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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d1-p];& rXPXO=F1/ By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
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5*AKl< Jl Just yesterday.
v4$,Vt:7 Life was such a simple game,
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`9-Zg??8r 3(%,2 It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
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8'_Y=7b0Nw Or just go along.
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T!PX? But today there is no day or night
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kQ8WO|bA Today there is no black or white,
wu')Q/v Only shades of gray.
5IK@<#wE Zux2VepT I remember when the answers seemed so clear
3fPv71NVtt We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
9m6j?CFG} It was easy then to tell truth from lies
[7V]=] p Selling out from compromise
#"_MY- Who to love and who to hate,
3[0:,^a The foolish from the wise.
oB9m\o7$ .p`'^$X^ But today there is no day or night
Q1Ao65 Today there is no dark or light.
r.^&%D Today there is no black or white,
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jH1~Ve+q9 And how much to care.
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YC'~8\x3z Today there is no dark or light.
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