I often listen to the complaints of the elderly born in the 1950s and 1960s, and they do not understand and are not accustomed to the current phenomena of disorderly expansion of capital, rice circle culture, celebrity tax evasion, blind star chasing, etc., saying that today's young people have no faith.
Star Zheng Shuang was fined 299 million yuan for tax evasion
In fact, a person born, as long as there is normal thinking, will form their own beliefs, no faith people are almost non-existent, unless the person brain death. What is missing is a firm, correct faith.
Faith is a fundamental belief that people gradually develop in their lives that has a long-term nature and must be defended. A person who lives in the world has his own faith. There is a difference between positive and negative belief, between progress and reaction. All faith that represents and defends the interests of the majority of the people is excellent, just, and correct faith, and all faith that seeks the interests of a few people or even one's own selfishness is a decadent, mercenary, and wrong faith.
Dragon Totem
The content of the faith is also varied and strange. Ancient China had dragon totems, northern nomads had wolf totems, and some peoples had tiger totems, and these totem worships were faith. In the feudal society, the emperor and the prince would be the authority of Xuan He, and they began to superstitiously believe in them, and the worship of power began. Later, Western freedom, equality, and fraternity entered China, and the people began to believe in democracy and republicanism. After the October Revolution, some progressive people who asked for the people began to believe in communism and did not hesitate to give their lives for it.
Large sculpture "Faith"
Communism is the noblest faith of all mankind! Under the impetus of this religious force, there were successively a number of socialist countries such as the socialist Soviet Union and New China. To this end, many people have come and gone. Typical martyrs such as Sister Jiang, under the torture of the enemy, firm in their faith, did not change their original intentions, and left behind the "Eight Articles in Prison" that they exchanged their lives for to show future generations. For the sake of new China, more than 20 million people died, only more than 2.3 million people left their names, and even more unsung heroes. Of course, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other socialist countries later abandoned communism and Marxism-Leninism, and there were color revolutions, especially in the huge Soviet Union, which had more than 20 million Communist Party members, and the red flag landed overnight, and the lessons were profound, resulting in "the biggest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century" (Russian President Vladimir Putin).
The opera "Sister Jiang" embroidered red flag picture
Entering the new China, sweeping away the muddy waters of the old society, the people turned themselves into masters, and under the leadership of the Communist Party, they set off a climax of socialist construction, and the centripetal force and cohesion of the entire people were unprecedentedly enhanced. The above-mentioned old people born in the fifties and sixties, born in New China, grew up under the red flag, and in that fiery era, even if they were not party members, they certainly had communist ideals, and some feelings about the society that dazzled them today are actually saying that they lack lofty ideals, and there is no progressive, correct, or at least shining faith in humanity.
In China, which has not changed for a hundred years, with the enrichment of material culture, some sediments of the West and old China have risen, and people's beliefs are no longer so concentrated and simple, and there has been differentiation, and even lost themselves. In addition to believing in communism, some believe in religion, some believe in science, and the obsession and worship of power, status, money, reputation, beauty, etc. is also a kind of faith, advocating personal struggle, "people do not do it for themselves, heaven curses the earth", "businesswomen do not know the hatred of the country", "today there is wine and this dynasty is drunk", "be a monk for a day to ring the bell", "get by and get by" and so on are also faith. Some people say that there is no desire, no desire, no thought, no faith, in fact, this is also a kind of faith.
At present, there are more than 95 million CCP members in China, which is a powerful, advanced, sacrificial and dedicated social force. But it is undeniable that some of them joined the party in ceremonies and had no faith in their actions. Some do not believe in Marxism-Leninism and ghosts and gods, some are willing to be double-faced, some engage in political speculation, buy and sell official positions, some become black umbrellas, and some slip into the quagmire of corruption. However, the CPC is an advanced organization that dares to face up to its deficiencies, is full of high political consciousness, and does not seek its own interests; under a series of policies and measures in which the party must manage the party and administer the party strictly, many party members have undergone changes, strengthened their faith, and fundamentally improved their party style and political style. In particular, this victory in the fight against the epidemic has made all the people and the world see the CPC's strong organizational and mobilization ability, and the advanced nature of a large number of CPC members who are brave in their dedication and dare to take responsibility.
At the same time, it is undeniable that some people in social life now believe in money worship, hedonism, and advocate the power of capital, so there are social phenomena that are criticized by most people, such as entertainment to death, being unkind to the rich, sky-high film remuneration, rice circle culture, huge tax evasion, and loss of morality. However, with the improvement of the quality of national civilization and the rectification of the government, it is believed that these phenomena will never be rampant, let alone run rampant for a long time.
Zhao Wei and her artist Zhang Zhehan
As ordinary people, at least the fine traditions of human beings that have been formed for thousands of years to shine with the brilliance of human nature should become basic beliefs, such as being kind to others, being charitable, helping others, respecting the old and loving the young, sending charcoal in the snow, suppressing the strong and helping the weak, and so on, so that society can become more harmonious and beautiful. And it doesn't matter if I hang high, entertain to death, or even take people to the bottom of the valley, fall into the well, mouth the sword, bully the weak, and even prefer me to bear the people of the world, not to let the people of the world bear me, I need to give up, change course. If many people have such beliefs, is China still a society with a clean and upright atmosphere, a rich country and a strong people? There is no doubt that these beliefs, for their own selfishness, which are opposed to the basic norms of human behavior, are not tolerated by most people, let alone have a market for development!