周厉王 vs 华盛顿

网上有奇文。 《怀念一个叫周厉王的苦逼》

http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/History/32258135.html

其实周厉王不值得怀念，周厉王继承人几乎3000年都有传人，其扭曲价值观离真实越来越远，被儒家孝顺子孙发扬光大。    周召共和倒是值得怀念，可惜共和风骨在中国已经绝迹一千年。

西方企业政治注意鼓励异见，纠正偏听，避免系统误差。  然而即使西方也频繁发生政治正确扼杀常识的风潮。 
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/why-elon-musk-and-ray-dalio-want-their-employees-to-speak-up.html

人思想天生有脱离现实的惯性惰性，多数宗教纵容惰性惯性，甚至千秋万代把惯性惰性神圣化。 然而“道”反惯性惰性。  所谓回归平均，黑天鹅，都是天道有恒。
http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/07/blog-post_23.html

第七十七章
[原文]

天之道，其犹张弓与？高者抑下，下者举之，有余者损之，不足者补之。天之道，损有余而补不足。人之道①，则不然，损不足以奉有余。孰能有余以奉天下，唯有道者。是以圣人为而不恃，功成而不处，其不欲见贤②。

[译文]

自然的规律，不是很像张弓射箭吗？弦拉高了就把它压低一些，低了就把它举高一些，拉得过满了就把它放松一些，拉得不足了就把它补充一些。自然的规律，是减少有余的补给不足的。可是社会的法则却不是这样，要减少不足的，来奉献给有余的人。那么，谁能够减少有余的，以补给天下人的不足呢？只有有道的人才可以做到。因此，有道的圣人这才有所作为而不占有，有所成就而不居功。他是不愿意显示自己的贤能。

http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/05/ddj-77.html

道教对人很宽容： 童言无忌，民言无忌。 道教反而建议领袖应该寡言寡欲。  继续讲华盛顿。  华盛顿少年学习罗马Stoic哲学，于是深受影响。 一生都以罗马Stoic自居：
In his old age, John Adams wrote to Benjamin Rush and said of Washington, that he possessed “the gift of silence.”[2] (A gift that Adams most certainly did not possess, it might be noted.) It is this trait that provides the key to understanding Washington, who was as much an ancient Roman Stoic as he was a new American.     

Washington, like so many of the leading Americans of his era, comfortably blended his Christianity with elements of Enlightenment rationalism, ancient Stoicism, and contemporary Freemasonry... Despite his personal failings, Washington strove to embody the ideal of the Roman Stoic in his public actions. Believing all men to be brothers, he embraced the role of father of his country as president, avoiding partisanship in politics as he had sectarianism in religion.
http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2012/02/george-washington-and-gift-of-silence.html