Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 495 Broken Window Effect

For more than two hundred years, the "American Dream" has been inspiring countless young people all over the world with dreams, either immigrating or studying or smuggling. They abandon their homeland and go through untold hardships to create their own value in this land. .

In the broad sense, the American dream refers to equality, freedom, and democracy in the United States; in the narrow sense, it refers to the ideal of believing that a better life can be achieved through unremitting efforts in the United States, that is, people must use their own hard work, courage, creativity, And the determination to move towards prosperity, rather than relying on the assistance of specific social classes and others.

   sounds perfect, but in fact it is false. This country instills a value to the world, that is, struggle can be successful.

But doing the right thing and doing things right is not a concept. Choice is more important than hard work. Hitler wrote a book called My Struggle. Through "struggle" he let the police come to power. He "worked" to slaughter the Jews and rob their money. , Used the money to "work hard" to grow the Third Reich, but the final result was to split Germany again.

The real American dream is frothy. It is made up. For example, a cup of coffee costs RMB 3 per cup in Ethiopia and RMB 30 per cup in Starbucks coffee shops in Beijing and Shanghai. No one will go to Ethiopia and cheap coffee, but some people want to go. Starbucks enjoys the peaceful years, while at the same time China's own teahouse culture is abandoned by young people.

  If someone proposes to lower the price of Starbucks, there will be others who will not allow the price to be reduced because it represents a consumption symbol. Only the rich in China can drink Starbucks. This is a phenomenon that occurs after the brainwashing of consumerism.

People ultimately love their desires, not what they want. Showing off their value and sense of existence is the reason for spending high prices. That feeling can be addictive, and "Fu Shou Ointment" is used by rich people. It is a truth. After meeting this psychological need, no matter it is sober coffee or opium that makes people drunk and dreamy, someone will buy it.

  The spread of consumerism in the UK is not as fast as in China, mainly because the UK is a Protestant country, and capitalism only emerged after the birth of Protestantism. Prior to this, only the germination of capitalism could not produce complete capitalism in the strict sense.

  The Protestant’s view of work and labor is an indispensable activity for human beings to engage in economic activities. But before the Reformation, the Catholic Church had great contempt for secular economic activities.

Before the advent of capitalism, the highest status in European society was not kings and nobles, but the clergy and monks headed by the pope. They were aloof and the first class in society. Those in the industrial and commercial sector who support social and economic development can only be in the third level. After the Protestant Christianity came out, while holding high the banner of God, it sanctified labor. According to the Protestant teachings, each person is a unique life created by God, and each person's work is meaningful. Secular labor and work are the ways and manifestations of mankind to glorify God. People work in accordance with God's instructions, and the purpose of labor is to serve God. Labor is not only God's will, but also man's obligation to God. Given such a purpose to labor, the labor itself and the people engaged in it are sublimated. This is the Protestant view of labor and work.

  Protestantism gives wealth and money a positive meaning. Protestantism believes that money is wealth. There is no good or evil in wealth itself, and there is no harm in having more money. The key is not to have money or not, but to see how you get the money, the wealth you get, and what you use this wealth for. If you use improper means to profit, at the same time your purpose of profiting is for the enjoyment of the flesh and for the satisfaction of selfish desires. Then your wealth is bluntly sin.

  The abundance given by God is not a sin. Human life is given by God. The wealth created by man is also given by God. People should work hard to create wealth, keep wealth, and use wealth for God. Otherwise, if people are not for God, but to accumulate wealth for themselves and to make money for themselves, then even if they "make the whole world", they will lose their lives.

The probability of sudden death in a capitalist society is much lower than in a consumerist society. Protestantism has proposed "rational asceticism". It is not against all hedonic activities, but against waste and extravagance, and against the use of money to satisfy personal selfish desires. Funds are used for investment, economic development, for the poor, for charity, and for meeting the needs of society.

Once the wrong values ​​are formed, it is very difficult to correct them. Irrational impulsive consumption has caused a serious subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. At the beginning, the story is very beautiful. Banks earn intermediate fees, management fees and interest rate differentials, and rich investors take it. With stable investment income, the poor bought houses with loans. Occasionally, a few people do not repay the loan, because the house price has been rising, and the bank has taken the house back for auction. The bank feels there is no risk. As a result, banks have become more and more courageous, and interest rates have been falling, so anyone can get a loan to buy a house. It used to be a 30% down payment and income proof, but now a 5% down payment or even 0 down payment, you can get a loan by standing on the street and taking a photo. A house bought with a loan can also be used as a mortgage and then a loan to buy a second house. Under the background of excess liquidity, the real estate bubble has risen.

This time, London’s Chinatown’s resistance to demolition was for fear of real estate developers’ increase in rents and protests under the pretext of protecting multiculturalism. The price increase did not happen overnight. It should increase slowly. The previous Coca-Cola was 600ml, but later it changed in order to increase prices. It has become 500+100ml, and it feels like there is no difference. After a while, it will become 500ml.

If the windows of a house are broken and no one is going to repair them, other windows will be broken inexplicably after a short while; if some graffiti appears on one wall and is not cleaned, soon the wall will be full of mess. Things that are unsightly; in a very clean place, people are embarrassed to throw rubbish, but once there is **** on the ground, people will throw it away without hesitation, without feeling ashamed.

As long as real estate developers raise prices for tenants on the grounds of renovation, other real estate developers in Chinatown will also increase rents, and rents will also rise. The cost of operators will increase and they have to save money and turn tea restaurants into fast food restaurants. Lay off staff and reduce expenditure to avoid losses, so that some people will lose their jobs.

  It is not recommended to squander either religion or morality in order to satisfy selfish desires, but can you control how others use money? This is one of the results of Martina's human nature experiment. Under the borderless freedom, people will pursue their own desires, display unlimited creativity, spend energy on enjoyment, and what does development and progress have to do with him? It would be fine if the country that wanted people to sacrifice for it was destroyed.

The United States is not only free and equal, but also can’t help but shoot guns. Who knows if there will be any lunatic who will shoot the crowd with submachine guns at concerts, the rumbling music, there are high-density crowds, and young people who shake their heads to the music. How many people can bear the ups and downs of joy and sorrow.

  Coffee can't make people wake up, what about death?

  Through the morning sun, Pomona was watching the scenery while drinking coffee at home. There was an advertisement for a diamond in the distance: a diamond is long-lasting, and one will be passed on forever.

  There are many diamonds in the world, and they can be manufactured manually, but the developers have not let go of mining. There are only a few on the market and equate it with love. Men who want to propose marriage must buy a diamond ring. After buying a diamond ring at a high price, no one recycles the diamonds, only people recycle the gold, and it is the women they deceived.

  She stroked the summoning ring in her hand. It was very Slytherin style. More importantly, as long as she met him, he would come right away. This kind of ring is more precious than a diamond ring even if it is silver.

  You can't wake up someone who pretends to be sleeping.

  She sighed in melancholy. Humans who have lost faith and morality live like beasts. When fighting monsters, beware of becoming monsters. Righteous Qi Master has become as cruel and cruel as the Dark Wizard. Kingsley Shaker is undoubtedly a man, but is Auror Office Director Gadevin Robaz a Protestant or a beast?

The world can get better or worse. It all depends on people's choices. When one day must choose between the right choice and the simple choice, most people will choose the simple way—— Cheating, cheating is the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament, but Cedric didn't, and Harry probably didn't want it. Ron missed the question to him.

  Fortunately Ron helped him, otherwise Harry would have died in the first game.

   "What are you looking at?" Her husband came over, hugging her from behind.

  "This world, and, good morning." She put the coffee cup in her hand to his mouth, "Want to drink some water of life?"

  He leaned close to the cup and took a peck.

   "It's too sweet." The person who likes black coffee frowned and said, and with a mouthful of sweetness, he gave her a good morning kiss.

  (End of this chapter)