Rebirth

"Things will be reversed, and when the moon is full, you will lose. These are the words of the Chinese ancestors, and they are universal.

Powerful American monopoly consortia will also encounter this problem. Absolute monopoly does not exist. There will always be "resistance". Monopoly consortia have always had a bad reputation in American society.

In the early 20th century, when the Morgan Consortium was in full swing, a popular Broadway drama at the time depicted a group of demons blowing a burning chair and singing in unison: "This position is reserved for the great financial monster Morgan."

Even President Theodore Roosevelt, who had a good relationship with the Morgan consortium, would beat Morgan from time to time.Despite the 1904 presidential election, Morgan Bank made a political contribution of $150,000 for Roosevelt's re-election.

At a dinner party in 1907, in front of many guests, including reporters, Roosevelt ranted at Morgan and Henry Rogers of Standard Oil, saying that business reforms would be carried out and these monopoly consortia should be operated under government rules and regulations.

Roosevelt said: "If you don't let me do this, my successor will do the same, and ultimately destroy you."

Roosevelt also uttered the famous remark, "Asshole with huge wealth." The journalist of good deeds later recalled that when the president said this, he glanced at Morgan.

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The first monopoly consortium to be used by Roosevelt to "sacrifice the flag" was Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.

The American oil giant Standard Oil Company was established in 1870. By the end of 1879, when Standard Oil Company was established as a legal entity for just nine years, it had controlled 90% of the oil refining industry in the United States.

This is the first company in the history of the United States to completely dominate the market.In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in accordance with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, Standard Oil was a monopoly and should be broken up.

Under the auspices of Theodore Roosevelt, Standard Oil was dismantled into more than 30 companies.

Although Roosevelt "killed" the oil giant Standard Oil Company during his tenure, his "struggle" with the Morgan consortium had no practical effect.

It was Franklin Roosevelt who "destroyed" the Morgan consortium, the distant nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, and our familiar President of World War II.

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In 1929, the United States experienced an economic crisis and led to an economic depression.The public is angry at Wall Street's performance in the crisis.

Franklin Roosevelt, who became president in 1933, faced the turbulent public opinion and decided to take the opportunity to dismember the Morgan consortium with this angry "public opinion."

Only three months after Roosevelt came to power, the Glass-Steagall Act was signed by Roosevelt.

According to the Act, banks are either engaged in deposit and loan business, or engaged in securities trading, but not both.The Morgan Consortium must make a choice, whether to engage in deposit banking or investment banking.

In August 1935, the Morgan family decided to split the consortium and continue to keep the deposit bank unchanged, but separated a part to establish a completely independent investment bank called Morgan Stanley.

The breakup of the Morgan Consortium marks another victory in the struggle between the US President and the forces behind it and the monopoly consortium.

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However, consortia are a unique phenomenon under the capitalist system. Once a consortium disappears, other consortia will appear.As long as the system exists, the consortium will never be eliminated.

After World War II, several emerging consortia emerged in the United States. The representative ones are the California consortium in the west and the Texas consortium in the south.

These two emerging consortia have some common characteristics. One is that they have made huge fortunes through the arms race during the previous wars and the Cold War; the other is that they both actively participate in the political process of the United States, sponsoring agents to participate in parliamentary and presidential elections in order to seek greater prosperity. economic benefit.

The California consortium sponsored Nixon in the early years, and eventually Nixon entered the White House and served as the vice president and even the president.

During Nixon’s administration, the California consortium gained rapid development, especially from arms orders.

Lockheed Martin of the California Consortium is the number one contractor of the US Department of Defense. During Nixon's administration, the company has been listed as the number one arms contractor of the Department of Defense.

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In addition, President Reagan, who was born in Hollywood, was the governor of California, and has connections with the California consortium.

After he was elected president, he jointly represented the Texas consortium in the south and appointed Bush from the Texas consortium as vice president.

During Reagan's tenure, he substantially increased the defense budget and actively promoted the "Star Wars Project", which enabled the arms industry groups in the North and South to make a fortune.

It is conceivable that the complex relationship between the monopoly consortium and the President of the United States will continue.

In the future, the monopoly consortium will not rule out being suppressed or even dismembered, and the president may also be "stumped" by the consortium from time to time.

However, the essential relationship between the two parties will not change. That is, the US government represented by the US President must safeguard the interests of its consortium. This point will not change anyway."

Hearing Uncle Wang's words, Li Feng suddenly realized that Clinton was about to encounter the zipper door next, perhaps it was another result of a struggle between the US president and the consortium.

At the same time, it is also clear that the Bush family, who was born in Texas, will become a prestigious presidential family, and it seems that there are the California consortium and the Texas consortium behind them.

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It is no wonder that many American media in later generations have repeatedly evaluated many presidents of the United States, whether it is the two Roosevelt or Clinton, their reputation among the people is very high, perhaps because the ending of the battle with the consortium is also one of the reasons.

The previous two presidents won the victory, but it is a pity that Clinton failed.When the zipper door broke out, it caused a sensation all over the world.

At the beginning, Li Feng in his previous life thought that as the president of the only superpower, he played with a woman and was exposed. It was too bad.At the same time, Clinton's wife Chirac did not see him divorce him. Obviously, the two couples knew the way.

Later, Hillary Clinton ran for many times, and always failed at the last minute. Perhaps there was an unknown scene. After all, if your husband went on, then let your wife come on stage again. Who knows how terrible a woman is going crazy? , Isn't that uncomfortable to find yourself?

Even Li Feng thought at this time that it should be impossible for Hillary Clinton to become the female president of the US imperialism, and the consortium behind it would not want Hillary to become president.

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"With the advancement of science and technology, the widespread use of high-tech weapons on the battlefield will inevitably reduce the consumption of explosives. "Veteran" arms dealers like DuPont have gradually withdrawn from the "battlefield". "Whitewashing" has become a focus on agriculture, food, Civilian enterprises in the fields of energy and chemical industry.

But American arms dealers will not disappear, and companies that make money by war or buying and selling arms still exist.

It's just that these military industry companies will not "frankly" show their arms dealer status like their "predecessors" DuPont, they are more concealed.

In fact, many military companies in the United States now look more like high-tech companies.However, the dazzling high-tech will not change the nature of its technology used to "kill" on the battlefield.

Especially since World War II, the U.S. military-industrial complex composed mainly of arms dealers, the Pentagon, Congress, and the executive branch of the Iron Triangle has not been contained, but has grown stronger.

The term "military-industrial complex" comes from President Eisenhower's farewell speech.

At that time, he called the huge special interest group composed of the U.S. military, military industrial enterprises, and some members of Congress that can efficiently concentrate power, capital, and technology as the military-industrial iron triangle, and warned people to pay attention to the fact that this "monster" would harm the United States. National interest."

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"Military-Industrial Complex", well, it is the first time that Li Feng has heard of such a name, and it is from the famous president of the United States-Eisenhower.

Although Li Feng doesn't know the specific situation, he can imagine the huge annual military expenditure of the US imperialism and the subsequent wars launched by the United States.

Thinking of Reagan’s “Star Wars” plan in the 1980s, Bush’s first Gulf War in the 1990s, Clinton’s Kosovo War, and Bush’s Iraq War in 2003, there should be this so-called “military-industrial complex” behind it. Right.

Since the "September 11" incident, the Pentagon’s budget has almost doubled every year, and military industry companies have also taken the opportunity to make a fortune.Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc. are among the best.

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When the later generations of the Communist Party came to power, they publicly expressed their attitude as early as the election campaign, demanding that the US Congress completely stop reducing the defense budget, and will increase military expenditures to rebuild the US military.

This is good for companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, the main contractors of major US defense projects.

Later, I heard that on the second day of "Trump" victory, U.S. military stocks rose collectively.

Companies such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics have soared. Perhaps the US military industry companies use this way to express their "euphoria" for the election of ***.

Obviously, Teplan's coming to power should have won the support of this so-called'military-industrial complex', otherwise his campaign manifesto would not express such an attitude.

Uncle Wang’s narration and his own relative information about later generations show that although the American consortium has not reached its peak, the impact is definitely not small, and Li Feng is concerned about it.

It can be said that today's words gave Li Feng a clear understanding of the only superpower in the United States, and he naturally admired Uncle Wang's knowledge.

Such a top personal butler is definitely what I dream of. For outsiders like myself, it is very important to understand the truth about American power.

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Li Feng knows very well that if he follows his goals along the way, his financial resources will be terrifying in the future. If he is not strong, he may become a piece of fat in the eyes of many consortia.

At the same time, Li Feng also recognized his own weakness, that is, he did not have a supporting company of his own, and he also allowed himself to make minor adjustments to his next career development.

Of course, Li Feng will not underestimate himself, not to mention other things. He is a little superman just because of his personal abilities. Moreover, his business is mainly in the Internet and the future mobile Internet, which happens to be a new industry, eliminating the need to follow Many established consortia compete.

Li Feng even thought of the later Microsoft. With Microsoft's dominance of the computer operating system market, the market value has soared, whether it has become a piece of fat for many consortia, and eventually caused antitrust investigations.

Gates couldn't resist the pressure, and eventually had to sell off his shares every year, so that the initial controlling shares of more than 40% were declining, and then he retired at a young age.

Perhaps Gates’ classmates also discovered that as their shares continue to decline, Microsoft no longer belongs to them, and it may be quite disheartening.