I love listening to these two academics, especially Professor Tu.

“But in a different kind of mindset, a person who’s more powerful, influential, have more access to information and ideas, ought to feel obligated for a much larger human community to survive.” - Tu Weiming

Seems like Fukuyama came around to what we've known about China for years. I remember growing up and hearing similar such ideas talked about amongst my parents and their friends back in the 90s.

“If we exercise the discourse of human rights ‑‑ assuming I’m a billionaire, you are homeless ‑‑ I respect your rights. I respect your ability, your right to express your concern, your freedom of religion, and you respect mine. I have nothing to do with you. I have nothing to do with you. I don’t have to give you one dollar, because, not in the legal or moral constraint of the human rights discourse, I owe you anything.” - Tu Weiming

Thank the heavens for youtube.

my right ear is so lonely...

Champions of democracy made the world safe for democracy. Champions of freedom must make it safe from democracy. - Quotations from Chairman Zhu I urge everyone who values freedom to read the following essay by the late Joe Sobran. The Myth of “Limited Government” www.sobran.com/columns/1999-2001/011220.shtml Excerpt: We are taught that the change from monarchy to democracy is progress; that is, a change from servitude to liberty. Yet no monarchy in Western history ever taxed its subjects as heavily as every modern democracy taxes its citizens. But we are taught that this condition is liberty, because “we” are - freely - taxing “ourselves.” The individual, as a member of a democracy, is presumed to consent to being taxed and otherwise forced to do countless things he hasn’t chosen to do (or forbidden to do things he would prefer not to do). Whence arises the right of a ruler to compel? This is a tough one, but modern rulers have discovered that a plausible answer can be found in the idea of majority rule. If the people rule themselves by collective decision, they can’t complain that the government is oppressing them. This notion is summed up in the magic word democracy. It’s nonsense. “We” are not doing it to “ourselves.” Some people are still ruling other people. Democracy is merely the pretext for authorizing this process and legitimizing it in the minds of the ruled. Since outright slavery has been discredited, democracy is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept.

49:15 If Prof.Fukuyama could by that time travelled to the future which is now, and he could see what Trump has done and what has happened to him so far, he would kind a wanna swallow back his words:) but still great respect to Prof.Fukuyama's wisdom and intellect:)

“For China to become an economic man ‑‑ in other words to learn all the values that I just outlined, including, of course, human rights ‑‑ is not enough. To give you one example, which may be simple, hopefully not simplistic.” --Tu Weiming

.. the bible in Daniel also demand something like this "for much is given, much is demanded"...

I hope Fukuyama will have his own Chinese team, or Chinese scholar to have captured the various words used by Tu in this discussion. for the best of all sides.

Amazing

eminent lifetime professor, 杰出终身教授

In the way Tu is expressing so much of the Chinese culture -- his use of words -- most of the Chinese were verbs -- thus action .. and this is where the niche and the emphasis of the up and coming of the use of Cross Cultural education -- where more work will be done to cross these many bridges and gaps -- or else, the greater of these "Cultural Dissonance" will not allow the Western scholar to have the fuller picture of China. More importantly, the sort of academic or intellectual elites or elitism must be reduced so the contents of what Tu is talking can be translated to the public ..

A full engulfing boredom fell upon Laozi. Within such a state..... Where is Dau...!? The boredom asked Laozi. Where is Dao...!? Answering, asked Laozi. A magnificent crane as one would, just appeared out of everywhere, picked Laozi up, placed him on its back and went up, straight up to the first heaven. Laozi not even knowing the crane, the flight or the first heaven, was dropped off on a unknown land to him before. Pleasurably being within full boredom he could not escape but seeing none other than Confucius himself. Ni Hao greeted Laozi, to which Confucius replied... I don't understand. Laozi turned in full gentleness within boredom and said...!? There, is where you can find Dao boredom, and I think I like this democracy thing. © March 27/2024

Why he say Taiwan is a country? lack basic knowledge and respect!