LYJiang2021-07-04 04:27:04

第一个人民公社建立于1620年,即莎士比亚去世后四年,也即是明神宗 (万历帝) 驾崩、光宗继位的那一年。地点?正就是日后美国立国的根据地波士顿东南的鳕角 (Cape Cod) 。

走到美国任何一个角落,只要您张开眼睛,就不难发现這一个名字:Mayflower (五月花号) 。五月花号是一只破而不沉的跨洋货船,载着的是一群破落但不沦落的清教徒。船上沒有人预料到,他们所作的艰苦航程,也正是美国建国前最重要的长征。最重要,因为他们将会在新地上最早证明人民公社的必然失败,同时也最早证明私产权的不可或缺。私产权正就是1776年美国立国之本。

五月花号宪章(Mayflower Compact) 本身可以是虚文,正如所有宪法本身都可以是虚文一样。真正使人行宪守宪的是私产权。每个人都是私产权拥有者,即使您是百分百的不名一文。不名一文的您拥有生命。您我的生命是无价之宝。解放奴隶、解放妇女、解放民族,无一不是基于对个体生命拥有权的维护。若果我们不能行使自己的生存权 (也即最基本的私产权),哪我们算是什么呢?宪法算是什么呢?

 

生存权的行使,也是对生存资料的需求。生存资料有限,而需求无限。以有涯随无涯,怎办呢?分配嘛 。好。利用厚生。然而,谁分配、谁主浮沉呢?

 

五月花号的一众跟我们一样,知道开源,对大同社会无限憧憬。可以理解、五月花号长征生还者的集体主义情绪强烈,向往公社,涓滴归公。于是、虽然五月花号宪章尊重个人自主权,第一个人民公社却在北美洲正式成立了---历史代号是 Plymouth Colony;由一个〝中央小组〞以上帝名义实施大镬饭政策,革私产权的命。

 

Plymouth Colony很快就发现数百年后苏联太晚才承认的事实:上面強行分配,下面就虚作卖力。

 

公社的人终于在祈祷中看到上帝哪无形的手:私产权。(Adam Smith 说上帝哪无形的手是价格,不对。) 于是,重新根据五月花号宪章,恢复了私产权,为创富而推翻了自建的公社制,开始了一个还未有美国的美国梦。



1776 and 1865

 

America declared independence on July 4th, 1776. By September 3rd, 1783, the American Revolution War had come to a victorious end. However, the American states were not quite united yet. As a matter of fact, the burried issue of slavery was still too visible as a fault line dividing the North and the South. The North-South marriage was therefore hardly consummated. America was more a Confederation than a United States. 

 

Economy-wise, the North was essentially about commerce and industry, which attracted free-moving entrepreneurs and workers alike. The South was just the opposite. Its plantations called for a serfdom of laborers tied to the land, which appealed to slave ownership.

 

Amid economic dissonance on top of political disillusionment, national identity was in crisis. American conscience was deeply troubled.

 

Where patriotism made American independence possible and successful, slavery made American union insecure and unstable. Where religion generated light and discourse, agitation generated heat and discord.

 

"A house divided against itself cannot stand," so Abraham Lincoln said, and thus he set out to unite the North and the South when secession had to be reversed or would be irreversible. In history, civil wars were prone to be more bloody than foreign wars. The American Civil War was no exception. It concluded in 1865, the year an American nation was reborn. Without such rebirth, the United States would have been a nation that failed the way many Latin American nations did.

 

Let me celebrate the 4th of July by putting the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation together. Combined, they documented how and why we Americans had saved “the last best hope of earth.” 

 

What’s saved can be lost. My generation must not lose it.

 

 

--- Lingyang Jiang

 

beautifulwind2021-07-04 05:18:26
沙发!羚羊回来啦!Happy Independence Day!
LYJiang2021-07-04 05:38:47
Thank you so much!
LYJiang2021-07-04 05:42:10
And happy Independence Day to you too!
beautifulwind2021-07-04 06:11:02
谢谢你的Idiom的好建议,每周五的一句话翻译加上它,帮助很大:)也欢迎参加这个月的绑架活动,很好玩:)
LYJiang2021-07-04 06:15:06
Don't mention it. BTW, why "kidnap?"
LYJiang2021-07-04 06:16:17
Just asking. I know it means fun. But...
beautifulwind2021-07-04 06:21:45
Just4Fun。一个有意思的名字而已,看内容就知道。看看图片,蓝绿色共同出现是震撼至极的Aurora。
LYJiang2021-07-04 06:23:11
The first people's commune: Plymouth Colony
LYJiang2021-07-04 06:25:47
I can see that. Thanks, Beautifulwind!
天玉之2021-07-04 14:59:00
好回顾!谢谢!伟大的美国,生日快乐!Happy July 4th! ~~
陶陶三2021-07-04 15:21:42
祝美国人民节日快乐!
LYJiang2021-07-04 15:45:43
Thanks, 天玉之 !
LYJiang2021-07-04 15:46:23
Thanks, 陶陶三 !
LYJiang2021-07-04 15:47:46
Thanks, 天边一片白云!
LYJiang2021-07-04 15:48:50
Thanks, 移花接木 !
LYJiang2021-07-04 15:55:43
Salute 颤音 for giving humanity a voice!
移花接木2021-07-04 16:21:31
节日快乐
Ha654942021-07-04 20:17:49
重温历史,赞!节日快乐!
忒忒绿2021-07-04 21:33:00
Thank Yang Yang, good to know the history
甜虫虫2021-07-04 21:42:44
Happy 4th of July! So happy to see you again!
盈盈一笑间2021-07-04 23:17:04
Happy Independence Day! Welcome Back 小羊!!!
颤音2021-07-05 01:38:17
Thanks! Hard to understand why some people still believe in any
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:11:30
颤音, you have yet to finish your sentence (thought).
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:14:10
It's an honor to hear from a humanitarian.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:16:15
Same to you, 移花接木!
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:17:13
Thanks, Ha65494 !
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:18:32
Happy 4th of July to you, too.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:23:18
Thanks, 忒忒绿 !
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:27:51
History is always open to alternative interpretation.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:29:16
Thanks, 甜虫虫 !
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:32:07
I can't wait to hear you sing the national anthem.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:32:58
Of course, happy Independence Day!
颤音2021-07-05 04:37:18
Sorry for an incomplete sentence, didn’t notice it was cut off
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:49:13
I've taken a break but no bond's been broken.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:51:18
Bring your poems over!
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:52:09
Oh, yes, happy 4th of July!
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:54:03
Thanks, TJKCB! Happy Independence Day!
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:57:21
I like the sense of natural justice in your poems.
LYJiang2021-07-05 04:58:09
Yours is a great generation.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:00:03
Your prose is touching, never touchy.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:02:47
There's always sth going swell in your posts.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:03:59
Such a muse!
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:08:38
I feasted my eyes on the stunning aurora image.
颤音2021-07-05 05:15:13
Salute to your precise and poignant “ The "empty chair" is a se
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:16:36
Never mind the label. You're on the side of humanity.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:20:50
Your poem appeals to the better angels of our nature.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:23:27
Let the naked emperor sit on his throne.
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:41:31
Thanks, FuRongLi !
LYJiang2021-07-05 05:43:24
I like the patriotic song you picked and sang.
盈盈一笑间2021-07-05 13:31:27
Welcome back from your break. We all missed you.
盈盈一笑间2021-07-05 13:39:58
Definitely! I will !
天玉之2021-07-05 16:28:54
Thanks for understanding!! Nature plays a big part in my poems,
FuRongLi2021-07-05 17:43:01
Thank you for providing the valuable info!
LYJiang2021-07-05 18:34:57
Nature, yes. Natural justice, yes.
LYJiang2021-07-05 18:36:22
I can't thank u enough for your kind words.
LYJiang2021-07-05 18:39:28
Leave the chair empty. We take a stand.
LYJiang2021-07-05 18:41:19
You're worth waiting for. However,
LYJiang2021-07-05 18:42:32
The pleasure is all mine.
LYJiang2021-07-12 01:59:39
Thank you, Ha65494 !
LYJiang2021-07-12 02:01:11
How are you doing, Evergreen Pine? Thanks for stopping by.
LYJiang2021-07-20 00:53:04
This is hardly my brainchild.
LYJiang2021-07-20 00:55:50
Happy indepenent mind!
LYJiang2021-07-20 00:58:37
Let nature be our better angel.
LYJiang2021-07-20 01:00:24
I like your posts.
LYJiang2021-07-20 01:02:01
Your posts are so full of life.
LYJiang2021-07-20 01:05:17
Hopefull, there'll be an exchange of ideas.
LYJiang2021-07-20 03:33:43
It is refreshing to read your posts.