Chapter 1088 Chapter 1084 Marketization of Superheroes (Second Update)
After the 15th century in Europe, with the advancement of production technology, the manufacturing cost of the originally expensive candles began to decrease. According to estimates, its price was about the daily salary of an ordinary worker at that time. The upper-class nobles also began to light candles when guests visited. Come more candles to show wealth. It was during that era that night-time drag parties, which were exclusive to the upper class, began to emerge. Many times, nobles would dress up as lower-class workers. In the aristocratic concept, the lower-class workers are vulgar, uneducated and ungodly. They believe that as long as they pretend to be poor, they can do despicable things unscrupulously and indulge their desires at balls. Hammurabi found records about the costume dances at that time from a corner of the Praetorian Guards Library. It is said that a queen held a costume dance in the palace that did not allow guests to wear clothes, and only allowed the use of clothes that fit the main body of the exhibition hall. Jewelry covers the body, and its extravagance and wanton indulgence are eye-catching.
The Praetorian Guards believe that their monarch put on black armor to participate in the "Sokovia Accords" dispute over ability enhancers with the idea of participating in a drag party, concealing his identity and doing things that his identity does not allow. After all, no country wants to see the three-meter-tall Latovinian emperor wearing golden armor suddenly appear in his territory. Although everyone knows that Latovinia has teleportation technology, this will make the already trending The easing situation in Europe has once again caused waves. This is something that Latvinia does not want to happen now, and it is likely to undermine some ongoing negotiations.
Due to the monarch's impressive sense of humor, the black armor was originally designed to look like Darth Vader.
After hearing the news, Hammurabi finished the Star Wars series of movies overnight, and wrote long negative reviews for Star Wars 7, 8, and 9. After doing this, he persuaded the monarch not to dress up as Darth Vader, because dressing up like that will only cause a strong comedy effect, and no one will regard the power exerted by the monarch as "the Force". His monarch accepted the proposal, but Hammurabi was dissatisfied when the monarch once again rejected the security agreement established by Commander Constantine, only allowing Hammurabi to stay in low orbit in a heavy assault transport instead of letting him Going into battle together made Hammurabi feel useless.
"Why do you have to be personally involved in this matter, my lord?"
"Think about what would happen if ability enhancers and psykers became money-making tools." While waiting for the armor to be transported to the heavy assault transport craft, Salomon patiently explained to Hammurabi his motivation. "The U.S. military is now cooperating with many laboratories to restart the super soldier program. It is conceivable that the next step is to create heroes. While setting up a new department to support one or two star politicians, the official will build the newly launched superheroes into symbols of justice. Filming Movies and reality shows. Join the entertainment-to-death bandwagon and use cultural hegemony to create opportunities to send enhanced agents to perform so-called counter-terrorism missions, completely replacing unruly organizations like the Avengers.
In the meantime, both liberals and evangelicals (the left and right of America, respectively) can benefit, with diverse superheroes gaining votes for Democrats and Christian superheroes gaining votes for Republicans. The public will not have many opinions, because their attention has been attracted by the glamorous superheroes, and any objections will be drowned out by the organized and fanatical followers on the Internet. "
At this point, the emperor of Latovinia and the Eternal City looked bored. He didn't need the power of prophecy to see where things were going. There is nothing new under the sun. The logic of the capital market is nothing but making money. This situation has long been applied to many celebrities and idols. The "Sokovia Accords" and the subsequent US military's super soldier program are just a cover-up. It's just a tool to make money and exercise hegemony under the guise of an idol. Not that no one is aware of the loopholes in the Sokovia Accords - even though more than a hundred countries participated and signed, and the order brought about by the first half of the agreement is quite high-sounding, many weak third world countries Only those who are coerced by the hegemony of public opinion or unable to resist due to the threat of economic sanctions will sign this agreement. Otherwise, washing powder called "weapons of mass destruction" will be brought out at the United Nations, or departments such as the United Nations Refugee Agency will start withholding aid. The aid given by European and American countries will not help those African countries have own industry and education, stopping aid is a fatal threat to those African countries that can only rely on aid to feed their civilians.
"What are the consequences of this? Any country that fails in public opinion will become a destination for so-called 'superheroes', and the manipulated United Nations will become a tool to provide justification and endorse any behavior of so-called 'superheroes'. If Later it was discovered that the so-called terrorists were only innocent people or had caused indirect harm. They only needed to offer flowers to express their condolences, and then they would go looking for the next victim." He said, "We all know the power and appearance of those with enhanced abilities. Dimensional power is related to the blood of the gods, so losing control is the only outcome of the super soldier project. Even if those powers are not out of control, they will create bastards who can do whatever they want. Important provisions such as the "Sokovia Accords" cannot Leave it to those plutocrats to execute, they will sell the rope to hang themselves for money. I don't care about their lives, but a large number of innocent people will suffer before they are harmed, so this time I must completely remove the so-called' Destroy all superheroes, this kind of organization should not exist in this world."
Hammurabi heard the hatred and determination in the monarch's tone. What he hates is the short-sightedness, blindness and greed that lead the entire human race to destruction, and his determination is because the monarch believes that his career can restrain this evil dragon of greed among humans. The Imperial Guard heard the subtext of the monarch. The monarch wanted to personally kill the mastermind behind the scenes to vent his anger. He was very happy that the current monarch could still retain his humanity.
He quietly turned off the forbidden word blocking software in the helmet's communication system. The various tenses of the word "Fuck" in the monarch's words suddenly increased in the entire paragraph, with one or two in almost every sentence. He silently turned on the banned word blocking software, endured the shrill alarm chirping, and then chose his words carefully. "From a broad definition, your behavior completely conforms to the market's definition of a superhero, because you are not doing it for yourself but for the public." After finishing speaking, he was not surprised to receive a stern look from the monarch. "I know your definition of superheroes, which is just a market-oriented concept. It is human instinct to worship heroes, and superheroes are just a concept created by market operations to fill the hero worship of Americans who have no history."
Hammurabi found that the atmosphere when he got along with the monarch was much more relaxed than when Commander Constantine got along with the monarch. Now Commander Constantine serves as the leader of the First Army and performs tasks everywhere. Otherwise, he would definitely be able to see some awkward exchanges between Constantine and the monarch. He could not describe what kind of scene it was. Even the monarch's jokes were... There is no way to make Constantine laugh - all the Praetorian Guards are rational and perfect creatures, but this does not mean that the Praetorian Guards do not have human emotions, but the highest point of this emotion is to devote their lives to the cause of the monarch. But Constantine was a little unusually cold, but the commander of the Guards still accepted the gift from the monarch, a jigsaw puzzle bought in the supermarket.
Hammurabi could only suspect that this might be due to the difference in genetic alchemy. After all, each Janissary had a unique transformation process, not to mention that Constantine was the leader among his peers in all aspects, and in the gladiatorial arena He was the only one in the world who could fight Constantine for more than 200 hours without losing. "I still want Darth Vader, and I also want to put a sound unit on the breathing grille." The emperor of Latovinia, who was surrounded by the holographic projection of the data center, said nonchalantly, "That will be fun!"
Hammurabi walked to the cab without saying a word. "Okay, Tony Stark has landed in Germany! We should leave quickly, we must leave, we must leave, and we will leave now!" Civilians living near the Royal City of Latvinia saw the black and gold aircraft The heavy assault transport craft staggered in the air several times, then dragged a plume of black smoke straight into the sky.
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