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    The Soviet Union's national power inevitably declined. Gorbachev's new thinking was like a poisonous fruit that swallowed the huge alliance of socialist countries and became terminally ill and dying.

    The consequences of the long-standing Cold War confrontation finally appeared at this moment. They ignored their own economic capabilities, engaged in unrealistic arms confrontation, and lacked flexible strategic policies. After the Mao Xiong family overturned other companies with mighty momentum,  Finally, he slowed down and began to pant heavily. In the end, he had to prop his knees up and stick out his tongue, watching the bald eagle and a group of younger brothers begin to laugh at him in front.

    Unbalanced economic development, over-concentration of the military industry, and insufficient manufacturing of ordinary consumer goods. Of course, there is another reason that people generally ignore, or that Westerners are unwilling to admit, and that is the high-welfare social treatment implemented by the Soviet Union for twenty years.  Moreover, the rigid model of the planned economy made the distribution of welfare inflexible and unnecessary phenomena such as waste occurred, which also brought a lot of disasters to the Soviet economy.

    Chinese writer Wang Meng once visited the Soviet Union and later wrote "The Heart of a Visit to the Soviet Union", which recorded a large number of details about the living standards of the Soviet Union: the flight from Tbilisi, Georgia to Moscow took three and a half hours and only cost 37 rubles;  The food is good, and large breads are available at low prices and in unlimited quantities, especially black bread. In Moscow state-owned stores, one kilogram (that is, two pounds) of beef sells for 2 rubles. In the free market of Tbilisi, it is fresh.  Lamb of excellent quality costs 10 rubles per kilogram; both the book price and the quoted price are relatively cheap.  Ticket prices for theatrical performances (including movies) are also much lower than in the West. Watching Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tsar's Betrothed" at the Bolshoi Theater costs - rubles.  If you were to watch a performance of the same standard in New York, you would probably have to pay $6; public transportation, plane tickets, and train tickets are all cheaper.  Moscow's underground railways are as dense as a spider web and crisscross each other. Each station is beautifully built and well managed. One subway ride only costs 10 kopecks.  The New York subway in the United States, which is said to be convenient, is not only dirty, but also often violent (robberies, rapes, murders). It really cannot compare

    In the late 1970s, the living standards of the Soviet people reached a very high level. The supply of goods was sufficient and prices were low. A large number of new residences were allocated. Durable consumer goods such as televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines were rapidly popularized. People's savings were also increasing. Then  The purchasing power of the Soviet people at that time was almost equivalent to the purchasing power of the Chinese people after the new century.

    Originally, with the resources and industrial capabilities of the Soviet Union, coupled with a decent population, it was not a big deal to support an effective welfare system. However, under the rigid system of the Soviet Union, the welfare system operated very far from reality.  Not only will welfare not generate money and lead to healthy development, but it will only bring more and more burdens to government expenditures.  It can be said that the social welfare system of the Soviet Union was a typical set of unrealistically high welfare systems that struggled to support a situation of insufficient economic development.

    There is a lack of competition under the planned system. Although welfare and education levels are improved, the labor productivity of the entire economy will not increase accordingly. It will only encourage more people with little development motivation to move to decent and simple jobs, creating white-collar jobs.  There are a large number of redundant staff, lax work discipline, and a serious shortage of blue-collar positions.  In addition to the administrative system that was not very clean, backdoors and corruption also appeared in large numbers, which further hindered the development of the entire Soviet Union.

    Such a high welfare system may seem like good news for national life, but abnormal things cannot be maintained healthily for a long time. Therefore, in the later period, a series of problems such as inflation, soaring prices, shortages of goods, insufficient production, and stagnant growth have appeared.  .  Gorbachev, who was not clear-minded, wanted to promote new institutional reforms under such circumstances, but he was hasty and lacked comprehensive domestication and deployment, which ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet economy.

    When a country¡¯s material foundation collapses, other shitty things will follow.  The Soviet people who originally enjoyed a good life began to be dissatisfied. They began to see that in the original distribution process, those party members and those in power were able to take more, so they began to scream that it was unfair, but they never thought that what they had taken before could not be counted.  fair.  The map brain opened the door to the country, and various Western ideological trends gradually began to influence the Soviet people. Words such as democracy and human rights began to be talked about by people, as if the things that are not available are the best.

    In such a predicament, the Mystic Palace, which was once a powerful force in the Soviet Union, began to decline.  In Gregory Kirk's office, an assistant in a white coat cautiously reported to Kirk: "The research funding for the next quarter has been cut by 90%. We essentially have no real funds for it.  For scientific research and creation, the money can only cover our personnel costs at most. Some researchers have begun to feel dissatisfied, and some comrades are almost unable to secure food at home. "

    Kirk¡¯s brows raised, and there was no emotion or anger on his face: ¡°If you are dissatisfied, come on, let¡¯s talk about it, who is dissatisfied?¡±

    The assistant's heart skipped a beat. He was almost certain that the name he mentioned would not even be found the next morning. Serving a guy like Kirk was like living with the devil.? Same, you can never guess what he is thinking, he is moody, sometimes he will kill you when he is happy, and he will kill you when he is unhappy. Everyone is trembling, and they want to get away from this guy but they can never do it.  .

    Like many people in the Mystery Palace, the assistants most hope that someone will kill Kirk. They used to fantasize about Kirk's death, and now they also look forward to Kirk's death, but they were stupid and naive before, thinking that  Death means the end, but for Kirk, death is just a few months off.  So the assistant hopes that Kirk will burp his fart, and at most he will be relieved that he doesn't have to face Kirk in fear for a few months, because after a few months, this guy will huddle in his chair, drink coffee, and then look at who doesn't like him.  Kill him or experiment with him.

    Seeing that his assistant did not have the courage to speak, Kirk kept trembling there, with a sneer coming from the corner of his mouth. He sat there and said to himself: "Is it true, is the Soviet about to enter her grave? It's almost time.  Ah, it's just faster than I originally calculated. This backer has fallen. Should I replace it with another one in the future?"

    The assistant heard that Kirk actually said such rebellious words, but he was not angry at all. The Mystic Palace was no longer limited to being loyal to the Soviet Union, they were actually loyal to Kirk.  In other words, they don't have to listen to Kirk even if they want. Kirk is the god and demon of the Mystic Palace, who controls anyone's life and death. If they want to survive, they can only obey Kirk's orders.

    "Those little guys in Europe will eventually become more and more idiotic as time goes by, and they will not be able to create, uh, Japan, a puppet country like slaves, and the Japanese are too ugly, which makes people feel uncomfortable. It's just that Japan is a slave-like puppet country.  Are the United States and China left?" Kirk muttered.

    However, when it comes to China, an elusive light flashed in his eyes, "That strange force has developed and grown with China as its mother body. If it also devotes itself to China, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain trust easily, and it will not have the resources.  Get the biggest tilt. Moreover, it is really annoying to lose such a perfect enemy. Should we go to the United States like this? "

    Kirk's face couldn't help but twitch, "But I really hate those mongrels with limited IQ and addiction to junk food." In this madman's view, hybrid Americans are inferior, and he dislikes Anglo-Saxons in a Nazi way.  ethnic group, and does not like the Negro ethnic group who can only splash semen and body odor. He believes that the success of the United States is due to the good geographical environment and resources, and the eclectic integration of outstanding talents from all over the world. As the main body of the country, the British are  As well as a large number of black people, they are all races that should be humanely destroyed.

    "Although I'm a little unhappy, in order to deal with my unknown good friend for a few more rounds, it seems that I have no choice but to go to that rude and superficial country." Kirk continued to talk to himself.

    He waved his hand and said to his assistant: "Go pick out a few insignificant technologies, meet with the CIA idiots we are targeting, and tell them that the Mystic Palace hopes to cooperate with the United States. Well, any technology is not allowed.  For sale for less than $1 million."

    Kirk has no psychological burden at all about cashing out the technology of the Mystic Palace and selling it to the United States, the enemy of the Soviet Union. In his opinion, everything except himself does not have much meaning. He is a person who lives a realistic life.  It's very simple, it all depends on your mood.

    The assistant had neither the right nor the courage to comment. He nodded in agreement and walked out of the office to do his work.

    Kirk stood up, picked up a cup of coffee on the sassafras wood desk, and began to sip it gently, thinking in a bored manner, "If you go to America, at least you can drink better coffee.  "

    Putting down the coffee cup, Kirk glanced out the window, "That Chinese friend who is more mysterious than me, you really make me anxious. That idiot Lennings went to China and didn't find anything. Instead, he got himself trapped in  There, it shows that your power is indeed what I thought and cannot be underestimated. Lenings is finished, but there are still many such chess pieces in my hand. Sooner or later, I will recognize your true face, haha, then we will be kings.  It¡¯s King¡¯s moment, isn¡¯t it exciting?¡±

    At this time in China, in an elegant cafe in the capital, a gentle and dull-looking guy wearing bottle-bottom glasses saw a blonde, blue-eyed, infinitely gorgeous beauty in the booth.  , elated.
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