My American magical life
Chapter 907 - 907 66 Strangulation 1

907: Chapter 66 Strangulation 1 907: Chapter 66 Strangulation 1 Throughout history, dictators often share a common source of power—they enforce their will by controlling the military.

There is only military dictatorship, no other path leads to dictatorship.

However, many people misunderstand the concept of a dictator, simplifying such leaders as foolish, greedy, and cruel, but in reality, the most exemplary leaders in history were to some extent dictators.

Caesar, who established the Roman Empire, was a dictator, as was Cromwell, who laid the foundation for the British Empire.

In the East, from the monarch who achieved great unification, to those historically charming figures, all were dictators who implemented their will upon the masses.

Dictatorship does not mean backwardness everywhere, nor does it imply a lack of merits.

Why do so many scholars and philosophers yearn for the return of the Monkey King?

Because historical experience tells them that sometimes, the rule of the Monkey King really works better than the council of monkeys.

Of course, of course, dictatorship will inevitably breed the most unfair violence against certain individuals or groups; this is unavoidable.

There are also injustices under the council of monkeys, but compared to the arbitrary injustice of a dictator, they seem much milder.

Considering the differences and pros and cons of the two, after the rise of the American Empire, many Western scholars have projected the angle of dialectical reasoning onto the superiority of democratic parliaments and the separation of powers.

This doctrine has occupied a significant market space for a long time and has even been blindly upheld by many as sacred.

But Cheng Daqi comes from the era of great boomerangs, and he knows well that the so-called systemic advancement of America is bullshit; its strength is only related to its advantageous position under global hegemony, not to its system.

The dispersion of power has not only failed to shape greatness but has led most actors involved in national order construction to lose the space to choose to fulfill their responsibilities for the nation.

We can’t help but praise Hayek once again; in the market economy, bad money drives out good money, and the absurdity of this economic principle is similarly staged in the capitalist political theater of America.

After the fall of America’s greatest external adversary, the political realm within the United States gradually embarked on a bizarre developmental path—whoever can sell out their conscience and national interests more generously climbs higher in position.

The simplest indicator is US debt; injecting liquidity into the economy to stimulate market vitality through debt expansion seems logically sound.

But the out-of-control, even accelerating out-of-control, debt of America clearly tells everyone there is a big problem.

Modern economists from various schools can provide countless reasonable explanations, but by analyzing using the method of finding the main contradiction, all these lies cannot truly answer one question.

As US debt climbs higher and risks accumulate, what happens if it explodes?

The rulers of America don’t care about this, just as even if the global economy collapses tomorrow, it would not affect the status of billionaires like Cheng Daqi, Wolf, and Achilles.

As a nation with hundreds of millions of people, the most diversified capital empire in human history, America has never lacked patriots.

The demand for campaign funds has given rise to politicians influenced by capital; these unprincipled politicians indulge the rapid expansion of America’s big capital, and any ‘smart capitalist’ or ‘conscientious politician’ who wants to make a difference is forced to compromise their own beliefs under the pressure of the group opinion.

The ‘good money’ is thus pressed down, and within this good money, there are different categories, such as the progressive good money and conservative good money…

In the general concept, the Democratic Party represents the Progressive Faction, favoring increased taxation, while the current Great Commander of America is a Republican, with policies of massive tax cuts for the wealthy and business owners.

Inside this, there is an extremely counter-intuitive logic—capitalists are not afraid of high taxation.

Due to their enormous advantage in means of production, the impact of any administrative directives to raise taxes on them is relatively low.

Even considering market competition, given the reality of capital’s free movement, capitalists are still not afraid of high taxation.

Back to the main point, that man, riding the wave of right-wing populism, ascended to the position of Great Commander, looking like a Monkey King, but at this point in time, he’s not even worthy of being called a monkey.

If not for Achilles’ intervention, his budget for building the wall would have been cut by a huge margin.

(This is also true in real history)

Being a paper Caesar, a smart businessman who knows how to flirt with capitalists, why would he rashly act against cryptocurrency projects like BEC coin?

Cheng Daqi speculates it might be because Accountant Jia is from Hua Country, and BEC coin’s dramatic fall has generated enough heat.

Of course, another factor that must be considered is that the acts of America’s Great Commander are too limited; he needs to achieve something to convince others of his capability.

He can’t handle the big issues with the two houses, so a minor matter like arresting cryptocurrency swindlers seems ‘beneficial without cost’.

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In fact, BEC is Cheng Daqi’s business.

Temir never paid much attention to the field of cryptocurrency; regarding BEC, she mostly helped Cheng Daqi attract some old Republican money as an investment.

Xiao Zhao and Eris engaged in speculative cryptocurrency transactions even before they knew President Cheng, the former more out of a desire to try new things, just for fun, and the latter because she was so poor, dreaming of sudden wealth.