VII. Looters Who Call Themselves ‘Industrialists’ - Built It In Order To Destroy Family
VII. Looters Who Call Themselves ‘Industrialists’
Engineer has developed his own ideology, but the ideology did not lead him to believe that he had the duty to serve for the public. There was a problem to be solved, and he was going to solve it; it was as simple as that. He also knew that he had to be the one to tackle the problem. Looters such as corrupted government officials and so called industrialists, who essentially used those corrupt ones’ guns to enslave millions and amassed billions, would not solve the problem.
Though Engineer was born in an upper middle class family, he did not believe in the trickledown economy or any theory that suggested that industrialists and their wealth would automatically empower the lower class and improve the over all living condition. To him, the debate was entirely unnecessary.
The current living condition of the city tells everything that needs to be told. The city is the capital of his country, and only three countries in the world has more super riches, those who possess the networth of a billion dollars or more, yet the basic infrastructure is nowhere near the standard of 1st world countries. There is no such thing as the trickledown economy evidently. He did not necessarily criticize them, but he certainly did not admire them, either. Also he felt that they could not possibly appreciate their financial wealth in this condition. If one of them tries to drive one of the most luxurious cars in this city, he cannot possibly enjoy the ride in absolutely despairing and dysfunctional traffic. If he managed to do that magically, tires would corrode because of contaminated dirt roads. Car would be covered with toxic dusts because of air pollution. And who knows? He might get robbed, mugged or even kidnapped because of pathetic security. Say, one of so-called respectable industrialists wants to stop at a wine store to select a few bottles for the night. Can he/she do that? No. The vast majority of drinkers do not even know the difference between red wine and white wine. Even those who know the difference have no idea how Port was invented; they cannot possibly know the historical background. If you start discussing how Dom Perignon initially despised bubbles in his wine, but he later sold it as it was to English and it eventually became champagne that we know today, oh, boy, few locals understand what you are discussing about. In such city, a decent wine store that keeps several hundred bottles of wine or more is inconceivable. And if that is the case, what is the point of possessing a billion dollars in the city? There is no joy. Or they simply do not care about the city? They spend much time in Tuscany, Southern France or Spanish islands in the Mediterranean? Well, that is probably the case. At any rate, it is quite clear that the city will not be saved by great industrialists that absent-minded journalists of this county write or speak of and hail.
Engineer fundamentally believed in true industrialists, but he did not consider that those who relied on government subsidies ‘true industrialists’; they were essentially looters. Automobile manufacturers including one wholly owned by his countryman essentially rely on government subsidies. They let the government fund and construct roads; they take no part in it, not financially. It is true that roads need to be built to improve the over all transportation system, but the government has given the right to occupy road to automobiles alone. Pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaws and all the rest are, all of a sudden, taken that right away; automobiles might run over them, but no legal action would be taken. In other words, this is a double subsidy; automobile manufacturers, of course, argue that automobiles are the future though. Automobiles are designed to use combustion engines only; no hybrid, no ethanol, no electric and no bio-diesel. The reason is very simple; oil companies are owned and operated by the government and they fix the price of petroleum. Another government subsidy; automobile manufacturers argue that this is to give the stability to the nation’s industrial base though. To sum up, the automobile industry is one big subsidized industry with no innovation, and Engineer did not call those who ran automobile manufacturers ‘industrialists’ but call them ‘looters.’ Bankers are also looters; they generate profit by lending money, but their profitability depends on the fractional lending. As they lend 10 times as much as their actual reserve, are they really taking the risk? No, in case of crisis, the government steps in to rescue them; the reserve is federally insured. But how can the government guarantee to insure? Because it gets funding through taxation. But why is it a guarantee? It is a guarantee because the government has the power of guns. In other words, profitability of banks relies on the power of guns while they do not get their hands dirty. They are looters.
It was inconceivable that looters would take any action to improve the over all living condition in the city, and he found that, unfortunately, much of the industrial sector was ran by looters. This was the reason why he stepped in so as to build the sewage system; the incompetent municipal government would not do it, nor would looters who call themselves ‘industrialists’.
