Chapter 29: That Year, 2018, Codenamed Chaos Butterfly

In the 1980s, the United States experienced a "Second Civil War."

Here, the term "civil war" does not refer to an actual war but rather to the seismic "Roe v. Wade case" that shook the United States.

Simply put, it revolved around a Texas woman named Jane Roe who became pregnant but did not want to carry the child to term.

She struggled to sustain her own life, let alone support a child.

However, abortion was not supported in the state of Texas, a well-known conservative "red state" in the United States.

Texans are often referred to as "rednecks" in the United States and tend to hold conservative views, considering abortion a taboo.

Under normal circumstances, the unfortunate Texas girl would have given birth to the child and then sent it to an orphanage.

Two feminist lawyers supporting the Democratic Party found Jane Roe and hoped to challenge the abortion policy at the time through her.

After reaching an agreement, the lawyers sued the local Dallas prosecutor at the time, Henry Wade, demanding that Texas repeal its ban on abortion.

This lawsuit alarmed the United States federal Supreme Court.

Nine justices voted on the lawsuit.

Thanks to the arrangement of the Democratic Party in the Supreme Court after the war, the vote was 7:2, establishing that "women have the right to decide whether to give birth," protected by the country's constitution.

The impact of this case was enormous, directly overturning the abortion policy in the United States since its founding, earning it the moniker "Second Civil War."

Cheng Daqi's words did not revolve around the legitimacy of abortion.

He chose a more interesting and provocative angle.

The decision to have an abortion directly affects the future of the nation, linking abortion to patriotism.

Either support abortion, allowing the United States to gradually be overtaken by China's population advantage.

Or ban abortion, adding fuel to the future of the United States.

With the assistance of the system's skill and internal logic, this viewpoint easily tore apart the journalist's long-held beliefs.

She had always supported abortion.

While acknowledging that a baby is indeed life, this life is nurtured by the mother.

American feminists believe that mothers have the right to decide whether to bear their children.

The journalist was deeply influenced by this viewpoint.

Now, she began to doubt whether what she had long believed was truly detrimental to the country.

Countless supporters of abortion who watched the interview via live broadcast also began to waver.

The butterfly flapped its wings.

From this moment on, the future of the United States saw its first variable.

Watching the departing figure of the journalist with a calm gaze, Cheng Daqi smiled faintly.

He didn't know he was being broadcast live, and his words had already reached countless households.

In Cheng Daqi's memory, the United States would overturn the "Roe v. Wade case" and repeal the constitutional right to abortion for women in 2022.

With such a certainty, Cheng Daqi boldly opposed abortion in the interview.

He was currently insignificant, but with the help of the system, his journey to reverse the United States wouldn't be too difficult.

On the day he had enough influence, what he said in the interview would be the best endorsement.

Cheng Daqi wasn't worried about the United States truly exploding, nor was he worried that Americans would suddenly have a lot of children to compete with China.

Sun Tzu once said, "There is a strategy called 'stealing beams and changing pillars.'"

If the United States banned abortion, it would only benefit ethnic minorities!

Since the 1980s, the birth rate of white Americans has been declining relative to other ethnic groups in the United States.

White Americans are no match for other ethnic groups in terms of birth rate!

Banning abortion would gradually reduce the proportion of whites in the population structure!

Without needing three generations, at most two, the racial issue in the United States would definitely explode!

So-called banning abortion for the future of the United States is actually a strategy for extinction.

Seeing the young people holding signs on Wood Street, Cheng Daqi was full of anticipation for his journey to reverse the future of the United States.

At five in the afternoon, when the rainwater on the ground had evaporated, the organizer of the sign-holding finally emerged from the corner coffee shop.

With his team, he first left the law firm from a distance and then entered an unknown alley.

Under the protection of two tall bodyguards, the organizer took out a thick stack of cash from his briefcase.

"One hundred dollars per person, line up and get in line."

All the participants in holding signs approached to receive their payment.

They exchanged their political ideas for cash.

It wasn't a loss, nor was it a profit.

After all, they had been standing all day.

After receiving the money, Cheng Daqi did not leave immediately.

After the crowd dispersed, he walked towards the man distributing the money, much to Sani's puzzled look.

During the sign-holding, she hadn't noticed Cheng Daqi participating in the interview, and now it was her first time hearing Cheng Daqi's views.

She didn't understand why Cheng Daqi was so critical of his own country.

Even though she didn't love the United States, she felt that she would never do anything that betrayed it.

"Cheng, I think we can talk. I'm Eris, you can call me Eris."

The white man extended his hand and introduced himself.