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1、李世默TED演讲稿:两种制度的传说Goodmorning.MynameisEricLi,andIwasbornhere.Butno,Iwasn’tbornthere.ThiswaswhereIwasborn:Shanghai,attheheightoftheCulturalRevolution.Mygrandmothertellsmethatsheheardthesoundofgunfirealongwithmyfirstcries.WhenIwasgrowingup,Iwastoldastoryth
2、atexplainedallIeverneededtoknowthathumanity.Itwentlikethis.Allhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogression,beginningwithprimitivesociety,thenslavesociety,feudalism,capitalism,socialism,andfinally,(guesswhereweendup?)Communism!Soonerorlater,allofhumanity,reg
3、ardlessofculture,language,nationality,willarriveatthisfinalstageofpoliticalandsocialdevelopment.Theentireworld’speopleswillbeunifiedinthisparadiseonearthandlivehappilyeverafter.Butbeforewegetthere,we’reengagedinastrugglebetweengoodandevil,thegoodofsocia
4、lismagainsttheevilofcapitalism,andthegoodshalltriumph.That,ofcourse,wasthemeta-narrativedistilledfromthetheoriesofKarlMarx.AndtheChineseboughtit.Weweretaughtthatgrandstorydayinanddayout.Itbecamepartofus,andwebelievedinit.Thestorywasabestseller.Aboutonth
5、irdoftheentireworld’spopulationlivedunderthatmetanarrative.Then,theworldchangedovernight.Asforme,disillusionedbythefailedreligionofmyyouth,IwenttoAmericaandbecameaBerkeleyhippie.Now,asIwascomingofageu>,somethingelsehappened.Asifonebigstorywasn’tenough,I
6、wastoldanotherone.Thisonewasjustasgrand.Italsoclaimsthatallhumansocietiesdevelopinalinearprogressiontowardsasingularend.15Thisonewentasfollows.Allsocieties,regardlessofculture,beitChristian,Muslim,Confucian,mustprogressfromtraditionalsocietiesinwhichgro
7、upsarethebasicunitstomodernsocietiesinwhichatomizedindividualsarethesovereignunits,andalltheseindividualsare,bydefinition,rational,andtheyallwantonething:thevote.Becausetheyallrational,oncegiventhevote,theyproducegoodgovernmentandlivehappilyeverafter.Pa
8、radiseonearth,again.Soonerorlater,electoraldemocracywillbetheonlypoliticalsystemforallcountriesandallpeoples,withafreemarkettomakethemallrich.Butbeforewegetthere,we’reengagedinastrugglebetweengoodandevil.Thegoodbelongstothosewhoa