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1、AtaleoftwopoliticalsystemsGoodmorning. MynameisEricLi,andIwasbornhere. Butno,Iwasn'tbornthere. ThiswaswhereIwasborn: Shanghai,attheheightoftheCulturalRevolution. Mygrandmothertellsmethatsheheardthesoundofgunfirealongwithmyfirstcries. WhenIwasgrowingup,Iwastoldastory that
2、explainedallIeverneededtoknowabouthumanity. Itwentlikethis. Allhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogression, beginningwithprimitivesociety,thenslavesociety, feudalism,capitalism,socialism, andfinally,guesswhereweendup? Communism! Soonerorlater,allofhumanity, regardlessofcult
3、ure,language,nationality, willarriveatthisfinalstage ofpoliticalandsocialdevelopment. Theentireworld'speopleswillbeunified inthisparadiseonEarth andlivehappilyeverafter. Butbeforewegetthere,we'reengaged inastrugglebetweengoodandevil, thegoodofsocialismagainsttheevilofcap
4、italism,andthegoodshalltriumph. That,ofcourse,wasthemeta-narrative distilledfromthetheoriesofKarlMarx. AndtheChineseboughtit. Weweretaughtthatgrandstorydayinanddayout. Itbecamepartofus,andwebelievedinit. Thestorywasabestseller. Aboutonethirdoftheentireworld'spopulationli
5、vedunderthatmeta-narrative. Then,theworldchangedovernight. Asforme,disillusionedbythefailedreligionofmyyouth, IwenttoAmericaandbecameaBerkeleyhippie. (Laughter) Now,asIwascomingofage,somethingelsehappened. Asifonebigstorywasn'tenough, Iwastoldanotherone.Thisonewasjustasg
6、rand. Italsoclaimsthatallhumansocieties developinalinearprogressiontowardsasingularend. Thisonewentasfollows: Allsocieties,regardlessofculture, beitChristian,Muslim,Confucian, mustprogressfromtraditionalsocieties inwhichgroupsarethebasicunits tomodernsocietiesinwhichatom
7、izedindividuals arethesovereignunits, andalltheseindividualsare,bydefinition,rational, andtheyallwantonething: thevote. Becausetheyareallrational,oncegiventhevote, theyproducegoodgovernment andlivehappilyeverafter. ParadiseonEarth,again. Soonerorlater,electoraldemocracyw
8、illbe theonlypoliticalsystemforallcountriesandallpeoples, withafreemarkettomakethemallrich. Butbeforewe
