Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 15 Certificate of Surrender

Lin Ran smelled a strong scent of surrender from it.

However, he did not refuse immediately, because it was obvious that the conditions offered by Horkheimer were enough to make him tempted.

He wanted to listen again.

"Of course everything has a price," Horkheimer said.

Lin Ran felt relieved instead: "Professor, what do you need me to help you with?"

Horkheimer looked the man straight in the eye and said, “You need to join the Frankfurt School in the truest sense. How about this? Come and study for a doctorate in philosophy with me. I will personally guide you.”

If your doctoral thesis satisfies me, I will give you some extra surprises.

You don't have to worry about anything else. I will help you resolve all the doubts about your identity."

It is indeed a token of allegiance, but the conditions of this token of allegiance are a bit too good.

Being a disciple of Horkheimer, the founder of the Frankfurt School, not only means that all members of the Frankfurt School can become his assistants.

There are many kinds of Jews. Horkheimer's father was the owner of a local textile factory in Stuttgart, Germany. This identity was undoubtedly sinful in Germany during the S2 period.

Similarly, after the war, Jews of this status were the best in Europe and the United States. In addition, as a famous professor, Horkheimer was a Brahmin among the Jews in the American environment.

Becoming Horkheimer's direct disciple means that he will get help from the Jewish community.

In the future, if you want to join the core circle of the Jewish community, you either have to come to Loli Island and take some photos on the island, or marry into a Jewish family, and you have to work hard.

Horkheimer mentioned that he could easily arrange for the Rockefeller Foundation to help him cover his identity. In Lin Ran's view, this was indirect proof that he could get help from the Jewish community.

Moreover, in Lin Ran's opinion, when the time is right in the future, whether he starts his own business or stirs up global public opinion and makes good use of the Jewish community, there will be only benefits and no harm.

Even the secrets of the Jewish community learned in 1960 may be put to use in 2020.

"Professor, it's a great honor to study social critical theory systematically under your guidance. I also want to go with you to Göttingen this time."

Lin Ran did not say much about his relationship with the Fabian Society and the Frankfurt School. He did not directly say yes or no. He adopted an ambiguous attitude throughout.

"Just because I want to systematically study critical social theory doesn't mean I haven't studied it before."

By going to Göttingen, Lin Ran wanted to leave some anchor in Germany.

As for Lower Saxony, where the University of Göttingen is located, it belonged to West Germany during the Cold War and was also within the sphere of influence of America. There was nothing that could be done about it.

America's control over Göttingen is certainly much weaker than that of America itself.

At the moment, he has not found a suitable opportunity to go to the other camp and leave a door.

"But there may be some problems with my identity." Lin Ran's implication was that if you want to help someone like me who appeared out of nowhere to cover up my identity, then you have to complete the procedures.

Professor Horkheimer didn't talk about this, but turned to another question: "Randolph, are you interested in aerospace?"

Lin Ran's heart tightened. "Of course, I'm a space enthusiast." Horkheimer continued, "Maybe there will be a chance. NASA has long been controlled by scientists from the Nazis. We need our own scientists to compete with them.

Evil forces like NAZI scientists cannot last long.

NASA has extremely strict background checks, and we will fabricate your identity according to that standard.

Feng Bryan's identity is still tolerated by the federal government, but your identity is much more legitimate than his."

Lin Ran was silent. Since the boss said so, if he really became his student, the other party would not be able to harm him.

In order to avoid trouble, Lin Ran went back to 2020 that night and drove all the way to Columbia University, hoping to find some ideas from historical archives.

"This trip was worth it. So this is what it is."

He glimpsed a clue from the historical archives of the Columbia University Library in the 60s.

John F. Kennedy would be elected at the end of nineteen sixty. His election would be a turning point in American history because he was of Irish descent and Catholic background.

Although the former is also white, Irish whites are a minority in America.

Catholicism, Protestantism, and Mormonism are all Christian religions, but Catholicism is a minority in America. Protestants make up about 50%, while Catholics account for less than 25%.

In other words, Kennedy's background was a minority in America in 1960, and his election was obviously due to the support he received, including from the Jewish community.

During his campaign, the Jewish community spared no effort.

First of all, since Roosevelt's New Deal, that is, in 1930, Jews have long supported the Democratic Party at a rate of over 70%, and Kennedy was the Democratic Party candidate.

Secondly, in the 1960 election, New York State was not yet a stronghold of the Democratic Party. At that time, New York State was still a swing state. One-third of the Jews in the United States were concentrated in New York State, a total of 200 million people. They played a crucial role in Kennedy's victory in New York State.

Finally, media figures with Jewish backgrounds, such as Philip Graham of The Washington Post, were frantically campaigning for Kennedy, and entrepreneurs in the Jewish community, such as Abraham Feinberg of Chicago, were providing him with campaign funding.

Obviously, as a Brahmin in the Jewish community, Horkheimer had long known that their supporter this year would be Kennedy.

Historically, after Kennedy won the election, he repaid the Jewish community with very strong actions and approved the sale of "Eagle" air defense missiles to Israel. This was the first time that America directly sold arms to Israel.

It can be said that America’s journey to recognize its father began with Kennedy.

The reason why Horkheimer mentioned NASA is that NASA is now controlled by German scientists from the NAZI.

Although the Jewish community viewed the German scientists at NASA as enemies and wished them dead.

But during this period, without the technical support provided by German scientists, NASA would not have been able to compete with the Soviet Union.

Lin Ran discovered an interesting historical record: Arthur Rudolph retired from NASA in 1969. During his tenure, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. Even years later, in the s and s, the United States still obliterated many of Rudolph's records and withheld them from public viewing.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, not only were Arthur Rudolph's files made public, but America even deprived him of his pension. As to whether he was physically destroyed, no specific information can be found in the archives or news.

"So, if I demonstrate sufficient strength, will the Jewish community support me in expelling the German scientists from NASA? It's not impossible that I could turn NASA into a place where I have the final say?"

(End of this chapter)