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A History Lesson |
| Written by Chris | |
| Saturday, 05 January 2008 | |
"Okay class," the teacher said in some foriegn tongue, "we will continue where we left off yesterday... So can anyone tell me what their most important contribution to today's society is?" "Oh," the same student said, "they showed the world how modern politics should be played; they invented the modern vassal system, where nations would remain independent, but forced to comply to the mother country's demands." "Very good. However, what we failed to reach yesterday was that their greatest contribution was in their failure. You see, when applying the modern vassal system, it is unwise to become heavily dependent on one vassal. Especially one that has major cultural differences... yes Cindy?" "But you said they conquered several oil states..." Cindy wondered. "Yes, but you have to remember that the conquered culture's religion could be interpreted in a hostile way.... so even after 'defeat' they still had a strong powerbase with noteworthy resistance. As a matter of fact their resistance is now why our country no longer fights wars and only asks other countries to assimilate- they remain governed by their government but our now under our direction." The teacher lectured before being interrupted. "Then why don't we own the world?" a student foolishly asked.
"Not enough people. The last person, yes person, to control the world did so in early 1946. His country was the only one capable of producing an atomic bomb...
"What exactly happened at the..." Suzy asked. "There was a tunnel underneath the area where the speech would be delivered. A nuclear device was placed under it, and the whole assembly was killed. After that, many Americans began protesting the new president, who assumed marshal power immediately after and never relinquished it, but most of these peaceful protests turned into riots. Much of the American police force joined with the rioters. "Getting back to the matter of East Asia," the teacher continued, "China and India were essentially under the America's control, especially India. Both of their economies collapsed with America's." "So Brazil was not dependent on America?" Simon asked. "No, Brazil was self-sustaining, and another major key in their ascent to power is that they were the first nation to adopt a non-oil infrastructure. They utilized hydro-electricity and the windmill for household needs and corn oil for transportation purposes, until fuel cells and batteries became cheap. They relied very little on flight before their ascension." the teacher continued: "When Brazil came to power they learned from America's culture ignorance, and quickly 'offered' statehood to most of South America, the ones with stable and similar cultures. I say 'offered' because at the time none of the other countries had a modern military, and only Brazil could sustain a lengthy campaign. Ironically Venezuela was first to accept into Brazil's newly founded State System.... Can anyone tell me how it differed from America's?" A student answered: "Well, the only laws Brazil forced unto all of its states was their Bill of Rights, which was expanded as needed. All the separate states would draft their constitution which was approved by the State Comprised Senate. There was no president at that level," a student answered.
"Let me just clarify a few things for the class before we move on." the teacher decided, "The State Comprised Senate was made up of two delegates from each state, elected every 3 to 5 years depending on approval rating. Each area added to Brazil would draft its own constitution, which was approved by all the other states, including the previously conquered states. That differed from America's Territory than Statehood idea quite liberally in that a conquered area immediately became a state. For example, after WWII Japan would have became a state as quickly as they could write a constitution. Another note is that sometimes tentative constitutions were used, which was usually drawn up by the State Comprised Senate. This ultimately proved to be their downfall when they attempted to force it unto Mexico. Although this marked their downturn, it took some 400 years for them to descend to the other nation's levels. That brings it to our Union."
Copyright 2008 Chris |
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