Chapter 1002: The Collapse of the Lighthouse Nation
It has to be said that in democratically elected countries, or voting countries that appear to be democratic, the role of the media is huge.
Public opinion, carried out by the media, can often influence national decisions.
For example, the issue of refugee accommodation this time.
Although many countries have a serious aging population and are in urgent need of foreign technical talent and young labor to fill the gap, they do not need dependent family members, elderly and children. In their view, these are additional financial burdens and will result in a waste of social resources.
Many parliaments did not want to agree to Zhang Tuohai's conditions and were prepared to delay, discuss and study them.
However, they could delay it, but the people marching outside the window would not agree.
Various photos and videos have earned enough tears, so the organizers organized a large-scale parade, demanding that their own countries accept these poor refugees, otherwise it would be selfish, dictatorial, undemocratic and unfree.
If no action is taken, these politicians will have to step down and apologize.
Among them, the opposition party is the loudest. They hope that the ruling party will make mistakes and be driven out of office by the voters so that they can govern.
Seeing that public opinion is so boiling, those politicians have become intimidated. They will not go against the voters unless it goes against their own interests.
Anyway, hosting refugees costs taxpayers' money, and they don't have to pay out of their own pockets.
Moreover, to accommodate refugees we need to build shelters and refugee communities, right?
Do you want to provide medical resources?
Want to provide food?
All of these require funding.
However, the business can be run by one's own family members, who can make a lot of money by manipulating the business, and can also win the favor of voters, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
As for whether it will lead to public security problems, they no longer care about that. After all, if something happens, it will be the voters who will suffer, and it has nothing to do with them.
It was you who welcomed the refugees in the first place.
Those politicians agreed to Zhang Tuohai's conditions and provided a list of employees, filling in the number of technicians needed, the number of managers, the number of young and middle-aged workers, the number of workers in service industries such as maids, etc.
After receiving the list, Zhang Tuohai immediately asked people to prepare and select refugees according to their conditions, and compiled a list of single refugees and refugees with families in proportion to send it over.
In particular, people in a community should be put on one list as much as possible, so that familiar people will be more closely united and less likely to integrate into the local society.
These were all little tricks arranged by Zhang Tuohai. He didn't really care whether they were useful or not.
If it is useful, you will make money; if it is not useful, you won’t lose much.
In this way, large numbers of refugees were picked up by planes from various countries. The crowded refugee camps became empty, and were then filled with new refugees, and then new planes.
For a whole month, flights between the Chicken Roll Country and all over the world never stopped.
Planes filled with refugees left.
In just one month, various countries took away nearly 10 million refugees.
Although the number of these refugees only accounts for one-thirtieth of the population of the Lighthouse Country, they are the backbone of the Lighthouse Country. They are all skilled technicians, engineers, elite management, technical talents in various professions and a large number of young and middle-aged workers.
These are the middle level and cornerstone of the Lighthouse Nation, and are the link between the upper and lower levels of the Lighthouse Nation.
The loss of these people was like cutting off a blood vessel, and the upper and lower levels of the Beacon Country lost their management channels.
Orders from the top level could not be conveyed to the bottom level. The departure of elites in various fields caused the fields to become disordered, and many people also left in large numbers.
The lack of young and middle-aged labor force has made the lower levels lose their ability to function.
The Lighthouse Country had already lost a large number of factories and infrastructure during the last major riot, and a large number of young and strong people died in that riot. This group of young and strong people is particularly important. Whether it is the reconstruction of infrastructure or the operation of society, these young and strong people are indispensable.
The last time truck drivers went on strike, the logistics of the Beacon Country were paralyzed. Supermarket shelves were empty and only photos could be displayed. This was the case in peacetime, let alone now, after the war?
The only remaining young and strong men were taken away by Zhang Tuohai, which was like directly cutting off the foundation and causing the Lighthouse Country to almost come to a standstill.
The almost stagnant society has made more people disappointed with parliament, and they have begun to leave with their families, which has led to greater social unrest.
Many people could not make a living and began to hunt passing convoys on the road with weapons.
As a result, even greater riots were triggered, the shootings spread wider and wider, everyone felt insecure, and it eventually developed into a situation where people were afraid to go out without a gun.
However, the Lighthouse Country has no ability to dare to deal with this situation.
Because a large number of soldiers were fleeing.
Military factories were bombed, missile bases were destroyed by mushroom eggs, the entire country's economy collapsed, the credit of the US dollar collapsed, all countries refused to use the US dollar, and even in the country, people no longer believed in paper money. Everyone used various precious metals or bullets as currency for transactions, and more places used barter or buying guns for zero dollars.
This situation resulted in the Lighthouse Country having no way to pay the soldiers' salaries. Who would continue to stay here without money?
Many soldiers either fled home or went abroad as mercenaries.
There were even some officers with connections who directly took away an entire combined brigade of people and sent them overseas to become gangsters.
The collapse of the federal army means that one of the pillars of the Lighthouse Nation is missing again.
The economy collapsed, the military disintegrated, a large number of talents left, cultural works were boycotted, and the four cornerstones supporting the hegemony of the Lighthouse Country were all shattered. The city on the mountain that once stood at the top of the world completely collapsed.
The whole country was in turmoil.
The worst thing was that due to social unrest, fertilizer plants were unable to produce, poor road conditions made transportation impossible, and the lack of seeds and fertilizers made the land uncultivated, so a large-scale famine was brewing .
The large number of unattended corpses on the roadside have become a breeding ground for disease.
War, famine, plague and death have always been four inseparable brothers.
It is conceivable that the current turmoil is just the beginning of all disasters, and the follow-up will be even worse.
If this continues, the Beacon Country will eventually fall into complete collapse.
Either after several major reshuffles, a hegemon will emerge and regain control of the country, or several hegemons will emerge and no one will be able to do anything to anyone else, and eventually the country will split.
The beacon country, which has lost a large amount of its industry, can probably only rely on its vast plains to serve as a food producer , and that's all. Does it want to return to the top of the world?
I'm sorry, I've offended too many people before, so I'm lucky enough that I'm not being kicked when I'm down.
Zhiye saw all of this very clearly, but she had no ability to change it and could only watch it happen.
“Could this be the general trend?”
Zhiye thought sadly.
