Table of Contents
- 1 What other “reflection” phenomena exist in American society?
- 2 The real disaster is when a society loses its ability to reflect
- 3 People will reflect when they suffer or encounter setbacks
- 4 What are some techniques or strategies the author suggests for overcoming the perceived taboo against reflection in contemporary society?
[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, November 24, 2024]Hello everyone, welcome to the News Five. Today, let’s first take a look at a recent statement by the host of the American left-wing media MSNBC.
Today’s focus: Left media and Trump press the “reset button”; the blonde Miss Universe wins! Do congressmen dare to say that men and women sharing the same toilet and “zero-yuan purchases” will be eliminated? CNN regrets this incident; from a delinquent to the vice president of the United States, what has Vance experienced? Reflect on the “big white” in the fight against the epidemic and understand the CCP clearly.
Q1, Tang Qing and Jin Shi, we have said before that since Trump took office in 2016, the mainstream media has actually had a lot of selective reports on Trump, and the mainstream media has been biased. Now, the MSNBC host has gone against his previous critical remarks about Trump and even took the initiative to meet with President-elect Trump in Florida to try to find common ground.
Also reflecting is the newly announced 2024 Miss Universe. The blond Danish beauty won the crown. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and the richest man, Musk, are very pleased with this and believe that this is a victory against the “woke culture” Woke.
What other “reflection” phenomena exist in American society?
Q2, Qin Peng, in my opinion, this is a power of reflection. Through reflection, the people can make choices in elections and correct the direction of the country. Perhaps this kind of reflection can really change the biased stance of mainstream media in the minds of the public in recent years. What do you think about the power of “reflection”?
Qin Peng: The power of reflection is so powerful. Just 4 years ago, countless people were still scolding Trump, saying that the Hunter laptop incident was fake, and that it was fake news used by Trump to attack political opponents. They also said that Trump said the virus Being from China is racial discrimination, and many people feel that opposing DEI is not inclusive enough. Big technology companies and almost all mainstream media in the United States have a monopoly on discourse and hold similar views. But today, a majority of Americans say we’ve had enough, Enough is Enough, and many of the people who supported all of this in the past are now voting with their feet.
Some people joke that the Democratic Party of the United States will actually win in 2024, because the four representatives, Trump, Musk, Kennedy Jr. and Gabbard, were all Democrats in the past. Because they feel that the Democratic Party has changed. It no longer cares about the people as they advocated in the past. Instead, it pursues some weird illegal immigration policies and transgender policies, but does not care about the economy, security and education that the American people care about most.
During this process, the credibility of the mainstream media in the United States dropped to a pitiful level of trust, only 31%. In 1965, during President Kennedy’s time, Americans’ trust in the mainstream media was as high as 85%. People now obtain information about the U.S. election mainly from family, friends, or social media.
Some people say that the American system has the ability to self-correct. In fact, it is not that the system has that ability, but that the people have the ability to reflect, and the system provides the people with opportunities to express themselves. Therefore, in this election, the United States changed its track and changed its course. direction. I believe that it is not the Republican Party that wins this time in the United States, but the reflection of the people.
Some people also say that this is a victory for the richest man Musk’s money. 100% wrong. Because the money provided by Musk and the money received by the Trump team is only more than 300 million U.S. dollars, while the donation received by the Harris team is 1 billion U.S. dollars. The most valuable thing that Musk really provides to the American people is to provide an open Twitter
Therefore, this time, it is not a victory for money, but a victory for common sense, a victory for traditional beliefs, a victory for values that put the interests of the people first, and a victory for the American people as a whole.
The real disaster is when a society loses its ability to reflect
Perhaps, we can also make a comparison. The Chinese actually need to “reflect” first.
Q3, Qin Yue, just as it happens, there is a popular article recently “The real disaster is when a society loses its ability to reflect”. Have you read it? Is there any content that inspires you?
Answer: The article probably hopes that everyone will reflect more on various phenomena in society instead of following the guidance of popular public opinion. The first sentence of the article reflects many current phenomena: reflection seems to have become a taboo. The article puts forward some manifestations: Whenever you think and question, someone will always come to you and question you: Why are you questioning here, what have you done? It’s not that reflection is not allowed, it’s that reflection is not allowed at this time. Everyone is busy praying, please don’t say sarcastic words and so on.
For example, it is not that reflection is not allowed, but that reflection is not allowed at this time. Everyone knows that the right time, the right place and the right people, the right time comes first, how important time is, if you don’t think about a hot topic that needs reflection now, it will happen again later. How many people can hear the voice of reflection, then the same mistake will happen again. For example, I read a story about a criminal in ancient times. When his case was being tried, he said nothing. The judge told him that what you say now is meaningful and will determine your whereabouts. What if you have been sentenced and are on the road to exile, and you regret it again, but there is no way to overturn the verdict, because no one can hear your voice at that time? This shows how important the subtlety of time is in cause and effect. Therefore, everyone still feels that it is not that reflection is not allowed, but that reflection is not allowed at this time, right?
The same is true for the CCP. Every time it says something bad about China, it thinks it is unpatriotic. In fact, it wants to solve these phenomena by saying these things, and it hopes to give the public a fair, safe, and harmonious living environment. The CCP If things like murder, arson, and organ harvesting are not exposed, then when such things really happen to someone, they will wonder why they have never heard of them. You have received relatively comprehensive information and can decide whether to live in a democratic country or a one-party dictatorship after careful consideration. However, the CCP blocks information so that you do not even have the right to choose, so why not sacrifice it?
The article says: Throughout history, nations that are good at reflection and change are often survivors. On the contrary, nations and countries that are not good at reflection, do not like to improve, do not strive for excellence and innovate themselves, are often swallowed up and disappeared.
Speaking personally, when you do something alone, you have to bear the consequences. If you follow the crowd and make a decision, the decision may not necessarily be yours, but you will have to pay the price for it, so I often add another question to my original thinking. For example, some rich people donate all their wealth to charity. The general conclusion is, oh, this rich person Rich people are really generous, and some of them actually donated. But a certain rich man made further inquiries and found out, oh, no, it turns out that the field he donated was so that everyone in this field would say good things about him, and the so-called charity industry he was engaged in was first Creating a problem that does not exist in the world and then claiming to solve it, he can get more benefits from it, just like putting woolen sweaters on sheep.
Oh, it turns out that after thinking about it, you may get a completely different answer. In fact, you just need to question yourself more about everything. It’s very interesting. Also, by reviewing things you have done wrong, your inner world will become stronger. The most direct change that developing the ability to reflect has brought to me is that no matter how much I want to do something, as long as I think it is wrong, I will not do it. This is actually difficult because most of the time our emotions guide our decisions.
Especially regarding the CCP’s practices, if you ask more questions, you will really get different answers.
People will reflect when they suffer or encounter setbacks
Q4, Qin Peng, from domestic Weibo to Twitter, and from communicating with public intellectuals and the public, you have also seen many people who “anti-brainwash” themselves. In the past ten years, many people have begun to have ideological problems. A huge transformation. When do you observe people generally start to “reflect”? What is the effect of reflection? (Case sharing?)
Qin Peng: When people have experienced a lot, suffered or encountered setbacks, it is easiest to fully understand the CCP when they learn from the empathy of others, or when they understand the evil of the CCP. Some people understand it with just one sentence, and some people understand it without you even needing to speak.
Answer: I have two examples.
An example is a person in our financial group. When Shanghai was locked down, he was in Shanghai. He was a successful person, but he was a typical atheist and arrogant. He also helped the community to be the kind of enlightened person who blocked others. Later, in the group, I learned more about foreign countries and the Communist Party, and actually became a conservative and believed in God. This man is now doing business in the Middle East and is very successful.
Of course, I just suddenly thought of these two examples. There are more people who don’t believe in God but also understand the Communist Party and are completely sober. I’m not saying that people must believe in God.
One is, you know that I practice Falun Gong. After the Chinese Communist Party persecuted Falun Gong, it told a lot of big lies. Many people looked at me with contempt, contempt, and pity. They felt that I was deceived. I didn’t want money or status. How stupid. It is really ignorant and foolish to believe in “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” and be a good person. How can a good person actually believe in the existence of God? Because most Chinese people are atheists, they feel that as long as they rely on their own abilities, they can change the world, make mountains bow their heads, and make rivers flow backwards.
Among them, my brother-in-law’s sister also looked at me with that strange look in the beginning. She is a graduate student at a famous university in Beijing, works at a radio station in Beijing, and is married to an MBA from Suzhou University. The two of them live a prosperous life. There is also a child. As a result, the child died suddenly one day. During that process, they seemed to go to see some people with super powers to ask questions. Then when they came back, their eyes when they looked at me were different, full of sympathy and understanding.
Then, a miracle happened, and the couple soon had another son.
Similarly, there is a nephew of a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China. In 2007, with the support of famous investors, he established a high-tech company that made energy storage products. I went to help their company with an information project. After he learned about my beliefs, he was quite resistant at first. However, a few years later, he took the initiative to contact me on MSN and asked me about my welfare. I knew that he had also changed.
During this process, we actually had no communication, but it was obvious that their own experiences allowed them to de-brainwash themselves and understand the truth.
Of course, reflection can be in a broad sense, or it can refer to thinking about oneself.
So says Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant. He pointed out that knowing how to rethink, or even let go of what was believed to be true in the past, is an important ability in this era.
He said, “We urgently need to develop a new set of skills, which is the ability to rethink and unlearn.”
Q5, Jin Shi and Tang Qing, if they reflect on themselves, they often make people face their own problems. When did you start reflecting? What has been the most rewarding thing for you through reflection?
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The provided text discusses the importance of reflection and presents several arguments and examples to support this idea.
Here are some open-ended questions that encourage discussion and different viewpoints:
**Theme: Reflection and Society**
* The article claims that reflection is becoming taboo. Do you agree? Why or why not? Can you think of examples of this in your own life or society?
* How does the timing of reflection impact its effectiveness, as the article suggests?
* The text mentions that reflection can lead to questioning authority. Is this always a positive thing?
**Theme: Reflection and Personal Growth**
* How can individuals overcome the fear of questioning themselves or facing uncomfortable truths through reflection?
* What are some practical ways to cultivate the habit of reflection in daily life?
* The article highlights the benefit of reflection leading to a “stronger inner world.” What does this mean to you, and how can reflection contribute to personal strength?
**Theme: Reflection and Understanding the World**
* The author argues that reflection is crucial for understanding complex political issues, like those surrounding the CCP. Do you find this argument convincing?
* Can personal reflection truly lead to a deeper understanding of societal problems?
* What are the potential risks or downsides of reflection? Could it lead to overthinking or paralysis by analysis?
**Theme: Case Studies and Examples**
* What do the personal anecdotes shared in the article tell us about the power of reflection?
* Can you think of other examples of individuals who have experienced profound transformations through reflection?
* The article mentions several people who changed their beliefs about the CCP after reflection. Do you think these experiences are representative?
These questions are designed to encourage critical thinking and nuanced discussion about the complex topic of reflection.