Chapter 119 A Harmonious Society Needs Harmonious Values ​​of Wealth

A harmonious society is a multi-cultural society with benign interactions. The "harmonious" wealth value formed on this basis is a value system with rich connotations of the times. Under this premise, what kind of wealth concept we should have and how to improve the wealth of the whole people are issues worthy of the attention of the whole society. We believe that the premise of establishing the wealth value system advocated by a harmonious society should firstly be "self-harmony" of all citizens, secondly "social harmony", and thirdly "harmony with nature". The above three are organic and unified Together, they constitute the wealth value system advocated by the "harmonious society".

From another perspective, the core essence of this system is as follows: First, how to "treat the rich rationally". That is to say, after we become rich, how do we treat wealth, how do we control wealth, and how do we realize the transition from "material wealth" to "spiritual wealth"? Here, the word "rationality" is not only a matter of "understanding" and "values" of wealth, but also a matter of "worldview" and "universal outlook" of wealth. To "treat wealth rationally", we must first understand what wealth is?Wealth is not just money, nor does it only refer to a specific "material", but some intangible spiritual factors are increasingly included in it.In other words, the value of life is not calculated by the "quantity" of wealth, but by the "depth" of thought.

Secondly, we advocate "treating wealth rationally", which means not only emphasizing the rational treatment of "wealth" itself, but also the rational treatment of those who own "wealth".If we use the principle of "treating the rich rationally" to measure the "value" of a person or entrepreneur, we will take into account the "degree of social responsibility" of this "value".Here, the scale and amount of wealth he owns is irrelevant, but whether he has a "wealth responsibility", that is, how much responsibility he has assumed for the society, is the core embodiment of his "value".

In daily life, such things often happen: a multi-millionaire throws 200 yuan to beggars on the side of the road, while another old man who collects junk for a living gives 100 yuan to poor children in the earthquake-stricken area. , the social "assessment wealth" obtained by these two people is different. In short, we believe that only by truly cherishing and respecting wealth, only by having the spiritual motivation and down-to-earth efforts to be proactive and pursue career success, as well as having true moral beliefs and responsible characters in the heart, can we be regarded as "treating the rich rationally".

Second, how to rationally "treat the wealthy class". "Hate the rich" is actually an unhealthy social psychology. The background of this situation is due to the "unfair" rather than "unequal" social distribution. A harmonious society certainly needs a "mature" mentality of "hating the rich". It is undeniable that in the current society, the disadvantaged groups and the wealthy groups still exist objectively. In this way, we say that the resulting "hate the rich" consciousness still has a large market. If we analyze carefully, we can find that this kind of "hatred of the rich" actually has two tendencies: the first is the "whole hatred" of all rich people in society.The second type is the "individual hatred" of some people who obtained ill-gotten gains through illegal means.

We believe that the first type of "overall hatred" is actually a kind of immature thinking. Instead, we sympathize with the second type of "individual hatred" because it is an "illegal way of collecting money" for the rich. "Individual hatred" after distinguishing between "sex" and "legitimacy".However, we should not have the slightest "hate the rich" to those "rich people" who get rich by relying on their own hard work. Instead, we must learn and respect those who maximize social value and undertake social responsibilities (such as creating employment opportunities). rich people.Therefore, only when we learn tolerance and respect, and learn to correctly view our own wealth and the wealth of others, can we show the "maturity" of our own value spirit.

Of course, for those so-called problem rich people who got rich through abnormal means, we not only want to "hate", but also despise and condemn them from the moral and moral aspects, and even call on the power of the whole society to attack them. Finally, harmonious wealth values ​​require us to be "rich and poor in harmony". The polarization between the rich and the poor leads to social regression, and the harmony between the rich and the poor leads to social progress. Marx once said: Everything that people strive for is related to interests. In the past 30 years of reform and opening up in our country, all the achievements have been made with the extensive support and participation of the people of the whole country. In the final analysis, the reform has brought actual benefits to people all over the country to varying degrees.We must see that the interest factor is always the "possible breaking point" of social contradictions in the new era and the "possible balance point" of social harmony.To achieve the true goal of "harmony between the rich and the poor", it is necessary to properly handle (or correctly adjust) the relationship between the "distribution and interests" of social wealth.

Therefore, we cannot turn back to egalitarianism because we want to take care of the disadvantaged classes in society, and at the same time, we cannot allow the "sudden" rise of the wealthy and powerful classes to intensify social conflicts because we want to emphasize efficiency.We should not only oppose the "indifference" of indifference to the disadvantaged classes, but also oppose the extreme "hate of the rich", and then use administrative and legal means to coordinate the interests of different social classes and stabilize social contradictions and achieve social harmony.

So far, we might as well imagine that when the rich and ordinary people have matured, they both have mature wealth values, and they are both materially rich and spiritually rich. Only in this way can our society enter into a civilized, harmonious, rational and intelligent "world of great unity", and our nation can truly stand among the nations of the world with a brand-new image of "positive self-confidence" and "self-improvement". If so, our "harmonious society" will finally be built. When we see tens of thousands of poor people standing up among the rich, the realization of the dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is just around the corner. All Chinese talents are truly worthy of the title of "nationals of a great country".