危险的永远不是人的思维方式,因为人性几千年来一直延续下去,甚至超越了文明的生命。危险的是少数人本着他们自己的人性,利用谎言欺骗了绝大多数人,从而享受着不平等不公正给他们带来的好处。思考一下为什么几十年前的美国和日本的记者、老百姓中居然会有人向往毛泽东时代的中国,甚至包括文革时期的中国。想想我们孩时的1980年代可曾有那么多女孩子梦想着做郭海藻?虽然那时也是有不平等的——这个世界上除了原始社会目前为止还没有出现过真正的平等社会——但至少绝大多数老百姓之间是平等的。我和我的同班同学不会因为家庭经济的差异出现相处的问题,对么?在思绪飘回1980年代的中国的同时,让我们一起聆听The Monkees的Shades of Gray
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JtMl/h C<T6l'S{? When the world and I were young,
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M"p%CbcI] J[Mj8ee# It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
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)h0>e9z>Y ge?0>UU;~ But today there is no day or night
4t%Lo2v!X% Today there is no dark or light.
[$d]U. Today there is no black or white,
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8Ara^Xh}q It was easy then to tell truth from lies
n=~!x Selling out from compromise
+p jB/#4 Who to love and who to hate,
}m^^6h The foolish from the wise.
'4#NVXVQm /!t:MK; But today there is no day or night
+'93%/: Today there is no dark or light.
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b5]<!~Fv:` When to keep and when to share.
8mdVh\i!Kf How much to protect your heart
"0 %fR" And how much to care.
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