"There is no doubt that Miller's living situation is getting worse and worse. His criminal record is increasing, his prison time is increasing, and his age is increasing … The only thing that is not increasing is the probability of him finding a proper job.
"In the face of life, Miller had to make a choice … He could either return to the right path and wait for death at the bottom of society, or he could go all the way and go further on the path of crime … In the end, people like Miller naturally chose the latter.
"However, it is not so easy to go down the wrong path …
"Miller wanted to join a criminal organization, but he couldn't compete with those young people who were a dozen years younger than him but had more criminal records than him.
"He even thought about joining a gang, but he was white. There were not many gangs that could accommodate white people, and most of them were formed by racists.
"You have to know … Stealing and kidnapping is one thing, but racism is another thing altogether …
"As a highly educated and ambitious person, even though Miller has gone astray, there are still some things in his values that will not change. He can accept theft, robbery, and kidnapping. According to his logic, this kind of crime belongs to 'violating the law to earn some kind of profit'. Since he has taken the corresponding risks, invested the corresponding effort, and was prepared to pay the corresponding price in the process, he doesn't feel that there is anything shameful about it.
"However, racism is different … From Miller's point of view, in modern society, the psychological source of discrimination based on innate factors such as skin color, race, or region is actually a kind of 'inferiority complex.'
"Although there are some people who join the ranks of discrimination because of the environment they grew up in, consciousness control, and stereotypical prejudice, the most hardcore racists, those who really inexplicably hate a certain region and people of a certain color from the bottom of their hearts, have a mentality that they can only find a sense of superiority based on their skin color and place of birth.
"They are either ugly, rude, stupid, or weird … In short, due to some innate or acquired factors, these people have no competitive advantage in their own race, so the 'inferiority complex' in their heart gradually accumulates into 'anger,' and 'anger' naturally needs to be vented. Just like how the middle class liked to protest in front of the government to vent their daily stress, the racists gathered together … to gain a sense of identity and superiority by attacking people of another race or another region.
"For someone like Miller, no matter how bad his life is, he would still scoff at these people …"
"Wait a minute …" Hearing this, Feng Bujue was really curious. "Xiao Zuo …" He called out to Zuo Yan in Chinese. "What you said before was fine, but what you said just now … Aren't you overthinking it? I don't think Miller would have recorded these readings of his values in the recording, would he? "
"Oh …" Zuo Yan laughed. "Brother Jue, you asked a good question …" As he spoke, his gaze swept across the other people in the room. "I think, everyone here must have more or less similar thoughts. But don't worry, my narration is based on evidence … "
After Zuo Yan said this, he took out his own phone from his pocket. After a quick operation, he turned the screen in front of everyone.
At this time, the screen showed a few screenshots of comments from a certain social media. The pictures showed the comments of a user with the ID "Mr. Stone1962."
"This is …" Feng Bujue read aloud. "Miller's account?"
"Yes." Zuo Yan quickly replied. "Although he didn't fill in the full user information, it's not difficult to find the identity of the user behind this kind of account. In fact, the United States started a long-term network surveillance program in the 2010s. Except for some countries that use firewalls to isolate themselves from the world's Internet, most of the civilians in other countries … As long as they have a certain frequency of activity on social media, their information will be captured by a program and stored in a database of the United States. If there's a need, the Americans can always use a set of complicated but very accurate calculation methods to quickly match these people's real identities in reality based on their common IP addresses, registration time, age, hobbies, various consciousness tendencies, and other information. Those who like to use multiple 'sockpuppets' on the Internet are always the same person in the eyes of the intelligence department, and their identities are clear. "
"Hmm …" Feng Bujue nodded. "Okay … Then let's skip the question of how you and the intelligence agencies of the United States are related. Let's talk about the information records …"
"I just took a rough look at it." Zuo Yan continued. "First of all, the ID of this account is taken from the Rolling Stones and the year they were founded. This is undoubtedly one of Miller's personal preferences. Like most people who have a certain degree of knowledge but don't have a good life, he used an account with incomplete information so that he could post some statements on the Internet that were clear, unique, and radical. From the content of these statements, the time of posting, and Miller's criminal record, it's not difficult for me to piece together this person's personality and his life trajectory over the years … "As he spoke, his finger swiped a few times on the phone screen and flipped to a screenshot of a comment about" racism "." Look … Most of what I said just now was actually just quoting Miller's original words … "
"You have a good memory." Doster seemed to be really drunk. As he said this, he got up and picked up the bottle of Flower Bud from the coffee table and refilled his glass.
"Like I said, he's a famous detective. Of course, he has a photographic memory," Feng Bujue glanced at Doster and said in a teasing tone.
Brother Jue knew that although Zuo Yan was a good detective, he definitely didn't have a photographic memory. For him to be able to clearly remember and quote the content that he had "roughly read", it had to be Vidocq's doing behind the scenes.
"Hmm …" Zuo Yan pretended to clear his throat. "Let's continue talking about Miller …" He never liked to accept compliments that didn't belong to him, so he immediately brought the topic back to the original topic. "In addition to these statements on social media, I've also quickly read some of the information, recordings, and his diary when he was serving his sentence. Erm … I read them when you went to pick some red wine, Brother Jue, so I still have a deep impression of them.
"In short, I have a clear understanding of Miller's situation over the years, as well as the logic behind his actions in this case.
"About … three years ago, Miller, who couldn't join an organization and felt that there was no future for him, finally found a long-term way to make a fortune …"
At this point, Zuo Yan looked at John. "That is … blackmail."
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