Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Speaking of reflections on war, Americans are absolutely outstanding in this regard. In the movie, they held a Bible in one hand and a bayonet in the other. While killing, they did not forget to reflect on the harm of war. They often used the name of God. Emotional God is the United States.

people.

 Europe only began to reflect on war after the World War.

This is a nice thing to say, but it sounds terrible to say that it is a fear of war. The history of human reproduction is a history of war. Fighting and killing have not seen Europeans reflect on it for thousands of years.

Rock's approach to his enemies is the same as ***, it is God's business to forgive them, and Rock's task is to send them to see God.

Roark doesn’t have much hope for the Non-War Pact. If it works, he will do it. If it doesn’t, it will provide Roark with an excuse to intervene, which will give him more room for maneuver.

 While the 16-nation conference was being held, the bargaining between Rocke and Coolidge was also going on.

Coolidge hoped that Roark could lobby the Commonwealth to further open the market to the United States, so that American goods could fully enter the Commonwealth.

Roque also hopes that the United States can further relax restrictions on southern African capital and allow southern African capital to directly enter the US market.

Have you noticed that both Rock and Coolidge have great confidence in their own companies, and both believe that they can capture the other's market with the power of capital, but Coolidge's confidence is based in the entire Commonwealth, while Rock's confidence is in the South

Africa.

 Coolidge also hoped that Rock would open Port Elizabeth, and in return, the United States would open the South American market to southern African capital.

 Rock was really surprised. He didn’t know what Coolidge had the confidence to make such a request.

  Port Elizabeth is the private property of Adan Company, and South America is not the territory of the United States. There is no comparability between the two.

The key is tariffs. Southern Africa and the United States have lowered tariffs to 15% through several negotiations. Roque now hopes to reduce tariffs to 5% or even lower, which will be more conducive to trade between the two parties.

Coolidge agreed to reduce it, but did not agree to reduce it so much. Tariffs are an important source of revenue for the U.S. government. In order to protect local companies, the United States has very low export tariffs and high import tariffs. The 15% given to southern Africa is originally a one-sided policy. If

If it drops to 5% or lower, southern African products will have a huge impact on the United States.

  After all, where are the costs of southern African companies? Even if American companies can use a large number of Mexicans to reduce costs, the costs will not be as low as those of Africans.

Roark was not in a hurry. There were banquets every day at his home on the banks of Cherry Lake. Rockefeller, Morgan, Mellon, and even Edison and Marconi were all invited by Roark. Compared with Coolidge, they were the actual ones in control of the United States.

 Compared with Rockefeller and Morgan, Rock's wealth is even worse.

Even though there were many oil companies under Rockefeller's name, their combined size was not as large as that of Adan Corporation.

The same goes for Morgan. Although Roque does not have a steel company in his name, he does have mines in his name. Pilbara and Iron Square are both jointly invested by Nyasaland Company and Rand Bank. If Roque is willing, he can do it every minute.

can build the world's largest steel group.

In February 1901, Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to Morgan for $500 million, becoming the largest single acquisition in U.S. history.

 At that time, the Carnegie Steel Company had 20,000 employees, its annual output exceeded the steel output of the United Kingdom, accounting for 25% of the United States, and its annual profits were US$40 million.

After Morgan acquired the Carnegie Steel Company, he joined with more than a dozen other steel companies to establish the U.S. Steel Company, which once controlled 65% of U.S. steel production. Through lobbying, he prompted the U.S. government to completely eliminate tariffs on the steel industry in 1913.

 Pay attention to this point in time. 1913 was at the critical stage of the arms race. The United States abolished tariffs at this time in order to better dump goods to Europe.

 Before this, American steel companies relied on tariff protection to become stronger in free trade with British steel companies.

When the strength of American steel companies completely surpassed that of British steel companies, the United States simply canceled the tariffs. This operation was also an old double standard.

As a result, during the World War, the Favart Steel Group grew rapidly, relying on more advanced technology and cheaper prices, posing a strong challenge to the U.S. Steel Company.

At this time, the U.S. government's troublesome maneuvers came again. In 1918, before the world war was over, the United States re-set the steel import tariff to 25%. The purpose is self-evident, which is to prevent the Favalte Steel Group from entering the U.S. market.

Southern Africa is much better. In terms of steel import and export, the federal government of Southern Africa does not impose any restrictions. This is due to the strong confidence of Southern African enterprises. Even if the U.S. Steel Company enters Southern Africa, it will not impose any restrictions on Favalte Steel Group.

The impact has been too great, so Roque is very confident that as long as tariffs are relaxed, southern African companies can defeat American companies.

Coolidge was very confused. The United States has always pursued "free trade." The reason for adding quotation marks is that when it is beneficial to American companies, the United States advocates true free trade. Once the situation is unfavorable to the United States, "free trade" will immediately

will become a "trade barrier".

So don’t listen to the Americans’ nonsense, listen to their words but also watch their actions.

The negotiations were very difficult. Although Coolidge himself advocated small government politically and was known for his classical liberal conservatism, he was unwilling to completely open up the U.S. market and introduce southern African capital.

Small government means: advocating that in a free society, the size and role of the government should be minimized - as long as it has the ability to protect everyone's freedom and prevent violations of freedom, so as to maximize everyone's freedom

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  Classical liberalism emphasizes individual rights, private property, and advocates laissez-faire economic policies, believing that the purpose of government existence is only to protect the freedom of each individual.

 It seemed that Coolidge should favor lowering tariffs, but the threat posed by southern African companies to American companies was too great for Coolidge to make up his mind.

So after going round and round, the final breakthrough was Hoover.

“Come on, Locke, I don’t dare to offend American capitalists. I also want to participate in the next presidential election-” Hoover was also resistant. The ideal state of the United States is for the Commonwealth to open its markets, while the United States still maintains trade barriers.

How is this possible? Not to mention other countries in the Commonwealth, Southern Africa will not accept it.

“It’s just to create favorable conditions for you to run for the next President of the United States, so I suggest you do this.” Rock’s perspective is unique. For the same thing, different perspectives lead to different conclusions.

 “Why?” Even if Hoover became a president, he still had not practiced enough.

“Who will ultimately benefit from the reduction of tariffs in the United States?” Roque said seductively. Although funders are important, the final votes still come from voters.

“There’s no need to ask. When the United States lowers tariffs, it’s your southern African companies that will ultimately benefit—” Hoover sneered, feeling that his IQ had been insulted.

Rock raised his forehead and sighed. As expected, the most suitable profession for Hoover was human trafficker. Politics was too complicated for Hoover.

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"After lowering tariffs, the prices of foreign goods will decrease. The people who ultimately benefit are the people who consume the goods, that is, ordinary Americans, the voters of the United States!" Rock was also helpless, and he couldn't tell the difference between benefit and gain.

, what kind of president do you want to be?

“So——” Hoover was in a state of ecstasy.

“So as long as you support lowering tariffs, you will gain the trust of voters and then get their sacred vote.” Rockett said it more straightforwardly, making it easier for Hoover to understand.

“No, no, I feel something is wrong——” Hoover was still a bit politically sensitive and subconsciously felt something was wrong.

 “What’s wrong?” Rock remained calm.

“If I agree to lower tariffs, it will harm the interests of American companies, and I won’t even be able to win the party primary.” Hoover was not stupid, just a little naive.

Of course, it depends on who you compare yourself with. Compared with the "prophet" Rock, he is a bit naive. Compared with other US presidential candidates, Hoover is pretty good.

"Don't worry about campaign funds. I can guarantee that you will have sufficient campaign funds by then." Rock directly threw money at him. Rockefeller and Morgan have money, and Rock is not bad either. Washington Automobile and Goldman Sachs can definitely become Hoover's money.

Lord, this is actually an investment.

 As mentioned before, political donations in the United States are actually the transfer of interests. Of course, capitalists have a purpose in funding politicians.

For example, Washington Auto, after Hoover became the President of the United States, he could set some necessary conditions for Washington Auto and create favorable conditions for competition between Washington Auto and other American auto companies.

 For example, safety, displacement, environmental protection, etc. This is the so-called carrot pit, just like a job interview.

“Think about it, you have sufficient campaign funds and the support of voters, what else do you have to worry about?” Rock has only one hidden worry. At this time, there should be no such thing as “interference in elections” in the United States.

“I have to think about it—I have to think about it—” Hoover was struggling in his heart and did not dare to make a decision immediately.

This is normal, after all, the matter is serious, and it might be possible to secede from the United States.

 Rock is not in a hurry, he still has chips in his hand.

 The next day, some American media published news about the negotiations. The U.S. government was immediately under great pressure. At a press conference later, Coolidge was besieged by reporters.

Coolidge was probably the president who liked to hold press conferences the most. It is said that Coolidge held a total of 529 press conferences during his term. He was also the first president in the history of the United States to conduct a live broadcast through radio broadcasts, and he was also the first president in history to appear in a talkie.

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 What’s funny is that Coolidge was famously reticent in private. He famously said: I think the American people want a serious donkey as president, and I’m just following the popular sentiment.