The parliamentary system of the Kingdom of Atlantis is really very similar to the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty. The original intention of establishing the cabinet system was to strengthen the imperial power and the emperor's personal power! But as the prestige of the cabinet members grew, they naturally began to erode what was originally theirs.
The emperor's power began to develop towards the abolition of the prime minister's power!
Like the original cabinet, the original parliament was nothing more than a transitional institution. They themselves were consultants, helping to handle national affairs when Aum was still young. This has the advantage of naturally preventing the country from falling into chaos, but it also has disadvantages.
Come back. Since the king was young and could not govern the country at all, those members who were originally used to assist the government began to accumulate a lot of prestige in the process of governing the country.
In the game of politics, prestige itself is a source of power.
Although Orm was a bit naive and extreme, he was definitely not stupid. He noticed that the expansion of the power of the Parliament had affected his power as the king, so when he came of age, he decisively abolished the Parliament!
However, his mother was more naive than him, and she actually lifted up the parliament that Orm had finally suppressed.
After these political creatures regained power, the first thing they thought of was not to be grateful for Atlanna's generosity and tolerance. The first thing they thought of was how to avoid being deprived of their rights for the second time!
This is why they are so greedy to challenge the king's power again!
These are political creatures. Their way of thinking is fundamentally different from ordinary people. They will not be grateful, they will only remember how they were ousted from the peak of power. At the same time, they are extremely afraid that this kind of thing will happen again.
Of course, they don't think this is repaying kindness with enmity, but...how should I put it, it should be called preserving the achievements of Panzi.
But the political environment in Atlantis is obviously different from human society.
After the emergence of the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty, didn't every generation of emperors think about abolishing it? Or, why didn't the British king abolish the parliamentary system? Did they really recognize this system?
of course not.
All this stems from the inertia brought about by the system!
Excessive inertia is actually a kind of path dependence. When a thing becomes a common convention among individuals, or something that is recognized ideologically, then the higher the recognition, the greater the inertia in its behavioral consciousness.
This kind of inertia can still operate for a period of time even when the interest conditions that prompted its establishment no longer exist. Among them, there is not only the completeness of the pioneer's interest structure, but also the emphasis on various ideological and cultural levels. Therefore, in
To a certain extent, inertia is essentially a kind of dependence. Behind dependence is an individual's high recognition of the interest structure. The length of time that dependence lasts is mostly due to cultural ideas.
Therefore, the background of inertia must be interests. The reason why inertia can be formed must be that the thing can first gain support. What can gain support must represent the interests of a group within a certain range. As far as human society is concerned, private property
The emergence of socialism was a qualitative leap. Private property was individual interests. Later, there were group interests. Therefore, whether in sociology or political economics, there was group theory. The so-called group refers to the
The interest structure is the basis for classification. Therefore, it can be roughly said that changes in the interest structure are an implicit but extremely tense evolutionary clue to historical development.
From the perspective of economics, if you look back at history, you will find that the basic thing about the classification of groups is the classification by economic level. All other names and identities are just the appearance of this classification.
The latter is said to use a more diversified description method to subdivide the group again. However, no matter how subdivided it is, it is still a subdivision of economic levels. According to this logic, that is to say, in a certain group with a distinct economic level
In terms of divided things, as long as you stand in a certain position and you can get greater benefits, then this position will have greater inertia for people in the future operation.
When the Cabinet and the British Parliament were formed, they were supported by an interest group that was not aligned with the interests of the imperial power!
In the Ming Dynasty, these interest groups were civil servant groups! And the civil servant group actually represented the interests of the local gentry group and large landowners. They needed someone to restrict the emperor so that he could not do whatever he wanted and undermine the normal operation of the country. This itself was also in line with the gentry group
and the interests of the big landowners. After all, it was very easy for the emperor to levy taxes. Although everyone knew that the emperor's taxes could not be levied on them. They were transferred to the peasants and tenant farmers. The other was to prevent the emperor from interfering with their land.
Merger, this is the most important thing, taxation and so on are mostly excuses. For these local interest groups, as long as they don't stop them from annexing land, they are all good emperors!
Just like Song Huizong, before he was captured by the Jin soldiers, he had been touted as the Mingjun Holy Lord! Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have been so stupid and did so many ridiculous things. You know, with Song Huizong's artistic attainments and absolute IQ
No problem. But why do you do so many stupid things? It’s not because you are praised so much that you can’t find a reason.
In the UK, the interest groups that support the Parliament are the nobles and aristocrats, priests, knights and citizens! Except for the king, everyone at first glance supports the Parliament. In this case, no matter who comes to power, who dares to abolish the Parliament? Not afraid of being
Kicking him off? It’s not like he’s never done it before.
In Atlantis, this was not the case.
First of all, the parliament is only supported by the nobles!
But in the Kingdom of Atlantis, the power of the nobles is not great. Even the power of the entire aristocratic class is not very great. This is related to the social environment of the entire Atlantis. They are quite enlightened, and the common people are not without them.
When it comes to opportunities to get ahead, class barriers are not that strong.
Moreover, there are no common people participating in the parliament. They have gained no benefits from the parliament at all. Why should they support it? In contrast, the royal family has extraordinary prestige among the common people! They have been accustomed to following the royal family for tens of thousands of years, and they do not have enough
Why should they change their ways if they have interests?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And the power of the civilian class has a crushing advantage over the aristocratic class!
After all, the common people in the Kingdom of Atlantis not only live a good life, but are also full of martial virtue.
The nobles want to rebel. Have they asked the common people?
Thirdly, whether it is in terms of religion, customs or laws, the royal family has an absolute advantage!
Religiously, the Atlantis royal family is recognized by Poseidon, the god of the sea. They are the bloodline of the god of the sea! They are the spokesperson of the god of the sea in the mortal world. The nobles' confrontation with the royal family is in a sense a struggle with the god of the sea.
This kind of religion is not the vague and mysterious gods of Christianity. The sea god Boston is a real god. The existence of the Atlanteans is the biggest evidence. They originally lived on the land, but the land fell.
, they all went to the sea, but they were able to survive well at the bottom of the sea. If it wasn't the blessing of the sea god, what else could it be?
Not to mention customs and laws.
Not to mention the Atlantis Empire, even the current structure of the Seven Kingdoms was founded by the seven royal families back then. The laws were also written by them.
Legally, no one can disobey the king!
So Aum was able to abolish Parliament without any consequences!
What Mela did today was equally legal and reasonable, and would still not cause any consequences.
These members of Parliament were too anxious. They did not have broad support and wanted to launch an attack on the royal power. They just didn't understand it at all. They thought that with the support of the nobles, they could compete with the royal power... until they were imprisoned.
I don't even understand why things turned out like this.
At this point, they are indeed lagging behind the mainland. It does not mean that they have strong politics because of their long history.
The underwater world is too stable. It has remained the same for thousands of years. There has been no change at all. Society is developing, but their level of political struggle is only at the level of some palace intrigues. If they go to the political school of any university on land to study for a period of time,
, it would not have been dealt with so neatly.
"Solved?" Kai walked out.
Mela smiled brightly: "Of course!"
"Then why does Atlanna look so bad?" Kai asked curiously, looking at Atlanna's livid face.
"You shouldn't do this. They have contributed to the kingdom! The stability of the kingdom over the years is inseparable from them!" Atlanna is indeed a good person... but as we all know, it is best for good people not to get involved in politics. Until now, Atlanna
Trana also felt that Mela's decision was too heartless.
Of course, neither Mela nor Kai would say anything about this kind of thing.
"Unless you want to see Orm die without a burial!" Mela said unceremoniously: "Aunt, you are too soft-hearted. What they did today was to force Orm to deal with what happened during this time.
Do you know what it means to be connected?"
Atlanna's face looked better: "Then we should give them some dignity! This will take a hit to the reputation of the royal family. They are all highly respected nobles and have been very effective in governing the country in recent years. If we treat them like this now, everyone will
I think our royal family repays kindness with enmity."
Kai and Mela looked at each other, a little speechless.
How did Atlanna's father teach her back then? How could she be worried about something like this?
It can only be said that Atlanna's father protected her very well.
Isn't it the basics of a politician to burn bridges and repay kindness with hatred?
Atlanna must have never seen Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang's practices. Compared with them, Mela's practices are simply refreshing.
But considering Atlanna's extreme white left attribute, the two of them still didn't say any unpleasant words.
"Aunt... you have to be clear. Civilians don't care about things other than their immediate interests. They don't care who the officials are, they only care about three things, gods, income and death!" Mela said very helplessly.
"Indeed, I didn't even know the name of our mayor before."
Kai told the truth.
Before time travel, he really didn't know the name of the mayor. He could only know the names of senior political and legal officials. That was because he was a policeman. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know these things. If it weren't for the news network , he doesn’t even know the name of the country’s leader.
(The same is true for the author. Who would care about that if nothing happens? They are not my relatives)
"But..." Atlanna was very frustrated. She felt that she was a bad woman. In order to protect her son, she actually saw unfair things happening... Well, she was not pretending, but she really thought so. The key is , she really felt that Aum was related to this series of things! So she felt bad!
Kai could only function as a lover. He went up and hugged Atlanna: "My dear, you are right. You are just... not suitable for politics. Your world is too beautiful. This is not your fault. You It’s just... I’ve never seen darkness.”
To be honest, Atlanna's experience is really rich, but she has little insight into human nature.
This is similar to many true white leftists.
Baizuo is also divided into true Baizuo and false Baizuo.
What is fake white left? In fact, it is a group of talkers. These people actually don’t care much about environmental protection, animals or human rights that are all over the world. They don’t care at all. They shout loudly on the Internet and pretend to be themselves. He looks noble, but in fact, if you ask him to donate the money for a cup of coffee, they will consider it carefully.
This kind of people are actually just trying to make a fuss and pretending to be cool online. Or they are simply pretending to be in line with the mainstream opinions in order to conform to social trends.
There are many people like this online. What they think in their hearts is absolutely different from what they express.
Just like those clips of interviews with Bai Zuo, the reporter asked Bai Zuo, do you support refugees?
Support! Of course we support it!
So do you think refugees who come to our country should receive benefits, have a house to live in, and should be accepted and cared for?
Of course! I strongly support it!
Then would you like to take the refugees into your house and live with you?
What? NO! I have something else to do, I’m leaving first!
Why?
Because I really have a house!
Of course it's okay to be generous to others, but when it comes to your own interests... these people can run faster than anyone else!
Just look at the trend in this regard in reality.
But some people really think so, and they are really left-wing!
They live a prosperous life, have never experienced any setbacks since childhood, and receive a formal white left education. They indeed have a superior moral outlook!
There are still examples in the news.
There was a rich girl whose mother was burglarized and killed by a robber.
As a result, the woman forgave the murderer in court.
Everyone thought she was putting on a show. As a result, she not only visited the murderer in prison, but also hired him to work at home after he was paroled. Then she was killed by the murderer...
This rich girl is definitely not pretending. She is a pretender, which is the limit in court!
What happens next cannot happen!
But she still did it.
This kind of person... You can't say she is stupid, you can only say that her moral level is indeed very high! It is higher than the acceptance ability of the entire society... This is the type of person who does not live in the world!
