Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2688 The blue is better than the blue
At the moment in 1945, Britain is overwhelmed, France is hard-pressed, Russia is a heretic, Germany and Japan are facing liquidation, and the United States is the only opponent in southern Africa.

Southern African companies did maintain close relations with many American companies. From World War I to World War II, especially before the outbreak of World War II, the products of many southern African companies were sold to Germany through the agents of American companies. Most of these American companies It has disappeared, but if necessary, it can be resurrected at any time.

Truman also knew about this situation, but there was nothing he could do about it. International trade was a pot of meat. The southern Africans took away the meat and left the Americans with soup. .

The current situation is different from the period before the outbreak of World War II. Southern African companies no longer need the transit of American companies and can directly invest in Europe. Wall Street trade tycoons also want to increase their efforts, but European countries no longer need arms. , but need building materials and living supplies, which only southern African companies can provide.

Truman hopes to make a breakthrough from Gavin, but he is unwilling to pay too much. The key is the issue of dominance. Truman hopes that the reconstruction of Europe will be dominated by American companies, which directly conflicts with the fundamental interests of southern Africa. Gavin Impossible to budge.

"Of course we welcome the participation of American companies. The reconstruction of Europe is a big project. It cannot be completed only by southern African companies. The key is efficiency. We have to win the trust of European countries before the Russians intervene." Gavin's words let Truman was very melancholy, and hit the Achilles heel of the United States again.

Compared with the United Kingdom and France, the United States obviously has an economic advantage, but compared with southern Africa and even Russia, the United States' advantages are not so obvious.

Roosevelt led the United States out of the Great Depression, essentially denying the free market economy that the West has always advocated, greatly increasing government intervention in the market, and evolving from the previous model of small government and big market to big government and small market, thus successfully getting out of the economic crisis. A complete leap over old Europe.

Roosevelt's New Deal is definitely beneficial to the United States, but for Wall Street tycoons, Roosevelt's New Deal is tantamount to depriving them of most of their rights and transferring the dominance of the U.S. economy from the hands of capital to the control of the government. Very unfavorable.

When Roosevelt was alive, his prestige was unprecedented, Wall Street tycoons died down, even if they had dissatisfaction, they could only endure it temporarily, and a delicate balance was reached between capital and the government.

Truman's prestige is far inferior to that of Roosevelt. After Roosevelt's death, the government's intervention in the economy has been greatly reduced, and the United States has returned to the model of capital controlling the country.

This is the paradox of America right now.

The U.S. government hopes to lead the reconstruction of Europe, but U.S. capital is unwilling to give up temporary short-term interests. Many companies would rather go bankrupt than transform. Targeting American capitalists will only blame the incompetence of the U.S. government.

"The threat of the Russians is inevitable for European countries. We could have used the threat of the Russians to gain greater benefits. Why not?" so cheap.

European countries cannot complete the post-war reconstruction in time by relying on their own strength alone. The emphasis is on "timely", which means that they must be ahead of the arrival of the Russians, otherwise they will inevitably be reduced to making wedding clothes for others.

Given enough time for European countries, post-war reconstruction can be completed, sooner or later.

The key lies in the patience of the people. If the post-war reconstruction cannot be completed in a short period of time and life is significantly improved, then the threat of the Russians will be infinitely magnified, and the world may change completely.

Therefore, if southern Africa can be more reserved and not actively participate in the reconstruction of Europe, then European countries will take the initiative to come to the door to transfer more benefits, at least to maintain the stability of the regime.

In the eyes of Truman and American capital, southern African capital was too unrestrained and actively invested in the post-war reconstruction of European countries. It neither guaranteed its own interests nor allowed time for preparations for American counterparts. In the end, it was cheaper for European countries.

"Benefits are important, but not all. We may have lost some benefits, but we have gained the friendship of Europe, which is totally worthwhile for us." Gavin can only say that the pattern of American capitalists is small.

Making money is important, but win-win is even more important. When American entrepreneurs write their autobiographies, they always emphasize not to earn the last copper coin. In practice, they always eat everything and wipe it out. It is too ugly to eat.

Southern African capital also needs to benefit, but there is a bottom line. This is the proper reflection of the pattern and demeanor, not the penny-pinching.

The reason why the Hebrews shout like rats crossing the street is because there is no bottom line for making money. They can make any kind of money, even usury, and they dare to make money in national disasters. Are they really not worried about liquidation?

Southern Africa is no longer the rising star after World War I, but is committed to replacing the United Kingdom and becoming a responsible big country. At this time, it is necessary to take the initiative to transfer some benefits to convince other countries.

The strength of the United States is actually not weak, but the structure of the elite class is too small. In other words, virtue does not match, and sooner or later it will suffer backlash.

"Gavin, on many issues, the interests of southern Africa and the United States are the same. We need to cooperate closely to usher in a new era together." Truman's words are actually a threat, and the United States is now the little devil in front of Hades , Not enough success, but more than failure.

Truman's attitude is obvious. On the issue of European reconstruction, southern African companies can eat meat, but they must also leave a mouthful for their American counterparts, otherwise no one will be able to eat this pot of meat.

If the United States wants to cause trouble in southern Africa, there are still ways.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the United States continues to provide assistance to Russia, the reconstruction plan for Europe in southern Africa will be greatly affected.

"Yes, we do have the same interests in many areas." Gavin partly agreed with Truman's words. Whether to cooperate closely depends on the attitude of the Americans.

Truman is willing to cooperate, and Gavin will certainly not refuse.

But Truman's biggest problem is that he cannot fully represent American capital, which puts a big question mark on Truman's sincerity.

Regarding this issue, Gavin took the initiative to find Rock at night, hoping to hear what Rock had to say.

"Truman's attitude can only represent himself, not the United States. The biggest problem for the United States is the continuity of policies, which brings more uncertain variables to cooperation. In three years, whether the President of the United States or Truman will have to Two words—" Rock is now not sure whether Truman can be re-elected like another time and space.

Unlike Roosevelt, Rock was not very impressed with Truman. Simply analyzing the prospects of the US general election, Truman's chances of winning were smaller than Thomas Dewey.

However, what Roque can be sure of is that Thomas Dewey has not served as the president of the United States, so Roque still has some expectations for Truman.

The shortcomings of democracy have been fully exposed in the UK. When Winston and the Conservative Party were in power, the UK's attitude towards Russia was neither hostile nor friendly.

After Attlee came to power, Britain's attitude towards Russia made a 180-degree turn. Attlee sent engines and supported Russia's access to the Black Sea. Rock was caught off guard, and the last feather fell.

The United States is the same as the United Kingdom. The success of Roosevelt is not because he was re-elected as president several times, but because during the years when Roosevelt was in power, the policies of the U.S. government maintained a rare continuity. progress.

Now in the Truman era, the control of the US government has dropped significantly, and Rock is not sure how long the US's friendship with southern Africa can last.

One thing is certain, even in the Roosevelt era, the United States would not hesitate to attack southern Africa as long as it had the opportunity.

"The current situation in the United States is very serious. If we add fuel to the flames, the contradictions in the United States will be further intensified. Will this allow us to gain an absolute advantage in the competition with the United States?" Pass.

But looking back, this possibility is indeed very high.

In another time and space, the United States dominated after World War II. In fact, the Cold War situation also had factors behind the United States. The gap between Russia's strength and the United States is still quite obvious, and the United States is largely self-respecting.

To put it bluntly, after Germany, Russia is shaped as the biggest source of threat in Europe to strengthen the dependence of European countries on the United States, so that the United States can kidnap European countries to the greatest extent and form a community of interests.

In this time and space, there is southern Africa, and the influence of the United States on Europe has been greatly weakened. If southern Africa goes all out, can it abandon the influence of the United States outside of Europe?
Rock's heart beat violently, he never imagined this possibility.

"What do you want to do?" No matter what the future holds, Rock will retire, and even if the United States is to be calculated, Gavin will lead.

"If we prevent the United States from getting involved in the reconstruction of European countries, the consequences will be unpredictable; but if we give up some of the benefits to the United States, then because of the distribution of this part of the benefits, it will cause disputes." Gavin understands that if you want to get it, you must first The truth with it.

That's right too.

If American companies are not given any chance, then American capital will unite to compete with southern African capital. Objectively, it will help American capital reach an internal agreement, and Truman will probably be happy.

Giving up part of the interests to the United States is equivalent to killing three people with two peaches. The greedy nature of capital will completely erupt, and external conflicts will turn into internal conflicts, and the Americans will break their heads.

"I have given Truman some medicine before, and the dose is probably not enough. You can increase the dose next time. Who would dislike your power too much--" Rock agreed safely, and his original intention was just to challenge Considering the conflict between the U.S. government and U.S. capital, Gavin did not expect to go one step further.

A country like the United States cannot be monolithic, and internal conflicts are very sharp. It only depends on whether it knows how to use it rationally.

Fortresses are broken from within. To defeat a country like the United States, external pressure will not only be ineffective, but may even be counterproductive. The Americans have to get themselves into chaos first.

Leaving aside the far-flung fields, although Rockefeller dominates the oil industry in the United States, there is also internal competition. After the Rockefeller split in 1911, it split into multiple oil companies. Don’t these oil companies compete with each other?
Not only is there, but it is even more intense. In the past, each of them occupied the mountain as the king, but now it is the winner and the loser, and the competition is more intense.

That is to say, before the critical moment of life and death, those companies that Rockefeller spun off could barely maintain a tacit understanding.

It's really to the point where you can't take care of yourself. A dead fellow Daoist won't die a poor daoist.

"Understood!" Gavin was full of confidence. Southern Africa is not worse than the United States, and the system is crushed.

The United States is worse than European countries. Southern Africa has been on the right path from the very beginning. It is covered with capitalism and internally has the bones of nationalism. In terms of external competition, southern African companies have never been alone. It appears as a whole, so that it can naturally form an advantage locally and defeat each one.

Although American capital also has advantages, they are all relative to European countries. In the Roosevelt era, the US government used Keynesianism as the theoretical basis to lead the United States out of the Great Depression. Now that American capitalism has risen again, Keynesianism has been abandoned. This is suicide. road.

The southern African model is also Keynesian in nature, but with greater freedom for capital, the federal government can control the economy to a certain extent without being overly rigid or flexible. This is something that the United States and European countries cannot do. of.

For capital, government intervention must be as small as possible.

Capital also has its own limitations. The pursuit of profit tends to magnify the greed of capital, and the lack of overall structure leads to the inherent shortage of capital.

This model in the United States will not be exposed until capital develops to a certain extent.

Now this process is brought forward.

Like Roque, Gavin used the railroad system in southern Africa as a breakthrough to show Truman the superiority of nationalism.

"After the federal government took over the railway system, the railway system has actually been losing money. In the past 20 years, the passenger fares of the southern African railways have not increased at all, and have remained at the level of 20 years ago." Gavin's words made Truman feel very sad. Surprised, what is the picture of doing this.

During the Great Depression, the U.S. government also made a lot of infrastructure investment, which played a partly positive role.

But soon, these infrastructure projects were handed over to private capital by the U.S. government because of the heavy operating burden.

Gavin did not explain to Truman that the loss of passenger transportation will be made up to a certain extent by freight.

Coupled with other profits, in fact, the compensation is not much.

(End of this chapter)