Let Be and Let Alone (6)

1 Usually, man likes others agreeing with him instead of disagreeing.

2 The factor that he likes the agreement and distastes the disagreement shows that he is arrogant; he deems he is better than others. However, is he who thinks himself more excellent than other, really more excellent than others?

3 The wise one should keep his view but never expel others’.

4 We better respect and agree on the masses’ view, because it presents the interest of the masses or it is a concept formed by the historical or environmental factors. Though it is possible different from ours, it still has its value and reason to exist.

5 Politician often holds firmly some principles in being to carry them out forcefully in his country.

6 Maybe he sees the successful cases in some places but he doesn’t know what happen to other, perhaps does a lot of damages in different places or different times. He doesn’t know that a policy works well to bear a good fruit may be just because of luck and fortune, not the policy itself.

7 For example, Mr. James Earl Carter, the former President of United states, who had witnessed the worst situation of economy for four years. When Mr. Ronald Regan was in helm succeeded Carter, the cycle of economy had reached the bottom and it was ready to rise. At this time, Mr. Regan carried out the policy of “deregulation” or called Reaganomics. On inauguration day 1981, he said "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Under the policy of deregulation the economy of America was truly recovered substantially at that time. People’s poor life was relieved.

8 Does the recover of American economy owe to that policy?

9 Later, it was demonstrated that some industries that were given too much “deregulation” caused problems. For example, in 2001, California witnessed the problem of electrical power — price of the power soaring. Financial sheets of American Enterprise misled the masses. Hot money infested everywhere. All of those problems were ascribed to the policy of “deregulation”.

10 In 2002, the country began to reflect on the problems, and people expected civic rights to intervene some sectors of economy. So, if a stubborn politician stuck to the policy of Mr. Ronald Regan and insisted to carry it out, he would possibly bring serious disaster to the society.

11 The precedent and successful policy has no guarantee of second success due to the changes of time, environment and thought.

12 Therefore, politician should not ignore the real current situation and hold a fixed policy and try to carry it out forcefully. He should be open to the voice of people and should take people’s wishes and views as his own. Never be obsessed with a fixed policy just because some other politicians had done it well.

13 An incumbent government official must know that it is great and worthy to possess power and to have an area under his control.

14 The governmental official should look them as a part of his body and cherish them. He should not look them as a thing that is irrelevant.

15 Only if he cherish them and look them as a part of his body, he can be the master of a territory; and the leader of its people.

16 Governance of a country should follow this principal; so as to the other jobs. He, who can look other as himself, treasure them dearly and look all things as a part of his interest, protect them carefully, is unblocked and free to roam around the universe. The man with this character is the most honorable one.