American values worth pondering

> American values worth pondering (highly recommended for collection) 2018-03-21 Enjoy Unbounded 2 Source: Sina.com 1,…

American values worth pondering (highly recommended for collection) 2018-03-21 Enjoy Unbounded 2

Source: Sina.com 1. Death is also equal. In Arlington National Cemetery in the United States, there are endless white crosses, and generals and soldiers are connected and equal in death; in Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing, the division level is on the wall, the corps level is in the room, and there is a rank even in death. 2. There is dignity in being poor. It snowed heavily somewhere in the United States, and the school asked all students to go back to school. Some parents objected. The school said this was for children whose families were poor and had no heating, so that they could have heating and hot soup when they returned to school. Some parents say, just let the children who don’t have heating at home go back to school. Why do you have to go back to school? The school says it does this to protect the self-esteem of poor children. 3. Take care of the vulnerable people. You will find that there are different beggars in China and the United States. The beggars in China are mainly children, the elderly, women, and the disabled, and there are very few young and middle-aged people. The beggars in the United States are mainly young and middle-aged people, and there are very few old, weak, sick, and disabled people. Why? Because American beggars are lazy, while Chinese beggars are poor. The U.S. government does not support lazy people, but it does support the old, weak, sick and disabled, so the old, weak, sick and disabled do not have to beg. The Chinese government supports lazy people, but the old, weak, sick and disabled cannot be provided for, so they leave their homes and beg everywhere. 4. Universal values. During the Taiping Rebellion, an American missionary came to China. He saw the incredible suffering and concluded that what China needed most was not modern technology, but basic civilization. The basic civilization is the spirit of contract, the awareness of rights and the understanding of democratic politics and personal freedom. These things are now called universal values. Meaning: everyone should understand, unless you are a barbarian. 5. Let history play its due role. Family scandals need to be publicized. In American history textbooks, the more embarrassing things about our history are written in more detail, such as discrimination against black people, mistreatment of Chinese workers, etc., but there are not a few paragraphs about our own "great achievements." It turns out that Americans truly pass on family scandals to future generations to warn future generations never to make the same mistake again. All history is contemporary history, and giving history a facelift will blunt reality, pale the future, and retarde future generations. The most frightening thing is that family scandals will continue to be repeated. 6. What to learn in the first lesson? Hu Shi once experienced the first lesson of an American elementary school in the United States. The entire class was composed of primary school students reciting aloud with the teacher: "I promise to use my critical talents, I promise to discover my independent thoughts, and I promise to receive an education so that I can make judgments." This oath was personally written by Jefferson, the third president of the United States, for American primary school students. 7. Why is the United States not afraid of China? Friedman, the Nobel Prize winner in economics, wrote in his book: Don’t worry about China stealing American technology, because the United States can quickly invent new technologies; what you should worry about most is that China steals the American Declaration of Independence, the spirit of the Constitution, and other things that represent American values. When China starts copying these things, it will be the beginning of China’s strength, and that will pose a real threat to the United States.