Chapter 1003: A Controversial Debate

This expo hall is really good. It can be seen that the Soviet Union also attaches great importance to it and gives the Americans enough face.

A gentleman with a guilty conscience and exposed the bottom line of the free world to the cultural czar looked up and down as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"So what is the use of this sweeping robot? It does not exist in public life."

Although Furtseva was smiling, she asked in a somewhat aggressive tone, "As the Vice President said, can this kind of machine replace the labor of housewives? It can even replace the wife. It turns out that in a harmonious relationship between husband and wife, the wife can be replaced by the machine. Replacement?"

In his conversation with Khrushchev, Nixon used the terms housewife and woman interchangeably.

This was also a common understanding among Americans in the 1950s, and even Nixon, as a politician, was not exempt from it. You must know that the feminist movement is currently considered by American conservatives as a traditional threat to American liberal values.

It was during the break in the conversation that Furtseva stepped forward and joined the discussion, starting from Nixon's words.

Fortseva is a woman, and she is the highest-ranking and most powerful woman in the entire Soviet Union. She brought the topic to the issue of women's rights as soon as she opened her mouth, seizing on the loopholes in Nixon's words to launch attacks.

"The Motherland of Feminism is so terrifying." Alan Wilson muttered in his heart, but there were automatic electronic cameras recording it around him, and it would soon be broadcast all over the world.

The fully automatic electronic camera is not an exhibit at the American Expo for the general public, and not many people know about it. The only person in the Soviet Union who knew about it was Furtseva. Don't ask, even Alan Wilson didn't know how he leaked it.

It was obvious that Fortseva was well prepared and knew that there might be a heated debate. After learning about the existence of fully automatic electronic cameras, she thought of joining in for the sake of her own career.

A member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union went out to box in person, and the power was so terrifying. Nixon, a veteran politician, obviously did not expect such a scene to occur, and was not prepared at all, "Well, we respect women, and of course the free world pays attention to protecting the concept of family. Fu. Ms. Ertseva, you seem to have misunderstood some issues, what I mean is..."

"The meaning has been clearly revealed in Mr. Vice President's words." Fortseva winked at her and said with a gentle smile, "It seems that the issue of gender equality is still a very acute issue in the United States."

"This very abstract problem is different from person to person. For many families, this is their own problem. As a government, we cannot use administrative power to guide or order what to do. The U.S. government cannot compete with the Soviet government. Just the same, telling citizens what they should and shouldn’t do.”

After being suddenly attacked by Fortseva, Nixon was extremely passive for a while. However, after a period of blank thinking, as a veteran politician, Nixon quickly found a way to deal with the female boxer and mocked the big government of the Soviet Union. .

The core content of the current view of freedom in the United States is economic affluence and consumption choices in the context of traditional family life. This free life provides men with far more opportunities to "pursue happiness" than women can enjoy.

When faced with a country like the Soviet Union that exported special efforts in women's rights, and a member of the Presidium of the Soviet Central Committee, Fortseva, went to the boxing ring in person, Nixon, who was stuck in his fixed thinking, was not aware of it, and it was inevitable that he would be a little overwhelmed.

Although the embarrassing moment just now didn't last long, it did let everyone see Nixon's embarrassing side.

"Ms. Fortseva, every country is different, with different cultures and different social systems. Just because of these differences, you cannot force the other country to accept your views." Upon seeing this, British Foreign Secretary Macmillan directly Opening his mouth to express support for Nixon was a reflection of the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

This is also the important purpose of the British coming to Moscow this time, because they are afraid that the United States will be alone in the Soviet Union's home field.

At this time, Macmillan did not know the seriousness of the matter. He was also an old-school politician, much older than Nixon.

When you see Americans suffering a loss, you immediately state your position.

Alan Wilson looked like things were not simple, staring at Macmillan's back, "Judging from your appearance, your career as Prime Minister is basically certain to be ruined."

Each voter's vote is of equal value, and male votes will not be used as two votes.

What if the full version of the remarks were leaked? Alan Wilson had even simulated in his mind at this time whether the combination of Macmillan's illegitimate daughter issue and today's remarks would have unintended consequences.

"Not bad." Nixon, who was supported by Macmillan, calmed down and opened another topic, "What Mr. Khrushchev just said seems to make sense, but it is not true equality."

"It's not true equality." Alan Wilson winked, and a bunch of diplomats around him began to flatter him.

Taking advantage of this moment, Fortseva returned to the ranks of Soviet cadres and whispered behind Brezhnev, "The problem is not the Soviet Union and the United States. From a global perspective, Americans are more speechless. "

The high standard of living in the United States can only represent the United States, not the whole world. There are many capitalist countries. Brezhnev nodded, quietly walked behind Khrushchev and whispered.

Nixon was still working hard to move back to disadvantage. "A free society emphasizes equality. As long as everyone is born with hands and feet, they can fight. Why should the government charge high taxes to the strugglers to help the lazy? So Americans As long as you work hard, you can enter the ranks of the middle class. Although you are not rich, your life is very easy. In contrast, no matter how hard the people of the Soviet Union struggle, they still have to be forced to distribute life products by the state. This one-sided egalitarianism , not true equality, but fairness in forced distribution.”

"One-sided evaluation of the Soviet Union or the United States is not the answer to this question. It is unfair to compare the living standards of the United States or Europe with other regions. The economy of Eastern Europe as a whole for hundreds of years has not been comparable to that of Western Europe. Than, I believe that neither the United States nor the United Kingdom will deny that this is a fact. Let us choose a country with similar conditions and both were built from ruins. How about North Korea and South Korea? I don’t know who Mr. Nixon thinks of these two countries. Life is better?"

"I think Mr. Nixon would use the military government as an excuse to show that South Korea is not part of the free world."

Nixon was somewhat silent for a while. It seemed that today's situation was far more difficult than what he had discussed with the British Foreign Secretary and the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office.

He didn't know that if he hadn't discussed it too deeply with MacMillan and Alan Wilson, he wouldn't have encountered such a difficult situation today.

"Of course not, how can a military government be in a free world?" Alan Wilson spoke directly, kicked South Korea out of the free world, and changed the subject, "Actually, comparing these third world countries cannot prove anything. Isn’t Germany the best comparison object? There is no need to compare South Korea and North Korea.”

The standard of living in North Korea in this era was far higher than that of South Korea, and this comparison was unfavorable to the United Kingdom and the United States.

Naturally, Alan Wilson expelled South Korea from the Free World citizenship and drew the comparison between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany.

"The Federal Republic of Germany is an important industrial area in the former Germany, and its population area is several times that of the Democratic Republic of Germany." Fortseva spoke in fluent English. "On the contrary, all indicators of North Korea and South Korea are at the same starting line."

"The argument is not a quarrel." Alan Wilson smiled calmly. "It would be better to take a look at the exhibition. Dear Madam, Vice President Nixon and the ministers did not come to Moscow specifically to quarrel, but with full Goodwill comes here. We all understand that peace and development are the mainstream. The catastrophes of the two world wars have left mankind with deep disasters and heavy lessons. People all over the world have a very strong pursuit of peace; peaceful development has become the trend of the world, and people support it. .”

"Yes, we agree with the British side." Nixon suppressed his anger and smiled, "Instead of aggressively arguing about who is more right and who is more wrong, let time prove everything. Let's talk about the advantages of each of our washing machines. Advantages, wouldn’t it be better than talking about the power of our rockets? Isn’t this kind of competition what you want?”

"Yes, that's the kind of competition we want, but your generals say they are very powerful and can destroy us. We can also show you something to let you know the spirit of the Soviet Union. We are powerful , we can beat you. We can also give you something to look at in this regard.”

"Cheers to peace and the abolition of all military bases abroad." Khrushchev raised his glass and looked around, followed by applause.

Nixon did not raise a toast, "We simply toast to peace."

"I wish Comrade Khrushchev a long life." Brezhnev raised his glass to wish, and then Fortseva and other Soviet cadres raised their glasses.

Nixon finally raised his glass and said, "I want to drink to this. Although we do not agree with your policies, we wish you good health. I wish you a long life."

"This is also our wish." MacMillan raised his glass, "For world peace and development."

"For world peace and development." Alan Wilson followed the tone of the Foreign Secretary, and immediately, the British diplomatic delegation also raised their glasses, "For world peace and development."

Alcohol-addicted Alan Wilson wonders, who wins? Anyway, in the history in my mind, no one won, but the Soviet Union lost earlier, and the United States lost later. The good life in the United States that Nixon talked about has been replaced by anti-intellectual rednecks, Black Lives Matter, and one-tenth of the population is drug addicts. replaced by the United States.

If the Soviet Union is no longer the Soviet Union, will the United States still be the United States? Nixon placed his hope in the United States of America, which was supported by the middle class, but the middle class was no longer the middle class that Nixon saw.