of hundreds of billions, trillions, or ten trillions will become insignificant when facing the behemoth of the Star Alliance. A family The culture of a clan will become insignificant when faced with the impact of technology!”
"However, there is no end to ideological unity. As long as we share common ideals, people of different races can also unite under one banner. Moreover, are our second-level civilization and first-level civilization the only ones who are oppressed? Otherwise, the three There are nobles, civilians, and ordinary people who work for big factories in the super civilization, but ordinary people who earn very little in a year, aren't they also the targets of oppression? "
"There are already people standing across from those superior civilizations and technology giants. But before, because these people belonged to different races, spoke different languages, and had different cultures, they failed to unite and make a voice of resistance. !”
"But it's different now, I'm here!" Councilor Lupo shouted: "I discovered this problem, and I also found a way to change it, let us people from different civilizations and different races unite, Say no to those gentlemen!"
"Oh!" The social activists in the tavern suddenly ignited a fire in their hearts. There are no illiterate or low-educated people who can be here. In other words, there are no people who can discover social problems and dare to travel thousands of miles at their own expense. The social activists who came to the door of the Star Alliance Grand Council were all extremely smart, loved the Star Alliance, and had strong actions!
As soon as Congressman Lupo said it, they understood it. After thinking about it again, they discovered that Congressman Lupo was right!
So what are you waiting for? Come join us!
The Star Alliance Grand Council continues to convene, and a group of people in the tavern are also discussing lively how to contact the people, how to unite all races, how to hide themselves, and how to deal with those advanced civilizations.
Some people who did not agree with their methods left, but more people chose to join, and some even used their mobile phones to call friends.
If someone stood high in the air and looked at it with a heat sensor, he would see spots of light everywhere in the city, converging toward the tavern from all directions.
The tavern quickly ran out of room, so they moved to a nearby theater. The theater quickly ran out of room, so they moved to the stadium. When the Covenant police sensed something was wrong and came to drive away the people, they gathered here. The number of people has exceeded 180,000!