USSR 1991

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The entry of two major German auto brands into Hungary marked the beginning of a devastating blow to the Hungarian auto industry.The first is the acquisition of a large number of factories. The new investment of 30 billion yuan promised before, the use of local suppliers for auto parts, and the fact that no one worker will be dismissed after the acquisition has become a dead letter. The first thing Mercedes-Benz did was to reduce investment. Auto parts Of course, it is still produced in Germany. As for the employees?Only a small part is left, and the rest will be cut.

As for the capitalist contract spirit you told me about?Sorry it's so windy I can't hear you.

Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz can easily spend [-] to [-] million to buy local financial newspapers and Hungarian economists to promote and promote their shameless plundering policies, and turn their shameless face around, emphasizing that this is to help Hungary develop own economy and improve the living standards of the people.

Believe it or not, it’s useless. The plunder of capital is bloody anyway. Germany has money, so it can rape your national industry at will and increase the unemployment rate in Hungary. What?You want to resist?Sorry, then you are a dictatorship, a dictatorship, and no human rights!

Newspapers are in the hands of large Western companies, and the high ground of public opinion is in the hands of Western capital vampires. How can Eastern European countries, whose economy has not improved, compete with Western multinational groups?Want to rebel against Europe and the United States and get rid of the rule of the World Bank and IMF?There are always bloody examples that sound the alarm. The most influential political figure in Italy, Prime Minister Clakesi, died in February 1993 and hid in Tunisia. In May 2, former French Prime Minister and Socialist Party dignitary Béregois shot himself on May Day. In May 1993, Ernholm, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, resigned and committed suicide. In the spring of 1993, the governor of the Bank of Spain was arrested and the commander of the National Guard fled.Maxwell, the actual controller of the British "Mirror" media empire and the funder of the Labor Party, committed suicide by jumping into the sea. In December 1994, the governor of the Central Bank of Hungary was forced to resign because of a sex scandal.

The death of this series of politicians is not a coincidence. The Wall Street vampires behind the scenes are controlling politically, destroying the economy, and ruling ideologically. They are transporting bloody wealth to the United States. Support their prosperous cause of world peace.

There is no way, Hungarian President Arpad can only swallow the knocked out teeth in his stomach.I hope to be able to tolerate temporary support for the Hungarian economy from Europe and the United States, but after the refugee incident, the Hungarian president who had accumulated a lot of anger was finally annoyed.

"Why does Hungary want to accept refugees? The whole of Europe has to wipe their butts for the Western society's own troubles? It's a joke!" President Arpad said angrily. Although marketization is the goal that Hungary has been pursuing, they have not Promise to let others play yourself to death.

"What is this? The test of joining NATO? After getting rid of the shadow of the Soviet Union and falling into the hell of capitalists? At least when it was still a socialist force before, people's lives were not as bad as this. Look at it after the Western invasion What has it brought us? Rising unemployment, business closures one after another, and the slogan of so-called democracy and freedom. We have had enough.”

"But there is no way around this, President Arpad. If we don't integrate into the Western economic circle, we won't be able to achieve better trade globalization and marketization." Prime Minister Horn Gyula still has a little illusion about the West , I hope that after experiencing these "democratic pains", it will be able to regain its vitality.

President Arpad sneered. He pointed to the protesters on TV, turned his head and said to Prime Minister Gyula, "Did you see this? Prime Minister Gyula. This is the second largest steel industry in Hungary that was abolished before." Unemployed factory workers marched and protested on the street, and more people moved into slums? Why? Because one after another in the West, multinational capital groups bought their factories and laid off those employees, which eventually led to the unemployment of this group of people .No work, no bread, what does it mean to go on fermenting?"

Prime Minister Gyula's Adam's apple rolled, and he knew what Prime Minister Arpad was going to say next.

"It means that the political situation is turbulent, and there is only one outcome if it continues to develop. Either the government is overthrown, or the country is plunged into civil war. This is our situation."

"After the economic crisis in 1991, the economic situation of the whole world is slipping into the abyss. Stop thinking that Germany will save Hungary from the abyss. If you want to survive, you can only save yourself."

What President Arpad said is not alarmist. The deteriorating economic level has given political party leaders in some Eastern European countries some dangerous ideas.

Return to the embrace of socialism.

The success of the new economic model of the Soviet Union made this group of people see hope. The former dying red behemoth has been stabilized through the new economic policy of these years. Western economists were surprised that the Soviet economy was doomed.

The ideas of the President of Poland and the President of Hungary coincided with each other. Since the West has pitted itself so badly, why not turn to cooperate with the Soviet Union, which is also testing the waters in the market economy?What ideological question?The economy is almost unsustainable, I will give you a hammer.

"We can't be too anxious, we need to take it step by step. Since we want to try again with the Soviet Union, we have to test the faces of Europe and the United States first." Prime Minister Gyula thought for a while, and said, "Then Hungary can benefit from the refugee incident." Express your position to tell the West that we don't follow their example."

Opposing refugees and reaffirming nationalism seem to be aiming at the EU and NATO's nonsense refugee accommodation plan, but in fact they are sending eyebrows to the Soviet Union. After all, only the Soviet Union has the strictest control over refugees and donkeys in the whole of Europe. .

A few days later, a private statement about Hungarian President Arpad was widely circulated among the people, and it became a hot spot of public opinion for a while. Although the official did not make any comments on the matter, it was enough to make people think a lot.

"1000 years ago, Hungary, as the shield of God, once guarded the gate of Europe. Today, 1000 years later, we will stand up again. Although the whole of Europe betrayed us during the two world wars, today, we Once again we will defend the traditions of Europe, drive out all invaders who try to shake our faith, defend to the death our ancestor Charles V, and stop the glory of the Ottoman Iron Heel."

"Long live the Austro-Hungarian-Czechoslovakian Empire!"

Chapter 4 The Era of Financial Predation

According to the Moscow News Agency, on the 22nd, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets from Munich, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Vienna, Austria, shouting "Welcome refugees", Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula was revealed to have said that EU countries will share the burden of refugees. The plan is like a "daydream", and it is said that European countries should "spend money" on countries surrounding Syria, so that refugees can "come from and go back to".He also said asylum-seekers coming to Europe should be treated as migrants rather than refugees, because they do not want to stay in the first safe country of arrival, but want to go to other richer Western European countries, such as Germany, to live a "German life". style of life".

He also stated that Hungary would never welcome refugees into his country, just like the Soviet Union treated refugees.He said that the Hungarian people believe in Catholicism or Christianity, and there is no room for the development of religions like refugees. Moreover, the pig farming industry has always been a traditional industry in Hungary and will not change because of the arrival of refugees.It is impossible for us to accommodate your customs, either you change your beliefs, or you starve to death, choose one of the two.

Gyula's words drew strong criticism from the leaders of Western European countries. German Chancellor Kohl said that Gyula's ideas are dangerous. He expressed concern about the development of human rights in Hungary, because no democratic and free country would say such a thing if.Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula insinuated that some countries like to eat some disgusting things, but this does not mean that Hungary likes it.

For disobedient Eastern European countries like Hungary, the U.S. government has not been less involved. For example, after Gyula showed hostility towards refugees, President Mario said in a recent talk that Hungary is moving to a dangerous area. step forward.This dangerous area is a deep factor that hinders world peace.

"Obviously, after getting rid of the shadow of communism, Hungary did not think about how to build a more prosperous, democratic, and equal country, but embarked on the road of communism consistent with the Soviet Union. They hoped to criticize the current society through the refugee incident system, in order to seek some kind of oligarchic rule, in fact, it means that the wealth of the whole country is concentrated in one person, and this idea is dangerous. I advise the President of Hungary to correct his attitude as soon as possible, and move towards a joint negotiation with Western Europe Otherwise, due to temporary wrong policies, opportunities for development will be missed forever.”

In the face of the half-threatening half-intimidating speech of the United States, Arpad's counterattack was very quick. He immediately passed a bill restricting North American companies from "running wild" in Hungary, forcing foreign companies to raise corporate taxes.Hungary used practical means to tell President Mario that they were not afraid of the political threat from the Americans.

Of course, Hungary’s act of killing has been strongly supported by Poland, a Central European country. President Kwasniewski said that Poland supports Hungary’s practice of restricting foreign companies from plundering its own wealth. He also compared the multinational groups of Western European countries to breaking into the door Shameless robbers who plunder wealth should be hanged on the gallows for robbers.

Kwasniewski’s words are more deadly than Arpad’s. He compared almost all Western countries and the United States to robbers hanged on the gallows, and offended most Western European countries in disguise. .Kwaśniezowski’s anger was not without reason. When Wałęsa visited the United States and asked President Bush for a loan of 20 billion U.S. dollars, Bush was only willing to loan [-] million U.S. dollars to Poland, which was ten times smaller than the previous promise.This incident also made the vengeful Poles regard the United States as the number one enemy.

Big Bobo was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. As a young master of death, perhaps because he thought he was not good enough, Poland also imitated Hungary and did a very stupid thing.That is to deny foreign access to Poland's coal mining industry, and shut the door on the spot for American energy companies that originally wanted to get involved in Poland with great interest.For those energy giants who urgently need to open up new markets in Eastern Europe, this is tantamount to slapping themselves in the face.

It just so happened that some members of Congress had a close relationship with the president of an American energy company, so these members found President Mario in private, hoping that he could "properly" resolve these matters, so that the Poles would have a longer memory.

"President Mario, the incidents in Poland are obvious to all. The Poles restrict American companies from entering Poland through trade barriers. This matter cannot be stopped. Oh, by the way, there is another country that does not know how to flatter, Hungary. Introduced We have passed a bill specifically targeting American companies to create trade barriers and disrupt normal trade with each other."

Senator Simon changed his posture, trying to make himself more comfortable.Every time he said a word, the flesh on his face would tremble. Although Mario looked down on Congressman Simon, he didn't dare to show his disdain for the energy giant behind him. After all, the other party could afford energy for several congressmen. industry giants.

"I know."

The deadly behavior of the Poles also attracted Mario's attention. To be honest, he didn't think that a Polish country had much background and challenged the United States. As long as an anti-dumping bill was played, it would be a pillar for the livelihood of Eastern European countries. The industry has been hit unprecedentedly. These industries with a single economic structure are not like the various industries in the United States that can blossom and bear fruit all over the world.

"So in order to target Poland and Hungary, the U.S. government has specifically withdrawn the bill that restricts their products from entering the United States and Western Europe. It has reached a consensus with its European allies to uniformly restrict Polish and Hungarian products from entering the Western European market. Today, either the presidents of Poland and Hungary beg us to end the sanctions, or choose to resign amidst the furor. The United States has the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in its hands. As long as these two refuse to lend to Eastern European countries at critical moments, their economies It won't last a few days."

Congressman Simon nodded and was very satisfied with President Mario's approach. He smiled and said, "Very well, then President Mario will be in trouble for this period of time. Of course, in some key policies proposed by President Mario, the US Energy The company will also unconditionally support the government to show our sincerity."

Mutual cooperation between governments and financial giants is not uncommon, just as the Federal Reserve controls the printing of US banknotes.That's why Senator Simon and the huge financial empire behind him will support leaders who are in their own interests.

"Also, regarding the matter of accelerating investment in other European countries, we also hope that the government can vigorously promote cooperation with Eastern European countries. For multinational groups, the current investment in Eastern Europe is far from enough."

President Mario narrowed his eyes, suppressed the politician's smile, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this an intervention in our economic policy? I remember that congressmen don't seem to have this right."

Councilor Simon approached President Mario, nodded his finger on the sofa, and said solemnly, "But our economic policy is conducive to the development of multinational groups in Europe. If the US government can speed up cooperation with Eastern European countries, our capital will They can enter their countries more quickly and control the markets of Eastern European countries, thus forming a monopolistic oligopoly industry economy. I think this is undoubtedly correct for the US strategy."

Representative Simon said word by word, "Isn't this what we hoped to see in the beginning by using the US dollar to control the world? After cleaning up the countries in Eastern Europe, there will only be a cut off, lonely communist country. To When it is time to turn around and attack Asia, the Soviet Union can only be an isolated economic island country, because it is surrounded by the financial hegemony of the United States."

Simon just expressed what Mario was thinking in his heart, but he forgot one thing. The fiscal deficit in the United States is already very large. The second is the collapse of the housing finance system in the Bush era. Mario has not yet To solve it properly, his method can only be suppressed for a while.

Of course, multinational corporations don’t care about the internal economy of the United States. They are plundering wealth all over the world. 300 years ago, Europe used rough methods to loot the wealth of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The economies of other continental countries.

"Welcome to the plundering era of economic globalization." Representative Simon put on his sunglasses, smiled at President Mario, and turned to leave.

Chapter 4 Chapter Three

After Hungary and Poland released harsh words one after another, their unlucky days soon followed. The first is a series of recent international foreign trade actions. A series of Western European countries such as France and Germany have united to detect Hungary, which is rich in beef cattle in Eastern Europe, was blacklisted on the grounds of exporting foot disease.Poland has not escaped the tragedy. As the main country of steel production, Polish steel has been forcibly raised by [-]% tariffs by other Western European countries. Speaking of it, it is tantamount to a heavy blow.

During this period of time, news about Poland and Hungary has been rampant. First, it is about the resignation of the Hungarian Minister of National Development because it was revealed that he was involved in a bribery scandal. Second, the owner of a business that sells problematic beef cattle to Western Europe owes a large amount of debt due to gambling. , and finally committed suicide by jumping into the river.Although most of them may seem like irrelevant news, if you look at them together, you will find that they are very interesting.

It was as if some people had set up a lot of traps, and the Hungarians jumped into it willingly. As for Poland, the script was almost withdrawn.Those who have come to their senses know that European and American countries are ready to act.Except that Poland is still a tough attitude that you can hit me if you have the ability, Hungary has been so loud at the beginning, and then it has been silent.

Failure to sell meat means that factories and companies will close down, workers will be cut off, and the economy will decline. This will trigger a domino effect that Hungary has to consider the previous trade barriers.

However, the European and American sanctions are far from over. Starting from the sale of beef cattle, they gradually expanded to other agricultural and sideline products. Since Hungary mainly sells animal husbandry and agricultural and sideline products, the United States specifically restricts or even cuts off Hungary’s financial resources.

The atmosphere in the office of the Presidential Palace was very dull. Alpad was sitting on the sofa smoking a cigarette. I don't know how long the silence in the office had passed. The ashtray was already full of cigarette butts.Alpad is now facing the worst situation, it can almost be said that everyone has betrayed his relatives, and Alpad paid a heavy price for his impulsiveness at the beginning.

The current situation is whether to reconcile with Europe and the United States?The answer is yes.

"Why don't we try to seek a dialogue with the United States. If we continue like this, there is no way. We only sanctioned one or two products in Europe, but they can easily destroy our entire industry." German Chancellor Gyula replied, The current situation in Hungary is already ugly enough. If you don't try to please the Americans, it is estimated that the anti-dumping bill with three heads and two heads will block the Hungarians.

"Then let the domestic unemployment rate continue to rise?" Alpad raised his head and said with a wry smile.

"So you don't think the unemployment rate will skyrocket now? Look at where we are now, Arpad. What have bad trade barriers brought us? It's a disaster. Their combined anti-dumping strategy can hit Hungary's economy hard again , then our society will really change."

This is as uncomfortable as choosing to wait for death slowly or to choose sudden death.

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