What does it mean to have no faith and no virtue?

Recently, a column on People's Daily Online titled "Americans without Morality and Trustworthiness" aimed at "helping everyone fully understand the United States and Americans" has attracted media attention at home and abroad. This column published three articles from March to May, describing a New York locksmith who charged nearly $800 to open two locks, a payroll agency that closed customer accounts and then stole funds, and a United Airlines employee Staff prevented passengers from boarding because the tickets were oversold. It had largely flown under the radar until several prominent Chinese media outlets reported on the articles, sparking a huge online controversy.

People have discovered an interesting phenomenon. The controversy caused by this is not that Americans cannot lose face and protest to the Chinese media that insults them. On the contrary, many Chinese people are expressing passionate arguments. As always, the opinions are divided into two extremely sharp and opposing factions - those who support and those who applaud believe that this is to let the Chinese people recognize the true face of foreigners and let everyone know that the moon in foreign countries is not rounder than in China, in order to correct some people's blindness. The world worships foreigners and favors foreigners; opponents believe that the media turns a deaf ear to domestic disharmony, but extends its sights to distant foreign countries for "extra-local supervision", and the examples cited are mostly trivial cases. From a single unrelated case, it is indeed absurd and absurd to conclude that a country with the world's largest economy, top rankings in various indicators, and global immigrants like crucian carp crossing the river has a population of more than 200 million with "no morals and no faith." Funny things. Like so many other things, this is another debate in which no one is convinced.

As a bystander, I don’t think the United States is as bad as its supporters say, nor is it as good as its opponents say. As a huge country with a large population, there are all kinds of "good" and "bad" in it at the same time. It would be unobjective to only look at some of them selectively. And it is even more unfair to draw conclusions based on some of these prejudices. And using this unfair argument to deduce an absolute argument leads to a conclusion that is obviously unconvincing. This is why people who are obsessed with "support" and "oppose" cannot convince each other. It's like a blind man touching an elephant. The one who touches the trunk firmly believes that the elephant looks like a tube and cannot change it; the one who touches the tail firmly believes that the elephant looks like a whip. Even if both sides smash their heads, they still can't come up with a result.

Some people couldn't help but ask a question, "How do Americans view this issue?" But as far as the current situation is concerned, the American media, which always likes to be lively, did not express "unhappiness" on behalf of readers and the American public. " editorial, no American students came out to jointly protest against being "discriminated". People in this country that values ??individuals seem to clearly distinguish between individual cases and groups. For example, in response to the various bad things in the United States mentioned in the column, he would also use his own values ??to conclude that "the blackmailing locksmith is wrong", "the shipping company that steals funds violates the law" and "the airline that oversells tickets is wrong." "proper". But if you insist that these Americans have anything to do with him, he will definitely think that there is something wrong with your brain - everyone and every company should be responsible for his actions. This is the basic truth. The vast majority of Americans will not think that these bad things have anything to do with them. This is just like if any American wins a championship or wins the lottery or encounters other good things, it has nothing to do with him. Same. This is different from the way people in some overly sensitive countries look at problems. Their sense of responsibility excessively elevates the behavior of every citizen to the level of honor and disgrace of the country or nation. For example, a naive child wrote "Visit here" on a foreign cultural relic. Some people were as excited as if their ancestral graves were being dug up, while others jumped out and explained that "writing graffiti is not the exclusive rights of a certain country" in an attempt to alleviate the so-called Shame on the national level. Some people, on the other hand, simply jumped out and said that scribbling was no big deal, and even went so far as to praise the writing. These are all signs of lack of confidence.