I was acting crazy in North America, and all the crazy people there took it seriously.

Chapter 190 Logan's Wisdom in Governing a Country is Unfathomable

Speaking of President Harding, one cannot help but mention the abruptly ended tip-off call that The Sun received.

Logan wasn't at the newspaper office at the time, but he agreed with Richard's decision to do nothing and act as if nothing had happened.

This is a very complex matter, and it's not something a small media outlet like The Sun can get involved in.

In the arena of power struggles, knowing too much and not knowing how to keep quiet is a path to death.

Most importantly, everyone at The Sun knew what the public really wanted to hear at that time.

Armed rebellions in the South, sporadic labor strikes in the North that even called for "armed strikes," and the sudden death of President Harding... This series of dramatic changes, like powerful earthquakes, shook ordinary people's perception of a stable life.

The American people, caught in a state of unease and anxiety, yearned for order, for security, and for a strong voice to tell them that everything was under control, that the enemy would be brought to justice, and that life would return to normal.

The federal government, waving the blood-stained banner of "the president being assassinated by rebels," and under the guise of "purging traitors and maintaining stability," has been making mass arrests of so-called "rebels and their sympathizers," which precisely caters to the public's desire for security.

Imagine if, at this moment, a newspaper suddenly jumped out to disagree and question the cause of the president's death—what good would that do?
The public will not see him as a brave "whistleblower," but rather as a "spy" who disrupts stability, and will rise up against him. The federal government will not hesitate to crush him, making an example of him to deter others.

It is this desire for security that makes it easy for the federal government to discover that as long as they label anyone they want to eliminate as a "rebel," the psychologically vulnerable public will readily support the government's arrest operation.

This has led to tens of thousands of people—whether they are union leaders who organize strikes, intellectuals who express dissenting opinions, or ordinary people who are "suspicious" simply because of their skin color or ethnicity—being easily thrown into the private prison system like trash.

Logan, having seen these "rebels" who included many white people, could easily understand why Wade Berwick wanted to pursue "theoretical innovation"!

These sheep that have been locked up are not docile sheep.

They were workers who dared to strike, intellectuals who dared to question, and all sorts of people whose resistance could be sparked by the Southern rebellion.

If we don't thoroughly tame them ideologically and institutionally, how can we transform these potential "troublemakers" into stable, controllable, and continuously value-generating "slaves"?
Wade Berwick's theory of "slavery" is not about how to make the 20% elite feel at ease becoming "slave owners," but about how to make the 80% of people willingly, even gratefully, become "docile slaves."

This request... Logan immediately thought of a certain ancient Eastern power—India!

Berwick's theory is essentially about "Indianizing" America.

Sure, bro, sure.

The underlying logic of Western culture is remarkably similar to that of Indian culture.

Or one could say that modern India represents the pinnacle and ideal state of Western civilization:
The entire population is deeply religious, social classes are highly rigid and rationalized by religion, the "God-King" is high above, and Brahmins jointly rule the world;
The countless Shudras and Untouchables at the bottom of society, even living in poverty, ignorance, and despair, mostly accept their fate, viewing their suffering as karmic retribution from a past life or an inevitable order, unable to muster any will to resist, and even actively maintaining this system...

Logan believed that the American upper class greatly admired this system. Of course, India's system was deeply ingrained through thousands of years of religious, cultural, and historical development, and the United States couldn't simply copy it.

It's okay, we can start the transformation from the source!
Logan picked up his pen, and his thoughts flowed freely.

First, the "American Dream" needs to be revised—from "as long as you work hard and persevere in America, you can achieve a better life" to "as long as you work hard and persevere in America, you can become a slave owner, or at least a high-ranking slave, thereby gaining the right to exploit other lower-ranking slaves!"

So, how exactly is this kind of exploitation and management implemented?
The old method: dividing people into different classes.

But we can't use the old-fashioned class divisions; we need to use more modern "identity labels"!
They meticulously categorize people into different groups: Black, Latino, Asian, women, gay, environmentalists, etc., without mentioning (anti-)oppression, only emphasizing the labels themselves.

Then, today we can design a policy that harms the interests of other labeled groups, to give special "care" to Black people and isolate them from other groups;

Tomorrow, another policy may be introduced that emphasizes the "protection" of the rights of homosexuals, which will inevitably sacrifice the interests of other labeled groups and make them unhappy.

The day after tomorrow, quotas or benefits specifically for women could be introduced, sparking renewed outrage...

By the same token, any group can be manipulated into conflict with other groups at any time, as needed. Meanwhile, the powerful remain aloof, sitting comfortably on the sidelines, playing the role of final arbitrator and "benefactor."

Society is like a big prison, where everyone in every cell is busy fighting with the people in the next cell, forgetting who built the prison and who holds the key to the cell door.

Logan went on and on, filling the framework of "America only needs slave owners and slaves" with the wisdom of some mysterious ancient country and the wise descendants of America.

Indian civilization is truly a museum of human civilization!
The wisdom of the descendants of Americans is truly a wonderful nutrient for the ultimate evolution of capitalism!

This is only a small part of the wisdom; there are also "happy education," "bread and circuses," "indulgence in drugs," and so on, which Logan didn't even have time to fill in!
After reading the rough draft, Wade Berwick exclaimed in amazement, "Genius! My friend, you are a genius! Your wisdom in governing is simply unfathomable!"

He eagerly declared, "I want to immediately try this method in Fox River State! We want to establish 'prison-based governance,' and within this small society of prison, we'll first perfect this 'modern slavery' system!"

"I believe that once the big capitalists at the top see the concrete results, and see how those rebels are divided, tamed, and made as docile as lambs, they will definitely want to support you as president!"

Upon hearing this, Logan shook his head vigorously, "I didn't! I didn't! Don't tell me I wrote it! I don't have that kind of wisdom in governing a country!"

The answer is simple: being president is too tiring; he just wants to be a talkative newspaper owner!

If you ask again, it's because I, Logan, have demonstrated too much wisdom and don't want to be burdened by fame!
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(End of this chapter)