America started its counterattack from the bum

Chapter 458: Did the Wild Experiment of Neoliberalism Succeed?

The Tacitus Trap refers to the fact that when a public authority loses its credibility, no matter what they say, they will be questioned.

In the studio of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah's assistant stood beside him, communicating with him about the details of tonight's design.

“The teleprompter on the left is the scheduled script, and the one on the right is for special situations. We have made two emergency plans so as not to be led by Kevin.

Although he has a reputation as a fool, he is actually a very smart politician, and…”

Cui Wa was a little fed up with the assistant's nagging and said.

"OK, OK, man, you can go to the side and rest first. Makeup artist, come here, my eyes are a little uncomfortable, see if there is something wrong with the false eyelashes."

The makeup artist who had been sitting on the bench in the studio for a long time rushed to Trevor Noah with his makeup box as if he had heard God's mercy.

The assistant director in charge of on-site control stood in the center of the crowd in the studio with a sketchpad, confirming the progress of the preparations one by one to ensure a smooth start of the live broadcast.

"Okay guys, all set!"

The audience of CC channel met their old friend Trevor Noah in the familiar opening animation and music.

He was wearing a light gray summer suit today and an authentic pink and blue tie.

There is no stance, the evaluation is neutral, the program is objective and humorous, and the quality of the content is unquestionable.

But, as a minority from South Africa, everyone knows whether Trevor Noah has a stance or not.

Trevor Noah was sitting to the right of the camera, and on the TV screen, a picture appeared to his left - a picture of the scene after the American ambassador to Nigeria was attacked.

“Nigeria, have you ever heard of this name?

Well, I'm afraid not. Most Americans only know about Africa because that's where we were brought to pick cotton and that the niggers in South Africa keep the white people down.

As for Nigeria, what is Nigeria? "

The familiar canned laughter rang out, and the audience was also amused by Trevor Noah's sharp sarcasm.

America is like this. It is a developed country with an illiteracy rate comparable to that of the third world. How could the people educated by happy education know where Nigeria is?

Not to mention them, even some of the congressmen on Capitol Hill may not know about it.

“Well, actually, what I want to say is that it doesn’t matter where Nigeria is. What matters is that our ambassador to Nigeria was killed, along with ten of his staff members!
I believe everyone has read the report by National Security Advisor Mr. Flynn. Our National Security Advisor actually tried to make us believe that a group of African tribal armed forces armed with bows and spears killed our ambassador under the protection of the embassy garrison!
To be honest, I believe it, what about you? "

There were boos.

The Tacitus Trap works like this.

Once trust is lost, no matter how detailed or relevant the investigation is, it will not regain people's trust.

“In fact, you and I both know that our respected President chose a wealthy family from Africa as the marriage partner in order to find a good son-in-law for his daughter.

The first daughter’s fiancé is suspected of being involved in a horrific transnational child trafficking and sexual exploitation criminal group, whose main crime scene is in backward Nigeria!”

As soon as Trevor Noah said this, the TV suddenly became quiet. The studio was quiet, but the audience in front of the TV felt heavy in their hearts.

"I learned from an unnamed source the progress of a secret investigation by some national security agencies. They believe that the death of the US ambassador to Nigeria may be a terrorist attack carried out by this criminal group to cover up its crimes!"

《Unnamed source》——One of America’s specialties, or more precisely, Washington’s specialty.

They may be one person, a group of people, or they may never have existed.

But the media does not need to pay attention to these. What the media needs is that the audience can believe that there are such sources with "conscience".

In fact, there is a huge logical loophole in Trevor Noah's words.

That is, the president is a member of the Elephant Party, and the deceased Nigerian ambassador is a relative of former Elephant Party president Bush; they are all one of us.

Assuming that the President's prospective son-in-law is indeed suspected of a crime, what the Nigerian ambassador should do is to help cover up the truth and thus protect the overall reputation of the Elephant Party.

In fact, this was also the stance that the Nigerian ambassador expressed when he approached the media persons instigated by Will for an interview.

But logic is abstract, and compared to logic that requires complex arguments, it only takes a spark to ignite emotions.

The media’s goal is ratings, and as long as the emotions are in place, the ratings will not be low - similar to the emotional flow routine of face-slapping articles.

Anyway, not many people know that the Nigerian ambassador is Bush's relative.

Although the private transfer of power has become the default rule within the circle, people outside the circle may not understand it.

"By the way, everyone, Flynn was also appointed by our commander-in-chief~"

Trevor added mysteriously.

In an instant, a conspiracy theory emerged in the minds of those viewers whose brains had long been in the primitive stage of life.

The evil leader traffics children, and the righteous ambassador discovers the truth.

Then they killed the witnesses and sent their own people to investigate.
Live together!

It's that easy to create a conspiracy theory.

"In order to understand the truth of the situation, we invited Mr. Kevin, the best congressman of the Elephant Party, who is an old acquaintance of everyone."

Being praised by a pro-Donald Trump media as "the best congressman of the Elephant Party" is something Kevin McCarthy has almost experienced in his life.

This is similar to some people who die one day when they are young, but their corpse lives to the end of their physiological life due to inertia.

McCarthy jumped back and forth and liked to play cross-party cooperation to show off his ability, so he must bear the consequences of this backlash!

"Kevin, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Xiao Cui."

Kevin is still the same as always, with that arrogant face, pretending to be a decent person.

"If I remember correctly, this isn't your first time on The Daily Show?"

The conversation between Trevor Noah and McCarthy was semi-scripted, at least the opening words were not scripted.

"Yes, but the last time I came, you were not the host. It seemed that you drove Jiong Situ away."

Canned laughter rang out, and the audience in front of the TV liked this participatory program format.

They have no relationship with Jon Stewart or Trevor Noah, but by witnessing the changes in the Daily Show, they have gained a false sense of participation.

"Hahaha, Kevin, I want to know the attitude of the Elephant Party members towards the death of the Nigerian ambassador. Can you tell me a little bit?"

Kevin is a member of the Elephant Party from California. This is a household name. This guy likes to make trouble, but his background limits his upper limit.

That's why he seeks exposure on pro-Donald Trump media such as The Daily Show.

Therefore, even though Trevor Noah's question was a bit sensitive, Kevin still responded.

"Out of principle, loyalty, confidentiality and other factors, I cannot reveal some of the thoughts of others - even though I know, I cannot reveal it."

"Okay, please ask him to leave. Do we have any alternative guests tonight?"

Trevor Noah made timely jokes and everyone started laughing again.

"No, I mean, I can give my own opinion."

Kevin said, waving his hands quickly.

"Your opinion? Well, Kay, please be honest. I'm tired of the politicians' bullshit, and I think my audience is too."

This is America's political talk show.

Looks pretty sharp, doesn't it?
Bullshit!

It's just a joke for those idiots who are disguised as free men. If President Cheng can be regarded as part of the deep government, then both Kevin and Trevor Noah are just slaves of the deep government.

All they could do was to curse a few words; they could do nothing else.

“The situation in Nigeria is very simple. There are only two things: one is the possible case of the president’s prospective son-in-law, and the other is the murder of the ambassador that has already happened.

Stand in my perspective"
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"Why did you turn it off? I'm still listening."

Sitting next to Mi'er, Cheng closed his eyes and dozed off while listening to the Daily Show on her phone.

But Mier turned off the show, which made him a little disappointed.

"There are so many conspiracy theories out there that they are almost countless. McCarthy is just looking for a new angle or repeating the same old tune. What does he know?" Temir thought to himself, you are the mastermind behind the scenes, why do you need to listen to the speculations of outsiders?

"I always have to understand other people's thoughts." Mr. Cheng replied.

After shooting an arrow, he doesn't just leave it alone. He wants to see if he hits the target.

"Okay, we're here too. Just ask your secretary to sort it out and make a report. There's no need to waste time on this kind of rubbish."

In fact, Mr. Cheng had no intention of wasting the time. He was just listening casually.

After getting off the car and looking at the sign of the Joel Dracula Institute, Mr. Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

Although this organization is now controlled by Wolf, Wolf is still one of them.

No matter how fierce the secret game is, everyone is still a faction.

Seeing his faction becoming more and more prosperous, President Cheng is very pleased in his heart.

"Chan, hahahaha, Ms. Temir, welcome, welcome."

Seeing President Cheng and Mi'er arrive, Magnus, the honorary vice president of the institute, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried over to greet them.

Magnus is actually half an outsider, but this guy wants to make progress so much that he gives money and pays a visit, and wants to communicate with President Cheng every now and then.

He is very motivated. He didn't have any chance before, but now he will never give up the opportunity.

"No need to wait for us, let's go in together."

Cheng Daiqi patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Magnus's face was like a blooming sunflower, and with a funny smile, he led the two people who actually knew the way into the research institute.

In the academic seminar room, Wolfe had already taken his seat, and two seats were left empty next to him. Crusoe sat quite far away from him, on the other side of the empty seat.

Needless to say, this is reserved for Mr. Cheng and Temir.

Although small-time members like Magnus have a high status in the California Elephant Party, compared with bigwigs like President Cheng, they can only sit aside.

"Let's start, and finish early. I have a transatlantic flight tonight and my schedule is quite tight." Cheng Daiqi ordered.

"Where are you going?" President Wolfe turned his head and asked Mr. Cheng.

Brother, are you okay?

We are now in the general offensive stage, and you are running away, even across the ocean!
What? Are you moving ahead in advance?
Wolfe couldn't help but suspect that Mr. Cheng was really too cunning.

After having been playing the game with President Cheng for so long, Wolfe knew very well that President Cheng's farts did not smell good.

"My company in China is going public, so I'm flying to HK to ring the bell and meet with investors and issuers."

"Oh, so fast, okay." Wolfe knew Shanhaiguan, and his research on General Cheng's background was almost to the point of turning the information over to the bone.

But it turns out that Wolfe doesn't believe a word of the publicly available information.

If he believes even a single word of those nonsense stories, he's idiot!
Unfortunately, Mr. Cheng didn’t try to hide it.

The value of a legend has nothing to do with time. The reason he has come this far is purely due to chance and a bit of boldness.

“Ladies and gentlemen, my topic today is the feasibility of low-cost terrorist attacks in the postmodern information-rich environment. This is the first follow-up study conducted by our research team after the Nigerian ambassador was attacked by terrorists.

Because of the time constraints, I didn’t even have time to prepare the PPT before attending the report.

I would like to thank Vice President Magnus for his support, which made me realize that this kind of research related to changes in the security environment and changes in risk factors is very important to all of you generous gentlemen, oh, and ladies.

Thank you Mr Magnus. "

This is not to thank Magnus, but to roast him on the fire.

Magnus twisted his butt nervously - Shabi, just say it once!

Temir was thoughtful.

Wolfe's face was expressionless.

Mr. Cheng rubbed his forehead helplessly and smiled bitterly.

What's going on?

Other reborn people have made great achievements and are in a great position.

I worked so hard to set up a small organization, but before it could develop, internal fighting began. From the top to the bottom, everyone was a tough guy.

numb!

“.Based on the above changes, low-cost attacks are feasible in this era of extremely advanced information.

For example, let’s take a look at this report I designed.

Assumption: Finding a willing potential terrorist requires a deposit of $100,000, and it takes ten searches to find a fool who is really willing to take the money.

Then, the cost to the organizers of the attack would only be one million dollars.

In underdeveloped areas, high unemployment rates have caused a large number of adult men to be unemployed, and they naturally become the best "human resource pool".

The coverage of the Internet makes this mutual screening matching model feasible.

Ladies and gentlemen, the theoretical unemployment rate in the United States is not high, but considering the existence of the uncounted part and the statistical algorithm, in fact, this model can also be achieved in the United States.

The terrorists who attacked the Nigerian ambassador were from tribal armed forces in South SD. Their level of training was relatively inadequate. In other words, the overall gun ownership rate in Africa is not as high as that in the United States.

Based on the above factors, Mr. Magnus realized the necessity of this research.

However, the project has just begun, and today's report can only be considered a summary. In the future, as more information on the murder of the Nigerian ambassador is disclosed, I will continue to follow up."

The professor looked toward the audience expectantly, with a look of pride on his face.

Isn’t it awesome that I and my team worked overtime all night to come up with this latest research?

so.
money!
Give me money!

Give me more money for my research, OK?

"Professor Bass, which university did you say you were from?"

Mr. Cheng asked.

"Bass, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California (USC), salutes you."

This professor was too flattering. It was a pity that there was no wine, otherwise he would have probably drunk two glasses to show his sincerity.

"Your research is very valuable. After evaluation, we will give you a chance to step onto a bigger stage, Professor Bass."

Mr. Cheng has said it very clearly.

Professor Bass walked off the stage happily, and the second speaker of the Joel Institute today took the stage.

With a curling king like Bass who stays up late and whips the ball in front, it stands to reason that the second contestant who comes on stage later should feel pressured.

But this person not only did not feel any pressure, but was very calm.

“Good afternoon, everyone, safety is important, but development is more important.

Safety can ensure that you are more calm in the face of risks, but in the fierce postmodern competition, only by developing more competitively can your safety foundation be fundamentally improved.

The project I am reporting on today is a new derivative topic generated based on a special project funding program from the National Endowment for the Humanities on research on new economic models.

The title is "Neoliberalism: A Wild Experiment in Living and Dying".

The neoliberal wave of the 1980s and 1990s was inevitable. In an era when the SDL model collapsed, Keynesianism was powerless, and Roosevelt's New Deal became a burden, the vitality of the economy had become so dangerous that it had to be changed.

Therefore, I believe that neoliberalism was born to die from the very beginning!
Three questions arise here.

First, why did our elite bureaucratic government governance come to a dead end at the end of the last century?

Second, why is the government-led left-wing economic policy unsustainable?
Third, was the wild experiment of neoliberalism successful?
Let’s start with the first question.”

(End of this chapter)