After Daneel's proclamation atop the Heavenly City of the Alliance, Eloise and Luther could only stare at his back and try to prehend his words, while the king internally remarked about his own statement.
The truth was that what he was going to do was actually inspired by three separate things from Earth, but he hadn't told his sovereigns about the other two as it might not fit with the fake story he had spun regarding a book written about Earth.
And in fact, the second one wasn't even a scam- it was simply the way things were on Earth.
It could be explained with one word: oil.
Any earthling would know perfectly just how much their lives were tied to this resource which was being more and more scarce in the century that Daneel had transmigrated from. There were so many things made from oil that one would be surprised to find that it was present in their life so much, and of course, even the electricity that humans valued so much was made, in the most part by burning this resource.
Also, it didn't even need to be mentioned just how prevalent it was in the sphere of transport.
It could be said that one of the biggest revolutions of mankind was the change from having to use aanimal-drawn carriages or other means of transport which took long, long periods of time. With the invention of steam engines and other machines, humans could travel great distances in small amounts of time, and it could be said that this was one of the reasons behind the incredibly massive boom of development in the 21st century.
It was a unique viewpoint, but it would hold up to many arguments.
The point was that oil was also a modity that was almost monopolized by a few organisations, and they were the richest in the world. Oil could even transform a desert into a paradise, so its power really could not be underestimated.
Finally, the third thing was related to the Industrial Revolution on Earth which changed a lot of things in the 20th century.
Up until that point, the major spendings of most households were mostly on utilitarian items rather than those that were more for luxury.
Although there did exist items which would allow them to save time and let them do things with less effort, they hadn't been very affordable, as they had all been newly invented and needed to be carefully assembled which resulted in them being so highly priced that only the rich could buy them freely.
The Industrial Revolution changed all that. With the advent of machines which would help in creating machines, prices kept going lower and lower, and with aggressive marketing that encouraged all households to spend, spend and spend, there was a massive boom in the amount of money spent in every house for things which became so mon that if a house was found without them, then it would seem very strange.
These items were those that would be found, in the present day, in almost all middle-class and even lower-middle-class families: they were the washing machines, microwaves and, to a certain extent, even the cars that many took for granted.
Daneel had read many books which stated that that period of time was essential in changing the way that people even thought about life. Spending was forcibly made into a habit, and it was fascinating to study about the process that had resulted in that happening.
Many said that this had many adverse effects which slowly kept popping up throughout the subsequent years, and actually, these were the only reasons that Daneel had hesitated a bit before finally deciding on this anyway.
He had decided that even though he was choosing this, he would make sure from the beginning, itself, that the same negative things which were there on Earth would not be present here, too.
It was only by bining all three things and the memories of the Emperor that Daneel had gotten the idea, and he finally turned around to his sovereigns so that he could explain it and not keep them in the dark anymore.
Raising his palm, he made a trinket appear, and as the two of them saw it, they wondered why the hell the king had teleported over this monplace item.
"What is this?
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