American Strategic Deception Bureau

　Of course, a completely rotten country can indeed do nothing at all – fail to help when natural disasters occur, lie low when wars occur, and pretend to be blind to all troubles. Then, relying on their well-practiced manipulation of public opinion, they can fudge all kinds of problems and delay them for as long as possible…

　Even the gangster states in medieval Europe could often enjoy decades of prosperity. How much more so are modern states that have mastered the art of controlling people?

　But we have to admit that the United States had not yet fallen to the bottom during the Cold War, and the greatness and glory of the Roosevelt era still remained.

　So, although the Pentagon is bureaucratic, brutal, and inhumane at the moment, it still has some sense of responsibility.

　When faced with the mess they have created, they will still hold their noses and find ways to clean it up instead of just covering up the truth and getting rid of the "whistleblower".

　——In fact, it cannot be covered up. Even if Boeing kills more whistleblowers, it still cannot reverse the sharp drop in orders and shrinking business.

　"But how do you plan to save these people? Radiation sickness can be cured slowly, or you can find a group of female 'Tantric Masters' from Southeast Asia to sleep with them, and have them register and wait in line for extraordinary medical services. However, their spiritual problems are not so easily resolved."

　Looking at the zombies scattered all over the "Abnormal Human Asylum", Dr. Kissinger frowned and said to Firi, "Even the sex therapy of the 'Tantric Master' can't cure the mentally ill! Ms. Marilyn Monroe's mother is still in a mental hospital!"

　How do you plan to save their broken souls, Ferry boy?

　"To be honest, I don't really intend to save their souls. In fact, I don't have the ability to save their souls, doctor.

　Just like when we worked together before, we couldn’t actually send astronauts to the moon.”

　Fili looked around to see if there was anyone around, so he leaned over to Kissinger's ear and whispered, "As long as I can keep them safe,

　Just divide it."

　Knowing that Fieri's funding was low, his mission was heavy, and his conditions were limited, the Pentagon and Nixon had very low expectations for Fieri, the "abnormal human asylum." They just wanted him to reduce the aggressiveness of the crazy soldiers and stop them from focusing on fighting and killing.

　In other words, if Fili could come up with a way to turn these crazy soldiers from military lunatics into literary lunatics, then the mission would be successfully completed.

　As for whether these poor soldiers will become complete fools, and whether they can still work and live normally in the future, it is not important.

　So, how does Firi make these crazy soldiers "harmless" at the lowest cost?

　The answer is simple: let them have plenty of drugs!

　Accompanied by a loud electric bell, several Vietnamese refugees wearing protective clothing, helmets and masks dragged out several carts from the warehouse. The carts were full of prepared hemp cigarettes, as well as some mushrooms, pills and other things that looked not so good.

　Seeing the cart filled with the "miracle drug" being delivered, the crazy or dazed zombies in the open space of the camp suddenly became alert, their eyes brightened, and they all jumped up and rushed forward, vying for the anesthetic that seemed to gleam with gold in their eyes.

　Fortunately, there were plenty of anesthetics available in the camp, so even if the soldiers used all of them, there would still be some left.

　Then, the "abnormal humans" who had grabbed the anesthetic lazily found a place to lie down, some smoking anesthetic cigarettes, some taking pills, some swallowing mushrooms. Then, with happy smiles, they immersed themselves in their own wonderful hallucinations...

　"This is my containment strategy for 'abnormal humans'. Let the soldiers enjoy the most abundant anesthetics and immerse themselves in hallucinations."

　Firi explained to the stunned Dr. Kissinger, "Doctor, only when everyone takes drugs can there be no chaos!"

　——It’s like a local rich man in the Chinese countryside during the Republic of China era. In order to prevent his stupid son from doing evil and ruining the family business, he deliberately let his son become addicted to opium. From then on, he became a useless man lying at home, unable to participate in the revolution or engage in high-risk businesses such as investment.

　Ferry also plans to use a variety of anesthetics to soothe the minds of these crazy soldiers and turn them into useless people who can no longer harm society.

　Although it is traditionally believed that drug addicts with severe addictions are a major threat to public security, often doing anything cruel, such as murder and robbery, just to get a bottle of pills, on the other hand, drug addicts who have taken enough drugs are the most peaceful people in the world - as long as they are not given something that increases their violent and aggressive tendencies.

　If the drug addicts on Kensington Street in Philadelphia could lie down on the dirty streets for a whole day, then these American soldiers, whose spirits were broken by war and nuclear explosions, would definitely lie down after taking enough free drugs prepared by Phili.

　When these soldiers are almost exhausted or numb from taking drugs, their families can be notified to come over and take them home.

　Of course, as a compassionate commander, Firi wouldn't let them go back empty-handed. Instead, he gave each of them a packet of the latest hemp seeds and a potted "Illusion Cactus" succulent plant as a retirement benefit. This way, once they returned home, they could continue to brew "Sleepy Tea" and "Fantasy Cigarettes" to cultivate their moral character and avoid falling into the abyss of impulsiveness and violence...

　, he also generously offered poisonous spiritual food.

　—Accompanied by mysterious music, the Bohemian witch Zoe sat on a colorful sedan chair. Surrounded by a group of believers, she came to the decadent soldiers who had just gotten high. She unfolded a roll of parchment and began to preach in a demonic voice: "You who have suffered so much! Do you realize that you have been deceived?

　What patriotic slogans, what flags of justice, what glorious cause of the freedom camp, are all just tricking you into leaving your homes and going to your deaths!

　The gentlemen on Capitol Hill are shouting slogans at luxurious cocktail parties, while you are in the muddy swamp, eating expired cans and enduring atomic bomb bombardments!

　Why did you go to the other side of the Pacific to kill Vietnamese? Do you still think you are standing up for freedom and justice?

　Even if we leave aside the discussion of freedom and justice and simply consider the interests of the people, even if you successfully slaughtered countless Vietnamese and seized their land, would you be given even a single acre? No, you would simply be a bunch of free thugs and butchers, murdering and robbing in a foreign land for the greedy capitalists, bearing endless sins and receiving no benefits at all! Isn't this the world's greatest fool?

　After robbing a ship, the pirates still have to divide the loot among themselves, but you get it for free!

　You are not some glorious patriots! You are just a bunch of unlucky people who have been deceived!

　The morality of the upper class is full of double standards! They teach you to be honest and law-abiding, but they themselves are full of lies and have no shame!

　What is the truth about the world? The truth is that all laws and order are false, and the entire modern society is built on deception.

　Nothing in the world is true, only lies are eternal!

　So, from today on, please forget those decadent moral teachings and live well for yourself!

　I would rather be a liar than be deceived..."

　Following the words of the witch Zoe, her followers struck windproof matches and lit a skull-shaped copper incense burner filled with spices and anesthetics—a material they had just unloaded from the back of a pickup truck. A faint aura of inspiration flickered from the purple skull emblem on each person's chest.

　Soon, the zombies who smelled the anesthetic incense became more and more intoxicated and began to gather around Zoe to listen to the speech.

　Of course, to avoid showing overly obvious bias, Zoe and her family weren't the only religious groups allowed to preach at the Abnormal Human Shelter. Soon, the camp in the Sonoran Desert also saw the arrival of missionaries from the People's Temple, "Tantric monks" who worshipped the Dark Sun Bodhisattva, former streetwalker nuns who believed in "Joyful Buddhism," and black witches who called themselves voodoo priests.

　People from all walks of life and religions flocked here to preach and "pull the sheep", making the place as lively as a market.

　This also made Dr. Kissinger, who was not yet cunning enough at the time, feel a little shattered in his world view and his faith in the Tao.

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　Is this your plan for dealing with abnormal humans? Do drugs first? Then join a cult?

　Sitting in the director's office of the "Abnormal Human Asylum," Dr. Kissinger gazed out the window at the smoky and grotesque religious gathering. He grumbled, his lips twitching, "Isn't this making these 'abnormal humans' even more abnormal?"

　——Uh, I originally wanted to make them even more abnormal! How could normal people believe the "Hiri Sutra" of the lying prince Xirik?

　Fili, sipping coffee at his desk, thought this to himself, but said, "Please don't call them cults, Doctor. These are legally registered emerging religions. No one has the right to convict them before a court ruling."

　"Okay, new religions," Dr. Kissinger nodded willingly. "But it's essentially the same. You first turn them into fools with drugs, then use religious groups to take away their souls. In the end, can they return to their families and communities?"

　"Of course not, but weren't they thrown to me because they couldn't return to their families and society?"

　Fili spread his hands and said, "Doctor, do you think that those children of wealthy and powerful families, or those from upper-middle-class families, even if they go to the battlefield for various reasons and become mentally unstable due to the trauma, will they be thrown into this shabby place of mine after they return home?

　No, these children from upper-class families have basically been taken away by their families and stayed at home or sent to mental hospitals for treatment. Only those poor guys who have no one to take care of them will be sent to this "abnormal human asylum."

　What's more, this is not a prison or a concentration camp. If the soldiers' families feel worried, they can come to visit at any time.

　But their families never came to take them away. What does this mean? It means that the families of these "abnormal people" either don't care much about them, or their own lives are difficult and they can't take care of their crazy relatives, so they can only hope for government welfare.

　However, the Pentagon only approved $1000 per veteran sent to the "Abnormal Human Asylum" for post-treatment expenses. After that, the money was deducted from my account, leaving only $300 per person, which was probably only enough for their food expenses for two months.

　It's all thanks to the place itself.

　I have a lot of anesthetic plants, and I have Vietnamese refugees working as free volunteers, so my shelter can continue to operate.

　So what else can I do except dump them on religious groups?

　Professional matters should be left to professionals, and the task of saving souls should be handed over to people in the religious community!"

　Author's words: PS: Regarding the violent crime rate in the Soviet Union, it was very high in the 1920s and 1930s, and also relatively high in the 1970s and 1980s. However, from the 1930s to the late 1960s, the Soviet Union was at a low point in crime, and the gang inheritance was broken, so that small-time gangsters' car robberies could become big news.

　The gang of law thieves did exist, but there were only a few hundred people released from prison at that time, and they were mainly engaged in underground businesses such as smuggling.

　In short, the public security during the Soviet Union's heyday couldn't compare to that of East Asian countries during the same period, but it was at least much better than that of Europe and the United States, where gangs were rampant.

　However, after the disintegration, the crime rate and public security situation in major Russian cities have been similar to those in major American cities, and may even be slightly higher.

　But on the other hand, if the public security in the Soviet Union was worse than that in post-collapse Russia, how could Russians possibly reminisce about the "good old days"?

　In addition, have you noticed that Koreans have such a rich nightlife? Doesn’t this also mean that Seoul is relatively safe at night?

　If the public security in Seoul were like Night City, with truckloads of corpses collected from the streets every morning, Koreans would definitely stay at home after dark.

　Chapter 448: Let the cult seize the ecological niche of red ideology!

　"Then you could also contact a regular local church to preach there. That would at least make you look respectable."

　Dr. Kissinger muttered, "Even the Mormons in Salt Lake City are better than these weird new religions!"

　"You seem to overestimate the capabilities of traditional churches. They really can't take care of hundreds of thousands of mentally ill soldiers, nor do they have the desire to do so.

　Ordinary churches only focus on the rich and middle-class people who are willing to donate, and only emerging religions will accommodate these troublesome marginalized people.

　Because these new religions have just emerged, they still have a sense of adventure, like the adventurous spirit of Western cowboys, and are willing to do some dangerous things. "

　Fili spread his hands and said, "Besides, ordinary religion cannot save the soldiers' souls. There are chaplains in the army.

　You see, even military chaplains who had faced death alongside soldiers in the midst of gunfire couldn't convince them, let alone these pampered priests in China. Only by giving them something more stimulating and hardcore can we win their hearts.

　What's more, Doctor, what do you think, if these soldiers who killed countless people in Asia and had blood on their hands, after experiencing the trials of the battlefield and had mental problems, could neither be comforted by religious beliefs nor willing to rot away with empty heads while taking anesthetics, what would they think?

　The last time a similar situation occurred in the Western world was during the European battlefield at the end of World War I, right?"

　"You mean... the radical ideas of the Bolsheviks? No way? No way?"

　Dr. Kissinger's breathing quickened. "How could the minds of American citizens be stained red on such a large scale?"

　"Who knows? Maybe I'm just worrying too much." Fili shrugged. "But it's always good to take some precautions in advance, right?"

　"In other words, you anticipated the soldiers' ideological shift to the left, and used cults to preemptively seize the ecological niche of socialist thought?"

　Dr. Kissinger touched his nose with a troubled expression. "It sounds plausible, but it still feels so strange."

　"Doctor, this is a bipolar world. If we don't occupy the ideological frontier, it will be occupied by the Reds."

　The evil god's agent, Fili, spoke calmly about "reversing Marxism-Leninism," "But the official liberal ideology of the United States, and the accompanying concept of human rights, have basically been bankrupt after we turned the Vietnam War into a nuclear war and killed tens of millions of people. No one believes it anymore.

　Therefore, if you want to compete with communist ideology and fight for ideological supremacy, then besides drugs, you can only rely on new religions! "

　——Just like the landlords and gentry in ancient China, if they had to choose between the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the revolutionary Red Army...

　I believe they would probably choose the Yellow Turban Army and trust the great and wise teacher Zhang Jue, right?

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　It has to be said that as the developed country with the strongest religious color, there have always been numerous cult groups across the United States, as numerous as stars in the sky. It is known as the Encyclopedia of World Cults. Most of the Korean cults are just some superficial tricks learned from the United States.

　According to official US statistics from the early 21st century, there were 5000 illegal cults of all sizes operating in the US, with over 10 million people controlled by them. And these figures only included those cults that hadn't been successfully whitewashed and were intolerant of even the US government, essentially minor sects.

　As for those cults that have truly grown strong and large, they have long been certified as legal religious groups by the US government and have suddenly become "new religions" that can enjoy various preferential treatments including tax exemptions. Some "leaders" and "saints" have even run for city council and become frequent guests on television talk shows.

　But the problem is that the doctrines of most legal "new religions" in the United States would definitely be considered cults if placed on an international scale.

　Even the American Protestant Evangelicals, which have 100 million followers,

　He is also the epitome of anti-intellectualism, opposing the theory of evolution and emphasizing feudal superstition. However, this did not prevent evangelical pastors from entering the White House to pray for Trump—even though Trump still lost the election despite their divine protection.

　Therefore, to outsiders who don’t know the inside story, it seems at first glance that “hell is empty and the devil is on earth.”

　There's no way around it. The pioneers who founded the United States were a group of rather psychotic Puritans. Therefore, American society has always been very tolerant of feudal superstitions, allowing all sorts of bizarre religious groups to operate openly - otherwise, how could it be considered freedom of belief?

　Under normal circumstances, if cults are so prevalent in a country, it will often cause serious social problems.

　However, given the bizarre reality of the United States' out-of-control grassroots society and acute social contradictions, these cults have actually played a considerable role in maintaining stability.

　Why do you say this way?

　Because the key reason why cults in the United States have grown so big is the government's dysfunction - traditionally, the US government has basically treated the lower-class people like pigs and left them completely alone. As long as there are no major incidents that cannot be covered up, the authorities generally ignore them if possible.

　As a result, these political power vacuums are controlled by gangs, cults, or even powerful families. In theory, capitalist giants could also fill these power vacuums. However, American capitalists seem to have little interest in this, preferring to allow the grassroots of society to collapse.

　For ordinary people, the misleading cults seem to be more dangerous than the violent gangs.

　But for the government, cults cause much less trouble than gangs.

　Why? Because in order to control their followers, most charlatans make their cults tend to be escapist.

　Those who join a cult often gather in a secluded valley or farm, where they live a life away from the world, abstaining from worldly desires and living a life detached from the hustle and bustle of society. This effectively pulls some potential disruptors out of mainstream society.

　No matter what weird shit they do in their base, at least they won't bother anyone else.

　It can also be said that this is equivalent to "detoxifying and beautifying" American society.

　Of course, some cult groups eventually embarked on the path of violent crime and degenerated into criminal groups similar to gangs.

　But the question is, even if there were no such cults, wouldn’t there be gangs?

　Compared with the gangsters who roam the city and rob houses, the cult groups that gather in the wilderness are definitely much more peaceful.

　Therefore, the prevalence of cults in the United States has at least separated a considerable number of marginalized people, or potential violent antisocial elements, from mainstream society, allowing them to focus their energy on metaphysics and not harm secular people. This has made a huge contribution to maintaining social stability.

　As for some cults practicing child marriage and some cults practicing blood sacrifice, that can only be said to be a "necessary price to pay."

　Anyway, the crime rate in the United States is already high, and there are many pedophiles who like loli. Even if there were no cults, similar evil deeds would be unavoidable...

　The good thing about it is that he established Salt Lake City and thus monopolized Utah.

　After entering the 20th century, American cults could only control a small town, a large farm, or a community at most.

　Although some cults may be very wealthy, these groups can only have a few thousand core members at most, plus tens of thousands of shallow believers.