If you don't animate, you will die

Chapter 211 Terminology (Human 10)
The person from the first Earth smiled, "Of course, I am poor."

He continued to smile, and lightly pointed to the star rings in the sky, "So do they."

"How many people are there?"

"If you mean what you can see now, there are about half a million people, but that's just the advance party, and the 50 ships that arrive in a few years will bring a billion people."

Smoothbore looked surprised, "One billion? They... can't they all be poor?"

The man continued to smile and nodded, "They are all poor people."

"How many people are there in the world of the First Earth?"

"20 billion."

Smoothbore was shocked by his answer, he took a step back, his tone full of doubts, "How can there be so many poor people in a world?!"

The tone of the person on the first earth was full of amusement, "How can it be impossible for there to be so many poor people in a world?"

Smoothbore analyzed it this way, "I think it is impossible for the proportion of poor people in a world to be too high, otherwise the world will become unstable, and the rich and middle class will not be able to live well."

The man also nodded, "Yes, at the current stage of the Fourth Earth, that's right."

"Is there still a time when something is wrong?"

The man lowered his head and thought for a while, "Well, let me tell you the story of the poor and the rich on the first earth."

"I'd love to hear it."

Smooth Bore nodded to him, then put the gun back into the holster in his arms.

The people on the first earth also nodded at him, "You are quite similar to us. We have walked the road you have traveled, and we have also lived in your current era."

"At that time, although the distribution of social wealth was uneven, it still maintained a certain balance. There were not too many poor and rich people. People generally believed that with the progress of society, the gap between rich and poor would be further reduced. They looked forward to A great era in which everyone is rich. But people will soon find that things are much more complicated, and this balance will soon be broken..."

"Broken by what?"

The people on the first earth leaked a look of emotion, "Education, you also know that in your current era, education is the only way for the lower class of society to enter the upper class. If society is a society divided into many water layers according to temperature and salinity Education is like a connecting pipe connecting the bottom water layer and the sea surface water layer so that the water layers are not completely isolated, which is the greatness of education.”

Huatbo nodded thoughtfully, "You may want to say next that poor people are increasingly unable to afford college."

"Yes, the cost of higher education is becoming more and more expensive, and it has gradually become the privilege of the children of the elite. But as far as traditional education is concerned, even for the sake of the market, it is limited. Therefore, although the upward channel is as thin as a gossamer, but It still exists. But one day, education suddenly changes fundamentally, and a technological leap occurs."

Smoothbore nodded, "Is it possible to directly pour knowledge into the brain?"

"Yes, but the direct injection of knowledge is only part of it. A supercomputer will be implanted in the brain. Its capacity is much larger than the human brain itself. The knowledge it stores can become the clear memory of the implanter. But This is just a secondary function of it. It is an intellectual amplifier, a thought amplifier, which can elevate people's thinking to a new level. At this time, knowledge, intelligence, profound thoughts, and even perfect psychology and character, art Aesthetic abilities, etc., have become commodities and can be purchased.”

Smoothbore was also lost in his imagination, "That must be very expensive."

"Yes, it is very expensive. Comparing your current currency value, the cost of receiving super education for one person is equivalent to buying two or three sets of 150 square meters of commercial housing in a prime location in Shanghai."

"If this is the case, some people can still afford it."

"Yes, but they are only a small part of the working class.

The intelligence of people who have completed super education is one level higher than that of ordinary people. The difference in intelligence between them and those who have not received super education is as big as the difference between the latter and dogs! "

"Including the perception of art, it is also far beyond ordinary people. As a result, these super intellectuals have formed their own culture, and the rest of the people are completely incomprehensible to this culture, just like dogs do not understand symphony. Super intellectuals may They are all proficient in hundreds of languages, and on a certain occasion, to a certain person, they must use the corresponding language according to etiquette."

The man smiled wryly, "In this case, haha, in the eyes of the super intellectuals, their communication with ordinary people is as simple as our communication with dogs... So, one thing happened naturally , you are a smart person, you should be able to think of it!"

"The rich and the poor are no longer the same..."

"The rich and the poor are no longer the same species! Just as the poor and the dog are not the same species, the poor are no longer human."

"Oh, that really changed a lot."

"Because these people are too powerful, even if there are far more dogs than people, they are powerless to create social instability, they can only create some troubles that need to be solved. Killing dogs casually will be punished, but it is not the same as killing people. Likewise, especially when rabies endangers human safety, it is okay to kill all dogs."

"Moreover, the key to sympathy for the poor lies in the same word. When the same species basis does not exist on both sides, sympathy does not exist. This is the second evolution of human beings, and the first time they are separated from apes. Natural selection. This time separated from the poor by another equally sacred law, the inviolability of private property."

"This law is also very sacred in our world."

"In the world of the First Earth, this law is maintained by a system called the social machine. The social machine is a powerful law enforcement system. Its law enforcement units are spread all over the world, and some law enforcement units are only the size of mosquitoes. , but it is enough to kill hundreds of people at the same time in an instant. They are too strong, so strong that we cannot break this rule. However, their enforcement is also absolutely fair, and it does not favor the wealthy class. threats, they will protect them according to the Constitution."

"Under the strong protection of the social machine, the wealth of the first earth is continuously concentrated to a few people. And technological development has led to another thing. The possessing class no longer needs the working class. In your world, the rich are still Those who need the poor must have workers in the factory. But on the first earth, machines no longer need people to operate them. High-efficiency robots can do everything. The proletariat even have no chance to sell their labor. They are really poor. Even the value of being exploited is gone.”

"The process of wealth concentration is very complicated. I can't explain it clearly to you, but its essence is the same as the operation of capital in your world. In the time of my great-grandfather. 60% of the wealth of the First Earth was in the hands of 1000 million people. In Grandpa In the era of my father, 80% of the world’s wealth was in the hands of 1 people! In Dad’s era, 90% of the wealth was in the hands of 42 people.”

“When I was born, capitalism on the First Earth reached its pinnacle upon pinnacle, creating incredible miracles of capital!”

Speaking of this, the tone of the people on the first earth was already a little trembling, "99% of the world's wealth is in the hands of one person! This person is called the final product."

(End of this chapter)