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Becoming famous? That's actually a way of taking their lives; social death is also a form of death.
In fact, for these people who make money by writing articles and promoting, social death is more terrifying than killing them outright; it's a true case of killing someone's spirit.
The general public, of course, cannot accept their fallacies and heresies. Because what these people call liberation is essentially equivalent to destroying normal people's families.
What normal person could accept their wife or husband cheating on them?
In the vast rural and urban areas, the reaction to this article was even more straightforward and unpretentious.
"No, do people in the city have such fancy games now?"
"A woman having three husbands? That's just nonsense!"
"Nonsense, utter nonsense. These city folks are just bored and have nothing better to do."
"I think they're just bored and have nothing better to do than think about these random things, wanting to find more wives. Why don't they become emperors?"
"You're crazy, aren't you?"
Let alone now, even in the future, promiscuous relationships will not be accepted by the public. If the upper and middle classes are allowed to act recklessly, then the entire lower class will have to live a single life.
Getting married is already difficult enough, and now you're making this important life event of having children even more difficult? Have you all lost your conscience?!
However, the general public's attention was quickly diverted from this article, because there were more experts to come.
Another article from Shanghai, titled "Marriages without Dowry are Unhappy," also discusses this issue.
The title itself seems fine. Giving a young family some start-up capital is acceptable for parents who can afford it. If they really don't have the money, their children will generally understand. After all, these days, not everyone has much money. Marriage is about living together, and it's all about mutual consent.
However, if the bride price is to be given to the woman according to the requirements in this article, it is basically equivalent to making the man's family sell everything they own. This can no longer be called a bride price; it is clearly one party exploiting the other party by using their gender.
To put it more bluntly, the subtext is—poor people don't deserve to get married.
This can't even be described as breaking social rules; it's simply that one party in the marriage doesn't treat the other as a human being, but rather as their personal piggy bank.
In short, after the scope of the discussion was broadened, these outrageous actions by Shanghai intellectuals quickly drew condemnation from people across the country, with some even going so far as to block the author's doorstep.
The reason was that after his wife read these articles, she kept arguing and demanding a divorce, saying that the good old days were gone forever.
The once virtuous wife and loving mother has instead become a source of ridicule for feudalistic and outdated ideas among some women, who completely disregard the fact that their behavior is undermining public order and good customs.
However, the experience of the unfortunate man mentioned above is only a very small minority. Such articles can only fuel the desires of women who don't want to live a peaceful life. These people are, to put it bluntly, sophisticated egoists. Given the right circumstances, they will reveal their true colors. Articles are merely catalysts, giving them a fig leaf to cover up their promiscuity.
After generating a series of negative public opinion events, the reputation of various private newspapers in Shanghai was basically ruined. In the eyes of ordinary people, they were a group of beasts who destroyed their family relationships, and their so-called free thoughts were disgusting to even look at.
Moreover, it wasn't just the vast majority of workers and peasants who found these petty-bourgeois ideas completely unacceptable; many truly progressive proletarian intellectuals also couldn't understand this morally corrupt behavior, which was practically blatant extortion.
These intellectuals generally believe that practice yields true knowledge. Many of them devoted themselves to the construction of the motherland immediately after graduation, going to the most arduous and needed places to dedicate their youth and sweat, and putting their faith in socialism and communism into practice through their actions.
This is true service to the people.
Of course, such people are a tiny minority in any era, but when this force comes together, it can form a powerful historical torrent.
Because they represent the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people.
They criticized this erroneous liberal thought from the perspective of the people, and genuinely considered the people's needs. Because of this, when their articles appeared in newspapers and magazines, they quickly gained widespread support from the public.
Although these people are few in number, the power behind them is boundless. They quickly occupied their own high ground in public opinion and began to challenge those who believed in liberalism.
"Wow, that's really great! That's more like it. It's a back-and-forth discussion. It's no fun if only one group is involved. Everyone should come together if they want to, and everyone should argue together. Truth always becomes clearer through debate."
Qin Shan was also paying attention to this ideological debate within Xinhua. In general, although the general public can no longer rely on social media and various video apps to voice their opinions as they did in the Internet era, they still gave the vanguard team members the strongest support with their practical support.
For example, writing letters or casting votes, and some villages and towns even put forward representatives to visit and express their gratitude to those true proletarian intellectuals for everything they have done for them. The people remember their good deeds, and they can clearly see who speaks for the people and who is truly the people's child.
"Given the current situation, the argument will likely continue for some time."
After thinking it over, Qin Shan decided to give those who believed in capitalist freedom a chance to go to the "bright" world.
They believe that the iron fist of capitalism will make them realize how wonderful their homeland, which they can never return to, truly is.
Since you don't want to stay in Xinhua, we'll give you an opportunity to immigrate to other countries. The players will thoughtfully arrange your itinerary.
Section 42: The Screaming Groundhogs of Australia
"Since they can't stand the storm of so-called authoritarianism, then go abroad to find the freedom they want. In terms of choice, our country is still very free."
Indeed, Qin Sanshan once again employed his old principle of "nourishing people to the fullest extent possible."
You're feeling stifled here, and I'm suffering watching you. Since that's the case, why not just hate each other and torture one another? Wouldn't it be better to let each other go?
However, those people are not fools. They know that the United States and Europe are currently on the front lines of danger. Although they sing praises of freedom, it doesn't mean they actually want to become filler babies.
Therefore, some additional operational methods are needed here.
Qin Shan's solution was a one-stop shop, providing everything for your recruitment. But once you're out there, the rest is no longer our concern. Back in the day, World Number Eight was full of prodigals; if you're going to go out there, be prepared not to come back. If you don't even have this much awareness, what kind of freedom are you pursuing? Get your act together!
This major cultural debate within Xinhua has exposed a number of people, but Xinhua will not sanction them. Xinhua cannot use literary inquisition against its enemies, even if they are indeed disgusting. As long as they are not clearly traitors, the iron fist of the proletariat cannot be used against them.
However, the trouble these people caused still had a positive aspect, which was that it allowed the people to see the true colors of these guys.
Do you understand now? These are the petty bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie who don't understand the hardships of ordinary people. Intellectuals who haven't experienced the "Down to the Countryside Movement" are very likely to have a bad attitude. Even intellectuals from that special period in the last century, after experiencing the "Down to the Countryside Movement," still had some who became disgusting parasites.
The human heart is the most unpredictable thing. You can have high hopes, but you must always be vigilant.
The next steps fall under the players' purview. They are not part of the same system as the Xinhua government departments; they are the vanguard of the people, and the people need them now. The vanguard that has already rushed forward also needs more support, and it is time for them to begin participating extensively in social mobilization.
"Be careful that some local authorities may double down on the implementation of policies and deliberately confuse the public."
The players made quite serious plans before the operation began, clarifying the relationship between friend and foe and developing numerous contingency plans.
One of the rules is that if someone is carrying the red flag while opposing it, then they should be exposed without any blind spots, so that the general public can see what kind of behavior such people are.
Is it complicated? No, no, no. Enemy agents only have a few tricks up their sleeves. As long as they are frequently exposed, they will soon become rats that everyone hates. Then, continue to track and expose these people to see who hires them after they lose their jobs and where they go. Then you can directly put them on social death row.
This puts their boss in a difficult position.
Cutting ties is simple, but it's like pushing your own dog to the brink of destruction. If someone else becomes your dog in the future, you'll likely have to be careful about what you do behind their back. The loss of trust leads to increased operational costs, as the US government has already demonstrated with its repeated betrayals of its allies.
In the days that followed, the agents chosen by the US government were basically prepared to be abandoned by the US government at any time. While working for the US, they also collected all sorts of evidence that the US government was hiding. If the US government dared to abandon them, they would not let the other party off easy either way. Even a dog can have some courage when it is going to die anyway.
But if you don't give up on these people, it's like exposing everyone on your line of work to the light of day. If you want to do anything in the future, they can just look up your name and pinpoint your location.
Oh, wow, this newspaper has these oddballs. I get it, this newspaper is untrustworthy; it's not the voice of the people.
The most deadly and terrifying punishment for them is to be unable to infiltrate among the masses and to incite internal strife.
Especially after players entered Xinhua in large numbers and began to take on the work of public security, procuratorate and judiciary, these reactionary forces desperately discovered that the public security, procuratorate and judiciary system was like an impenetrable wall. Their own people could not get in at all. Even if they did get in, they would be exposed at the slightest sign of trouble. And those who did not get in and were not exposed would soon cut ties with them.
This greatly troubled the capitalist roaders within Xinhua, because they knew they couldn't touch the military. If they couldn't control the supervisory powers of the public security, procuratorate, and judiciary, it was like having no knife in their hands while the enemy was driving tanks and crushing them—how could they possibly fight that war?
What are bedbugs most afraid of?
It means being exposed to the light of day. As long as the social inspection and exposure mechanism can operate normally and truly play a supervisory and management role, then the deterrent effect on any criminal behavior will be very strong.
Therefore, Xinhua News Agency, like the All-China Federation of Revolutionary Committees of the Chinese Kuomintang, announces the arrests of criminals to the entire society through its monthly news broadcast, including the basic information of those sentenced to imprisonment, regardless of gender, without blurring their faces. This public execution in front of the entire nation essentially destroys the possibility of the criminals committing crimes again.
As for whether this approach is too cruel, why don't you extend that compassion to the victims? What, do you think the criminals deserve more sympathy than the victims? Do you dare to express your opinion online?
It's important to know that articles commenting on current social issues are not allowed to use pseudonyms within the People's Revolutionary Party Federation; they must use the real name with a photo to represent the person's responsibility for their statements.
With the implementation of real-name registration on the internet, the number of brainless comments on the internet decreased by more than half that year. It seems that humans are still very good at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Look at these people, they learn very quickly.
Xinhua News Agency naturally wants to develop this area as well, and the public security, procuratorial, and judicial departments are vigorously promoting it.
When reactionaries suffer, the people will be happy. Only when the people can express their opinions and suggestions normally can many things be truly resolved in a way that best reflects public opinion. This approach has the greatest positive effect, best aligns with the simple understanding of the masses, and minimizes social conflicts.
Along with this comes the system of publicizing various criminal cases. Except for a very few cases like rape, which are kept confidential to avoid harming the victims, all other cases must have all information disclosed so that the public can see whether our public security, procuratorial, and judicial organs are exercising their powers properly and earnestly protecting the people.
As long as the blade of power is pointed in the right direction, what should be feared are those evil spirits and demons.
"These are all good technologies, but Xinhua can't do them now."
"It's okay. We can provide the necessary technical assistance and complete technology transfer first. Xinhua can figure out the rest on its own. As for the benefits, we can achieve mutual benefit and win-win results."
"Mutual benefit and win-win is a good word. The comrades of the People's Revolutionary Alliance are really considerate of us old folks. The people of Xinhua will never forget this kindness."
"May we join hands and move towards a better tomorrow."
Qin Shan and his teacher reached a new cooperation agreement. Simply put, the People's Revolutionary Alliance will help Xinhua quickly deploy a 6G signal network. The method is also very simple: just set up a planetary orbit communication station, a small device weighing only a million tons.
This isn't about showing off; for the current People's Revolutionary Alliance, launching a million tons of supplies into space is a trivial matter.
It just so happens that the People's Revolutionary Alliance is preparing for the construction of a space elevator, so let's do it together.
Everyone is probably familiar with space elevators. We won't discuss the technical details, but the best location to build a space elevator is the equatorial region, and in Asia, Indonesia is the best choice.
It's no exaggeration to say that this is a fragmented island nation. On the surface, it is a regional power, but in reality, its disorganization is comparable to that of many African countries.
If it weren't for the post-World War II independence policies, these island nations, one by one, could have easily become as many countries as they have islands.
The most widespread understanding of Indonesia is the anti-Chinese massacres, which can be described as a blood feud. Xinhua is the most vengeful country. After East Timor's successful independence, our support was behind it. Xinhua may not say many things, but when it comes to underhanded tactics, it leaves no room for compromise.
Our principle has always been: either we don't do it, or we do it and we destroy it.
This approach of either remaining silent or making a stunning move is key to solving problems efficiently and at low cost. From this perspective, many of the operations during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union were too crude and were inferior tactics that even our ancestors would look down upon.
Because violence is always the last resort. No one ever resorts to using the last card in every situation. It's not only costly, but it can also easily lead to a situation where, once that tactic stops working, you're left with no other options.
The same principle applies to the United People's Revolutionary Alliance (UPA), except that the UPA chose to launch a red revolution in Indonesia.
Normally, doing this in Indonesia would be as difficult as Little John Khan updating daily, but the players' awesomeness needs no explanation. They had already completed a comprehensive layout in Indonesia. With Qin Shan's order, the entire Indonesia began to turn red at a visible speed. Large numbers of old-era bureaucrats and their families were taken to the shooting range and executed, and the vacant positions were quickly replaced by the players as grassroots civil servants. By the time other countries knew what had happened in Indonesia, the country had already changed its name to the Socialist People's Republic of West Asia, and the national flag had been changed to red.
Holy crap, what happened? It's only been three days, this is illogical!
The two countries most distressed at this time are the Philippines and Australia. Just look at the map and you'll see that Indonesia is positioned between the two pro-American factions, making it a pro-communist faction. Australia, in particular, is screaming like a groundhog at the thought of its white Australia turning red.
No, no! Don't come any closer!
Section 43: Give up, Australia, there are red flags everywhere.
I wonder if everyone feels the same way, Australia seems to be acting like a lunatic. Other countries are hostile towards China because of their own interests, but their hostility towards China is just inexplicable.
Congratulations to those who think this way; you've grasped the crux of the problem.
That's right, Australia is a crazy country because it has a very distorted belief that Australia belongs to white people.
If it were only this level, Australia wouldn't be considered insane, because a series of Western countries, including the United States, have been doing this for a long time. What makes Australia think it's superior?
The answer is paranoia. Extreme paranoia about white Australia.
However, considering that this country once had to express its loyalty to the Queen when the Commonwealth dissolved, it is not entirely incomprehensible that it would do something so abstract.
However, once any behavior becomes something akin to a religious belief in a certain region, it can easily lead to trouble.
For example, the most famous example is the White Australia policy, which was in effect from 1901 to 1972. The policies were so extreme that they only allowed white people to immigrate to Australia, and the definition of "white" was held by the Australian government, with a clearly defined scope.
Unlike other Western countries that openly discriminate against people, Australia's White Australia policy is a form of implicit discrimination. For example, in the same English listening test, white people are given a very simple test, while people of color are given difficult and obscure English content.
This is just a tiny part of many policies that exclude people of color. Other forms of implicit discrimination are like landmines, completely locking Australia's immigration policy within a certain scope, making it extremely difficult for people of color to enter Australia.
The Australian government is well aware that its actions are essentially blatant racial discrimination, and that racial discrimination is an unacceptable evil in socialist countries. Therefore, the Australian government tacitly believes that the presence of socialist countries around Australia is a sign of their "white Australia" being polluted.
How should I put it? It's like having a persecution complex.
Australia's position in the Pacific is indeed unique, but it hasn't reached the point where it's indispensable. This is because the country's current industrial level is very limited, and it is heavily reliant on foreign trade. If it were blocked, the country would collapse on its own without external supplies. To put it bluntly, it is global trade that has enabled Australia's development, not the other way around.
But that's how pathetic racists are. They always think that if they do this, others will treat them the same way they treat other people of color. They believe that if people of color invade Australia, they will lose their promised land, their faith will be trampled on, and everything they have will vanish.
This is indeed something that Western colonizers often did. Therefore, their paranoia is essentially a fear of being retaliated against.
Similarly, the white people in Australia are not the native inhabitants of this land. Just as white Americans massacred and castrated Native Americans, Australia also carried out bloody massacres and cleansings of its native people.
If everyone is so despicable, will the perpetrators have no descendants?
"The Australian government absolutely cannot accept the presence of an evil red regime around us, and Australia will take all necessary actions to nip this evil force in the bud."
The above is the Australian Prime Minister's speech, and the tone can be described as quite intense, sounding like a declaration of war against China and the Soviet Union, but it is only intense in tone.
Any creature with an intelligence higher than a paramecium knows that Australia is simply incapable of doing anything.
The Soviet Union, Xinhua, and the People's Revolutionary Alliance are the three major powers and core allied countries within the red bloc. Does Australia dare to declare war on all three at the same time?
If they really dare to do this, regardless of success or failure, they are destined to become a unique phenomenon in human history. Future generations who look back on this history will give Australia a thumbs up and say, "A true man of steel."
"Your reaction is quite intense. I wasn't planning to pay any attention to you, but since you've come out on your own, I won't be polite."
Qin Shan is that kind of person. Sometimes, if you don't step forward, he won't react much, but if you take the initiative to step forward, he'll become interested in messing with you.
Australia had no idea that it had inexplicably run into Qin Shan's line of fire, and this enormous island nation actually had no power to stop the People's Revolutionary Alliance from exporting its revolution.
After all, this country's total population was only 2682 million in 2023, not even reaching 3000 million. Keep in mind that France had a population of 4100 million before the outbreak of World War II. Compare this to Australia, and you'll understand how questionable this country's military potential is.
It's important to understand that Australia's standing army, navy, and air force totals less than 10 personnel. This number would be nothing more than a tiny ripple in the ocean, whether placed on the battlefields of World War I or World War II.