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]3`kxp B:Y F|k}T By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
W)Ct*I^ Jmuyd\?,b When the world and I were young,
9Nw&l@ Just yesterday.
A.vf)hO Life was such a simple game,
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IeZ9 "o h Easy then to tell weak from strong.
p#%*z~ui When a man should stand and fight,
k|,Y_h0Y Or just go along.
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!bCSt?}@u Today there is no black or white,
D 0Mxl?S? Only shades of gray.
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a&2UDl% K We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
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XV}}A^ Selling out from compromise
+MZI \> Who to love and who to hate,
G@KDRv The foolish from the wise.
OqWm5(u&S 8_VGB0~3i But today there is no day or night
8@[S,[ Today there is no dark or light.
$1$0M Today there is no black or white,
x2sKj"2?@ Only shades of gray.
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+%f6{&q$ ]$uC~b It was easy then to know what was fair
n2can When to keep and when to share.
r+d+gO. How much to protect your heart
+[R^ ?~VK And how much to care.
y/E:6w bg!(B<!X But today there is no day or night
hVz] wKP Today there is no dark or light.
i)$P1h Today there is no black or white,
mlxtey6H3 Only shades of gray.
d>?C?F Only shades of gray.