Chapter 160 Can "defeatism" be overcome like the UK?
The Portuguese phenomenon is a manifestation of "defeatism".This kind of performance is also reflected in the long-term decline of the United Kingdom. At the beginning of the 20th century, the United Kingdom, which was seized by the United States as the world hegemony, fell into a long-term stagnation.
This "British disease" became especially severe after World War II.Especially after Japan surpassed the Federal Republic of Germany and became the second largest economic country in the world, the United Kingdom fell into corruption completely. In 1960, when the Beatles appeared, the unemployment rate even reached 20%.
The British in 1970 showed a strong sense of corruption.At that time, after I gave a speech at the annual McKinsey joint meeting, many people said, "Japan is really good, but it's a pity that we can't catch up."
"Japan is too aggressive to compete with such a country, why should we compete with this country?"
"Japan is as powerful as the United States, and it is not an option to compete with such a country!"
There are many people who say this.Because the North Sea oil fields had been discovered at that time, many people seriously said that it would be better to join OPEC and develop there.
"Now that we have discovered oil, let's take a different path, a different path from Japan and the United States!"
At that time, their collective IQ was really low, and it can only be said that the British had become very emotional at that time.
However, in this case Britain was changed by Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, as I said earlier.
Thinking about it now, she is a leading figure in globalization.Because she did not only rely on the British with low collective IQs, but also gathered outstanding talents and companies from all over the world to continuously implement reforms.
Just like this, one of the great responsibilities of a leader is to use his own knowledge and quality to change the consciousness of the people, but there is no such leader in Japan today, and there are people who are satisfied with "small happiness" everywhere.
If this continues, when the "Japan-China reversal" occurs (about 2010-2011), the Japanese will completely fall into corruptionism.After being defeated by China and then losing to India, Japan will eventually give up global competition completely.
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