War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Those guys in the National Assembly like to talk about democracy, freedom, and equality, so Franz will let them see what true democracy, freedom, and equality are.

First, a system of seven insurances and three funds was implemented within the German Empire. The seven insurances are pension insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance, critical illness insurance, and supplementary medical insurance; the three funds refer to hospital mutual aid funds, housing provident funds, and enterprise Annuity.

All insurances and annuities are issued by the government. If any enterprise fails to pay the seven insurances and three funds for its workers, the government has the right to take coercive measures and impose corresponding penalties. Farmers and workers enjoy equal rights.

If the factory owner runs away, the government has the right to forcibly collect the money owed. If the factory owner becomes insolvent, he will be forced to exile himself to the colony and pay with work.

Women and child workers are treated equally, and the equal pay system for equal work must be strictly implemented. Temporary workers are also protected by the Labor Law.

Establish a minimum wage standard and compress the original fourteen-hour work system to ten hours. Sundays (Sundays) and all legal holidays are rest days. Overtime pay for overtime work is three times the usual wage.

Unions were established to communicate with workers and factory owners, as well as to convey imperial directives. Give workers the right to supervise and prevent factory owners and businessmen from tax evasion, tax evasion, and tax fraud.

Adopt an excessively progressive tax system, severely crack down on property transfers, and popularize compulsory education.

Abolish property restrictions on elections, adopt universal suffrage, and give nobles, monks, and women equal rights to vote and be elected.

There must be no discrimination against workers, farmers, and minorities, including Roma and Jews.

There is no doubt that Franz’s knowledge of freedom, democracy, and equality far exceeded the imagination of people in the nineteenth century.

Every bit of news in the newspapers was enough to drive people crazy, and Emperor Franz's final vision quickly silenced other voices.

People raised their fists excitedly and proudly, holding newspapers high while calling their friends and walking towards the square in front of the city hall.

Slogans of "Long live Emperor Franz!" and "Long live the Reich!" resounded through the sky, causing pigeons to fly in all directions.

A flock of pigeons flew past the wishing fountain, and the two bearded men looked at everything in front of them in confusion.

one of them asked.

"What's going on here?"

The other person shrugged and expressed that he didn't know.

Just when they were about to find someone to ask, a newspaper happened to fly over.

One of them was just about to throw it away when he was attracted by the content on it. After reading it for a long time, the two finally came to a conclusion.

"His Majesty, this Emperor is somewhat extreme."

At this time, the workers' associations and craftsmen's unions in the German region were in trouble, because almost all organizations in the German region had refused to grant workers the right to vote for so many years.

There were foreigners and Jews in the Frankfurt National Assembly, but not a single worker or farmer. Later, the German Workers' Brotherhood, which was formed by the merger of the German Workers' Association and the German Craftsmen's Association, was also rejected by the National Assembly.

But now they are close to their dreams, and in Franz's final vision they will enjoy a better life that they could not hope for in the past.

Therefore, the original program no longer seems to be important. Throughout the nineteenth century, labor organizations opposed the employment of women and the granting of suffrage to women.

They were originally afraid of competition and lower wages, but the vision proposed by Franz was so comprehensive that their worries were meaningless.

The industrial and commercial capitalists behind the national elite in the National Assembly in Frankfurt could not accept the vision proposed by Franz. It would be a disaster for them.

"This is naked exploitation of the rich!"

“Why do the rich pay more taxes?”

"Is this fair? Is this reasonable? Is there still heavenly law? Is there still royal law?"

"This is blatant discrimination and robbery!"

"This violates the sanctity of private property!"

"This is the tyranny of the majority over the minority!"

"This will make the rich lose their compassion!"

"This will only make the poor more lazy! According to the latest British research, the cause of the Great Famine in Ireland was the natural punishment caused by the British government's excessive indulgence in Ireland's laziness."

"Bottomless connivance will only expose the shameless faces of those poor people, and we rich people have to pay for those damn poor people!"

"Yes! Why should we give preferential treatment to the poor and exploit the rich? Oppose exploitation!"

"Do lazy poor people still have sense? If they don't work hard, do they still blame us?"

"But if you listen to the many people outside, they all agree..."

"So what? Isn't it great that there are so many people? The poor guys want to raise their wages, and they vote to pass it, do we have to give it to them? If they want to go whore, will you give them your wives too?"

"But don't we need to pay attention to democracy?"

"Fuck democracy! The 28/20 rule has been the iron rule of society since ancient times! The emperor's son doesn't even understand what democracy is!"

"right!"

"support!"

"Agree!"

"well said!"

"That's right! We should be like the ancient Greeks, with real elites like us controlling those ignorant and shameless slaves! Only in this way can the light of European civilization be continued!"

"That's right! The reason why our European civilization is so developed depends largely on our low taxes. If we were like the Ottomans or the Qing Dynasty, we would still be drinking blood!

Please just imagine, if the rich are unwilling to make money, don’t want to make money, or dare not make money, what will the world look like? The inheritance of the German nation may be cut off! "

"You don't want to make money, but there are many people who are willing to make money."

"Who said that? Who? You let those shameless slackers make money and they will just keep it in their pockets instead of doing great good deeds like us!

We are all Protestants, and making money is a manifestation of God’s glory and proof of our God’s chosen people! It is noble for us to be willing to use our hard-earned money for charity, and it is not as barbaric and hypocritical as the government. "

"Then how come the disasters and wars in these years were all led by the Austrian Imperial Government and assisted by the governments of various states?"

"That's because we have been treated unfairly and unequally! The government, slackers, and those damn Austrians all want to exploit us! Can we have balance in our hearts? Why should we treat them with kindness!"

“The progressive tax system is just the whims of that weirdo from the Habsburg family. Just imagine, the starting point for progressive tax in the Austrian Empire is 200 florins.

A worker's annual salary is 190 florins, but if the worker uses his break time to copy a book and earns 20 florins, then he must pay a tax of 21 florins.

As a result, not only did he make no money, he even lost 1 florin! Do you think this progressive tax system is the enemy of workers’ progress? "

A group of people all agreed. When they thought of the Habsburg family's hereditary disease, they all smiled contemptuously. Even those who had previously defended the Austrian Empire began to waver.

At this time, Böhm-Bawerk, who returned home first, couldn't stand it anymore. As an economist, he really couldn't bear to sit with a group of guys who couldn't even understand basic economics issues.

"The Austrian Empire adopts a super progressive tax system. There is no tax on the part of 200 florins and below. The income of 210 florins should only be paid 1 florin."

"The Austrian Emperor's lackey! You have no right to sit here!"

A group of big men threw Böhm-Bawerk out without any explanation.

The man was particularly puzzled and said angrily.

"And the damn minimum wage! Those slackers want the minimum wage! Who are we going to turn to? We can't accept what the Austrian freaks are doing!"

"Isn't that the Emperor's final vision?"

"You can't even think about it! We can't let such a monster invade our country! We should behead the emperor and his lackeys like the French!"

"That's right! I firmly oppose this empire that sucks blood from the rich!"

"The false emperor shall be punished!"