Chapter 81 Don't kill me, my life is not as valuable as Saddam
"What did you think of?" the female host complimented stiffly.
Gu Kun pretended to reminisce: "I remembered the international college debate competition held in Lijiapo, your neighboring country, seven years ago. I wonder if any audience saw it.
It was in 1990, the finals of the first International College Debate Competition. The two parties were Jinling University from mainland China and Wanwan University from Huaxia Wanwan. The debate topic seemed to be "Will world peace be the mainstream in the future?"
.In that game, Jinling University held the positive view that 'world peace will be the mainstream in the future', but ultimately lost..."
The female host had to interrupt Gu Kun: "You are really knowledgeable, but what does this have to do with today's topic?"
Gu Kun smiled lightly: "Of course it does matter. People who know a little bit about the debate world and international relations said afterwards that if this topic is repeated a year later, there will be no suspense. The affirmative will definitely win. Of course,
Because it has lost its balance, it is not qualified to be selected as a debate topic at all.”
The female host really didn't understand and asked curiously: "Why? I don't think there is anything unbalanced in this debate."
Gu Kun: "Then you should study more. This is common sense: Lucia disintegrated in the second year after this debate. The globalization process of economic and other fields of cooperation has since embarked on a rapid rise in integration.
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When the Jinling University team argued for the correct view, an important argument was that 'the globalization of cooperation will lead to the fact that in the contemporary environment, relying on war will no longer be able to obtain those things that can be obtained by war in the past, such as the economic benefits of land resources'.
Under the general trend of globalization, only peace can achieve win-win results, and only by division of labor and collaboration can we earn profits in our own areas of expertise. War, on the other hand, will only evaporate the growth expectations of the entire world.
However, when the Jinling University team put forward this point of view, Lucia did not disintegrate, and the world could not see the vast and unstoppable trend of globalization, so they lost. In a year's time, their point of view will definitely be able to
win."
When Gu Kun said this, he noticed that the hostess wanted to interrupt, so he quickly changed the subject:
"But - today, with the cold and business-like response from Soros and some people in Oceania, I realized that the views of the Jinling University team back then were not necessarily correct. Even the global international relations academic community, for the 'world
The expectation of "increasing peace" in the future will only be limited to a historical stage, because today, I see a new historical turning point, a historical turning point as important as the disintegration of Lucia."
"A historical turning point as significant as the disintegration of Lucia? Are you referring to this financial crisis?" The female host was shocked.
She had thought that Gu Kun would spray violently, but she didn't expect that it would rise to such a height.
The disintegration of Lucia was the most significant historical event in the last 50 years of the 20th century! It was the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the world's bipolar system!
Gu Kun, however, remained calm and spoke accurately: "This financial crisis is certainly not a major global historical turning point, but Oceania's absolute support for absolute financial freedom and its support for the virtual economy and confidence economy
Absolute support, but qualified to be called such a heavyweight turning point——
And our Southeast Asian countries are just a whetstone, used as a sacrificial knife to test the sharpness and determination of Oceania's knife. I believe that Oceania's attitude this time will increase the risk of global war again.
"
"Why? I don't believe that any Southeast Asian country would resort to war. This is too farfetched." The female host responded in an exaggerated manner, almost shouting.
Gu Kun, however, remained unmoved even as Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.
The words he was going to say later were not invented by himself, but were said by Yuval Harari, a historian of the Goldilocks tribe who was touted by many academic circles in Oceania in later generations.
"It's very simple. We previously judged that the world would never break out in a large-scale armed conflict between major powers. This was based on the premise that 'war has made it impossible for people to obtain the benefits they want.'
However, this financial crisis has shown a huge potential, that is, spreading negative news through the Internet and malicious short selling to suppress certain economies through financial freedom can still get the absolute support and protection of Oceania, and be recognized
Within the scope of 'financial freedom'.
So, will one day, if someone launches an indiscriminate attack on Oceania in order to suppress the stock market, bond market, or foreign exchange of Oceania, will it also benefit those who have "financial freedom"? For example, if next year
The year after tomorrow or some day in the future, the World Trade Center in New York will be crashed by a plane in a kamikaze style. Can the attacker get what he wants?
If the purpose of the attacker is to maliciously short the Oceania stock market, then unfortunately, by creating indiscriminate fear, he can get what he wants with the help of the Internet and the amplification of the financial virtual economy. Traditional geopolitics and
International relations theory will not be able to explain these new crises, which will become the by-products of absolute financial freedom and the amplification of information on the Internet."
These words may sound shocking, but if you think about it carefully, they are indeed logically consistent.
Gu Kun also said a lot, but he basically copied it from Yuval Harari whom he saw in his previous life. It would take tens of thousands of words to write, so I won’t go into details.
Anyway, Gu Kun quoted the remarks of the historians of the Flash Gold Tribe to attack those financial dogs of the Flash Gold Tribe. No one could say anything to him. He just used his spear to attack his shield.
Why is it that after entering the 21st century, terrorist activities are always banned? From the root motivation, it is the absolute freedom of the Internet and financial virtual economy that has caused these by-products.
Because of the financial virtual economy and the freedom of malicious short selling, the very act of "causing a group of people to panic" can generate financial profits.
Even if war and killing can no longer seize resources, land, property, and women, as long as it can make some people panic, the panic itself can be realized instantly through "financial short selling."
Those people were originally inspired by the short-selling master Soros. It was this wave in 1998 that made many people who had a grudge against Oceania see one principle clearly: Oceania will definitely support legal short-selling, so
, those people followed Oceania’s rules of the game and came to attack Oceania.
Of course Gu Kun would never touch those things in his life, but he just wanted to be a prophet and predict what would happen in the future.
Let the people of Oceania know who to hate when they encounter this in the future - in the beginning, hurting human feelings and confidence can be priced and shorted to make profits, which is your Wall Street.
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After Gu Kun's show came out, even though a lot of things were cut out, it still caused an uproar.
The main reason is that he is too daring to analyze.
Moreover, it is the end of 1997, and the Malayans do not yet know how to manage the Internet. The things they cut out were still spread on the Internet by Gu Kun, and still penetrated into Oceania, and were even known to many Oceania netizens.
In Southeast Asia, although there are still very few people online, the content is so shocking that it spreads far and wide through word of mouth and tap water.
Who knows that Gu Kun is already very well-known and has top-level traffic?
"Asshole! We should kill this squirting guy!"
At the bureau headquarters in Langley, Maryland, some people were not calm.
This Gu Kun is too arrogant. He only wants to criticize Soros, but he actually dares to point fingers at Oceania's international prestige! This is intolerable!
"Section Chief/Director/Director
Fortunately, the people who are leaders are relatively stable. In terms of international affairs, a certain IA is just a dog owned by a certain secretary of state. If the owner does not let the dog go, how can they bite people on their own initiative?
Just like in the Dulles era, when Dulles himself became Secretary of State, he asked his cousin Dulles Jr. to be the director of an IA.
"Don't worry, I'll go ask the leader for instructions!"
Then some middle-level cadres rushed to Peanutton to ask Ao for instructions.
The result was only a slap in the face.
"Idiot! In the past, we were just talking official talk and not helping each other! There's nothing we can do about it! But do you think it's enough to make economists think our actions are fair? What about the 5.6 billion angry civilians in Southeast Asia?
?After Gu Kun’s latest words, if he dies, then five or six billion people will not speculate about who did it? By then, what he said will really be regarded as truth! What’s the use of killing him?
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"But even Saddam can be killed if we want to."
"Saddam can't be killed now! The reason why he is sanctioned now is because hundreds of millions of people in the Middle East don't regard him as a great hero. It's because in 1991, the Gold Flashers held back and didn't fight back after being beaten. Besides,
No matter how much Saddam is worth, Gu Kun is worth as much. It is not worthwhile to kill him in exchange for pushing 5 to 6 billion people in the direction of distrusting our Oceania!"
The requester was stunned, but had to admit that he was capable of being a great leader. He was worthy of being a top PhD student in international relations at Georgetown University and a former advisor to Brzezinski.
Once Gu Kun is killed for "exposing Oceania's connivance with Wall Street forces in plundering Southeast Asia, and deducing the possible consequences in the future", it will definitely intensify the hatred of the five to six billion people in Southeast Asia against the West.
So, how much profit would be gained by killing Gu Kun and Lan Fang?
Don't say that the current benefits are not enough.
Even if Gu Kun turns to China in the future because of his cold heart towards the West, and even after Lan Fang discovers two to three billion barrels of oil, the total interests of Lan Fang will not be worth the "liberation of five to six billion people."
The cost of deepening hatred towards the West by a few percent is huge.
Oceania wants to win back the popular sentiments of its five to six billion people, and the price it will cost cannot be paid by billions of barrels of oil.
Who allowed Gu Kun to carry this flag even though he already had such a great reputation?
With this flag to protect him, Gu Kun can live safely for more than ten years, and he will slowly survive until China has enough national power to protect him.
Of course, he can't float, and he can't make his life as valuable as Saddam's.
Otherwise, if after weighing the chips on both sides, it is found that his life is more valuable than the national sentiment of 500 million people, then he may still die.
This is the reality of international relations. The biggest principle here is that there are no principles, only interests.