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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KU_""T e ,A9N%M When the world and I were young,
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D]K?ntS[* Life was such a simple game,
?C_Y2JY A child could play.
<ol?9tm :A,7D(H| It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
DWU(ld:_ Easy then to tell weak from strong.
@$?*UI6y When a man should stand and fight,
IpVtbDW Or just go along.
Kq:vTz&< UR[UZ4G But today there is no day or night
7#9fcfL Today there is no dark or light.
U2(mWQ[mO Today there is no black or white,
No]#RvEd3 Only shades of gray.
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Z'c9xvy5 It was easy then to tell truth from lies
.kDJuJ^ Selling out from compromise
gq+#=!(2 Who to love and who to hate,
%v]-:5g'| The foolish from the wise.
(z%OK[ W1O Y}2kj But today there is no day or night
=%+xNOdN7? Today there is no dark or light.
|PLWF[+t8 Today there is no black or white,
r#^uY:T% Only shades of gray.
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B)Dsen 4TaHS!9 It was easy then to know what was fair
N\x<'P4q When to keep and when to share.
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9NqZ&S Today there is no dark or light.
smuQ1.b Today there is no black or white,
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w-``kID Only shades of gray.