Chapter 77 "Hate the rich", the driving force to promote social progress?

In Shenzhen, Guangdong, in a revolving restaurant on the top of a luxury hotel building, a Shanxi coal boss is holding a luxurious wedding ceremony for his son that costs tens of millions.If you stand in front of the window of the restaurant and look far away, you will see a corner of Hong Kong, which is full of high-rise buildings, quietly revealing itself among the mountains. And thousands of miles away in Shanxi, in a remote and impoverished mountain village in the coal-producing area, miner Wang Qiutian is worried about his son's two thousand yuan school tuition fee. Not far from the west end of Wang Qiutian's home is the coal mine that brought wealth to the coal boss.

The extravagance of coal bosses on one side and the poverty of miners on the other side clearly outline the obvious "curve" of the gap between the rich and the poor in China today. The United Nations Development Program is pointing at China's "cannon" again: Note that China's "gap between rich and poor" is about to "cross the line". Looking at today's Chinese society, the phenomenon of "differentiation between rich and poor" is intensifying day by day, which will soon affect social harmony and stability. This phenomenon has gradually attracted the common attention of all walks of life in China.In this regard, relevant experts further pointed out that if we fail to deal with the growing gap between the rich and the poor, then "the consequences will be very serious."

Another scholar believes that the general public "should not have a hatred of the rich", but should pursue development efficiency, and then appropriately widen the social income gap. The ultimate goal is "to make the poor stand up among the rich." Thinking about it carefully, his point of view is quite innovative.In fact, pursuing development efficiency and properly widening the income gap is also the basic experience gained since the implementation of reform and opening up in our country.But he ignored another question, that is why the rich in today's society are "hatred"?And why are the poor so "hating the rich"?

In this regard, some people think that the so-called "hatred of the rich" is only the "surface" of a social phenomenon, and "social injustice" is the "root" of this social phenomenon.It should be affirmed that if there is no fairness and opportunities at an equal starting point, and social resources are still monopolized by the rich, it will inevitably lead to an embarrassing situation where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. After careful analysis, we will find that the "hatred" of the poor towards the rich is those who "kidnap public power" to enter the market and obtain high income from it, and then become "rich people".

For example, the "official coal collusion" that exists in the local coal-producing areas is an example.These "coal officials" use their own "special discourse power" as a tool and use abnormal means to obtain high incomes through "rent setting" and "rent seeking", thereby grabbing a lot of wealth for themselves. The good news is that today, ordinary Chinese people have shifted from being dissatisfied with society's "unequal distribution" to "unfair distribution".This also symbolizes that the public's understanding of political right and wrong and understanding of social phenomena is becoming more rational and scientific.The most obvious sign is that people's "hate the rich" attitude towards the rich has become a "hate corruption" towards social phenomena.In other words, what the people hate is not "rich" but "social injustice".

Of course, we can affirm the "rationality" of the "factual existence" of such an "economic law", that is, "the phenomenon of income gap caused by economic factors promotes the progress and development of society to a certain extent". In fact, for those "rich people" who succeed through legitimate labor and legal business, the people who are becoming more and more "rational and mature" are not unable to bear it. Even if the poor are "poor", we have nothing else to say.And the rich should have "wealth": as a rich person, you have to understand that your wealth comes from society, and your "social responsibility" as a rich person will "force" you to use (or have to use) your wealth. Wealth should be given back to the society, otherwise, you may always be on the opposite side of the society.

But from another perspective, if we want the rich to consciously "give riches" to the poor, there must be an environment for "give riches". Experts generally believe that on the premise of establishing a fair, orderly, reasonable and legal "harmonious mechanism", the government should guide the government policy and formulate laws to turn the enthusiasm of the rich people into a real society. cause.At the same time, the government should educate the rich to more consciously assume corporate social responsibilities and learn to shoulder the social obligations and responsibilities of the rich.

From this point of view, solving the problem of the gap between the rich and the poor is actually "playing with fire". If this problem is not handled properly, it will cause a series of serious problems and hinder the development of society. Conversely, if we properly deal with the "gap between the rich and the poor", alleviate social conflicts, and achieve "harmony between the rich and the poor", it will promote social development. In short, when there is a "rich and poor family" in society, and on this basis, the hatred of "hatred of the rich" is turned into an act of "worship of the rich", which represents a kind of social progress.