"Perish?!"
Even Holy Angel Bellnus, who had experienced thousands of years of hardships, couldn't help but break down when he heard Elvin's judgment. He suspected that he was hearing things.
Her head hasn't even been fully revealed during the delivery, and you're already discussing with me whether to cremate her or bury her at sea?
Bellnus couldn't help but be worried.
To the gods whose main divine position was [Humanization Divine Position], human society was one of their important sources of power.
To the supernatural world, the spiritual world was connected to the spiritual world of all intelligent life. The more intelligent life flourished in the world (in terms of quantity and quality), the closer the connection with the spiritual world. The more spiritual energy radiated from the spiritual world, the more prosperous the supernatural world would be.
Although billions of mortals lived and died on the scale of the world, they were also the most basic and vibrant part of the world. They were also the key to whether the world could advance as a whole.
A world without intelligent life had no future to speak of.
In fact, if the gods could completely understand everything about the human world, why would they need to fear trends?
Seeing the expressions of disbelief on the faces of the three, Elvin, who had gained the upper hand, calmly explained, "Indeed.
Because the operation of capital has its deep-rooted internal contradictions, they can't solve it themselves.
Therefore, I assert that first, capitalism will inevitably perish. Second, the process of capital development will destroy the royal power. Not necessarily. Third, can the [Capital Divine Position] be balanced? Yes. "
Ever since he became a glorious ruler of a vast land, these were the questions he had been thinking about. Many of his policies had even been implemented in Georgia and the Far Sail Territory.
In terms of understanding of the chaos in the Elia Kingdom, Elvin was only at the second level, while Bellnus was already at the third level. In terms of understanding of capital, the latter was still at the first level, while the former was already at the seventh or eighth level.
After all, in his previous life, Elvin had been receiving ideological molding since he was young, and he was determined to be … Cough cough, the successor!
Hearing Elvin's resolute assertion, the three who were in high spirits stared at him without blinking, as if they were grasping at straws.
"Capital isn't a new thing. In fact, as early as two hundred years ago, the kingdom took the lead in the enclosure movement, and the prototype of the capitalist had already begun to appear.
The expulsion of thousands of peasants from their own lands, the conversion of them into destitute vagrants, beggars, and wage labourers, is the process of separating the direct producers from the means of production.
Merchants relied on large pastures and artisanal workshops to develop the wool textile industry and made their first bucket of gold. Many scholars called it the "sheep eating man" movement.
At that time, the so-called big agriculture and big animal husbandry was actually the process of agricultural capitalists occupying land and other production materials, hiring workers, and carrying out a large-scale war against the market, the process of corporate agriculture and animal husbandry operations … "
At this point, Elvin shifted his gaze to the Queen, whose expression was slightly unnatural after hearing the words "sheep eating humans".
"However, in the previous agricultural era, limited by the total scale of the land, it was very difficult for the output to be invested in the industry and turn into capital that could be used to 'make money with money'. Although this level existed, it wasn't too strong.
The emergence of the steam engine, on the other hand, brought about a leap in productivity. It was able to create wealth with unprecedented efficiency. The output would be continuously converted into new capital (more steam engines, production lines, factories), thus creating more value.
This means that the 'productivity' fundamentally determines the production relationship!
The development of the 'productivity' will bring about profound changes in the production relationship and continuously change society, not the so-called 'capital'. "
The true invention of the modern steam engine and the beginning of the steam industry were all things that happened after Queen Isabella succeeded to the throne. The ultimate source was the School of Alchemy. The kingdom and the School of Alchemy had built a contract that Elvin didn't know about for the time being.
As an excellent monarch, the Queen, who received the hint, fell into deep thought. Then, she continued Elvin's words.
"In other words, the foundation of the existence of this emerging class isn't the 'capital' that the existence is planning to gather, but the strong productivity in our hands that is compatible with the production relationship!
The 'capital' is downstream, and our 'productivity' is upstream, so … "
Elvin nodded slightly. He believed that with this hint, the combination of mature politicians and demigods would no longer be led by the nose.
He clapped his hands gently and looked at the three listeners whose faces were glowing with joy again.
"Back to the original question, why capitalism is bound to die, and the situation of the 'royal power' in the process is the same question."
The pursuit of profit was the strongest source of power for 'capital', and capital always pursued appreciation. Its appreciation would ultimately be implemented in the expansion of the production of goods, but goods had to be consumed in the end.
If the country's political power was in the hands of the capitalist class, it would inevitably be unable to effectively regulate its own behavior. When the production exceeded the total social demand to a certain extent, there would be a great recession caused by 'overproduction', resulting in the closure of factories and economic depression.
In fact, the ability of society to regulate itself was not as strong as many people imagined. To put it bluntly, it was because when the capitalists were in charge, there would be a structural loss of management.
Therefore, driven by the pursuit of profit, there would inevitably be an inherent contradiction between the expansion of production and the limitation of personal consumption. This contradiction would one day explode.
This was the root cause of the 'capitalist' economic crisis.
"As long as we grasp this essence, not to mention the clergy of 'capital' that has not yet been formed, even if it has been formed, we can use this mechanism to deal a heavy blow to 'him'!
Before the capitalists find a way out and self-regulate, the tidal economic crisis is enough to make 'him' feel like dying. It will happen once every decade or so. That sour feeling, tsk tsk … "
Clap!
Hearing this, Bellnus could not help but clap his hands.
After being carefully analyzed by Elvin, the fog in front of him gradually dissipated. The scenes of the capitalists going bankrupt during the economic crisis, the abandoned factories, and the destitution of the people seemed to be right in front of him.
How could the 'God of Black Wings', who was tightly bound to his clergy, be left alone?
Not to mention the tidal economic crisis, just encountering it once was enough for them to seize the opportunity to give 'him' a hard time.
The Holy Angel looked at the young man who carried both the Goddess's blessing and the world's favor. The admiration in her eyes could no longer be concealed. She was also in the mortal world, and it was rare for her to be able to see through the rules of social development with a detached perspective. It was as if she had really experienced such a social revolution.
On the other hand, Isabella and Levina were more concerned about the issue of 'royal power' that was directly related to them.
"Minister Calvert, in this revolution, can 'royal power' ultimately defeat 'capital'?"
Bellnus's eyes were also burning. Elvin had already explained the origin and the final outcome of 'capital'. The development process in the middle was the most important, and it was also the torrent they were about to face.
"Your Majesty, although 'capital' will eventually disappear, it will take a very long period of time.
With the current social progress, at least in the entire steam industry era, the capitalists cannot be eliminated. Even if a wave of people is eliminated, there will always be proletarians who will grow into a new class of capitalists.
This is because 'capitalism' does represent the current production relations that are compatible with productivity. Before it can accommodate all the productivity it can accommodate, it will never disappear.
However, we have previously discussed the possibility of eliminating the implementation of full private ownership. Instead, the state will control the important departments related to the people's livelihood and carry out the top-level macro-economic design … "
It could also be said that whoever controlled the means of production would be the capitalists.
It could be the capitalists, collective capitalists, or national capitalists. Therefore, even if it followed the development of history and the trend of the world, royal power did not have to be overturned.
According to the evolution of capitalism with the development of productivity and self-improvement, it was a gradual process from free capitalism (industrial slavery society) to monopoly capitalism and then to state capitalism.
Even if there was no external interference, 'state capitalism' was the choice of 'capital'!
In this process, the role of the government or 'royal power' was to interfere with 'capital' that did not have the ability to self-improve through economic, administrative, and judicial forces, and finally establish true state capitalism.
Direct distribution and redistribution was one of the regulatory functions that the government should have.
The people were the cornerstone of a country. Any social change had to unite the strength of the majority and benefit them.
Otherwise, even if the weak mortals could not overthrow the rule of the extraordinary, the sharp opposition between the upper and lower classes would cause chaos in the country, and it would be impossible to create a first-rate world power.
Therefore, 'capital' was not a scourge, and 'royal power' was not incompatible with each other. It was the kind of laissez-faire liberalism. The most important test of whether a balance could be achieved was the ruler's governance methods.
Then, Elvin made a final conclusion for the three of them who had been enlightened:
"The sooner we discover it, the sooner we treat it. No matter how much 'capital' struggles in its embryonic state, it will come to us sooner or later. Curb it from the source and put shackles on it during development. When the productivity develops to a sufficient level, we will sound the death knell for it.
And naked power is the most tenacious vitality of 'royal power'! "
Elvin clenched his fist lightly, and the air exploded.
"However, everything has to be set off by their peers. After the capitalists seize power, they should soon reveal their true colors and let the people at the bottom see their table manners and the nature of 'exploitation' and 'plundering' of this class.
Then, we will mobilize the strength of the alliance to extinguish the flames of the usurpation of power with all our might. We will let the other capitalists in the alliance and the existence behind them, who are always thinking about good things, experience what it means to be an iron fist of autocracy! "
However …
What Elvin did not say was that in this set of logical and self-consistent theories.
When 'state capitalism', which was accompanied by the progress of productivity, developed to the limit, it was almost the dawn of socialism. After the complete demise of capitalism, tens of thousands of proletarians might replace the capitalist class at this time and stand up.
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