强大民族的标志

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英国二战时的首相丘吉尔曾经引用过一句话”ingratitude towards their great men is the mark of strong peoples” (记录在《The Gathering Storm》这本书里)。翻译成中文就是“对本民族伟大的人物不感恩是强大民族的标志”。我读这段话想到了两重意思:

1. 一个强大的民族有足够的信心产生好的领袖,不需要对某一个人顶礼膜拜,即使这个人能力很强做得很好。比如说美国如果总统出于某些原因突然去世或下台,整个国家可以继续良好运行,基本不会有战乱的可能,这样的民族就是强大的,人民也不会对总统有那么感恩戴德之心。

反之,在一个独裁的国家,一旦国家领袖突然死掉,可能马上就是混乱一片,内战四起。这个民族就是软弱的,他们出于内心对那种混乱的恐惧,虽被独裁,却真心的对独裁者感恩戴德,感谢他赐予自己的稳定生活。利比亚就是这样一个例子,独裁者卡扎菲被打死后,利比亚一直陷入混乱,直到今天,人民反而开始怀念被卡扎菲独裁的日子,说如果能重新来过,会誓死保卫他,这样的民族还没有能力摆脱专制。

2. 要求”下对上不必感恩,而上对下要感恩”,是对居于上者手中权力的一种制衡,这也是西方很多公司组织推荐的管理模式,这和中国的强调下对上感恩忠孝的模式正好反过来。这背后反映的是居于上位者对自己被推翻没有那么恐惧,所以才不要求下面的人感恩效忠。而越是要求下面人服从感恩的,就越说明上面那位内心有多么害怕。

总结这两点,就是说一个强大的民族无论身居上位者还是普通民众内心都没有对对方的恐惧,一个弱小的民族正好反过来,那大家可以思考一下中华民族是强大的还是弱小的。

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