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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>``GDjcJ B(LV22# By Barry Mann and Cyntha Weil
9_3M}|V$^e YP,PJnJU8 When the world and I were young,
(T01hR& Just yesterday.
\tx/!tA Life was such a simple game,
p/~kw:I A child could play.
b*KZe[#M1 rYQ@"o0/Y It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
aw1J#5j`n Easy then to tell weak from strong.
v_0!uT5~NE When a man should stand and fight,
$NHWg(/R@ Or just go along.
K7c8_g*>4= k Dt)S$N4n But today there is no day or night
|5Pbc&mH8A Today there is no dark or light.
DG=Ap:sl*$ Today there is no black or white,
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xF;v 6d 0)!zhO_} I remember when the answers seemed so clear
N sL"p2w~ We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
!%r`'|9y It was easy then to tell truth from lies
m5N&7qgp Selling out from compromise
"S:N-Tf%U Who to love and who to hate,
lv*uXg.k^ The foolish from the wise.
+.I'U9QeUN 'wrpW# But today there is no day or night
. $YF|v[= Today there is no dark or light.
{6sfa?1j Today there is no black or white,
[@Y q^.6t Only shades of gray.
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/p0LtUMu 59J9V3na It was easy then to know what was fair
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m=B0!Z1xx How much to protect your heart
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Y;Gm, Today there is no dark or light.
QO k"UP Today there is no black or white,
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u0b-JJ7)BQ Only shades of gray.