owlsbooks Chapter 2089 Still in the hospital!
Chapter 2089 Still in the hospital!
Chapter 2089 Still in the hospital!
The Albanian gangs are indeed very low-key in Los Angeles. Their business has basically been focused on human trafficking, and they are "specialized" in Eastern Europe. According to the crime spectrum, their business scope is very small and the scope of influence is very narrow!
At least to Americans, their 'harm' is minimal!
After all, what does this have to do with them Americans?
The United States has always been the focus of public opinion. Whether it is presidential gossip or sanctions against a certain country, it will become a hot topic around the world. It is unquestionable that the United States has such influence. It is also a practical need for everyone to care about domestic and international political and economic events. However, as far as Americans are concerned, they are more often only concerned about domestic news. Sometimes they don’t even have a high willingness to understand domestic news. The declining number of foreign correspondents year after year also reflects this problem from the side. In addition to election news, most American newspapers only care about things around them, and don’t pay much attention to international and national news. As the world’s number one superpower, it is not difficult to understand that more attention is focused on itself, but the reasons for this situation are worth our careful analysis.
The most special thing about the United States compared to other countries is that many of its previous decisions were influenced by the shadow of the British Empire. In 1794, in order to cope with the threat of war from Britain at any time, the United States actively prepared for war while expanding. In order to avoid the boycott of Europe, it began to pursue an inward-looking isolationist policy. Against this background, the United States made every effort to build an internal market and completed the original accumulation of economy and capital by relying on regional economic competition. At the same time, the United States has a vast territory and fierce internal competition, so before the Civil War, the biggest goal of the United States was to establish a unified and stable domestic market. After the Civil War, the United States completely broke the social and economic system of opposition between the North and the South, and the millions of black slaves who were liberated not only gained personal freedom, but also provided a huge labor force and market for the development of the market economy. Since then, the US economy is no longer based on the opposition between the modern factory system characterized by wage labor in the North and the slave labor system in the South, but has truly become a unified whole.
It is precisely because of this historical reason that in the eyes of Americans, the development and maintenance of the domestic market economy is always the first priority. The strength of the United States does not rely on steel and concrete, but on technological innovation. Many of the most profitable companies in the United States earn more money than small countries, and the companies that make the most money are rich enough to rival a country, with net profits exceeding the GDP of many countries such as Tanzania and Iceland. The foundation for achieving this is talent. The United States has a population of only 5% of the world, but has nearly 45% of the world's productivity and 40% of the world's technological products. Companies such as Apple, IBM, and Google are popular all over the world. At the same time, the domestic market of the United States has also made great progress because of technology.
As a commodity world, the characteristics of the American market can be reflected through commodities. This is also one of the reasons why Americans only care about themselves and ignore the outside world.
The US market can be said to be the largest and most complex market in the world. The largest here refers to the consumer market. The Chinese market wins in terms of size, but the profit is very low. Its complexity lies in the fact that there are not only federal laws and regulations, but also different laws and regulations between states. In order to adapt to internal needs, it is necessary to put enough energy on the domestic market so as not to touch the bad luck of the law. There is not enough energy to pay attention to how the external environment changes. Other differences in the US domestic market include product quality, sales season, advertising and after-sales service. Various requirements and restrictions make Americans only try to meet the needs of the domestic market first. Since they attach importance to the development of the domestic market, they also put forward higher requirements for external trade from other countries to the United States. It is precisely because their own market is large enough that the United States does not need to care about the external environment and changes, and naturally has little interest in international events and domestic news. Over time, everyone only cares about things around them. In this world, people's behavior is ultimately dominated by the economy.
Americans (in fact, all people) ignore a lot of things. It is common to ignore people and things outside of one's own country, ignoring religions, cultures, countries, subcultures, time differences, political parties, social circles, and even neighbors that are different from one's own. In most parts of the United States, most of the world history taught in schools is about how the United States was formed. The cultures of Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, Native Americans, Eastern Europe, and Africa did not contribute much to the birth and development of the United States, so naturally they did not occupy any space. Their history and culture are ignored by the American education system.
Many immigrant groups are very proud to preserve their own culture, educating children and outsiders (such as Chinatown and Little Tokyo), even though people from other ethnic groups are still unfamiliar with their culture. In contrast, in the United States, even people of African descent for many generations are often removed from African culture. When black slaves were brought to the United States, they were not grouped together according to a common culture and language.
It is obviously impossible to maintain Africa's cultural heritage in the midst of constant forced migration (in fact, many descendants of African descent do not know where in Africa their ancestors came from). In most cases, only recent immigrants from Africa have a strong connection to African culture. In addition, if the subculture itself comes from a country that challenges the United States' world hegemony, then the widespread adoption of that culture is likely to pose a threat to the United States' homeland security. Most of Africa is struggling with political or economic chaos and poses no direct threat to the United States. For example, South Africa is the only African country with nuclear technology and is the African country that Americans know the most about, except for ancient Egypt.
Finally, the border politics in much of Africa are based on European imperialism that was forced upon them. One of my history professors once said that these borders were intentionally used to prevent opposing tribes from merging into a political entity, turning them against each other rather than uniting against the Europeans. At this time, naive ignorance is actually bliss, not having to face the complexity of your own culture.
Most Americans would not be able to recognize that it was the Governor of California, because each state in the United States is comparable to a country, and they cannot be familiar with other states except where they live.
So…why should Americans know about Albania? What does it have to do with them what Albanians are like?
In this environment, the human trafficking business of Albanian gangs is not a serious crime to Americans. After all, what harm can they do besides adding more Eastern European girls to the streets for LSPs to choose from?
It is also this business philosophy that has led to little conflict between Albanian gangs and local police, and even between the government and civilians.
The Albanian gangs were also very smart. They did not go around grabbing territories or fighting with other gangs... After all, they didn't need it at all. They just needed a small territory to temporarily accommodate and divert their "goods" from Eastern Europe. They had no need for territory.
This further reduces the likelihood that they will attract police attention.
The police are busy too, okay?
You know, Los Angeles is a drug-ridden city!
Instead of caring about those Albanian human traffickers, they should care about the gangs under their rule!
In reality, gang culture has long been prevalent in downtown Los Angeles and South Los Angeles, especially Hispanic and African-American gangs. Some media even call Los Angeles the "gang capital" of the United States. According to police statistics, there are currently about 12 gang members active in Los Angeles, of which South Los Angeles is the area with the largest number of gang members and the most active, including 204 gang groups such as "11 Street", which have been long-term targets of the Los Angeles police.
How many police officers are there in Los Angeles?
Less than ten thousand people!
They simply can't manage it.
Although this unique business philosophy has prevented Albanian gangs from thriving in the United States, it is still very profitable!
At the beginning, these gang members were a little worried about encountering a superhero... After all, this thing is so super that they can't beat it even with an RPG.
But in the following two years, they discovered... hey, as long as we are low-key enough, the superheroes will not even look down on us.
In fact, this is also related to Barry's source of intelligence. He usually updates the police with information in real time. If there is a difficult problem, Barry will take the initiative to understand it and then solve it! On the police side, the Albanian gangs are not very concerned, just at the same level as most community thugs!
Even though the police knew that the Albanian gangs were dangerous, they were willing to take it easy as long as they didn't cause any big trouble.
After all, the American police are not an institution of justice, they are a violent organization that maintains social stability!
What they pursue is never justice, what they pursue is stability!
If you don't cause trouble, he will be happy and relaxed.
So when these gang members suddenly encountered the Flash, they felt it was completely unreal!
"Flash...Flash...The Flash?!!!"
The only sober gang member seemed to be a fan of the Flash. After meeting Barry, he not only did not call the police to his companions immediately, but also looked at Barry excitedly. It looked like he wanted to rush up to ask for an autograph... After being at ease for too long, they all forgot... that they were the target of attack.
"Um...can I ask where your auction will be held? Has it started?"
When Barry asked him about the auction...the gangster brother suddenly came to his senses.
You love your idol, but your idol doesn’t fucking love you!
You are still an idol's business target!
This is dying.
Looking at his fallen companions around him, he suddenly felt that being a traitor was actually not a big deal. After all, he was a superhero... But this thought only flashed through his mind and then disappeared.
After all, it's different from other gangs.
If other gang members defected, they defected. Unless they were particularly cruel and vicious, they would not pursue their subordinates to defect. The mobility of many gang members was unimaginable.
But it’s different with the Albanian gangs. If you dare to betray them... haha, not only will you die, but your family will also die!
Since they came out to make money, they naturally couldn't bring their families with them, as they were all in Albania!
This is a typical case of the monk can escape but the temple cannot!
This is one of the reasons why the Albanian gangs are so fierce... If you don't dare to fight, you will suffer a lot when you return! As for rebellion, it is even more fatal, and your whole family will die at any time.
This is similar to the Mexican gangs.
The reason why they can be so rampant is that the families of most members are still in Mexico. If you dare to defect, it will test the bond of the whole family!
So after hesitating for a second, he decisively pulled out his pistol... To be honest, they don't like this kind of weapon very much. It has a small caliber, low power, and small amount of ammunition. It's boring! In their hometown, they don't use pistols to set off firecrackers during the New Year. They just shoot rifles at the sky. Yes, they set off firecrackers by shooting guns at the sky... But this is America. It's normal to have a pistol. The old lady next door has several pistols. But semi-automatic rifles or rifles are a bit too much.
He had a good idea. Shooting might not cause any harm to the Flash, but as long as he shot, it would be equivalent to a warning.
He has fulfilled his obligation.
Even if something really happens in the end, he can still feel justified because he fought to the last moment.
Unfortunately... he obviously underestimated his idol. Just when he was about to draw his gun, Barry moved.
The key reason why Barry can adapt to his speed force is that he has unparalleled dynamic vision. At Barry's speed, the human eye's frequency of capturing is actually very low. When looking at things, they just glance at them in a hurry, and nothing can be seen. But Barry is not like this. Once he starts, the world in his eyes seems to be countless times slower, and he can see it clearly.
It is also because of this super-standard dynamic vision that he can see everything easily.
There is no need to worry about running into people while running on the road. (For example, the locomotive in the Black Panther Patrol accidentally hit the girlfriend of one of the protagonists and turned her into a bloody mess.)
Barry saw it clearly when the gangster was about to make a move.
Then in an instant, Barry activated and counterattacked!
Here we have to sigh again at the terrifying power of speed force. Under normal circumstances, any object, even a piece of cloth, at such a high speed, hitting a person at supersonic speed can kill the person directly, but Barry can control the force accurately.
He doesn't kill people!
It was confirmed that my brother had chronic renal failure... He was still so young... I would like to warn everyone, don't ignore your body. There were many signs, but he didn't take them seriously, and then this happened...