Nanyang 1931: From piglets to giants

Chapter 275 Supranational Actors
Turn the United States into a large-scale South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

In fact, it is neoliberalism, the same trick used by the Meiling Sect in history. Zheng Yi just modified it slightly and brought it out. Except that it was greatly advanced in time, there is almost no difference.

This thing was originally the choice of the American people and is very suitable for the physique of American babies.

Moreover, the United States now has overcapacity, while other parts of the world have insufficient capacity. For big capital, it is indeed necessary to go overseas.

Moreover, it is very suitable for Zheng Yi to intervene in this matter, personally take up the banner and oppose it, as a member of this "free" empire, lead this process, and even reversely control the United States, become the person behind the scenes of the United States, and become the Rockefeller of the new era.

Neoliberalism was originally created by the Republican Party. During this period, the US financial industry was still immature and the US dollar had not yet been decoupled from gold.
Objectively speaking, the world is still dominated by these industrial capitals. Most of the American upper class have no confidence in the prospects of globalization and have no idea of ​​the specific methods and approaches. It is these industrial capital tycoons like Zheng Yi who are stirring up trouble. There is no need to worry about the Democrats taking over.

At least not worry about it for now.

To put it bluntly, the neoliberal faction in history originally emerged from the Rockefeller faction, which was also beneficial to the industrial capital giants headed by the Rockefeller family.

Zheng Yi can completely rely on the Rockefeller faction and try to create a small circle pursuing neoliberalism within this big circle.

Just build up a small circle first, and then find ways to gradually expand it.

American politics is complex, but it is also very simple. In essence, everyone is a Buddhist who chants scriptures. The only thing they compete with is whose scriptures are more useful, or even whose voices are louder. At its core, it is still the ancient Roman religious system of governing the country.

There is actually no difference between "God so loves the world" and "free democracy".

Although Zheng Yi, as a latecomer, actually understood very clearly that neoliberal thought has great side effects on the United States, at least for most grassroots people, the side effects are great. It is a poison and arsenic wrapped in honey.

But what does it matter? It's America anyway.

Besides, as for freedom, the price is not borne by these tycoons. In fact, it is a good thing for them to enter the oligarchy earlier.

Anyway, he still has Penang as a retreat, and he can even return to his motherland at any time in the future. Whether the United States declines or not, even if the chaebols are really hanged on the street lamp, it has nothing to do with him and it cannot hang over his head.

The two Rockefellers were also quite interested in Zheng Yi's remarks, especially John Rockefeller Jr., because this was actually in line with their interests.

After all, their company sells oil, and the oil and gas resources in the United States have been almost fully developed. Of course, they also want to learn from their predecessor Shell and expand overseas. Using the shell of the Southern Association for Regional Cooperation will not only help these oligarchic capitals to cooperate and support each other when going overseas, but also Zheng Yi is pioneering the way ahead.

He can retreat at any time if the situation turns against him.

Although they still think that Zheng Yi is a little too worried, until Dewey loses the election or sees the true power of populism, they will not believe what Zheng Yi says and will not think that the matter is that serious.

But since it is something that is also beneficial to them, they certainly don't mind letting Zheng Yi give it a try.

Nelson: "What Mr. Zheng said does make sense. Globalization can perhaps start in New York. Let's give it a try. Tomorrow afternoon, we will hold a ball in the name of our Rockefeller family. Celebrities from all over New York will come, including Mr. Dewey, of course. Mr. Dewey will announce the news that you have become an American citizen and joined the Republican Party.

This is your first public appearance in the United States, and you will definitely be the protagonist tomorrow. You can publicize your ideas in public."

Zheng Yi: "Will you two support me?"

John said, "I think this is very interesting. I heard that Mr. Zheng has the Midas touch and can quickly find oil wells in the Middle East."

Zheng Yi: "Not really. The rumors are exaggerated. It's not that smooth. Besides, the price of oil is really not high right now, so developing new oil wells doesn't make much sense."

Little John: "The current oil price is wrong. It will definitely rise soon. Besides, Mr. Zheng, except for Soviet oil, all the world's oil is in our hands. As long as demand increases, we can completely control the price of oil by the amount of oil we produce."

Hearing this, Zheng Yi picked up a cigar from the table and lit it for himself, then said with a smile, "However, throughout the Middle East, most of the current regimes are pro-British and pro-French, especially France, which still retains a large number of colonies."

John: "I understand what you mean. Democrats believe that the biggest enemy of the United States is the Soviet Union, while you believe that the biggest enemies of the United States are Britain and France."

Zheng Yi: "That's not the case. Our enemies have never been the British, French, or Soviet Russian people. To be more precise, I think our enemies are those traditional, backward colonialists who have brought suffering to people around the world through colonial plunder."

"Of course, I'm not saying that Soviet thought isn't a threat to us, but it has its biggest limitation, which they have temporarily ignored, or rather deliberately ignored: globalization."

"At least while we still have the ability to shift conflicts outward, this theory is actually untenable and can be easily resolved. In fact, because of the global nature of this narrative, they may even deliberately close themselves off and refuse to accept globalization in order to promote ideology."

Upon hearing this, the two Rockefellers looked at each other, but they both seemed to understand something. They just felt that Mr. Zheng was worthy of being Mr. Zheng, as if he had expressed a very profound theory.

In fact, Zheng Yi is different from most people of this era. This is the fundamental problem. The intellectuals of this era either have too much faith in the red ideals, or do not believe in them at all, and believe that things will definitely not be accomplished.

In his opinion, this is actually wrong. From his own heart, he personally believes that the ultimate ideal world will definitely be realized one day.

However, this has a prerequisite, that is, globalization must be realized first, and it must be realized thoroughly.

"Actually, Ma Sheng mentioned something similar in his theoretical foundation. Simply put, before realizing the Red ideal, we must first establish a global, large-scale capitalist interest group, akin to a villain for the entire human world. Then we overthrow this villain."

"Only in this way can the ultimate ideal be truly realized, and my Southern Alliance is the villain."

"Because capitalists have no nationality, they can easily shift social contradictions and class conflicts to other countries. Using more advanced productive forces, they exploit weaker nations in a manner similar to dimensionality reduction attacks. And they even have to thank us for the exploitation."

"For example, Tunisia, a key city for SAARC development, is a key area for future development. After the Marshall Plan, I hope, or perhaps I advocate, that American companies relocate some of their production capacity to Tunisia. It's an ideal window for trade with Europe." "The people of Tunisia shoulder the hardest and most tiring work in production. We exploit their labor, but other parts of the Middle East are still herding sheep in the desert. Aren't these Tunisian workers, who we exploit, incredibly fortunate compared to the rest of the Middle East?"

"Who is blocking us from achieving this goal? Britain and France? The Soviet Union spreading its ideas? We just need to withdraw our investment. Will the people of Tunisia be willing to live like people in other Middle Eastern countries?"

Again, there is nothing wrong with neoliberalism itself.

Capital will allocate various assets around the world on its own. As long as it continues to develop, it will eventually develop into a situation where all countries, all people, and all human beings in the world have similar living standards.

But the small elite class is all concentrated in a place like Wall Street or something like that, and all that is left in countries around the world are compradors. This is the situation.

After reaching this point, defeating the monster only makes sense.

The Soviet Union's mistakes were often, whether forced or voluntary, putting the cart before the horse.

It shouldn't be about realizing the ideal first and then working to unite the poor people around the world.

Rather, only when the poor people of the world achieve great unity can the ideal be realized.

In order to achieve solidarity with the poor people around the world, we must first achieve true globalization.

One of the important reasons why Americans were able to win the Cold War was that they were able to suck blood from other parts of the world, thereby delaying internal conflicts.

The Soviet Union also wanted to suck it in, but it was an idealist. Who would it suck in? The Third World? Or its own people? Whomever it sucked in, it would betray its ideals.

The Soviet Union was never anywhere near the United States in terms of national power. It wasn't even necessarily second in the world. Having abandoned its ideals, what was it then? Was it even worthy enough to be a rival to the United States?
After a moment's deliberation, John said, "How about this? I can first invest $500 million in Tunisia to build ports, warehouses, manufacturing plants, and railways. After all, this is all for the cause of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation."

Five hundred million US dollars is not a huge sum of money. For the Rockefeller family, it is just a test of the waters. With Rockefeller personally involved, the entire American industrial community will definitely smell the scent.

Is this the direction indicator?

Nelson: "Five hundred million dollars? This... should we wait until Mr. Dewey wins the election? After all, if he can really do it, it will be considered his achievement. What if the election doesn't go well..."

Zheng Yi interrupted, "If the election goes badly, this will become even more important. What else? Are we really going to blindly follow the Democrats? Some things we've done are fait accompli. Only if they bring tangible benefits to the international community can we compete with the Democrats and shout out such slogans in the next election."

Anyway, the United States is a federal country with great state power. To put it bluntly, as long as it is profitable, what does it matter if New York State goes its own way?

The Democrats are too good at playing with ideology, or rather, it is Duterte who is too good at it. If you cannot come up with an ideology to fight against him, you can only fall into his logic as in history and cannot get out, causing the Cold War narrative to spiral. Even the Republicans have to pretend to support it, which brings disaster to the world and actually does not bring any benefits to the United States.

Little John was clearly much more experienced on this point, and he and Zheng Yi had clearly been thinking the same thing. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng is right. In business, if you want to achieve great things, you must learn to follow your government. But if you want to become a world-class chaebol, you must learn to make the government follow you."

"There's no need to discuss this with Dewey. We can do it ourselves. After we're done, we can seek Dewey's support. He needs support right now..."

Nelson thought about it and nodded, "Yes, father, I understand."

Then he turned around and asked Zheng Yi, "Mr. Zheng, does it seem like you're going to stay in New York for a while?"

Zheng Yi: "I just came here from Japan with Coach MacArthur. I do plan to stay in New York for a while. The establishment of the SAARC branch in the United States is such a big thing, and I really need to be here in person for a while to oversee it. Besides, I am an American now, after all, and New York will be my home from now on."

Nelson: "Mr. Zheng, do you have any property in New York? I do have a manor in Long Island. If you don't mind, I'd be happy to give it to you."

Zheng Yi shook his head: "No need. I don't plan to live in Long Island. I plan to live in an apartment in Manhattan."

Nelson: "Uh...ah?"

Are you crazy? Such a wealthy man wants to live in an apartment?
Zheng Yi: "By the way, Mr. John, the United Nations headquarters building should be almost finished."

Little John: "Not yet. It will take at least two years."

Zheng Yi: "Is there any extra land around here? I'd like to build the SAARC US branch building next to the UN headquarters. Or we could change the name of SAARC to something like the All-China Association for Regional Cooperation. It doesn't matter. Besides you, Mr. John, I really can't think of anyone more suitable to be the branch chairman."

Little John: "Should I be the chairman of the North American branch of the Southern Alliance... I'll think of a solution."

Zheng Yi smiled, knowing that he must have a way. After all, he was the donor of the United Nations Headquarters Building. The land where the headquarters building was located was also his, and the surrounding real estate was also his property.

If he wants to merge with SAARC, he will of course have to pay some price. The fact that it was built next to the UN headquarters building was naturally a sign of competition.

After all, since the decision has been made to merge with American multinational corporations, Zheng Yi is naturally not satisfied with SAARC continuing to be a non-state actor.

He wants to be a supranational actor.

Who stipulates that there can only be one supranational actor in the world?

　I only have 4,000 today. I hope you can forgive me. I have too many personal matters to attend to. I will try my best to restore it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)