第一个人民公社 & July 4th

L
LYJiang
楼主 (文学城)

第一个人民公社不是指英国工业革命时期 Robert Owen 所建立的空想社会主义公社(1832年) ;不是指普法战争刚刚结束时〝法共起义〞所建立的巴黎公社 (1871年) ;不是指日俄战争刚刚结束时、布尔什维克的托洛斯基宣称在圣彼得堡建立的苏维埃(始创人其实是无政府主义者Voline) (1905年) ;不是指在第一次世界大战前后犹太复国主义者在巴勒斯坦所建立的 Kibbutz (拉丁化希伯萊文,意即公社) (1914年) ;更不是指1958年正式在中国遍地成立的人民公社。

 

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.

 

Where patriotism made American independence possible and successful, slavery made American union insecure and unstable. Meanwhile, 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

 

b
beautifulwind
沙发!羚羊回来啦!Happy Independence Day!
L
LYJiang
Thank you so much!
L
LYJiang
And happy Independence Day to you too!
b
beautifulwind
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:)

https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/mysj/241045.html

 

L
LYJiang
Don't mention it. BTW, why "kidnap?"
L
LYJiang
Just asking. I know it means fun. But...
b
beautifulwind
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。
L
LYJiang
The first people's commune: Plymouth Colony
L
LYJiang
I can see that. Thanks, Beautifulwind!
天玉之
好回顾!谢谢!伟大的美国,生日快乐!Happy July 4th! ~~
陶陶三
祝美国人民节日快乐!
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 天玉之 !
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 陶陶三 !
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 天边一片白云!
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 移花接木 !
L
LYJiang
Salute 颤音 for giving humanity a voice!
移花接木
节日快乐
H
Ha65494
重温历史,赞!节日快乐!
忒忒绿
Thank Yang Yang, good to know the history
甜虫虫
Happy 4th of July! So happy to see you again!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insights!

"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." Well said!

 

盈盈一笑间
Happy Independence Day! Welcome Back 小羊!!!
颤音
Thanks! Hard to understand why some people still believe in any
L
LYJiang
颤音, you have yet to finish your sentence (thought).
L
LYJiang
It's an honor to hear from a humanitarian.
L
LYJiang
Same to you, 移花接木!
L
LYJiang
Thanks, Ha65494 !
L
LYJiang
Happy 4th of July to you, too.
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 忒忒绿 !
L
LYJiang
History is always open to alternative interpretation.
L
LYJiang
Thanks, 甜虫虫 !
L
LYJiang
I can't wait to hear you sing the national anthem.
L
LYJiang
Of course, happy Independence Day!
颤音
Sorry for an incomplete sentence, didn’t notice it was cut off

I really appreciate your comments, I don't feel I can identify myself as humanitarian, just a humble citizen to voice some humble thoughts, I agree with you 100%, I'm surprised why some people still pursue any form of commune/communism as a solution of social/economic inequality, obviously every past attempt resulted in catastrophes.   

L
LYJiang
I've taken a break but no bond's been broken.
L
LYJiang
Bring your poems over!
L
LYJiang
Oh, yes, happy 4th of July!
L
LYJiang
Thanks, TJKCB! Happy Independence Day!
L
LYJiang
I like the sense of natural justice in your poems.
L
LYJiang
Yours is a great generation.
L
LYJiang
Your prose is touching, never touchy.
L
LYJiang
There's always sth going swell in your posts.
L
LYJiang
Such a muse!
L
LYJiang
I feasted my eyes on the stunning aurora image.
颤音
Salute to your precise and poignant “ The "empty chair" is a se
L
LYJiang
Never mind the label. You're on the side of humanity.
L
LYJiang
Your poem appeals to the better angels of our nature.
L
LYJiang
Let the naked emperor sit on his throne.
L
LYJiang
Thanks, FuRongLi !
L
LYJiang
I like the patriotic song you picked and sang.
盈盈一笑间
Welcome back from your break. We all missed you.

盈盈一笑间
Definitely! I will !

小羊,I will , after I'm done with my work.  I have an important deadline this week.

天玉之
Thanks for understanding!! Nature plays a big part in my poems,
F
FuRongLi
Thank you for providing the valuable info!
L
LYJiang
Nature, yes. Natural justice, yes.
L
LYJiang
I can't thank u enough for your kind words.
L
LYJiang
Leave the chair empty. We take a stand.
L
LYJiang
You're worth waiting for. However,

I may not be able to check back anytime soon. So, why don't we give each other a rain check? I'm terribly sorry that I thought I could stay on a little longer when I said, "Bring your poems over." 

L
LYJiang
The pleasure is all mine.
L
LYJiang
Thank you, Ha65494 !
L
LYJiang
How are you doing, Evergreen Pine? Thanks for stopping by.
L
LYJiang
This is hardly my brainchild.
L
LYJiang
Happy indepenent mind!
L
LYJiang
Let nature be our better angel.
L
LYJiang
I like your posts.
L
LYJiang
Your posts are so full of life.
L
LYJiang
Hopefull, there'll be an exchange of ideas.
L
LYJiang
It is refreshing to read your posts.