Chapter 118 "Philosophical" Reflection on the Contemporary View of Wealth

In today's society, wealth has become an important symbol of success in life and a symbol of social status and personality respect. With the development of society, the basic rules of my country's socialist market system have been established, and people have also injected new content into the concept and spiritual essence of wealth, endowing wealth with a scientific connotation that is completely different from the past, and refreshing our understanding of wealth. know. On this basis, we have gained scientific inquiry and rational reflection on wealth issues. One of the reflections: the behavior of "thief" caused by the "original sin of wealth" - hiding wealth.

In our country, the rich have a long history of hiding their wealth. As we all know, wealth and income status is a huge privacy for rich Chinese.In their daily life, they always try their best to stuff the money at the foot of the eaves and walls, in the corners, hide it, and say nothing to reveal it. If judged by the standard of modern "wealth view", we believe that "hiding wealth" is actually not an incorrect view of wealth.Experts believe that, from a certain point of view, quietly hiding one's wealth is actually an act of evading the "social responsibility" of the rich.Because according to the current standard of "new wealth concept", when you have more wealth, it means that you have to bear more "social responsibilities".

Today, rich people in China are playing an increasingly important role in the current social and economic life, and their influence in Chinese society has drawn more and more attention.It is against this background that the "responsibility theory of the rich" was put forward. That is to say, as a rich person, your "responsibility" is to make more contributions to society. In addition, from the perspective of economics, when an individual's "small stream of wealth" flows into the "river of great wealth" in society and "flows reasonably" in the "ocean of wealth" in the big society, it will have a negative impact on society. The continuous development of the society will have a benign impact, which will create conditions for the whole society to realize the narrowing of the income gap and finally realize the common prosperity among the members of the society.But hiding and keeping the rich will only stagnate the flow of wealth, make the gap between the rich and the poor worse, and further intensify social conflicts, thus making our great dream of "common prosperity" unreachable.

Reflection 2: Revenge mentality of "little man succeeds" - flaunting wealth. Showing off wealth is just the opposite of hiding wealth. The purpose and intention of the two are in sharp contrast. "Showing off wealth" means that some rich people brag about their wealth in case others don't know how rich they are. A table of "big banquet" is 360,000 yuan, and a set of "Jixiang car number" is more than one million. This is the "headline with Chinese characteristics" that frequently appeared in newspapers at the beginning of the reform and opening up.

From a psychological point of view, the behavior of "flaunting wealth" is actually a manifestation of lack of confidence in one's own behavior, ability and future.Once they "succeed in their careers", some "successful and rich" people, driven by the social mentality of "little man's success" such as "minions become masters" and "horses become bosses", will produce "flaunting wealth" Such extreme behavior. We believe that in today's era of accelerated development of the market economy and more and more rich people, the rich should establish a modern concept of wealth that is positive, healthy and beneficial to social development.Specifically, it is to be brave enough to assume social morality, to be enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings, and to be a "modern rich man" who is both wealthy and sympathetic, honest and trustworthy, and has a sense of social responsibility.This should be the admiration and imitation of the "emerging rich" who are armed with a modern view of wealth.

Reflection 3: The "fairness" questioning under the heart of "sour grapes" - hatred of the rich. In China, there is a long-standing cultural tradition of "hatred" and "despise" rich people from the people. On the one hand, it is the wealth owner's "being rich and not benevolent", on the other hand, it is the cry of the general public to "equal the rich and the poor". In real life, stories of "being rich and being unkind" abound, but those who "kill the rich and help the poor" are often regarded as heroes. According to a survey conducted by a well-known domestic survey organization, when answering the question "How many rich people in today's society do you think get rich through legitimate means", more than 90% of the respondents held a negative and skeptical attitude.

When answering the question "Is the money of the rich 'clean'?", ninety-five percent of the respondents still had doubts. It seems that the "image power" of the rich in China is still not "hard" in the hearts of ordinary people. But today, with the exposure of China's "problem" rich people, it seems to confirm the doubts in the public's mind. The famous economist Wu Jinglian has an article dedicated to this issue.His research concluded that many of China's private tycoons come from China's "crony capitalism" and are the result of "capitalization of power".

This will naturally give the public a reasonable reason for their "hating the rich" behavior. Some people say that this is actually a "fair" questioning under the influence of "sour grapes". Reflection 4: "Wealth Quality" in a Harmonious Society - Chongfu. What is "wealth quality"? "Wealth quality" is the real social value of wealth. The connotation of this "social value" is reflected in the following two aspects: on the one hand, it is related to wealth itself, that is to say, the more wealth there is, the greater the "expression" of its social value; on the other hand, "social value" It also has a lot to do with the personal moral character, ideological realm and value orientation of the wealth creator.

From the perspective of modern wealth, the vast majority of "rich people" with "wealth quality" in today's China (especially in the West) have extremely valuable "wealth responsibilities". The reason is very simple. When you have the "quality of wealth", you will "naturally" and "actively" assume the "wealth responsibility" that a rich person should have.So far, we can conclude that a society with rich people with "quality of wealth" must be a civilized and harmonious society, and an era of rich people with "quality of wealth" must also be an era of great progress.

Today, when the total amount of social material wealth continues to increase and the "happiness index" of social individuals continues to rise, we believe that it should be the goal of social development to actively create a concept of proper respect and admiration for wealth in the whole society. The meaning of the title of "soft culture construction". Today, we are happy to see that when more and more rich people have "wealth quality" through self-"awareness and cultivation", when more and more rich people use their influence to change their "wealth quality" into "wealth quality" Responsibility", a harmonious society where all people "think about wealth", all people "respect wealth" and all people pursue wealth will be perfectly formed.

In this way, in a competitive environment, everyone can stand on the same starting line with the rich and compete for wealth fairly and reasonably. In this way, no one in this society will "hate the rich". Of course, with the improvement of the market system and the improvement of the social environment, there is no need for the rich to carefully "hide their wealth". Condemn and boycott. In this way, a "wealth atmosphere" in which "everyone pursues wealth", "everyone becomes rich", and "everyone worships wealth" will complement each other in a "friendly environment" of "wealth growth" in society, thereby promoting economic development and social development. overall progress.