I saw such a passage on the Internet,
To tell the truth, it's so good, it reminds me of the simple good times when I was in school. The world should be warm and beautiful, and people should be kind and harmonious with each other, which is also what the Datong society looks like in our ultimate communist ideal. However, after several years of working in society, I have an instinctive resistance to this point of view in my heart: it seems wrong to say this, and the really kind and beautiful people in society often don't mix very well?
In college, a down-to-earth, hard-working, kind and soft "good student", even if he is willing to take out his heart to her, he still can't catch up with the girl who wants to spend his life together; The senior next door, a scumbag who likes to eat, drink and have fun, has changed four girlfriends a year.
At work, a "good employee" who believes in sincerity and kindness, kindness to others, and does not fight or grab, all kinds of rewards and promotions are not his turn; Those who are full of murderous atmosphere and advocate interests have become leaders large and small.
So,What is the core of human-to-human activity?
To understand this, we need to understand the following two questions.
a).We need to figure out the underlying logic about human behavior
Wild animals, whether lions, tigers, or antelope snails, they only do one thing, and that is to live, and they live for the sake of living, and in their world, there is only life and death. But human beings who have evolved are different, human beings have thoughts, subjective initiative and creativity, so as a person, what is the difference between those animals?
In order to better study "people" and better understand human behavior and state, Maslow proposed the well-known "Maslow's hierarchy of needs".
Although the development of demand generation from low-level to high-level is in waves, it can be said that only when low-level needs are satisfied to a certain extent, will higher-level needs be generated. Therefore, as a person, the most important and urgent need is survival, when you have a problem even living, we don't need to talk about other messes, okay. But in this era, especially in a peaceful country like China, it is really not too simple to live, so people will instinctively pursue higher needs. In a word,Now the need is not only to live, but also to live well! Live comfortably! Live happily!
The pursuit of living a better life is a very understandable thing, and it is also the driving force for the continuous progress of human society. But in fact, it's not that simple, and if we zoom in on this theory, this leads to the next question.
b).We need to know the finite nature of resources
In April 2010, when Obama was interviewed by Australia's ABC TV station at the White House, he said that if more than a billion Chinese lived the same life as the United States and Australia, it would be a human tragedy and disaster, and the earth would not be able to bear it.
In August 2022, Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei, mentioned internally that in the next three years, survival will be the most important program, and the edge business will be contracted and closed across the board, so as to pass on the cold to everyone.
Obama said that every Chinese will not agree, everyone has the right and freedom to pursue a better life, Americans can live a good life, and Chinese can certainly do the same. However, let's strip away the political stance and conspiracy theories, and rationally analyze the logic behind this sentence. We all know that rich people must enjoy a lot of resources in all aspects, in fact, a person can eat a cake to eat, and a rich person can eat a full banquet. For example, an ordinary person drinks one bowl of oil for one meal, and a rich person drinks five bowls for one meal, but when there are more and more rich people in the world, and every rich person drinks five bowls of oil for one meal, there will always be a time when the total amount of oil cannot be sustained. What is involved here is the issue of dividing the cake.
Huawei, a Fortune 500 company, actually takes survival as its main program, and every ordinary person is surprised. But after the epidemic, everyone knows what the situation in the world is. The reason why Huawei has made survival a program is nothing more than that the global economic growth is slow or even stagnant, and the company cannot enjoy the dividends of economic increment. It's a matter of making the cake bigger.
Assuming that we exploit all the earth's resources and make 100% of them, it won't be infinite, right? Since it's not infinity, whether it's 10,000 years, 1 million years, or 10 million years, there will always be a day when it will be consumed, right? What's more, the current situation of limited technical level, resource exploitation and utilization rate? Although we certainly will not agree with what Obama said, with China's economic development and the improvement of productivity levels, it has been proved that Westerners are indeed not as comfortable as before, and the days of lying down and exploiting the Chinese people are gone. But will we stop? I won't anyway, so why can't I live a good life?
According to the above, everyone wants to live a better life (which is a normal demand), but the resources in this world are always limited (which is also true).So what is the core of the activity between people and people? Is it kindness? Is it harmony? Are you willing to "kindly" agree with Obama's words and give up your right and freedom to live a good life for the sake of "harmony" in the world? In other words, when Obama said this, was he "kind" and "harmonious" to the Chinese? Why do giant companies as big as Huawei, as small as countless startups, and even individuals, grit their teeth and endure pain every day, trying to survive? Shouldn't it be to make them happy to live?
Everyone wants a better life (both physically and psychologically), but limited resources inevitably lead to competition; Since it is competition, it must involve losing and winning, or life and death; Since it involves the needs of the lowest level of life, it returns to the essence of animals, so there is no need to talk about anything else. As the saying goes, "Cangqiao actually knows etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace" is this truth.
Although it is very heart-wrenching, it is still necessary to say the conclusion: the core of the activities between people is demand (to put it mildly, it is called interests), and the long-term coexistence between people depends on the ability to continuously meet each other's needs. Why do you think you are a good student who works hard and down-to-earth, but you can't catch up with the girl you like? Obviously, because you didn't meet her needs, the first girl I liked said I was too short, and I went back and found a tall one of 1.8 meters. Why aren't you the one who gets a promotion or a raise? It's simple, because you're not meeting the needs of the leader. In this case, your kindness, your warmth, your steadfastness, and your sincerity can only say that you are sorry.
But, but, but, however, this does not mean that we do not need kindness, friendliness, hard work and other positive energy, when we can meet the needs of the other party, these good qualities can play a role in the icing on the cake, otherwise quarrel and cooperate with a person, how troublesome.
By the way, the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China" points out that the highest ideal and goal of our party is to realize communism. In a communist society,Productivity is highly developedMaterial wealth is greatly enriched, and people's ideological consciousness and moral character are greatly improvedClass antagonism and the three major differences have disappeared, and the whole society has implemented the principle of each according to his ability and distribution according to his needsEveryone can live a happy and beautiful life. At that time, kindness, sincerity, and harmony will truly replace needs and become the main theme of people's interactions.
When we conduct rational analysis, we will feel that the world is not worth it; But the moment we see those beautiful things, well, there is still hope for mankind.