Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 575 - 572: A Mob

Chapter 575: Chapter 572: A Mob

Humans, as a life form, are psychologically quite contradictory and complex, and it is incorrect to summarize them with single labels such as "Deep Blue," "Light Blue," "Deep Green," "Light Green."

A person could be "Light Blue" one second, and "Light Green" the next, switching back and forth, filled with contradictions, but ultimately, one ideology tends to prevail.

This inner contradiction naturally leads to a sense of guilt towards the original civilization.

Thus, the two parties shouted out morally superior slogans, such as "to help another group of humans build additional shelters," "to construct another War Star," "to build a large-scale neutron star collider data collector," and so forth, thus allowing people to achieve psychological satisfaction.

Lin Yingdong, as an education expert, was a representative of the "Light Green" ideology, and he wanted to establish a different series of education plans. In fact, his own ideology was also full of contradictions and confusion.

Although there was no need to have children during the flight, once on the new planet, generations of the next generation would inevitably need to be born.

He was not very satisfied with the existing education system, believing it suppressed human nature, and that future life did not need to be suppressed in the same way; the education system would definitely need to be revised.

"But how exactly should it be changed?"

There must be a tight balance between personal ethics and civilizational ethics; the previous government was too biased, and the ethics of civilization were too vacuous; corrections needed to be made now. But the big question was how to make these corrections—if the educated children became refined egoists, only looking out for their own benefits and ignoring the benefits of the entire civilization, that would also be wrong.

This was a very delicate matter that should be decided by the ruling party; he, an education expert, couldn’t decide so much...

On the other hand, human "freedom" was reflected in all aspects of life, including the power to vote.

Democracy had its pros and cons, mainly depending on the quality of the citizens. This branch of human civilization believed that human citizens had enough quality to handle "democracy" properly.

The "Industrial Union Party" and the "Democracy Promotion Association" were two parties, and which became the ruling party was determined through popular vote.

Since both parties were fairly young with no governance experience, the term of each session was tentatively set at five years, with elections held again at the end of each term, and one could be re-elected for a maximum of three terms... All this was written into the constitution.

A five-year period, against the current human lifespan, was a very short time, not quite fitting the trends of the times. There were many great projects that simply couldn’t be completed in just five years.

However, no one had much objection. If they couldn’t do well, they simply had to leave, a very simple concept; people did not want to repeat the errors of the old government.

The only consensus achieved by the two parties was to first build their own shelters.

In the vast Universe, a proper shelter was essential; otherwise, relying on just one Mother Ship would make it very difficult to sustain a population of fifty million... Moreover, more than one light year away, two neutron stars might collide, making the shelter an urgent priority.

A 300-year journey peacefully passed by, and during this journey, the general legal and political frameworks were fully established.

When the spaceship arrived at its true destination, everyone sincerely let out a cheer, followed by a tumultuous general election.

The turnout was unexpectedly more than 90% of the total population!

This was an extraordinarily rare sight in human elections, unprecedented in any country on Earth. In Earth’s democratic elections, many people simply did not participate, some stayed home playing games, preferring to play a game with friends rather than going out to vote.

Many more were completely indifferent to politics; they didn’t even know the name of their own country’s president, let alone come out to vote...

This turnout indicated that the personal qualities of the citizens, including their education, had indeed reached a certain high level!

The first party to be elected as the ruling party was named the "Industrial Union Party," which also claimed "to build large shelters."

Besides work targets, the new government also introduced a series of social systems including an eight-hour workday, universal healthcare, and the promotion of intellectual cultural development.

One important measure was that each person could work a maximum of only eight hours, with a weekly working time not exceeding 40 hours.

This decision was very popular with the public.

It was precisely the endless overtime that had driven them away from their previous civilization. Now, they deserved their rightful rest. The rest of the policies were also quite reasonable.

The Industrial Union Party had been in power for two terms.

Ten years had passed...

"Fifty million people’s shelters have been completed."

Next, this new government wanted to build additional large shelters for forty million people, that is, to help construct major buildings for humans one light year away.

After all, this was the original slogan, the basis of public opinion, the moral high ground; it couldn’t be easily abandoned whether useful or not. Once abandoned, from a moral standpoint, it would be despised by the people.

"However, ten years had passed, and it was time for the elections."

"The third election began vigorously, the Industrial Union Party still used the same old slogans, all policies had been slightly modified. They thought everything would continue as usual, the public would support them, complete all the projects... and then achieve moral satisfaction."

"They truly believed this in their hearts."

At this moment, another opposition, the Democracy Promotion Association, delivered a fatal blow!

The Democracy Promotion Association smartly did not reject the additional shelters project but believed...

"The additional shelters are not an urgent need, why should we rush to build them?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is still plenty of time in the future, there is no need to rush like we are building our own shelters."

The Democracy Promotion Association proposed a nationwide six-hour workday bill!

They believed that six hours of work per person was sufficient to meet the needs of society and could achieve social progress.

Some developed countries on Earth had once implemented a six-hour work system with decent effects; this was quite feasible.

"On the other hand, they proclaimed that six hours of work would provide more freedom for humans. The achievements obtained from six hours of focused work would far exceed those from eight hours—provided that one focuses on the work!"

"And they also planned to make this additional shelter more luxurious and even larger!"

"Moreover, they even wanted to build a large-scale data transmission device to report the current good life to people one light year away: ’Folks, look, we have already prepared a place for you to rest; we have not been idle; we are not deserters!’"

What a beautiful slogan!

The original ruling party, the Industrial Union Party, began to show confusion under this abrupt impact as the proposal quickly became popular and influential among the people.

The two young parties began the first competition in the history of civilization!