1072 What is equality?
Those who can stand here to attend this New Year banquet have more or less been influenced by Western learning, especially the Animation of the Travels to the West written by Xiao Letian, which is a must-read classic for them.
Therefore, it is not surprising that people are shouting the slogan of equality among all people, but what is strange is that this slogan conflicts with the previous Chinese order.
Xiao Letian saw Mike Carnegie standing in the VIP worship area at a glance. This was Xiao Letian's old friend in the storm on the sea back then. If Xiao Letian hadn't saved his life, Mike would have fed the sharks long ago.
It was Mike's matchmaking that allowed the American Steel Group Carnegie and Ryukyu to establish a deep cooperative relationship. During this period, Carnegie Steel Company was in its infancy and did not have the domineering spirit of the period of full victory, so they cherished the money-making opportunities given by Xiao Lotte very much.
Tanggu Steel Plant has now become the most advanced steel company in Asia, and can even cast some super-heavy mechanical construction, and its subordinate mechanical processing plants have also begun to be put into production.
And all this is inseparable from Mike's efforts!
"Dear old friend Mike! Why do you stop talking? You are an old friend of Ryukyu. Of course you have the right to ask questions, and I am willing to answer you patiently..."
Mike walked out of the crowd and bowed slightly to greet him, "Dear Xiao! I am really surprised by your Chinese. You are an excellent politician. Your vision has not stopped in superficial technology, army, weapons and equipment, and money... You have begun to consider issues such as nations and countries with the thinking of a philosopher!"
"I am not flattering you. I think if the Chinese order can be promoted, its significance to Asia is no less than that of the United States' Declaration of Independence, nor is no less than that of the British Magna Carta!"
"At the beginning, I heard the sixth and eighteenth-class system in the Chinese order. I thought it was a constitutional monarchy similar to that of European countries... But then you announced the order of equality for all peoples! Is this a little puzzled?"
Mike shrugged and smiled, "First of all, I want to declare in advance that I have no resistance to constitutional monarchy. I also respect European nobles, but I am an American after all, and I believe in complete freedom and democracy! God loves all peoples, and all peoples are equal. There are no nobles in the United States, and the United States abolishes slavery..."
"I remember when I was chatting with the Prime Minister, didn't you agree with the abolition of the United States? I'm a little surprised. Since you started painting on a blank piece of paper, why don't you skip the constitutional monarchy, skip the aristocratic system, and directly choose a more progressive democratic system?"
Mike spread his hands and asked, "On one hand, promoting equality among all people, and on the other hand, he wants to implement a system of six lords and eighteenths. Isn't this a contradiction?"
"The same contradiction is also true. Since you have chosen the aristocratic system, why do you want to abolish the highest-level emperors of the aristocratic? This seems to be a bit resistant!"
Mike's question is actually the question of more than 90% of the people present. Except for some of the core senior executives who knew about the Chinese order in advance, the rest of them were confused.
Papa... Xiao Letian applauded softly, "The question is very good. You Americans dare to ask sensitive questions. Unlike Asian officials, you have to think about it for a long time every time you say something. Moji is really Moji!"
Xiao Letian teased and said, "Do you think that is a contradiction? But in my eyes it is not a contradiction, but a harmony. If you want to figure out this, you have to figure out what kind of fairness we want!"
"Are people born equal? I think people are born equal! There is no doubt about this, nothing wrong with it! But the so-called equality actually refers to the little spirituality or soul that comes from being reincarnated into this world. People's original nature is good, and the original nature is of course equal!"
"Human nature is equal, is it necessary to say that social nature must be equal? I regret to answer everyone, inequality!" Xiao Letian sighed and said, "We cannot choose our origins, nor can we control the fate of childhood and childhood. Some people are reincarnated in a wealthy and noble family, and some are reincarnated in a poor family. Is this kind of social classification equal?"
"Some people are born healthy and intelligent, while others are born disabled and ignorant. Is this also equal? Of course it is unequal..."
"We have no choice but to do with innate inequality, because it is the arrangement of fate! But the manifestation of people in society in the future is that those behaviors that can make decisions are equal?"
"Everyone has his own outlook on life and values, and everyone also has his own moral code of belief. The life path chosen by everyone is even more different. A born lazy man refuses to study, refuses to work, eat, drink, and gamble, while another man joins the Marine Corps and the Navy, has outstanding military achievements and is covered in scars. After he is discharged from the army, he is enthusiastic about charity and strict with himself. How can these two people enjoy the same treatment?"
"If you forcefully equalize these two types of people, that is the greatest injustice to human nature!"
Xiao Letian looked at the people around him with a serious look and said coldly.
"People cannot be separated from society. Every thing you do in this society and every behavior you are entangled is your life path! Different people have deviations in their paths, and this deviation causes inequality!"
"Does those who do evil want to enjoy the same rights as those who are kind and righteous? Do those who sacrifice and dedicate should treat them equally with those who are selfish? If our society becomes like that, then what motivation will drive people to move forward and pursue their noble morality?"
A series of shouting made the people around him speechless and fell silent. Mike nodded, "I understand what you mean, the Chinese people pursue equality of human nature and human rights, and definitely not equality of treatment! The so-called noble character of a noble family represents the noble behavior of a person!"
"Because he made great contributions to this society, because he created welfare for the people, he influenced the people with noble morality... Such behavior is the word noble for noble people!"
"So that's it. You abolish the emperor and the superstitious ideas of the emperor's power and heavenly empowerment. In fact, what you abolish is the decaying and declining aristocratic concept! Traditional aristocrats are of blood, official position, money, and power..."
"The nobles you want to promote should be the kind of selflessness, dedication, courage to take responsibility, benefit the people, and protect the country... Thank you for your solution!"
This time Mike bowed respectfully, took a step back and returned to the crowd, and there was no problem again.
Buzzing, the crowd was talking louder and louder. After a while, a timid voice suddenly came from the VIP area, "I... can I ask a question?"
When people looked back, they found it was the chubby Sihai Business Niu Shopkeeper.
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Chapter completed!