Starship Age: I can deduce technology

Senator Lupo squatted in front of the Star Alliance Grand Council and smoked a whole pack of cigarettes...

I don’t know which civilization came up with this kind of thing first, and because of its slight stimulating effect on the brain and the depressing and pretentious feeling when holding it in the hand, it quickly became popular throughout the Star Alliance.

He looked at the busy traffic at the entrance of the Grand Council and felt a sense of suffocation. The world was so big that he actually felt like he had nowhere to go!

"Congressman Lu Bo, are you the congressman Lu Bo just now?" A passerby saw him, walked over excitedly, and said with admiration: "The speech you just said was really great. Our whole family watched it." I like it very much. My home is nearby and I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came over to have a look!”

This is a green-skinned Cartier, who is also a second-level civilization. Cartier and Lubo Civilization do not have a good relationship with each other because some of their businesses overlap.

Unexpectedly, we would be on the same front because of a proposal.

"Huh?" Lu Bo seemed to have thought of something.

"Congressman, are you okay?" the pedestrian asked.

"I'm fine. Are you saying that you also support currency reform?" Congressman Lu Bo asked.

The pedestrian shook his head: "I don't understand currency or anything. I just think that it is not good for the second-level civilization to have the coinage power in the hands of the third-level civilization. Doesn't this mean that we are their slaves?"

"Yes. That's it!" Lu Bo suddenly realized: "That's it!"

He got up, hailed a taxi, and left quickly.

Only the pedestrian was left standing there, looking confused.

The taxi cut through the sky and arrived at a bar on the edge of the community.

This place is near the Star Alliance Grand Council, so there are a large number of social activists living there. Some of them are smart people from various civilizations. They feel that some aspects of the Star Alliance need to be changed, so they come here to ask the parliamentarians to submit some proposals.

There are also some who are spokespersons for various forces, hoping to meet with the congressmen and help these forces speak out.

The congressmen will not reject these people. After all, the proposal is not that good. The former ones can bring inspiration to the congressmen's proposals, while the latter can make the congressmen's pockets easier.

The Grand Council is being held, and social activists are also gathering with each other. The spokespersons of the major forces are not short of money. Naturally, they watch the live broadcast and discuss matters in luxury hotels. Those who bring their own dry food and have a strong sense of responsibility are Activists gathered in taverns, watching small scroll TVs, and talked about their opinions on a certain proposal.

"Currency does need to be reformed, but it shouldn't be reformed like this. As long as currency is still linked to technological products, it will never be able to get rid of the situation where higher civilization suppresses lower civilization!"

"But how could currency not be linked to technological products? Currency itself is a general equivalent, and technological products are products of extremely high value and are naturally worth a lot of money!"

"So, I don't know what to do. We can't just stop using money and go back to the era of bartering."

"Then someone felt that bartering was inconvenient, so they decided to use an item that everyone could accept as a general equivalent, such as a shell?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

There was a happy atmosphere in the tavern.

Then the next moment, the door of the tavern opened, and the dazzling sunlight rushed into the tavern instantly. After a short stay, it was blocked by the door again.

The people who were drinking looked at the door dissatisfied and were about to complain when someone suddenly shouted in surprise: "Hey, aren't you the congressman just now? You left the parliament and you came here to drink?"

"It's true, the proposal can't save the Star Alliance, so it's better to drink."

Lupo ignored their teasing and went straight to the stage next to the bar. Then he took out a stack of star coins from his pocket and handed it to the band: "Leave the microphone and let me say a few words, okay?"

The band had no choice but to look at the boss next to him. Of course the boss would not refuse. Firstly, this was also an opportunity to expand the influence of the bar. Secondly, Senator Lupo was also a regular visitor here, otherwise he would not have gone straight here. Come.

Naturally, he tried his best to meet the requirements of regular customers. He smiled and said: "You are here, why do you pay me? You can say what you want to say, wait!"

He picked up the microphone, clapped his hands to signal everyone to quiet down, and then shouted: "Congressman Lupo, who just proposed reforming monetary policy, came to the bar. Let's listen to what he has to say, okay?"

"Okay!" Most of the drinkers here are social activists who bring their own dry food and have a strong sense of social responsibility. Speeches like this are actually often made, and everyone's acceptance is very high.

Their number one hot topic just now was the currency proposal. It would be great if the congressman himself came to explain it in person.

If it were a bar that was purely about hooking up, they wouldn't accept people coming in to give speeches!

So Councilor Lu Bo stood up, took the microphone and started to say: "According to the data I just found, the Star Alliance now has a total of 42 level 3 civilizations, 22,476 level 2 civilizations, and nearly 140,000 level 1 civilizations. . In the Star Alliance Council, whether it is a third-level civilization, a second-level civilization, or a first-level civilization, all have the right to vote on proposals. Among them, the votes of the third-level civilization are more valuable, one vote is worth 100 votes, but because of the second-level civilization, The number of first-level and first-level civilizations is too large, so the votes for third-level civilizations only account for 0.4% of the total, and the combined votes for second-level and first-level civilizations account for 99.6%!”

"And the passage of a proposal only requires 75% of the votes. In other words, as long as our second-level civilization unites, we can pass a proposal!"

"Although my policy has not completely changed the situation of the superiority of the third-level civilization, it has also improved the living conditions of all second-level civilizations and first-level civilizations. It stands to reason that no middle- and low-level civilizations will refuse, but the actual situation is that, Only 74.9% of the votes were in favor!”

The drinkers didn't care much at first. They had just discussed it for a long time, and they all felt that this monetary policy was not good, and they had already thought about their rebuttal.

But I didn’t expect that Senator Lupo was not talking about the civility of the proposal, but voting?

What happened to this vote? Is there a problem?

Of course there is. This is my proposal for your benefit. Why don’t you support it?

"Why does this happen?" Councilor Lu Bo said coldly: "Because some second-level civilizations and first-level civilizations have lost their dignity as an independent civilization and have chosen to become dogs of higher civilizations!"

"They didn't even bother to vote more against it, but controlled the vote to 74.9% to warn us, as if to tell me: Look, how terrifying our power is, and we can even control the final score!"

"So, I would like to ask, is the Star Alliance still the civilization that the Twelve Ancestor Civilizations called out when they were jointly established, in which all races are equal, unite, cooperate, and promote each other? Or is it still a civilization that seems to be equal, but is actually a civilization that has been The third-level civilization has taken control, and the second-level civilization has become the puppet of the yes-man third-level civilization?”

The drinkers in the audience were stunned for a while. They suddenly felt that Lu Bo was telling a fact that they had vaguely discovered before but never dared to think about.

"Although on the surface it seems that our Star Alliance is prospering, there are technologies left by our predecessors, and our descendants are continuing to carry them forward, and our power is getting stronger and stronger. The surrounding civilizations and forces have also avoided each other due to the deterrent power of the Star Alliance. But stay away and don't dare to provoke him.

After you go out, you only need to tell the name of the Star Alliance, and knowledgeable people will naturally shy away. As long as we hang the flag of the Star Alliance, our merchant ships can travel unimpeded in the sea of ​​​​stars, but is there really no problem? Is there really no problem? Senator Lupo asked loudly.

There was silence below.

"Are you happy, all of you who are born in the second-level civilization? Look at the complaints on the Internet and the voices of the people. Are they happy?"

"The civilizations that have ascended before have left behind technologies for all members of the Star Alliance. But where did these technologies go in the end? Are they controlled by some super companies and protected by patents? We don't know how to use them at all. To get it, you have to pay a huge price to use it?”

"Our second-level civilization cannot develop at all. There is a pioneer in front of any scientific and technological route, and there are countless patent barriers blocking it!"

"What we can do is only make clothes and food with no technical content. Our members can only go to the third-level civilization to work as waiters, workers, and chicken girls!"

"Have you ever thought about the reason for all this?" Councilor Lupo asked loudly.

There was silence in the audience, yes, what is the reason?

Everyone vaguely has an answer in their mind, but no one dares to say it.

However, Representative Lu Bo dared to say that since he issued the proposal, he has never thought about retreating. He thought about it all the way when he came here. He feels more and more that his idea is correct and all logic can be correct!

He controlled the projector and displayed several large characters behind him.

"Level 3 civilization, super technology company!"

"Yes, the source of the pain for our second-level and first-level civilizations is this. They are the two mountains above our heads. They control all the lifeblood of the Star Alliance, and they also prevent the second-level and first-level civilizations. The path of progress leads to the fact that the second-level civilization will always be the second-level civilization, and the first-level civilization will always be the first-level civilization!”

"The Star Alliance is no longer everyone's Star Alliance. It is the Star Alliance of the third-level civilization and the Star Alliance of those technology giants! The Star Alliance Magna Carta has long existed in name only, and the Eighteenth Charter has become the protection of these two mountains. Helpers, they seem to be fair and just, but they have already become the swords used by these superior men to punish us! "

Senator Lupo shouted his final words: "No proposals are useless, no currency reform is useful, as long as civilization still controls the Star Alliance, injustice will always exist, and pain and despair will continue." They are the ones who will always exist and should be reformed the most!”

Wow!

As soon as he finished speaking, the drinkers in the audience were excited!

That’s it, that’s it, we should have thought of it a long time ago, that’s it!

Why do we come here all the way from our hometown? Isn’t it because we have witnessed too many tragic events? Factories are unemployed, workers are laid off, and there is so much food in the fields that you can't see it at a glance. However, because of their pursuit of technological products, people buy them at prices they can't afford, take loans to buy them, and even sell their children and daughters to buy them. Those technological products.

They live in a conversation woven by higher civilization, and they think that they also live the same life as higher civilization.

But what is the truth?

The fact is that the wealth produced by the entire civilization in a whole year is not enough to plunder the products produced by higher civilizations in a day, and this plundering will not stop at 0. They will also actively issue loans, leaving everyone with high debts. , making the assets of a person, or even a civilization, negative!

Do you think you are a rich man because you have thousands of acres of fertile land and a bumper harvest of grain with the help of level 2 technology?

No, even if you sell all your grain, it is still not enough to pay the interest on your loan. By that time, people will still starve to death even if they have thousands of acres of fertile land!

When an entire country is burdened with the debt of a higher civilization, do you still have self-esteem? Can you still be independent?

In the Star Alliance Congress, can you still vote fairly and impartially?

"Mr. Lupo, what should we do? Declare war on level 3 civilization? But we are no match for them at all!" someone asked.

"Yes, even if the technology giants and the third-level civilization are the root cause of all this pain, we can't do anything about them. Twenty thousand second-level civilizations combined can't beat a third-level civilization!" "Isn't there any difference between discovering this and not discovering it?" Lupo shook his head: "No, I have discovered that there is a limit to the unity of civilizations. Even a civilization with a population of 100 billion, 1 trillion, or 10 trillion will become insignificant when facing the behemoth of the Star Alliance. The culture of a family will also become insignificant when facing the impact of technology!" "However, there is no end to the unity of ideas. As long as we have a common ideal, people of different races can also unite under one banner. Moreover, are only our second-level and first-level civilizations oppressed? Otherwise, there are nobles, civilians, and ordinary people who work for large factories in the third-level civilization, but they earn very little in a year. Aren't they also the objects of oppression? "

"There are already many people standing opposite those high-ranking civilizations and technology giants, but before, these people belonged to different races, spoke different languages, and had different cultures, so they could not unite and make a voice of resistance! "

"But now it's different, I'm here!" Councillor Lupo shouted loudly: "I found this problem, and I also found a way to change it. Let us, people from different civilizations and races, unite and say no to those masters!"

"Oh!" The social activists in the tavern suddenly ignited a fire in their hearts. There are no illiterates or low-educated people here. In other words, the social activists who can find social problems and dare to run thousands of miles to the door of the Star Alliance Grand Council at their own expense are all extremely smart, love the Star Alliance, and have strong action!

As soon as Councillor Lupo's words came out, they understood, and after thinking about it, they found that Councillor Lupo was right!

What are you waiting for, join together!

The Star Alliance Council was still in session, and a group of people in the tavern were also discussing how to contact the people, how to unite the various races, how to hide themselves, and how to deal with those advanced civilizations. Some people who disagreed with their methods left, but more people chose to join, and some even called their friends with their mobile phones. If someone stood in the air with a thermal sensor and watched, he would see that there were light spots everywhere in the city, converging from all directions to the tavern. The tavern soon became full, so they moved to a theater next door, and the theater soon became full, so they moved to the stadium. When the Star Alliance police felt something was wrong and rushed to drive them away and arrest people, the number of people gathering here had exceeded 180,000!