On November 4, 1991, Brandy came to this city again after coming to Berlin in early September. Berlin had just experienced a cold wave, the temperature was very low, the cold wind was blowing, and people on the street wore thick clothes.
The women wrapped themselves up, put on scarves and put on their boots. It was already winter here after two months.
After leaving the airport, Brandi took a taxi and arrived at Neussel Street. Before pressing the doorbell, he subconsciously looked at his watch. The time was 1:00 p.m. The intercom still heard Ye Zinong's German question.
When he announced that he was Brandy, the iron door immediately opened with a click, and Ye Zi Nong stood at the door politely to welcome the guests into the house. Because he had been here once, Brandi knew the situation of Ye Zi Nong's house, so
Wearing shoes.
Ye Zi Nong closed the door, pointed to the old wooden stool and said, "Please sit down. We will meet again so soon." Although the stool was old and worn, it was made of wood after all, and it was regarded as the seat of honor in this room.
Brandy sat down and said, "Yeah, we meet again."
Leaf Farmer took off a plastic stool from the pile and sat down opposite Brandy, asking: "Come from New York." Brandy said: "Yes, I came here specifically to see you."
Ye Zi Nong said: "Why don't you call first so that I can pick you up at the airport."
Brandy said: "You just came back from Hongchuan. I don't want to disturb you too early. It's okay, this is good." Ye Zinong said: "I know about the debt transfer, thank you very much. Let's stop being polite. What's the matter?
Brandy said: "Okay, I like this." Then he took out a "Letter of Intent" from his briefcase, and then said: "It's all here, you can read it yourself, I won't introduce it more."
"
This is a letter of intent for cooperation on a large-scale political commentary film "One Hundred Years of the Communist Movement". The letter of intent details the intention, market, and production process of the film. Brandi, as the general manager, hired Ye Ye as the chief editor and writer.
The person clearly agreed on the amount and conditions of Ye Ye Gong’s remuneration, including Ye Ye Gong’s visa to New York, food, accommodation and working conditions.
After reading it, Ye Zinong handed the "Letter of Intent" to Brandy and said, "I can't do this job."
Brandy did not answer, but said: "Don't be so sure yet, please look at the reward carefully."
Ye Zi Nong said: "It's a lot of money, but I can't take it."
Brandy said: "You can get it after completing this film. You are an expert on this issue. I believe in your ability. The important thing is to have new thinking and a new view of history."
Ye Zi Nong said: "Based on the old and the new, yesterday was wrong and today is right, so what else can we say about right and wrong? Just live a good life, every day is right anyway."
Brandi was startled and said: "Who dares to claim to be the truth? It can only be said to be new. What I mean is to have different thinking and different perspectives."
Ye Zinong said: "There is only one truth, and there are countless illusions. Don't you have to come over?"
Brandi was startled again, but still not displeased, and said: "Actually, it is not easy to get this opportunity. The broadcast company did not support it at the beginning, and the project was approved with the intervention of the Dilano headquarters. You are alone.
, you have no worries about your family being politically involved. You are the son of a general. You study Marxism because you do not understand your parents’ beliefs. Your family misfortune and your personal experience make your identity special, which makes your views more
Easy to accept."
Zizinong put down the "Letter of Intent" and said, "Do you dare to believe the truth that is related to grudges?"
Brandy said: "You are a talent, but you lack a stage. Delano is an internationally influential broadcasting company. You know what the success of this film will mean. This stage can make you famous overnight, and as a
Being the main person in charge of this film will also be a personal achievement for me."
Ye Zi Nong said: "If you become famous, you have to give up your freedom. I can handle this."
Brandi was puzzled and asked: "How come you give up your freedom after becoming famous?"
Yizinong said: "Celebrities have a role model effect, and you have to live up to your role models. If I'm so lazy, I shouldn't be tortured to death."
Brandi was silent for a while and said: "I have contacted Mr. Liang, and you all know the intention. I want to say that I am here to shake hands, not to fight with an enemy."
Ye Zi Nong also fell silent, thought for a moment, stood up and said, "Wait for me for a while."
Zi Zi Nong put on his shoes, took the keys and went downstairs. Downstairs was Neussel Street. There were very few pedestrians on the street at this time and it seemed a bit deserted. Zi Zi Nong entered a small supermarket with a business area of more than 1 square meters.
Mi, mainly sells various foods and some daily groceries. Most of its customers are residents of a few nearby streets. The prices are much cheaper than those in large supermarkets. The shop owner is a kind-faced middle-aged man from Poland, with a chubby face.
He was wearing a happy smile, because Zi Nong often came here to buy things and was a regular customer, so when he saw Zi Nong coming in, he smiled and said hello in German.
Ye Zi Nong also responded with a smile and said "Hello", and went directly to the rows of shelves in the food area to search, and immediately found what he was looking for - various beans. Packs of soybeans were neatly displayed on the shelves.
Mung beans, red beans, and black beans are all packaged in two sizes, the large one is 5 grams, and the small one is 9 grams. The price ranges from 4 marks to 6 marks. Most of these beans are produced in Taiwan, China, and some are from Southeast Asian countries.
Ye Zi Nong took a small package of soybeans, one bag each of red beans and mung beans, and took three bags of beans to the checkout counter. The shopkeeper scanned the price and took out a shopping paper bag to put the beans in. Ye Zi Nong took it out of his pocket.
Hand over the cash. He rarely uses credit cards when buying things here. This kind of small store welcomes cash settlements. If the turnover is not recorded, some taxes will be missed. The store will tactfully remind you to pay in cash. In order to encourage customers to use cash, they also
There will be some discounts, such as exemption from sales tax.
After buying three bags of beans and returning to the room, Ye Ye pushed the things on the coffee table aside to make a clear space, then picked up a glass and grabbed a handful of soybeans, red beans and mung beans from the bag and put them in
After shaking the cup for more than a dozen times, when the mixture was evenly mixed, I poured it onto the coffee table with a "swish" sound and spread it out with my hands.
Brandy was puzzled. She looked at the pile of evenly mixed beans and asked, "What do you mean?"
The leaf farmer said: "I'll find a job for you. Just look at this pile of beans and see what letters can be made out of the same color and what letters can be made out of the mixed colors. You look at it first, and I'll get something to drink.
.”
Brandi knew that the farmer was very rigorous and that he was not being pretentious. The pile of beans must be related to the topic to be discussed. Since the beans had been bought and spread out, no matter what the meaning was, he had to take a look.
Ye ZiNong carried the remaining beans to the kitchen and found a place to put them down. He pressed the switch of the electric kettle to boil water. There was a large old-fashioned white enamel teapot on the kitchen table. He picked up the teapot and looked at it. He looked at it from the wall.
Take out a small stainless steel mesh filter from a row of cooking utensils hanging above, shake the teapot a few times to pour out the remaining tea, pour the tea filtered out by the small filter into the trash can, rinse it with tap water, and put the filter
Hang the fence back on the wall, then take out some scented tea from a green tea tube and put it in the teapot.
After doing this, he suddenly thought of something and hurried downstairs again. When he passed the living room, he saw Brandy looking at the pile of beans seriously, with an expression as if he was trying to solve a mystery.
Ye Ye went to the supermarket again, and this time bought a bag of canned drinks, including cola, juice, mineral water and other varieties. When he returned to the room, he put the bag of drinks on the coffee table and said, "I didn't know you like to drink it."
What, buy a few more things, and drink whatever you like. It is said that Americans put ice cubes in everything they drink. I don’t have ice here, so you can make do with it.
Brandi said "thank you" and continued to look at the pile of beans.
Ye ZiNong waited in the kitchen for a few minutes while the water boiled. He made a large vat of scalding tea.
Brandy smelled the aroma of jasmine tea, looked at the big tea vat, looked at the drink, then looked at the leaf farmer, and asked: "Chinese tea"
Ye Zinong explained: "I like to drink hot food."
Brandy took the cup she had shaken the beans in and went to the kitchen, rinsed it with tap water, came back, put it next to the teapot and said, "I'll have a hot cup too."
Ye Zinong smiled, poured Brandi a cup of hot tea, and asked: "How many letters did you complete?"
Brandi drank a cup of tea and said: "All of them, and if the density is high enough, you can connect any text or graphics, whether they are single color or mixed colors."
Ye Zinong said: "And no matter what you say, it is true and well-founded."
Brandi said, "Yes, but what does that mean?"
Ye Ye Nong drew a circle along the pile of beans with his finger and said: "This is a world of change. There are as many opinions as there are positions, doctrines. All living beings have their own positions, interests, likes and dislikes. All living beings only believe in what they want to believe.
, there is no place for opinions that deviate from the standpoint in the circle of standpoints, because there is no place for you to stand. You know my point of view while eating at Wanghelou. For the evil of communism, you say I am sophistry, and for Shengsheng, you say I am distortion.
, it is not popular no matter what. If no one wants it, there will be no market. As you said in your "Letter of Intent", this film needs psychological support for the people of Eastern Europe, the Eastern European authorities need to reflect on history and theoretical support to implement reform policies, and Western Europe needs a winner.
Feelings. In fact, you have missed one piece, and there is the United States. The United States not only needs the light of justice and victory, but also a sense of leadership. No matter what new thinking or new historical outlook you have, this film cannot meet these conditions. You are
You can't make any money." Brandy said: "Yes." Ye Zinong went on to say: "Yesterday, people believed in communism, not because Marxism is the truth, but because they believed in a promise. Today they don't believe it, not because it is not the truth.
, is that you did not get the expected benefits. No matter whether you are true or not, all living beings only need to promise and fulfill. After half a century, the word communism has been branded into an empty symbol. Even the leader of the Communist Party said that poverty
It is not socialism. Now you tell the people of Eastern Europe that the one you disintegrate may not necessarily be socialism in the true sense, and then tell the people of the European Union that the one you combine is not necessarily socialism. You are not deliberately looking for the people.
It’s awkward. In Beijing’s popular saying, this is called looking for sex.
Brandy asked in confusion: "What is smoking?"
Yizinong said: "It's just a slap in the face and a slap in the mouth."
Brandi smiled.
Ye Zinong said: "You want to make money, and your argument must be based on arguments that are beneficial to you in making money. As for the truth about the communist movement over the past few years, it actually has nothing to do with you. As for me, I am a
Viewers are not looking for the views of the Tree of Truth, they are looking for what they see. It is none of my business whether Marxism is right or wrong. You know I don’t want to discuss these issues with others, let alone make a long video. Since you are here
Those who shake hands should not create problems for their friends. This is not a lawyer's lawsuit. You can move your butt to speak for whomever you take money from."
Brandy said: "Whether the camp that breaks up in Eastern Europe is socialist or not is not up to you and me, it has to be decided by the people of Eastern Europe and even the people of the world. The disintegration of the Eastern European camp reflects the will of the Eastern European people. Is this still a problem? Frankly speaking,
I say that I am not interested in politics, and I don’t understand the specific content of your views, because this is not important. What is important is what the European people think it is. What is important is your ability to think. What the market needs, I think it is what the people need.
What. If the Eastern European camp is not truly socialist, then China is not socialist either. Does that mean that all the people in Europe are wrong, the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China are also wrong, and you are the only one who is right?"
A helpless smile flashed across the corner of Zizinong's mouth, he shook his head, and after a long silence, he said lightly: "As long as anyone is still willing to open their eyes and take a look, who can deny that China is getting better day by day?"
Brandy said: "China's economy is indeed developing rapidly, and the voice of the China threat theory is also rising."
Ye Zinong said: "China or the Soviet Union, which one do you use to prove socialism? If you think that China after reform and opening up is no longer socialist, and the United States and the Chinese Communist Party think it is socialist, then who is wrong?"
Brandi was speechless and didn't know how to answer.
Ye Zi Nong said: "Even if you are holding a knife to your neck, I can't say that my opinion is right. It can only be understood based on my ability to understand. I didn't influence anyone. Whatever mistakes I make are all mine.
Obstructing others. Now you want me to export your values. I just don’t want to say anything that goes against my heart. None of us are moral models, so we still have to have some honesty."
Brandy didn't know whether it was because she was tired from sitting or because of her emotional problems. She got up and walked around the room for a few steps. After moving her body for a while, she sat back down, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. "Actually, you can directly
You say that the people will be more honest, and you don’t need to offend the people, just use the word sentient beings to modify it. You make me think that you are elitist and contemptuous of the people."
Ye Zinong said: "If you can't offend the people, how can you offend the sentient beings? All sentient beings generally refer to all life, and specifically refer to the delusional groups in the cognitive category. It is a word that corresponds to the awakened ones. By using the people, you bring the people into the world.
Where should we put the enlightened beings? Are officials necessarily enlightened? Are civilians necessarily ignorant? Academics seek truth from facts, not love and hate."
Brandi said: "Then you are the awakened one?"
Ye Zinong said: "Awakened beings and sentient beings are general terms for social research objects. If you are aware of it, you will also be confused. If you understand this, you may not understand that. Everyone is aware of something and is not aware of it. If you don't do it,
Specifically." Brandi was silent for a moment and said: "You don't even mind whether you are right or wrong, so I don't know how to talk to you. If a person can't prove that his point of view is correct, but still insists on it, this
Is it also the academic spirit of seeking truth from facts?”
Ye Zinong said: "If you don't insist, it is meaningless. This kind of discussion must start with a definition of the concept, otherwise the socialism you understand is public ownership, and the socialism I understand is a socialized economy. They are two different things, and they can never be discussed.
Come up with a reason. In this question, just defining the concept requires a debate, and the reasoning and argumentation is a long discussion. If you can't refute me, you can't make me go against my will, right? If you refute me, it means that your understanding is more thorough than mine. You also need to
Me? No matter what the conclusion is, the result is the same. Are you still digging this hole when you know there are no potatoes in the ground?"
Brandi nodded, looked at the pile of beans and said: "Yes, no matter what you say, it is true and well-founded. The point of view that is independent of the position is nothing more than fair and objective, but which position does not think that it is
What about being fair and objective? Then there will be no conclusion. At most, it will be an exchange of views between positions." Ye Zinong said: "So, if you have that time, you might as well find a restaurant and I'll treat you to a big dinner."
Brandy said: "According to your statement, there is no truth in the world."
Ye Zi Nong went to the bathroom and took off the mirror hanging on the wall. When he came back, he put the mirror up next to the beans and said: "It is what it reflects. It has no position, no likes and dislikes. In fact, objectivity is also a thing, and it may not be
Truth and objectivity only mean that there is no interest, it does not mean that there is no likes and dislikes, nor does it mean that there is the ability to observe truthfully."
Brandi asked: "Why are you the mirror and others the position?"
Ye Zinong put the mirror aside and said: "As long as you are a human being, you cannot be a mirror. The law of cause and effect is a mirror, and the logic and practice of identification and proof are mirrors. In fact, neither is truth. It is not called truth anymore, it is called a law.
Leaving one's position may not necessarily be the truth, but it must not be accepted by one's position. Without an audience, there is no money to be made. This is the hard truth. This kind of thing is obvious like lice on a bald head, just take a quick look and know it in your mind."
Brandi was silent for a while, and finally put away the "Letter of Intent" and said lightly: "Do you like eating that much?"
Zhi Nong smiled and said: "I just know how to eat, nothing else."
Brandi smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat. It's still early, so we can't just sit like this and not say a word, right? It's still the same topic, we don't have anything to do with it, just like old friends chatting.
Let’s talk, okay?”
The leaf farmer said: "You are just digging a hole for the sake of digging a hole."
Brandi said: "I come sincerely, at least I want to know what kind of hand I am shaking."
Ye Zi Nong picked up the mirror and went to the bathroom, hung the mirror back to its original position, returned to the living room and pushed aside the beans on the coffee table to make a space so that the teapot, ashtray and teacups could be placed calmly, unlike just now
It was so disorderly that he just took advantage of every opportunity. After doing this, he lit a cigarette and said, "If you are willing, then go ahead and dig."
The atmosphere in the room quietly changed, and it was no longer so stiff.
Brandy drank a cup of tea and said: "Originally, I didn't want to discuss sensitive issues with you so early. Although I am not an expert on this issue, it is still okay to raise some questions. It's just that... after all, you hold a Chinese passport and discuss sensitive issues.
It will inevitably involve China's system and reality. I think this is not a dilemma that Chinese people are willing to face anyway."
Yizinong smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me that I am alone and have no worries about my family being implicated? What can the Communist Party do to me? My suspicion of communism did not start with the red scarf, but with scolding the Communist Party."
Yes, because my mother died, my father also died, and I became a son of a bitch. Once you try the feeling of starving on the streets, you will know what it can inspire. However, a "History of the Communist Movement" is not for me.
It can be covered with a piece of personal scar. What is there that cannot be discussed in China? Isn’t it just words like autocracy and tyranny? Just make sense. I don’t agree with swearing in the street with your eyes closed.”
Brandi said: "Yes, I don't agree with swearing either. Then answer my question first. If you can go against your will, can you prove the failure of communism?"
Ye Zinong said: "If communism is a mythical paradise, it is absurd even if you don't have to go against your will. Marx is not a god or the end of ideological exploration. Human beings can only progress by critically understanding what their predecessors have done. Why should we criticize Marx when we get there?"
What's so terrible? For example, public ownership, without private ownership, how can it be public? Where will you be a public person? Spears and shields are the same things, who can throw one away and carry the other? For example, class struggle, if
Human history is the history of class struggle, so how is it possible to deny all social contradictions other than class struggle? Just like the big pot of rice, there are complaints in the ranks of workers, and the struggle for power in the palace is still killing you and me. Every element is
It has an impact on the evolution of history. Brandi smiled and said: "Well, this is the idea I want."
Ye Zi Nong said: "What is criticism? It is a screening and judgmental opinion. Is the way you want to criticize? It is to criticize without judging. Once you judge, you will make no money. You said: Is it the European people and the Chinese people?
They are all wrong, are you right? The people have nothing to do with right or wrong. The people are not accountable and do not judge right or wrong. The interests of the people do not have a judgment of right or wrong, but only a judgment of the degree of possibility. The people know that society
The name "ism" is not the same as the people knowing the essence of socialism. Humanity's understanding of social laws is a complex and gradual process. It is not something that can be divided into right and wrong halves with a knife. Marx is not the only one to explore social laws. Marx's
The method of understanding is not the only one. Marx was based on the understanding possible under the conditions of his time. To evaluate Marx with the requirements of God or the Terminator is certainly not a scientific attitude. Not every word of Marx is the truth, and the "Communist Manifesto" is
It has been revised again and again, and more than a year of practice has also continued to understand and revise it. If the evaluation of Marxism does not pay attention to its core things, but evaluates it directly from the words, then it can only be based on different standpoints.
, it is no longer important what Marxism is, what is important is what each respective position requires."
Brandi said: "Is this a word play?"
Yizinong said: "If there is no logic, then all that is left is word games."
Brandi said: "So what do you think communism is?"
Ye Zi Nong said: "You don't need to add "I think" in front of every sentence. Is it possible that I don't think so?"
Brandi said, "No need to."
Ye Zinong said: "In a word, the organic whole of the world economy is human communism, and the theory that explains this evolutionary principle is communism. The word communism has been given the color of salvation and promise from the beginning. People put it out of good wishes.
Communism has been deified. Communism is not about eliminating the poor and the rich, it is not a paradise, it is not a material and moral indicator, it is a concept of economics and a description of the economic form. Since it is a product of economic laws, it must not be something that people can strive for.
, it cannot be a theoretical weapon for the liberation of any class. The most popular understanding is that when there is an economic crisis in the east of the earth, there is a piece of meat missing from the bowl in the west of the earth. This is communism."
Brandi thought for a moment and said: "If we go by this, it would be communism now, and an oil crisis would be enough to remove a piece of meat from the bowl of the whole world."
Ye Zi Nong said: "If there is a piece of meat missing from the bowl, the economic structure will be adjusted, eliminated, and promoted. If there is not even a grain of rice in the bowl, there will be trouble. As long as I am hungry, you will not be able to live a solid life. Society
It will integrate towards a more stable structure. Communism is actually a very common word. It can be a partnership between several people, a collaboration between enterprises, a merger, or a cooperation between regions or countries. Regionality
A socialized economy, you can call it socialism. The human economy that has developed into a global structure means that the global economy is highly interdependent and highly integrated. This economic form is named communism. The economy in every corner of mankind
It will take on different forms due to different conditions, but no matter what form it is, its essence is evolving in the direction of socialization and globalization. It doesn't matter what political party or doctrine you have. It is an economic law and is determined by the development requirements of productive forces.
Human beings have the instinct to seek profit." Brandy said: "The socialized economy is the market economy, but it is called differently. If regional market economies can be called socialism, then are all market economy countries socialist?"
Ye YeNong did not directly answer Brandy's question, but asked: "What is a human being?"
Brandi said: "Seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."
Ye Zi Nong said: "I am stronger than you. I am nobler, richer, and more glorious than you... In the final analysis, I have to be stronger than you. Only when I am stronger than you can I be practical. This is the driving force of human beings. So.
, Respect and care become morality, and the one who can make all living beings equal is not humans, it is Buddha, it is Christ. The nature of capital is to pursue profit, and the currency, technology, information... including everything such as youth, beauty and strong physique
It is people who convert everything that can be used into capital. The market economy is the law of the jungle. When social contradictions evolve to the point where no one can live a secure life, the order of survival and the requirements for productivity will give rise to new rules that are suitable for them, that is, based on the state
It is a social mechanism in which the will intervenes and regulates the market economy and social distribution. Dogmatic socialism thinks that it will be fine if capital is eliminated. In fact, it has nothing to do with capital. The driving force of the law of the jungle is human beings. If human beings are restrained, the economy
There is no vitality. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and China's reform both exist as effects and need no argument. The socialized economy is not only the economy, not only the form and structure of capital, not only the form of ownership, not only the will of capital, not only the market economy...
…Capital has laws. Use the laws of capital to coordinate social relations, constantly liberate productive forces, and people can live and work in peace and contentment. This is a socialized economy, and Marx does not have the socialism that we can clearly see more than 14 years later. People can do whatever they like based on their own likes and dislikes.
Don’t call it socialism. Human beings cannot be trapped by a bunch of nouns. There is no need to argue about a bunch of nouns. In fact, they are just a bunch of symbols. Those who pay attention to the essence will not care what it is called.”
Brandy said: "It is a fact that the world economy is becoming increasingly integrated. We don't have to care what the name of that development direction is. The Communist Party can call it the ruins of highly developed capitalism, and Western politics can call it the free world. We
Let’s call it communism for the time being. Since no one can win it through hard work, and the more than seven years of struggle history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has proved this, then does the communist ideal still have value? Does the Communist Party still have the legal basis for its existence? The Soviet Union
Both the Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party relied on the promise of communism to seize power. Did that deceive the people? If the CCP regime that has lost the legal basis for its existence can only be maintained by state machinery, is this a dictatorship or tyranny?"
Ye Zinong said: "If you only regard the communist movement as the Communist Party's attempt to seize power, it would be narrow-minded. The benefits of democracy are not so powerful. The most essential thing is that social contradictions have intensified to the point of needing change. Human beings are out of control.
A Marx is accidental, social contradictions are inevitable, and the "Communist Manifesto" itself is the product of social contradictions. Without Marxism, there would be this doctrine and that doctrine, and without the Communist Party, there would be this party and that party, all of which would explode.
.If the social contradictions in the United States have not intensified to that extent, those doctrines will not work. If they are really that effective, then the flag of communism should be flying everywhere in New York and Paris. I dare not ignore history and say that the Communist Party has deceived the people.
It has indeed established a society that is almost close to the limit of equality in human history. Today we can sit here and say that the social model sculpted according to dogma will not work no matter who blows it.
Vitality. But there is a process for human beings to understand the truth. If we are not on opposite sides, we have to admit that it was an unprecedented scale of human pursuit of a better society. For me personally, I would like to call it
Great practice.”
"That sounds very Communist," Brandy said.
Ye Zinong said: "If it is the truth of cause and effect, what does it matter whether I am a Communist or not?"
Brandi said: "I'm sorry. You continue."
Ye Zinong said: "Can anyone give me an example of a country whose political power is not maintained by state machinery? Let's replace the word state machinery with force, which is more naked. If the political power can be maintained by force alone,
There would be no dynastic changes in history, and there would be no disintegration of a military power like the Soviet Union. No matter what political party or doctrine you belong to, as long as it is a national policy that goes against the basic national conditions, you will be eliminated. I don’t know what you think about China
How much do you know about history? Confucian culture is the culture with the deepest roots, the greatest influence, and the longest penetration time in China. The reason why it has such strong vitality has its own reason, because it adapts to the productivity requirements of the imperial power system and the small peasant economy, but when it comes to industry
In the era of revolution and capital economy, it is no longer able to carry modern industrial civilization. The United States is a country of immigrants with a collection of various values. There is no deep-rooted unified culture, so it is difficult to understand what the deep-rootedness of a culture means to a nation. China only
We can stand on this cultural soil and move towards industrial civilization. If Confucian culture works and liberates productivity, who dares to bully such a big country? The historical fact is that between this doctrine and that doctrine, China's national conditions chose Marxism. This
It’s not because the Communist Party is competing to see who can fight, it’s about the social foundation, just as the social foundation of the United States determines the social form of the United States.”
Brandi said: "I don't understand Chinese history, nor can I say I understand Chinese culture, but historical facts are not necessarily historical inevitability. I don't deny that the United States also has many social problems, but I think the American democratic system is the best that mankind has ever known.
The most advanced system ever achieved. What is the core of Marxism? Why can’t China choose democracy? If Marxism has no value, then what is the legal basis for the existence of the CCP?”
Ye Zinong said: "At this moment, I really want to join some kind of party. I'll avoid any suspicion before I answer your question, otherwise you will say that I am a Communist again. Whoever answers your question truthfully is a Communist."
Brandi asked: "Why?"
Ye Zinong said: "It took eight years from the founding of the Communist Party of China in 2001 to the rule in 1949. What kind of chance or luck can allow you to encounter it for eight consecutive years? Is there still an effect without a cause in this world? China's economy and development
There is indeed a big gap between countries, but can all the bad debts before 1949 be transferred to the CCP's accounts? If not, are you blaming the CCP? Or are you blaming China's traditional culture and history? Is this right?
Son, are you not afraid of offending the people?"
Brandi said: "I have no intention of targeting the Chinese people at all."
Ye Ye Nong said: "In my opinion, Marx's law of capital may not be the most important. The most important thing is the Marxist view of knowledge, identification, and proof. Maybe I am too stupid. I just look at it.
I only saw one sentence: Seek truth from facts. Seek truth from facts to understand things with the cognitive perspective of discrimination and proof. This is what I think Marxism is."
Brandi said: "The United States also values seeking truth from facts. According to your logic, the United States is also Marxist?" Ye Zinong said: "Can pragmatism and seeking truth from facts be equal? Even if we draw an equal sign, Buddhism talks about observing truth as it is. Translation
In the past, we were seeking truth from facts, so who should be who is who between Buddhism and Marxism? The God of Christianity, the Tao of Taoism, the Tathagata of Buddhism, and the objective laws of Marxism are actually the same thing at the root. Laws, who should be who?
What? The commonalities of different value systems have different extensions, and due to different uses, they extend in different directions. Perhaps the culture brought together by immigrants in the United States has a more pragmatic content than China's unified Confucian culture, or is closer to seeking truth from facts, but can it be based on this?
Just call it a culture of seeking truth from facts? It may not be of sufficient quality. After all, there is still a distance between being pragmatic and seeking truth from facts.”
Brandy said: "Seeking truth from facts is also operated by people. Who is to determine this truth from facts?"
Ye Zinong said: "People. If you can't do it, the people will ask you to go down. This is not the truth, it is the law." Brandi thought for a while and said: "Assuming that seeking truth from facts is the core value of Marxism, but seeking truth from facts can replace
Democracy? Don’t you think democracy is more efficient and has lower historical costs?”
Ye Ye Nong said: "There are many versions of explaining democracy. Can you first define the concept? What is democracy? If you want to define it, just stick to the bottom of the pole. Don't get a corn with husks and have to peel it for a long time."
Brandi said: "The system that embodies the will of the people is democracy."
Ye Zi Nong said: "You are still a skinny person. Does will necessarily reflect interests? Then there are only open stores and not closed ones. No one opens a store to lose money."
Brandy thought for a while and said: "The iconic thing is the American electoral system."
Ye Zinong said: "Can I understand it this way? American-style democracy is about counting heads."
Brandy said: "It's not just about counting heads, the connotation of democracy is respect."
Ye Zinong said: "Since the iconic thing is still the American electoral system, then tell me, which president was not chosen by counting heads? And which president was chosen by respecting it? The state power can be controlled by eight!
Or a buffet? Whether it's a simple count or a complicated count, can it be counted as heads?" Brandy said: "You are willing to understand it as counting heads, and I respect your understanding."
Ye Zinong said: "Don't respect me. Just tell me which president was not chosen by counting their heads. Hitler believed that the Jews should be exterminated. Do you respect that too?"
Brandi said: "Okay, even if it's just counting heads."
Ye Zinong said: "Roosevelt or Hitler, which one do you use to prove the historical cost of counting people? Do you also want to talk about the historical cost of counting people in the Vietnam War?"
Brandi was silent and did not answer.
Ye Ye Nong drank a sip of water and said: "Democracy is not an either/or issue of whether to dig canals or release water first. It is not about democracy for the sake of democracy. Democracy is the product of social, economic and cultural development. It is not something that anyone can do without.
No, no. Different social conditions determine different forms of democracy, and there is no magic weapon that is universally applicable. Chinese culture has been around for many years, and it is something rooted in the bones of a nation. Can you just change it if you want? The Chinese people don’t
Can I live my own way? Do I have to live within Western values? People and culture have their own thinking directions and thinking radius. Counting heads is not applicable under all conditions, nor is it necessarily the best solution.
In terms of social problems, the United States cannot move the cultural soil of China to try American-style democracy, and China cannot move the cultural soil of the United States to try the democracy of the People's Congress of China. The fundamental interest of the Chinese people is national unity.
Territorial integrity and economic development? Or American-style democracy? In the past, China wanted to plant red flags all over the world, regardless of whether others needed red flags or not. That was the right thing to do. The United States exported its democracy everywhere and in the past, China wanted to plant red flags.
All over the world, I don't see any qualitative difference. It's all about Tao. If China corrects its mistakes, shouldn't the United States also correct its mistakes? If you like to eat rice, just spread it everywhere.
Regardless of the quality of their soil or whether the temperature is suitable, do you really care about them? Or is it because of their likes and dislikes of values? In my opinion, China chose Marxism because of the Marxist outlook on knowledge.
, dogma, and seeking truth from facts.”
Brandi said: "I would like to ask you to answer honestly now, are you a Communist?"
Ye Zinong said: "When something exists as an effect, it must have its cause. To explain the cause is called explaining cause and effect. If explaining China's cause and effect, it is called the Communist Party. Let's change the topic. Let me explain the cause and effect of American democracy. I
Are they the Republicans? Your paddy fields grow rice, and my farmland grows wheat. Tell me who is wrong?"
Brandy shook her head regretfully and sighed: "You are the smartest fool I have ever seen." (To be continued)