资源描述：
《TED演讲稿(中英)》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Shanghai,attheheightoftheculturalrevolution.Mygrandmotherteelmethatsheheardthesoundofthegunfirealongwithmyfirstcries.WhenIgrewup,IwastoldastorythatexplainedallIneededtoknowabouthumanity.Itwentlikethis.Allhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogression,beginningwithprimitivesociety,the
2、nslavesociety,feudalism,capitalism,socialism,andfinallyguesswhereweendup.Communism!Soonerorlater,allofhumanity,regardlessofculture,language,nationality,willarriveatthisfinalstageofpoliticalandsocialdevelopment.Theentireworld’speopleswillbeunifiedinthisparadiseonearthandlivehapp
3、ilyeverafter.Beforewegetthere,weneedtoengageinastrugglebetweengoodandevil,thegoodofsocialismagainsttheevilofcapitalismandthegoodshalltriumph.That,ofcourse,wasthemeta-narrativedistilledfromthetheoriesofKarlMarx.AndtheChineseboughtit.Weweretaughtthatgrandstorydayinanddayout.Itbec
4、amepartofus,andwebelievedinit.Thestorywasabestseller.Aboutonethirdoftheentireworld’spopulationlivedunderthatmetanarrative.Then,theworldchangedovernight.Asforme,disillusionedbythefailedreligionofmyyouth,IwenttoAmericaandbecameaBerkeleyhippie.Now,asIwascomingofage,somethingelseha
5、ppened.Asifonebigstorywasn't’tenough,Iwastoldanotherone.Thisonewasjustasgrand.Italsoclaimsthatallhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogressiontowardsasingularend.Thisonewentasfollows:Allsociety,regardlessofculture,beitChristian,Muslim,Confucian,mustprogressfromtraditionalsocietiesin
6、whichgroupsarethebasicunitstomodernsocietiesinwhichatomizedindividualsarethesovereignunitsandalltheseindividualsare,bydefinition,rational,andtheyallwantonething:thevote.Becausetheyarerational,oncegiventhevote,theyproducegoodgovernmentandlivehappilyeverafter.Paradiseonearthagain
7、.Soonerorlater,electoraldemocracywillbetheonlypoliticalsystemforallcountriesandallpeoples,withafreemarkettomakethemallrich.Butbeforewegetthere,we’reengagedinastrugglebetweengoodandevil.Thegoodbelongstothosewhoaredemocraciesandarechargedwithamissionofspreadingitaroundtheglobe,so
8、metimesbyforceagainsttheevilofthosewhodonotholdelectio
