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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q%8%J'Fro When a man should stand and fight,
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-E~pCN(E zt{?Ntb But today there is no day or night
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F-Mf~+=Dn Today there is no black or white,
dK|6p_ Only shades of gray.
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clK3kBh~& We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
]0P-?O: It was easy then to tell truth from lies
j48cI3C Selling out from compromise
w^tNYN,i Who to love and who to hate,
b,kXV<KtU The foolish from the wise.
[su2kOX|X $/;:Xb=q But today there is no day or night
,[enGw Today there is no dark or light.
4eapR|#T Today there is no black or white,
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]CyWL6z WP&P#ju& It was easy then to know what was fair
C;2!c When to keep and when to share.
s>d@=P>R How much to protect your heart
/NFv?~</k And how much to care.
aWhhq@ dn/0>|5OF( But today there is no day or night
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