Chapter 313: Decayed but Not Dead

The misery of the lower city was revealed relatively quickly as the [Suppression Bureau] deepened its power and reporters followed up with the exposure of hot spots.

In Stim, everyone knew that the lower city was suffering.

But how miserable was it, how did they eat, how did they dress, how did they live, how many hours did they work every day, whether they were born lazy, or were they so busy that their eyes were almost blind, and they could still make a living. These are all unknown, just like the keyboard warriors after the millennium, it is easy to type and criticize to release goodwill that has nowhere to go, but if you really investigate on the spot to confirm something, you will stay away from it.

Those people left behind by the faith guided by Ziegler, those miserable and helpless people, those who knelt in the cold and biting rain and prayed for mercy, were reported for the first time. Instead of being washed away silently by a heavy snow as before, many people were taken away directly.

This late autumn, after the war, the social atmosphere has turned to paying attention to people, which is a political correctness. Since it is politically correct, then some people will come here to smell the smell.

The bureaucracy, which is operating at high speed, is extremely sensitive to related matters.

Just like a lady whose skirt is lifted.

They will scream to attract attention first, and then act quickly. The Poor Law, minimum wage guarantee, price guidance and other measures are rarely implemented by people and implemented in place. For the lower city, this is almost a visible change. A ray of light has finally been cast in the miserable and hopeless life.

However, this ray of light is very sad when it comes to its source.

The tax officer's mood is probably like the fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind. He feels sorry and regretful that this winter, the death tax in the [Steam City] will be much less. Sometimes, the dead can play a more important role than the living.

This feeling of looking forward to others' death is actually not difficult to understand.

This is the sharp comment made by Sir Humphrey on the group of smokers in [Yes, Prime Minister]: If these 100,000 people (smokers) survive and die of old age, they will need more pensions and social security than medical expenses. So from a fiscal perspective, there is no doubt that maintaining the current mortality rate is the best... With 100,000 deaths per year, we can get 4 billion in revenue, 25,000 tobacco jobs, and a booming export industry, effectively balancing the trade volume... These smokers are willing to sacrifice themselves to save their compatriots. Smokers are the benefactors of our country!

The pensions and social security benefits in Albion's finances are not yet at the level of a gold-eating beast, which is frightening, and the untouchables do not have decent and legitimate jobs to enjoy pensions and other benefits. In this way, from a macro perspective, it is best for these people to be unable to work, freeze to death, and finally contribute a death tax, and then give up their jobs to new influxes. They are the benefactors of the country's booming development!

When Lin En was reading the daily newspaper in the cell and saw a tax officer complaining about taxes, he recorded this interesting speech and some of his own thoughts and sent it to Bailiu Street.

I believe that when the big bald head read these interesting remarks, he would also smile knowingly like the little gentleman, but after laughing, it was a deep thought that made people unable to laugh.

The same routines and rhetoric in different worlds.

Lin En sneered.

As long as tobacco taxes are not nationalized like rabbits, they will flow upwards. The enviable flow of funds can definitely make people do many crazy things and become a profit group formed on a capital chain. Of course, smoking is harmful to health, and smokers must not be regarded as benefactors of the country, otherwise it is encouraging. Today it may be cigarettes, tomorrow it will be marijuana, and the day after tomorrow it may be methamphetamine.

The bottom line is something that capital is testing and trampling step by step.

Lin En has nothing to do these two days. In addition to calling out the Black Holy Grail in the dead of night, reflecting and comparing the problem of building his own lepton model, he is reading newspapers and writing letters. Lin En is not treated strictly as a prisoner. In fact, he is quite free except that he cannot go out casually. There is no gatekeeper. He can go to the bathroom and then go back to lock himself up.

Lin En's treatment is similar to that of the lighthouse soldiers in Japan and Korea. After he couldn't control his crotch and had sex with the flower girl, he was thrown into the barracks cell.

They just do it for the sake of courtesy. For example, after the military court trial, you take a photo of entering the cell and another photo of leaving the cell, and then you can go to the restaurant to eat and drink beer with other two-legged, four-class multi-purpose animals on the same day. This kind of operation is actually very normal, especially in the garrison. After being overseas for a long time, the lighthouse soldiers discuss the issue of racial genetic exchange with your beautiful girl, which is a face-saving thing for you.

Lin En certainly doesn't have a beautiful girl here. Although he has the Black Holy Grail, he can only look at it but not eat it, unless he is so brave as to run to the star realm.

These two days, Lin En has also been writing letters to his confidantes, asking them to calm down and not panic, and he will be out of prison in a few days.

Indeed, Lin En will be out of prison in a day.

His imprisonment and investigation is mainly to explain to other departments so that they don't look so bad, and it is also a kind of protection to prevent Lin En from being attacked by some blind people. After all, he is a hero now.

What is a hero?

In the eyes of ordinary people, a hero is a symbol, while in the eyes of politicians, a hero is a heart-concentrating device with strong short-term benefits. You see, no matter whether it is Aryan Superman or Captain America, as long as it exists, politicians will not forget to bring him along when they perform.

[Steam City] The mess in the lower city was really bad, and the loss was not small. The city government gave Lin En a push and asked him to divert attention. There were many reports about Lin En in the newspapers, as well as the feats of the three lantern teams in the lower city, and the rhetoric was basically the same.

Of course, there must be people who want Lin En to come out quickly, and use their influence to promote it. For example, Amiste's money and Sophia's street reputation, the cooperation between the two really made a lot of noise.

However, Lin En laughed it off in the cell.

He was more concerned about the emergency measures taken by the city government in the lower city, and used this to judge the reaction speed of the Albion bureaucracy. Facts have proved that Albion's bureaucracy may be corrupt, but it is definitely not incompetent. If they can manage such a large city, the incompetent ones would have been kicked out long ago.

If you look at it with the mentality of a rebellious citizen.

The bureaucracy of Sturm is really two extremes, and people who see it are stunned.

Before the incident, the incident had been fermenting for at least half a year. Various inactions and negative factors led to the almost rampant numb faith in the downtown area, which was indulgence. After the incident, all kinds of measures to remedy the situation came out in one night, and they were so efficient that it was suffocating.

Lin En's evaluation was: rotten but not stiff.