[Reposted] Xie Tian: Why did the Ukrainian war make the world lose heart?

[Yu Case: It is obviously unreasonable to just regard the obscene media that occupy the entire public opinion field in the West, Europe and the United States and the ignorant and foolish people influenced by them as the so-called "insanity." I mentioned it in another article a few days ago. In recent years, there has been a saying in the market that what the world is facing today is not just a struggle between left and right, and of course it is not black and white, history re-interpretation, etc. . The significance of these events is that they must be placed in this grand context to realize their fatal importance. This is what I call the rise or fall of several politicians, and does not speak to their own historical status. Of course, it can't be said that these people are playing a big game of chess. If we still use this metaphor, it can only be said that these once-bright politicians themselves are just pawns on a big chessboard. And the real players of this big game, to use the idioms in the market, are nothing more than the final battle between good and evil gods and demons. No way, serious academic discussions will not involve this field. Therefore, it can only be expressed by borrowing the desolate tone of fantasy novels and the like. Because this battle is far beyond all imagination in human history so far. This is what I would like to forward and borrow from the author’s quote at the end of this article, “Qian Liqun laments that today’s world is “without truth, consensus, and uncertainty.” The author emphasizes that the absence of “truth” is the only truth in today’s media. The reason is actually very simple: the so-called truth is never something that exists objectively, it is always something that the viewer is willing to watch. Humans can never be omniscient. The two eyes are not looking at this side, they can only look at that side. The so-called listening and watching is always just wishful thinking. Hence the paradoxical and embarrassing term "one-sided truth" prevailing. There may have been a so-called "truth" in history because people at that time were at least willing to share common values, that is, the so-called common willingness to see what appeared in front of them. So take what you want to see as the truth, that's all. Once there are no more common or at least willing to share values, in other words, all viewers no longer have the same "eyes" perspective, etc., how can the so-called "truth" exist independently in the world?

The detrimental effects of scientific superstition on the current situation are not enough to awaken everyone. This is the truth that the world has to face. Many media people are not necessarily that evil, and really want to spread false information. It’s just that the values they uphold are blinded, and they will not and cannot regard facts that are contrary to existing values as the truth. So they try to find the truth in their minds. This is the real reason why fake news is so rampant. Of course, there are also good-hearted people who still insist that no matter left or right, they must adhere to the guidance of universal values, and it is impossible to report the truth without this. Yesterday, I heard the insistence of Internet celebrity Wenzhao. Of course its intentions are good. It's a pity that the evil in this world has long since broken through this cognition. It is also expressed in terms of the wolf warriors of the Red Nazis, where does the universal value come from in this world? The so-called universal is only your universal. What I am doing now and what I plan to do is to set things right and rebuild the "universal" with me as the master and me as the respect. You could say it's messy. But the logic they hold is not nonsense. What is the natural existence of the "universal" value that people speak of now. Honestly, that's just the achievement of Christianity. It's just the product and result of Christianity's conquest of the world. If you think it's good, you admit that only Christianity created this world order, so that people in the world can live and work in peace and enjoy a world order that respects and understands each other. So that people can get a "universal" illusion. You don't have to be shy to admit this. It's about respecting history and respecting the source of truth for facts. If you don't dare or even be ashamed to admit it, where are you going to seek the truth from your mouth? A lot of good people say I'm not a Christian but I'm a good person and I follow all the universal values. You can, of course, say that, but only if it is acknowledged that universal values are indeed not a world order created by any other belief system. You can self-cultivation and self-improvement to pursue the feathering into a fairy and the longevity that comes from it in your mind. Nothing is impossible. However, this is not a universal value as people understand it today. This world order, which has been repeatedly questioned, distorted and denied by people today, is indeed the foundation and gradually developed and perfected by the Abrahamic faith created by Yahweh.

As for those value systems that are opposed to and even fight to the death, it is none other than the basis of all values other than Abrahamic beliefs: the law of the jungle. That is to say, the Red Nazis have continued the tradition that has been especially strong for thousands of years: the strong eat the weak, the winner takes all, the loser beats the country, and the country sits in the barrel of a gun to create power, and so on. Not all value statements related to this are so hideous. Zhao Ting, a Chinese-American director who won the Oscar last year, mentioned in her acceptance speech that the dogma she followed since she was a child is the so-called goodness of human nature. Don’t underestimate this statement, it essentially surpasses all the efforts of the Nazis in the foreign policy of the Wolf Warriors. It declares the ultimate challenge against the value of Abraham’s inherent evil in the heart of Hollywood where white leftovers are overflowing. The warm cheers of a group of white leftists echoed. Whether human nature is good or evil seems irrelevant on the surface. In fact, it hurts the muscles and bones, which is the essence of opposition. It is precisely the starting point of value from which all Western traditions come from. Body use is unique. This different attitude towards the good and evil of human nature has developed a completely opposite value tradition. How to choose and how to respond is precisely the core content of the above-mentioned so-called battle between good and evil gods and demons and even the ultimate battle. 】

https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/3/3/n13619873.htm

Xie Tian: Why did the Ukrainian war make the world lose heart?

A whole week ago, the whole world was revolving around this big stage in China: some people were concerned about the Olympic Games, some people blamed the American ski girl, some cared about the Xuzhou chain girl. Even in the strictly controlled public opinion in China, there are people who tell the truth and spread the tragic story of the chain girl. The Chinese people are highly concerned, and the world is also paying attention, and is ready to dig deeper into China's 70-year human trafficking activities. Four successive government "investigations" conclusions did not quell public anger, and finally a fifth central-authorized cover-up was introduced. Where the people's hearts go, the undercurrent is surging, and the CCP's rule is in jeopardy. At this moment, the Russian artillery fire shocked Ukraine.

All of a sudden, people's previous memories seemed to be wiped out, and the CCP virus/Wuhan plague that killed 6 million people worldwide, and the human trafficking involving 150 million Chinese, was suddenly left behind. A week later, the world's attention was directed to Ukraine. Originally, the American mainstream media had lost credibility and people's attention, and people had doubts about their words without thinking. After the sound of the cannons in Ukraine, people were very strange, as if they had forgotten this, and they accepted all the wars, battlefields and factors behind the wars from the mainstream media without questioning.

What is even more strange is that people suddenly began to accuse each other, demanded each other's opinions, and abused, smeared, removed, blocked, and stayed away from those who disagreed with them, causing division and isolation in a new state of people in society. Could it be that, as people on earth, have we suddenly become discouraged? These outrageous, angry practices, and irrational behaviors make us alien and isolated, suspicious of each other, and extremely strained in our relationships. Do people remember how it was just a week ago? Even the politically opposed Chinese-Americans, pro-Trump and anti-Trump, left- and right-wing, Democratic and Republican supporters, have all put aside their political views and have all blamed the CCP for the Xuzhou women’s incident. Do nothing. That is the state that makes the CCP dictator tremble, and the Chinese at home and abroad share the same hatred and trepidation. Sadly, we are losing this short-lived, beautiful momentum.

Of course, to say "lost mind" is just a metaphor, referring to the state of people losing their minds. Loss of heart wind (lost heart madness) is a psychological disease. According to contemporary scientific research, it occurs in the cerebral nerves. It is the distortion of psychology, action, will, etc. caused by the psychological ability to withstand less than the external pressure. . It is more common in stressed people.

The author has several friends from Ukraine and colleagues from Eastern Europe. They have many family members and friends in Ukraine and Eastern European countries, as well as in Russia. Talking to them about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, they have righteous indignation, but they don't lose control of their emotions, and they don't force you to express your position and clarify your position. They didn't even ask me what I thought about the war, we just quietly exchanged our own information and opinions. This is what a normal human being should be in. We need to look through the superficial conflict form of war to see the root cause behind it, see who is behind the war, and see who is the biggest beneficiary of the war, so as not to be limited by the superficial intricate illusion. In particular, these messages on TV, newspapers, and social media are full of false content and all kinds of prejudice, misleading, war propaganda (both parties and even multi-party propaganda) and incitement, and even fish in troubled waters.

Many have likened Russia's invasion of Ukraine to various other wars, such as the Soviet-Finnish war in 1939, or Russia's invasion of Georgia years ago. In my opinion, this war is actually very similar to the Sino-Vietnamese border war in 1979.

Russia invaded Ukraine because the big country was afraid that the small border country (Ukraine) would join a military bloc stronger than Russia - NATO. The CCP invaded Vietnam because the CCP was afraid that this small border country (Vietnam) would join a military power stronger than China — Russia. Russia invaded not for land, but to resist Ukraine joining a military alliance while protecting the Russian separatist forces in the Donbass; the CCP invaded Vietnam was not for land, but to resist and prevent Vietnam from falling more closely to Russia and becoming a region "Little tyrants", while protecting the communist forces in Cambodia, because Vietnam was attacking the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia that slaughtered its people.

Fiona Hill, a former senior National Security Council official at the White House, believes that World War III has actually broken out. Maybe so. During the two wars of World War I and World War II, people did not call them "World War I" and "World War II"; the names of World War I and World War II were both Later historians installed it.

In fact, the CCP can absolutely not support Russia, Russia can also refrain from aggression against Ukraine, NATO can also avoid conflict with Russia, and Western countries can also stop this war, but why don’t they do it?

The CCP can completely refuse to support Russia and continue to maintain friendly relations with Russia and Ukraine. After all, both countries have provided the CCP with a large amount of arms, military technology and military talents. Then why doesn't the CCP do it? It is because the CCP knows that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused China to lose Ukraine’s armaments and the Belt and Road stronghold, and it has also spent a lot of money on Russia’s war machine, but their conflict can divert the world’s attention and let the CCP It will not be condemned by the world because of virus traceability and human rights issues.

Russia can also not invade Ukraine, but use diplomatic channels to negotiate a settlement between Ukraine and NATO. So why doesn't Russia do it? Because although Russia got rid of communism, its historical territorial expansion has left a deep impression on Europe and the United States. Russia and the West only focus on European affairs, but forget that communism is the biggest danger in the world. Russia was forced by NATO and instigated by the CCP, and it was only on the road of no return to confront the West.

NATO can also avoid conflict with Russia. As the author stated in the article "NATO should respond to Putin's repositioning and take the CCP directly", NATO gave up its original intention of fighting global communism, did not continue its anti-communist stance, and failed to reposition itself. , regard the Chinese Communist regime as the new enemy, and continue to regard Russia as the number one enemy. If NATO is conditional on reducing nuclear weapons, Russia can join NATO. Putin may be coveting the CCP's money, but the current Russian government's stance against communism and the Russian Communist Party is well known around the world.

Western countries (the United States and NATO) can also completely stop this war, why don't they do it? The sanctions imposed by the United States and NATO on Russia are both shy and half-covered, and even have their own secret plans. Countries have different attitudes towards sanctions. The CCP hurriedly gave Putin a blood transfusion, and the West is also suspected of sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, profit from it, and take the opportunity to sell arms. Even if economically the United States and the West had the ability to actually stop the war, they did not. Germany has clearly made itself dependent on Russia's oil and natural gas, and built Nord Stream 2 despite Trump's opposition; the left-wing U.S. government actually cut off its own oil pipelines and energy markets, and bought a lot of Russian oil; Western countries threatened and even really Started removing Russia from the SWIFT system, but only some banks were kicked out, others were still available. Those banks exchange and transfer positions, and the flow of funds can still run, just a little more trouble and one more procedure, but Russia is still in the system. The sanctions are not strong enough. It can be said that the West has left a hand and dared not push Putin into a corner. But in the eyes of Putin and the CCP, it may just be another demonstration of the weakness of the West.

On March 2, 2022, a week after the war in Ukraine, the Grand Ballet of Kyiv held its last performance of "Swan Lake" in La Teste-de-Buch, a city in southwestern France. But after the performance, their hope of returning to China is still far away. However, they are still lucky, they can still take refuge in France, or they can choose to return to play in the country. But a Russian female singer and music conductor was not so lucky.

The cancer and new prejudice in Western society, the so-called "political correctness", has begun to take the opportunity to kill innocent people. The world-renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, a dual Russian-Austrian, was forced to leave the opera stage because she failed to speak out on the issue of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The internationally acclaimed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has previously been criticized for his close relationship with Putin, announced on March 1 that Munich's mayor, Dieter Reiter, would immediately dismiss him from the Czech Republic. Geev's position as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic.

Because of the war in Ukraine, we are seeing a new round of false reporting and deliberate misleading by the prejudiced mainstream media, as always. For example, the ghost pilots in Kyiv, the sacrificed Snake Island fighters, and the Ukrainian air gun lady, brought tears to the eyes of the Ukrainian people. But these "news" stories that are earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods are all fake! The Ukrainian president is certainly commendable for taking the lead and coexisting with the country, but why use fake old pictures to show everyone? The biased media even told people that Ukraine resisted the sudden invasion of tens of thousands of Russian troops and killed more than 3,000 heavily armed Russian soldiers at the expense of more than 300 people, including soldiers and civilians! And the Russian invaders have just destroyed hundreds of military airfields and thousands of radar stations, air defense bases, and other military installations in Ukraine. People are willing to see the aggressors defeated and the people who defend their homes and the country win, but they are not willing to be deceived by the media.

The outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian War has diverted the attention of our world, made people ignore the CCP, the greatest threat to mankind, and provided an opportunity for the CCP to invade Taiwan. This means that when all mankind is faced with the threat of communism, the attack of the virus, and the crisis of moral decline, the two countries compete with the CCP to dance with wolves because of their own safety, arm the CCP, and strengthen the CCP’s role in the world. Threats have also intensified the CCP’s threats to itself.

In fact, Ukraine can not join NATO first, and Russia can also join NATO. As the author pointed out in a previous article, it is NATO and the West who got the enemy wrong, forgot the mission of NATO, and did not timely understand the mission of NATO— -Fighting global communism - carried out as always, but got caught in a dispute with Russia halfway through. But Russia is no longer a communist country. Maybe Russia still has the genes of the Tsarist Empire and the shadow of territorial expansion. However, by placing the threat of regional expansion above the threat of communism, it has made the mistake of not knowing the enemy and me, and not prioritizing. identified the main enemy. No matter what the outcome of the Ukraine war will be, the CCP will definitely be a loser, because the CCP will either lose Ukraine’s arms, technology, and investment in the Belt and Road Initiative, or lose Russia, its strong backer.

Many people on social media simply use whether they support one of Ukraine and Russia as a criterion for whether to block someone. In fact, Chinese people need to learn democracy, but they also need to learn tolerance, tolerance, inclusiveness, etc., which must be cultivated in a democratic society and a civil society. In the future, when China becomes free, there will still be disputes of interests among people, and disputes of rights, property, ideas, and positions among people, and we need to learn how to deal with them.

How should we view the war in Ukraine? First of all, we should oppose armed aggression and the threat of force, because this is a departure from the universal principles and values of sincerity and kindness. But is it possible that the dispute between Ukraine and Russia can be resolved through negotiation? There should be, but the two sides clearly did not do their best to resolve it through negotiation. Now, negotiated during the war, it may be possible to solve the problem, but at the cost of the loss of thousands of lives.

It is said that Professor Qian Liqun of Peking University lamented that today's world is "without truth, consensus and uncertainty". This makes a lot of sense. No consensus, uncertainty is obvious, and no truth is the biggest problem. Many friends on social media asked, do you support this war? Of course I don't support it. As cultivators who are fortunate enough to be able to practice the Buddhist High Virtue Dafa, we do not kill, let alone kill, and we will not support any murder. However, the appearance of war is not based on the will of those who have compassion. It is a reaction under the celestial phenomena, and it is a manifestation of the karma and karma of people and groups. The author's words only hope that people can get out of the state of "lost heart" and calmly ponder. When you can calm down, use sincerity, kindness, and tolerance as the criterion; use whether people's behavior conforms to heaven, tradition, and morality as the measure; use the interest disputes, greed and greed trends of people/nations as clues, it is not difficult to In this chaotic world, find truth and peace.

(Dr. Xie Tian is Professor of Marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken School of Business and John Olin Palm Chair Professor)

https://2newcenturynet.blogspot.com/2022/03/blog-post_5.html

(Li Jie: Letter to Friends about the Russia-Ukraine Conflict)

(This letter was probably sent through an in-wall tool such as WeChat, so that it was unbearable to read, and there were a lot of words with Chinese characteristics. Fortunately, I have become accustomed to it in recent years. Just imagine it according to the homophony, and you can generally know what the author wants. say what.)