Chapter 1428 We have everything (second update, please subscribe)
“No country will be willing to be poor! They will do everything possible to get rid of poverty... and avoid the squeeze of foreign capital, that is, to get rid of poverty First step!”
On the plane, when Dr. Allende was revising his speech, he occasionally cast his eyes out the window. The blue sea outside the window was dotted with clusters of islands. There are several big cities scattered on it.
Those big cities were just a tropical rainforest more than ten years ago, but now they have developed into the largest cities in Asia - among the top ten cities in Asia, they occupy the top eight!
“Eighteen years ago, here we could only produce rubber, oil, wood and sago, but now, they can produce jet airliners, fighter jets, giant ships, modern industrial machines, electronic computers... What we Many well-known technological products are produced here.”
Maduro pointed to the wing of the porthole and said:
"Including the C707 aircraft we are traveling on, it is the best four-engine jet airliner in the world. It flies farther than Boeing's 403 aircraft and carries more passengers. much, if not for U.S. aid loans Many countries will consider it first..."
Listening to what Maduro said, Allende nodded and said:
"Indeed, here, in the past ten years, What has been achieved here is amazing, but, my friends, we have also A practical problem is that they came here as a group of colonists, and they also own many mines in Chile. In addition to some worthless salt mines, they also hold several copper mines. , they refused to talk about "nationalization" "
The "nationalization negotiations" Allende refers to refer to the nationalization policy of Chilean copper mines that was implemented during the period of former President Carlos. It was officially adopted as a government policy. To advance, Chile began to nationalize its copper mines.
However, there have always been strong opponents of "nationalization" here. and refused to negotiate on the issue.
“To a large extent, although the science here is modern, their understanding of the world is still stuck in the last century. Those imperialists always arrogantly think that they can still Just like in the last century, they wantonly plundered the resources and wealth of other countries."
"Allende, my friend, they resisted the nationalization of copper mines for a reason. Their acquisition of copper mines. development, big In the past few years, they have invested a lot of money in the construction of copper mines, and now they have just started to nationalize their copper mines. This is not nationalization at all, it is not robbery at all!"
Maduro shrugged his shoulders and said:
“If we really forcibly take back those copper mines, it will cause panic among international investors. And Chile cannot do without foreign investment.”
"No, if we don't take back the copper mines, we will never be able to get rid of poverty. Don't forget, even they... took back their oil fields from the Dutch and Canadians back then!"
Then Allende emphasized:
“If all copper mines cannot be nationalized, then President Ibáñez’s policy of providing milk to women and children will come to an end!”
At this time, when he said these words, Allende, who was still just a senator, did not know that a few years ago, President Ibáñez used US aid to provide free services to women and children. The milk policy will be touted by people on the other side of the ocean as a contribution to his election as president, not only ignoring that this policy had been implemented for more than ten years, but even the milk was aided by American imperialism.
It can only be said that people will always put high hats on their imaginary characters that they do not have.
However, Allende is now just a senator. This visit is a normal visit, for the purpose of learning and learning from the rich and powerful experience here.
Since the birth of the "Miracle of the Equator", there have been various visits and visits here every day, and Chile is the most popular among them!
After all, compared to the independent political situation of many countries, which has been very stable since the 19th century and has undergone normal changes, this is definitely an extremely unusual existence in South America, where military coups are constantly occurring.
For this reason, after witnessing the "Miracle at the Equator", many Chilean politicians took it for granted that if it can be done here, they can also do it, and compared with the situation here at the beginning, Their conditions are even better.
As long as they learn, they will definitely be able to replicate the success here and then promote the rise of Chile.
Because of this, in the past few years, Chile has sent multiple inspection groups here every year to inspect and study.
"And over the years, those imperialists have plundered too much wealth from us, even here..."
Looking out the window. Allende said.
“Their rise also relies on plundering from the outside, and because of this, they will do their best to oppose nationalization...”
To a certain extent, although surprised Despite the economic success achieved by this land, Allende did not have any favorable impression of this land. After all, this was a land shrouded in capital.
In Arlinde's view, capital is the root of all evil.
Besides, the imperialist practices shown here in the past few years also abhorred him.
So, Arlinde gave a speech in Chile more than once, telling those who regard the "Equatorial Miracle" as a role model-if Chile is like them, then everyone will become a slave of big business. .
Of course, he had never been here when he expressed this opinion. This was his first time in this land he hated so much.
More than an hour later, the plane finally landed at the international airport.
As a member of the delegation, Allende himself thought he would be able to give a speech at the airport - in his opinion, their visit would definitely attract many journalists.
Just like his colleagues' visits to the United States, it attracted many reporters. He could give a speech to those reporters at the airport, attacking the anti-nationalization policies here.
But surprisingly, except for a few officials from the foreign affairs department, there were no reporters at all.
For those journalists, the visit of the Chilean delegation is simply not worth mentioning. How many people will care about South America thousands of miles away?
No one would care about what was going on there, so only one reporter conducted a symbolic interview, which was actually just a few photos.
that's all!
In an instant, Allende felt humiliated by such contempt!
How can they be so arrogant?
This was Allende's first impression of this land - the people here are arrogant!
Even more arrogant than the United States!
In this way, Allende's first impression of this place was extremely bad.
But the following visit still left Allende a little stunned.
What shocked him was not the glass buildings in the bustling city known as the "City of the Future", nor even the economy and technology here.
But the lives of ordinary people. In any case, Allende is still very concerned about the lives of ordinary people, or in other words, he hopes to expose the lies of this land by observing the lives of ordinary people.
"There is never any perfect place in this world. If there is, then everything must be based on lies."
This was the first time Allende heard this a few years ago Having said what he had said to others after this place, now, all he needed was proof of it.
So they came to visit the residential area. Because it was working time, there were only a few people in the residential area. Seeing this, Allende said softly to the people beside him:
“You see, here, everyone has to work. If they don’t work, they can’t even support themselves.”
Then, he emphasized:
"I heard that people are not allowed not to work here, and everyone is even required to work by law."
I have to say that when a person wears colored glasses, everything he sees Everything is full of personal emotions.
For this, the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who accompanied them did not give any explanation, but just accompanied them dutifully. At this moment, Maduro saw a house not far away under the corridor. There was a man sitting there, seemingly enjoying something.
So the group of people walked over. Liu Daman, who was enjoying his retirement life, saw these foreign devils coming to his door. When he learned that they were visiting foreigners, he immediately became enthusiastic They arrived at his home.
Like most families, the decoration in his home is simple but very neat, which is a typical local decoration.
Allende asked after touring the house and finding no problems.
"Sir, does this house belong to you?"
The reason why he asked this was because he knew that these houses never belonged to any one person.
After understanding the other party’s question from the translator, Liu Daman did not answer his question, but said:
“I came here sixteen years ago with nothing,… …”
He pointed at the house and said:
"After I came here, I not only lived in a house like this, but also had a refrigerator and even an air conditioner. Sir, do you know what an air conditioner is?"
The sudden rhetorical question made Allende stunned. Before he could say anything, of course he knew, Liu Daman asked again:
"Does your home have air conditioning?"
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Allende was silent. His home... indeed did not have air conditioning. In fact, except for a few public buildings, only a few wealthy people would install air conditioning in their homes. This was not just because it was expensive, but also for another reason. It consumes too much electricity.
“Chile is not as wealthy as you, and many people have just escaped from hunger.”
Listening to Allende’s answer, Liu Daman said proudly:
“Yes. , almost twenty years ago, I almost starved to death, but here? ...Sir, do you know why I don’t have to work?”
As a retired person with a pension? , Liu Daman will always show off his retirement life to others whenever he has the opportunity.
In fact, it is not to show off, but a kind of gratitude, in order to let everyone know that as long as you work hard here, you will get the rewards you deserve.
Retirement is the reward that belongs to all of them.
This kind of life-long life with pensions is extremely unfamiliar to most people. After all, it has never existed in their concepts and traditions.
His rhetorical question made Allende curious:
“Is it because he is unemployed?”
The man in front of me looked like he was in his prime, and this was just an ordinary residential area, so he must be unemployed.
"Because I retired. Really. In fact, I felt that I could continue to work for a few more years, but I was asked to retire. Now I can get 113.6 yuan a month. Do you know? I don’t need anything. If you do it, you can get so much money every month!”
Puffing up his chest, Liu Daman said in a proud tone:
"Everything is given to me here. You said this house... Yes, this house is also given to me here. Yes, it is not mine, but it is mine and belongs to all of us. ! Sir, what do you have there?”
First the contradictory words, and then such a direct question made Allende almost lose his defense.
"You may have a beautiful house, a beautiful car, a lot of bank deposits, and a lot of servants. But what about the ordinary people there? What do they have?"
Although Liu Daman is not very literate, he can see Looking at these foreigners, he is still full of He said proudly:
“This house may not belong to me. It does not have my name engraved on it, but sir, I really don’t know what is there that doesn’t belong to me...”
< br>(End of this chapter)