"Comrade Yang!" a student nodded and said, "I agree with the one that is not suitable for the implementation of developed countries in Europe and the United States at this stage. But I don't think it is the historical and cultural issue you mentioned. I think it is not the problem of history and culture.
This is a problem of national quality and a sound legal system. For example, the examples you just mentioned in India and the Philippines. If their national quality reaches a certain level, if they have a sound legal system, then I don’t think so.
They're like that!"
"This is..." I looked at the student with a little different glance.
"Oh, this is Lin Changqing, our propaganda minister!" Xu Jianfu said: "He has been reading books in the UK for several years!"
I nodded. It turned out that I had returned from studying in the UK. No wonder what I said was a bit profound. And judging from what he said, he was also wondering whether the Western system would be suitable for China.
"Let's talk about this quality first!" I said: "Quality is a problem in the construction of spiritual civilization. Of course, at this stage, there is indeed a big gap between our national quality and Western developed countries. But spiritual civilization is
It must be based on material civilization and influenced by material civilization. Simply put, if the people are so poor that they can’t even eat enough, then let’s talk to them about civilization, politeness, or not.
Isn’t it a big deal to pollute the environment?!
A very simple example, take whale hunting as an example. Is there a difference between happening in Japan and happening in Africa?
The answer is obvious, of course.
The Japanese people live a wealthy life. They hunt whaling just to satisfy their verbal desires and destroy the ecology. This can be called a manifestation of lack of quality. While the African people catch whaling just to survive, can we say they have no quality?
For a person who has the right to survive, do you think it is possible or advocated that you would rather starve to death in order to be qualitative?"
After I said this, the students were all stunned. Obviously, they had not considered the problem from this perspective before.
"Similarly, there is such a difference between us and Western developed countries!" I said: "Most people in Western developed countries have long lived a prosperous life. In the case of the high development of this material civilization, their overall quality will inevitably follow.
Improve. I want to..."
As I said that, I turned my attention to Lin Changqing: "This classmate has lived in the UK. If you know some British history, you should know that the British people have not had the same qualities since the beginning!"
Lin Changqing was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and nodded and said, "When Comrade Yang said this... I think it's true. To be precise, not just the United Kingdom, but most European countries carried out their first health revolution in the 19th century.
, The reason is that the plague epidemic has caused a sharp decline in the population, which forces all countries to strengthen basic health construction. Before that... it is said that the streets are full of garbage!"
"That's what I want to say!" I said: "When material civilization develops to a certain level, spiritual civilization will naturally be improved. And if we now require poor and white citizens to have the same height as Western society.
If the overall quality is too harsh? You should know that there are still many people in our country who have not even solved the problem of food and clothing. The most urgent task is not to develop quality, but to solve the problem of eating!"
I saw some students nodding secretly, and it was obvious that this truth had convinced some of them.
"Let's talk about this sound legal system!" I continued: "This also requires a process, and this process is related to industrial and economic development."
"The legal system will also develop with the development of industry and economy?" Xu Jianfu couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't the legal system determined by people?"
"Of course it's determined by people!" I said: "But classmates, you should see a substantial problem behind the law, that is, the law is actually used to serve the current society. If a country is still in an agricultural society
If the state is, then the laws of this country will have a clear atmosphere of adapting to the agricultural society. For example, there were laws in the past that oxen could not be slaughtered, and for example, there would be a saying that "unfilial piety will be the greatest thing for the sake of human farming."
In order to retain human farming and the tradition of "parents traveling far away", all of this revolves around the agricultural society.
However, if it develops into an industrial society and enters the stage of frequent trading of merchants, a contractual spirit must be paid attention to. Moreover, this trading and contractual spirit must be protected by law, otherwise business will not develop at all and the economy will not develop.
Simply put, if the country wants to develop industry and economy, it must gradually improve its own laws and protect the legitimate rights and interests of both buyers and sellers, otherwise it will delay the development of industry and commerce.
From this perspective…”
I turned my attention to Lin Changqing again: "Did European and American countries be ruled by law from the beginning? Or was their rule of law sound like this before or in the early days of the Industrial Revolution?"
Lin Changqing shook his head: "Of course not, especially in the United States. In the cowboy era, it was popular to pull out guns and fight to solve problems. At that time, Britain and the United States... it was still popular to smuggle black slaves!"
"That's what I'm going to say!" I continued: "Why are the laws of European and American countries constantly improving and finally using laws to liberate black slaves? On the surface, it seems that some people are merciful. In fact, slaves are not adapted to industry.
Society and industrial society require a large amount of free labor. They can make money by selling their labor. Not only does slaves have low productivity, they even often secretly destroy machines, riots, etc. So why not?
And our country is now at the stage of transformation from an agricultural society to an industrial society. In this transformation process, the law will also be improved step by step with the development of industry and economy. So all we need is patience, right? The laws of Western countries The system is a system that has gradually developed over more than 300 years of industrialization that suits them. Do you want to copy these things that have evolved over 300 years of experience to our country? Do you think these systems will be suitable for the presentation. my country in the stage?!”
The students around him were stunned. As students, they were actually not unfamiliar with what I said, such as the Industrial Revolution, the Health Revolution, etc., but it is obvious that they did not regard these with the society of Western countries.
and politics.
It can even be said that many of them have always thought that Western countries can develop into what they are now because of sound systems and high-quality citizens. But now after we sorted out the development history of Western countries,
I was shocked to find that they were putting the cart before the horse, which means that the reason why Western countries have such sound systems and high quality now should be the result of industrial and economic development.
In fact, they don’t have a deep feeling in this era. I am a modern person... In modern times, I often see many people lamenting online that China pollutes the environment for economic development, why don’t we learn from the West to be as environmentally friendly as we are, etc.
Whenever I see these sighs, I smile bitterly... Which Western country's industrial revolution did not come through environmental pollution? China is not much different from the path that the West has taken in terms of industrial and economic development.
However, we are still developing countries that have not reached the stage of comprehensive control of pollution in Western developed countries.
It was a few hours after we walked out of this courtyard.
This conversation was quite enjoyable, it should be said that I was quite lucky, because most of the students I met today were similar to Lin Xia, and they did not object to it purely... If I really encountered this kind of "for
People who oppose and oppose ", no matter how reasonable I say, they will not listen to it no matter how they analyze it. It can even be said that sometimes these people clearly understand and know that the truth is not on their own side, but they will still find countless
An excuse to make a quibble.
I mean this because it is obvious that Xu Jianfu and his group do not belong to this type of people. It should be said that they still have the motherland in mind and sincerely hope to find a way for our country's development, but they are a little anxious.
When looking at the problem, I just had a simple idea.
So they make sense.
Of course, I believe that they have their own ideas like Lin Xia, and will not completely change their positions just because of my words. They will learn more about the situation in Western countries in their future lives and use this to verify my
Saying... In fact, this is exactly what I hope for. The reason is very simple: only those who are unreasonable and do not talk about the facts will worry that more people will understand the truth. And what I am talking about is the fact, they
The more you know the truth, the more you will feel that what I say is reasonable and the more you will make them stand on my side.
When I got on the jeep and returned to the base, I couldn't help but sigh: There is a saying that sparks can start a prairie fire. I hope that what I said today will plant a seed in the hearts of these young students, and tomorrow they will
They will use their own thoughts to influence other people.
When I thought of this, I felt a little funny.
Thinking back to the past, I was not such a young man who opposed it for the sake of opposition in modern times. Now I have faced these students with this mentality.
In fact, today I also saw some of my shadows in these students. Now when I think about it, I feel that I have completely become a person I don’t even know.
What made me change so much?
I think there is only one reason, that is this war! (To be continued)