As the midterm voting date approaches, Simon's attention does turn to this matter.

The midterm elections in 1994 were related to the political landscape of the United States for at least twenty years around the Millennium, and were also a major turning point in the United States' thorough move from neoliberalism to neoconservatism in modern times.

All kinds of so-called 'isms' cannot be explained in just a few words, and Simon only cares about elements related to the Westeros system.

For example, the attitude of two concepts towards large enterprises.

Neoliberalism pursues fairness, which is why the US government splits corporate giants such as AT-T and strictly antitrust restrictions in the past many years. Neoliberalism instead advocates market freedom, so in 1994, it also became the beginning of the re-rise of a series of industry oligarchs in the United States in modern times.

It is difficult to judge which one is better or worse.

In the neoliberal era, the US economy continued to lose its vitality, which largely led to the rise of Japan, forcing the United States to use unconventional means to suppress Japan's threat to itself. Similarly, the most prosperous economic prosperity and the most serious economic crisis in the United States in modern times also began in the neoconservative era that began in 1994.

For Simon, the latter is naturally more able to promote the development of the Westeros system.

Therefore, if it weren't for the times, Simon might be more willing to become a Republican supporter. In fact, in this midterm election, the Westeros system has begun to place bets on both sides.

Two days on the weekend, Simon spent most of his time dealing with matters related to the midterm elections.

In the large study on the first floor of Baker Villa.

After finishing his call with Joseph Schrapp on the East Coast, Simon put down the microphone and looked at Janet, who was holding Seattle's densely packed with nameplates on a wall, got up and walked over, looking at a total of 46 pairs of nameplates written with names on the whiteboard of the wall. This is the list of all the members or candidates for members of the House of Congress involved in the Westeros system's "sniper plan" and "maintaining the basic plate" plan in the 1994 midterm elections.

After a series of lobbying, game or exchange, the initial "sniper plan" of 23 people was reduced to 21 people, and the "maintaining the basic plan" plan involved 25 people.

In more than half a year, for these lists on the wall, the Westeros system has directly and indirectly invested more than $250 million in funds, with an average of more than $5 million in funds per person.

In comparison, in this midterm election, the average campaign funds for a single senator are only $4 million, which is still on the premise of a sharp increase compared to previous years. The average campaign funds for members of the House of Representatives are lower, only $500,000.

Therefore, it can also be seen that the Westeros system has invested so much.

Due to the strict restrictions of the Federal Election Law, more than $200 million of the US$250 million are actually various indirect investments. The role of this money may not even be achieved by half of the purpose of a clear campaign spending. However, as long as it is a slightly decent plan, even if it is proven to be useless in the end, even if it is a pampered, Simon will not hesitate to smash it without hesitation.

Simon Westeros’ money is not that easy to get.

The financial supervision of various subsidiaries in Westeros system is well known. In this midterm election, in order to avoid some illegal channels that should not flow into, it becomes a handle for attack, financial supervision is even more stringent. Any expenditure of more than $100,000 needs to be approved by Simon or Janet.

Not only that, the intelligence team of the Westeros family is also closely supervising the specific expenditure of funds.

Therefore, Simon basically knew that the funds flowed into his private pockets.

Just deliberately turning a blind eye.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish.

However, if you take the money and don’t do things now, it does not mean that you don’t need to pay in the future.

If necessary, these guys who do not violate the Federal Election Act but are suspected of embezzlement can be introduced to "scapegoats" that do certain things. Or use this as a handle, either go to jail or do some shameful dirty work, which can be used to the fullest.

Janet and Seattle are playing a game of guessing people's names.

My daughter just looked at the nameplate on the wall and remembered it clearly in her mind. She even knew where a certain name was, which was a typical photographic memory.

Let the mother and daughter play for a while, Simon smiled and said, "Don't always spoil Syl so much. Be careful that Mel and Nick will not kiss you in the future. They will be your biological child. Moreover, today is Nick's first birthday, won't you help prepare?"

Janet pointed another position, listened to Seattle's answer accurately, and posted a post on the little guy's face intimately, and said indifferently: "Jenny is preparing, I've already agreed that I'll exchange it with her. Seal is mine and Nick is hers."

Simon was helpless.

Janet was once very distressed because she had never been pregnant. After a while, she felt a good impression when she saw other people's children and wanted to take them home to raise them. When she was pregnant with Melbourne, she was very excited for a while.

After Melbourne and Nicholas were born one after another, it seemed that they had completed some kind of task. Janet soon lost interest in cumbersome things like raising children. In the early days, Veronica was always with him, and now Jennifer was in charge. For Seattle, he was also very smart big girls who met smarter little girls with natural closeness.

Ignoring her husband's expression, Janet, who was tired, stuffed Seattle into Simon's arms and asked, "Just just heard you discuss the National Rifle Association with Joseph?"

Simon held his daughter, and did not mean to avoid this topic to the little guy, and said, "Yes, this time the situation is too big, and the two parties will inevitably rebound afterwards. We always have to find a scapegoat to put it in front."

In this midterm election, the Democratic Party's crushing defeat has been confirmed.

The two plans of the Westeros system will end perfectly if nothing unexpected happens.

What needs to be considered now is the aftermath issue.

Although he is a very important supporter of the Democratic Party, Simon cannot guarantee whether anyone will jump out to target the Westeros system afterwards due to the division within the Democratic Party.

The Republican Party needs to be more vigilant.

Simon did not forget a small episode that happened to the Gralf family. During this period, in addition to the CIA agent that evaporated between people, Simon also unceremoniously destroyed a private equity fund with a size of about 20 million on Wall Street, and the monitoring and investigation of this matter continued.

This time, whether it is the 'sniper plan' or the 'maintenance of the basic plan', most of the goals are aimed at the Republican Party.

Even the winner of this midterm election, it is hard to guarantee that the Republicans will not settle the score later.

The large expenditures in the Westeros system during this midterm election are undoubtedly a flaw.

If you want to inflict a crime, there is no retribution.

Even though Simon is very cautious in funding operations, it is impossible for him to act out of edges. These are actually the gray areas that both sides defaulted to in the past political campaign. However, if you take it seriously, it will definitely be troublesome.

I started thinking about this issue very early.

The solution is the 'scapegoat plan' that I just discussed with Joseph Schrapp.

In this midterm election, the Westeros system performed outstandingly, because the Clinton administration has successively issued gun control bills, and the angered National Rifle Association made great efforts.

What Simon had to do was to let the National Rifle Association stand in front.

In the planned plan, after the voting day on November 8, the Westeros system will secretly disclose various plans of the National Rifle Association in the past year to some media that hold a gun control stance. At the same time, during this period, the Westeros system will also closely monitor shootings across the United States as a subsequent 'super-promotion'.

Shootings in the United States are very frequent.

Take 1993 as an example. Not to mention suicide, the number of shootings throughout the year exceeded 40,000, and the death toll reached 13,000. This loss is already equivalent to a large-scale war.

Therefore, the National Rifle Association exposed the operation of this midterm election and promoted the serious consequences of some shootings. Whether it is active or passive, the public opinion will quickly point to the National Rifle Association. At that time, even both parties in Congress will have to come forward to express their opinions.

The National Rifle Association is headed in front, attracting most public opinion firepower. Even if someone asks for trouble with the Westeros system, Simon can deal with it relatively calmly.

In fact, during this period, not just the 'scapegoat plan', Simon also made some other arrangements intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, the "Information Age" marketing plan that is rapidly in full swing since the beginning of the month.

For example, the Thanksgiving schedule that will start on November 11.

For example, it was specially placed on the third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show held on November 12.

These arrangements are all about seizing as much public attention as possible and allowing them to take their eyes off the midterm elections as soon as possible.

Brzezinsky, the most well-known strategic thinker in the West in the 20th century, had a very famous "pacifier theory". This theory is rarely seen in the media, but it was unconsciously promoted to the world.

In my memory, the pacifier theory was proposed at a global elite gathering in San Francisco in 1995, and it is still in 1994.

Simon was able to know in advance.

With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the focus of long-term confrontation between the East and the West, social problems such as the difference between the rich and the poor in this society will become increasingly prominent, and the 28th law of wealth concentration in a few people will become increasingly serious.

In order to avoid the 80% of the Earth's population gradually being marginalized, the solution proposed by Brzezinsky is to stuff these marginalized populations with a "pacifier". The specific measure is to promote the development of the entertainment industry, so that movies, music, games and other virtual content that can satisfy sensory stimulation to the greatest extent can occupy the public's attention, so that these people gradually become paralyzed, settled in the status quo, and no longer think about real issues such as social injustice.

In history, the most thorough and successful implementation of the pacifier theory was undoubtedly South Korea.

The inequality in South Korea under the control of chaebols is very serious, but Korean society has always been very stable. As for the reasons, it is self-evident to compare the pacifier theory and then look at the entertainment industries such as movies, music, and games that have flourished to the extreme in South Korea.

This is largely the reason why Japan's economy has stagnated and culture has begun to flourish again.

Twenty years later, Japan's so-called "low desire society" seems to be a serious social problem on the surface, but in fact it is also the result that the Japanese ruling class hopes to see. Without desire and only instinct, we can be more at ease as a "social animal"?

Later on, the smartphone is undoubtedly another pacifier worldwide.

Simon remembers a statistics that more than 50% of smartphone users around the world use their mobile phones for more than 5 hours a day. A person only has 24 hours a day, working 8 hours, resting 8 hours, and counting three meals a day for another 3 hours. The rest happens to be only 5 hours.

As Westeros system became larger and larger, Simon almost instinctively began to think about this issue.

Public opinion is like water.

Carrying a boat overturns is by no means empty talk.

If everyone feels that the development of the Westeros system should be restricted, Simon will undoubtedly face great trouble.

This requires a solution.

Then, Simon thought of the "pacifier theory" that he occasionally saw in his memory.

Brzezinski is definitely a genius.

Long-term planning cannot be achieved overnight, but in the short term, in order to divert the focus of public opinion and temporarily fill the public's attention with certain things, the current Westeros system can be easily achieved.

So this large-scale "Information Age" marketing plan was created.

Simon did not explain the deeper reason to anyone.

The reason for being high-sounding is naturally to further promote the development of new technology industries and accelerate the public's pace of entering the information age.

With all my efforts in just one week, the overwhelming "Information Age" publicity plan has taken over a large number of media pages and easily suppressed the popularity of the midterm elections.

After the midterm elections, the "Information Age" marketing plan continued. However, on November 11, the Thanksgiving schedule for which many films were painted simultaneously was launched, and there will be a national-level ODY feast waiting for the public to enjoy.

Angels come.

What's the point of not having a shitty midterm election?

In order to achieve this goal, the marketing efforts of this third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will even reach the sum of the previous two sessions. Although the TV broadcast will have to wait until November 16, after the scene on November 12, mainstream media in North America will be quickly filled with topics about the Victoria's Secret show.

All of this spread out, Simon didn't believe how many people would pay attention to the midterm elections that seemed to be manipulated for a while.

Even if it is manipulated, it is the blame for the National Rifle Association.

After chatting with Janet for a while, the phone rang, the woman hugged Seattle again, and Simon continued to work.

Until evening.

Tonight is the first birthday party held by the Westeros for Seattle and Nicholas. Seattle's birthday is November 3, three days earlier than his younger brother Nick. However, the female assistant offered to hold a birthday party for the two children together. According to the official registration, as "twins", the two little guys also happened to be born on that day.

Simon certainly has no objection to this.

Because it was a birthday party for children, the guests tonight specially screened it. Except for a few core senior executives of the Westeros system, other guests would come with their children.

Even though Simon has never liked to socialize in Dumei Point Manor, this time, all kinds of invitations have been received, and the scale of birthday parties has exceeded 200. Because it is already winter, the weather is getting colder, and the party cannot be held in the open-air venue in the manor, so the guests are lucky enough to enter the interior of Baker Villa.
Chapter completed!