Two months ago, I wrote an article if you were a Buddhist, what courage do immigrants need, the reading volume does not cause too much ripples.
But now it seems that "Buddhism" is really a cure for immigration syndrome, whether it is regret disease, anxiety disorder, or entanglement of inflammation, procrastination of cancer, no need to consult, free prescription, cure all kinds of diseases, can be regarded as spiritual medicine and alcohol. The power of the spiritual world.
For example, after staying abroad for a long time, the immigration community often breeds an anti-universal value sentiment-where is everyone equal when you look at the wide gap between rich and poor in western societies? Equality is simply a lie used by the upper class to paralyze the bottom.
In fact, as long as we let our own Buddhists do a little more, carry forward the AQ spirit of "let him go" and "love how", regard the wealth of others as if they had gathered and dispersed in the sky, scattered and gathered floating clouds, and focused on being a self-gratifying mediocre. Would not be so angry.
Specifically, as a Buddhist immigrant, we must accept two realities and overcome three delusions.
The first reality: the result of free competition is always the gap between the rich and the poor.
The reason why modern capitalism has developed to this point is that there are two major magic weapon:, one is the credibility of the state brought by the rule of law, the other is the market driving force brought by competition.
Since it is free competition, art is bold, sharp-eyed nature can cut large pieces of cake, slow reaction, the knife slowly may only be divided into pieces of cake pieces. Cake cutting method has high and low, the cake to the mouth of course there will be a large and small.
Moreover, the ability to become rich is only one factor. Those who are equally capable may be more ambitious than you; those who are ambitious may have better opportunities than you; and those who have the same opportunities may have more money than you.
Fate is sometimes so powerful, struggling is just futile, full of personnel, knowing the destiny is all we can do.
The second reality: the rate of return on capital is always higher than the rate of return on labou
A more brutal reality than the inevitable gap between the rich and the poor is that the widening gap between the rich and the poor is inevitable. To put it simply, the poor are poorer and the rich are richer.
A big feature of capitalism is that the rich put their money out for investment, pushing out new forms of consumer goods; the poor spend their money and hand it over to the rich to produce more consumer goods.
So the money of the poor is always at random, and the money of the rich will always make money.
Anyone who has gone to a bank to buy wealth management products will know that the more principal they have in their hands, the higher the rate of return on alternative wealth management products. Ordinary people save money to buy 50, 000 dollars in wealth management, and 5 percent is already high; but if the rich go on with millions of dollars, the return may be 10 percent and 20 percent.
"the Chinese often say" schoolbag turned over ", but it is a self-deceiving fantasy. It may be hard to pretend to be middle class by reading, but the people at the top of the pyramid are still getting away from them. "
The first delusions: equality means the equalization of wealth
Since ancient times, poor people have been looking forward to "rich and poor" every day, but have never succeeded.
In order to take care of the feelings of the poor, societies like Australia have hijacked the rich and helped the poor through high taxes and benefits, but the aim has never been equalitarianism. If the rich don't get a corresponding return on their capital, they will no longer be interested in spending money on research and industry, and there will be no material progress in society.
It is a good thing for politicians to try to narrow the gap between rich and poor, but markets will always be the dominant force in the distribution of wealth across society as long as Intenahonel has not yet materialized.
Therefore, the western society preached equality for all, not in the sense of wealth, but in the sense of human rights. As long as everyone has the freedom to live without distinction, to move to, marriage, to have children, to work, and to serve all kinds of public services, we can say that this is an equal society for all.
In fact, an average society of wealth is not necessarily worth having. For example, if you look at the following figure, green is all the countries that have narrowed income gap over the past 30 years. How many countries will stimulate your interest in emigration?
Second delusion: the gap between the rich and the poor can cause class differentiation
Dividing people into three, six, nine, according to the amount of wealth, is a kind of habitual thinking that remains in the jungle society.
We often say "wealth is insensitive" because wealth and authority have always been inextricably linked over the past thousands of years. Having money is equal to having power, so the rich can bully the poor at will, ignoring justice and morality. In this case, the rich are the privileged class, different from the poor.
The evolution of modern democracy has taught society to respect everyone's basic rights, that is, law is equal for all, rich and poor do not differ. At this time, it is difficult to say that there is a distinction between the rich and the poor.
Yes, rich people can live in seaside mansions, own private yachts, and go to top private schools, but these don't make them look more "superior" beyond creating the chain of discrimination that they imagine.
And you and me, the so-called poor, can only rent suburban apartments, drive used cars, and go to public schools, and unless we're abusive enough to go into the discriminatory chain game, it doesn't make us look more "low-end".
Therefore, I feel that in an affirmative society, there is no stratum, only circles. I respect my ambition to blend in with the rich, but I don't have to take it easy and think I'm inferior.
Third delusion: equality is a fairy tale made up by the rich
Because of the fact that the rich and the poor are bound to divide, some people who come out of the jungle society will be itching at the rich: I work for you now, my child grows up or works for you, and you call this equality? Clearly is to consolidate their class status and create the illusion!
Based on this, they even believe that government for the indigenous, homosexual love, refugee and other vulnerable groups to fight for rights is a means to attract the hearts of the people, one by one are Yue's outmoded hypocrite.
We should admit that Western society is not perfect, racial prejudice, xenophobia, authority abuse and other phenomena still exist. But should we also feel our conscience and ask whether the level of equality in this society has been much better than that of 100 years ago, 50 years ago, or even 10 years ago?
Isn't this the result of the "upper class" that you hate, or at least the result of compromise?
To be sure, there is no absolute equality in the world. But equality for all is not an artificial illusion, but an ideal that human society must pursue.
In the absence of such ideals, blacks may still not be able to go to the same toilet as white people, let alone be president of the United States; and women cannot do the same job as men, let alone become prime ministers of Britain; Homosexual love can't be brave enough to confess to his family, not to mention the appearance of an Apple CEO. that comes out to the world.
In the absence of such ideals, Australia may still be shrouded in White Australia's policy, and the Chinese have no chance of taking root and spreading leaves on the land.
Fairy tales are not all deceit, but you inadvertently exaggerate your vision of a happy ending.