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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8'Q1'yc f9J]-#I if By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
L&qY709 *uMtl' When the world and I were young,
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~Ec@hz]js 9XW[NY#)# It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
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a|@1RH>7H Or just go along.
8Nxyc>8K~ WvHy}1W But today there is no day or night
8!Q0:4Vb Today there is no dark or light.
<^B!.zQ Today there is no black or white,
kl9<l* Only shades of gray.
?+y# t? rYk I remember when the answers seemed so clear
dF0:'y We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
7'TXR[ It was easy then to tell truth from lies
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nokMS "aeKrMgc6V But today there is no day or night
}7/Ob)O Today there is no dark or light.
? p^ ':@= Today there is no black or white,
[NguQ]B. Only shades of gray.
Y'M}lv$sa v*EErQML8b [Instumental interlude]
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KS(Ms*k;' When to keep and when to share.
&6@e9ff0 How much to protect your heart
O<6!?1|KP And how much to care.
4L[-[{2 ;#6j9M0 But today there is no day or night
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