Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.

  • -- Erich Fromm 埃里希·弗洛姆

正如现代大规模生产需要商品的标准化一样,社会过程也需要人的标准化,这种标准化被称为平等。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。

The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired.

然后,在大多数情况下,主茎被扭曲成z形,这一过程检查了汁液的流动,同时鼓励在茎的最需要侧枝的地方产生侧枝。

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.

作者认为,纳税的是消费者,因此社会秩序中的每一个个体都应该得到无限的机会来充分利用自己。

Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.

不体贴、粗鲁的行为使我发疯。我想,社交上的无能所带来的不体谅人的粗鲁,肯定会给我的工作带来动力。

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

科学发现的过程实际上是对奇迹的不断逃避。

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

无论如何,没有人真正相信平等。