I Really Didn't Mean To Be The Saviour Of The World-Chapter 1045 - 638 Reflections on Leadership_1
Chapter 1045: Chapter 638: Reflections on Leadership_1
Chapter 1045: Chapter 638: Reflections on Leadership_1
“Teacher, I am not a narrow-minded nationalist. In fact, I am not even a human. So, I cannot identify with ancient China as strongly as you do because of your surname and blood ties. I can only analyze objective facts in history independently from my personal perspective.”
“Facts have proven that there were indeed many battle heroes in ancient China who were brave, fearless, and faced death without hesitation. In peacetime, we can also see many ancient Chinese soldiers, medical personnel, firefighters, and rescue teams who went into danger despite knowing the risks.”
“People in ancient China did not fuss about wages and benefits with their leaders before embarking on urgent rescue missions. They always thought about finishing their own duties first before considering other things. These predecessors were always clear about what battles were important and what situations required risking their lives. Whenever needed, someone would always step forward. One moment, they might just be ordinary people, but the next, they become warriors who can block machine guns with their chests.”
“After World War II, ancient China completed its post-modern industrialization process on a scale unprecedented in human history, traversing a road that took other countries 150 years to travel, all within 70 years. This is not a gift from heaven, but rather a miraculous accomplishment made together by all the people in this land.”
“There is no effect without a cause in the world. The birth of a miracle must have a reason, and this reason lies in the historical accumulation that ancient China never severed. This accumulation endows those who grew up in this history and culture with a sense of empathy for their compatriots that transcends life and death, as well as an irrational spirit of sacrifice and fearless courage seen by others. It is so profound that it can ultimately become the cradle for nurturing the collective wisdom of the entire human civilization.”
“The fertile 5,000-year history has cultured a true sense of unity that transcends social strata in humankind. This unity transcends nationality, race, and faith, and naturally leads to invincibility and success. It is different from the superficial ‘freedom, peace, and love’ presented by those living in other systems dominated by capital at the time. Under the guidance of this unity which focuses on the overall civilization, ancient China gradually became a world leader and did not indulge in hegemony, but always restrained itself with a high sense of responsibility and took the interests of the entire civilization as the highest criterion.”
“Of course, in the transitional stage of civilization, some biased trends of thought were born in ancient China. However, these trends were harmless and could not shake the foundation. Fortunately, during this stage, the sage played a critical role in unifying the civilization.”
“He insisted on speaking the truth, doing good deeds, and was fearless of others’ verbal attacks. He treated those who could not keep up with their ideological development with a tolerant and benevolent attitude. At the same time, he maintained absolute superiority in all aspects and established an overwhelming system of power, effectively preventing unstable factors.”
“Time has proven the correctness of the sage’s thoughts and that the ancient Chinese people’s ideology possesses the highest timeliness, most insightful vision, and the strongest sense of mission in the civilization.”
“I do not deny the high level of the sage’s thoughts. However, I believe that the sage is just one individual in Chinese civilization. His thoughts were based on his life experiences and cultural attributes. His life experiences and cultural attributes, in turn, were based on the historical accumulation of the ancient country.”
“It was the rich historical culture of ancient China that nurtured the sage’s character, which ultimately led to the emergence of the sage himself, regarded as the culmination of human civilization’s thoughts. Without the sage, there would be no present-day reality, but without the past, there would be no sage either.”
The precocious Austin Camp elaborated his comprehensive views on life and society from his personal perspective to Dylan Mitchell.
However, Dylan Mitchell sensed something else from Austin’s words, “Are you saying, Austin, that the real leader of humanity is not the sage as an individual but rather the history of ancient China?”
“No, teacher, this comes back to the philosophical debate of whether the chicken or the egg came first. I believe that at critical historical stages, individuals with extraordinary strategic thinking like the sage are needed to fulfill the mission of unifying wills. After all, if we consider the collective wisdom as an individual, the level of thinking for this individual is not deep enough.”
“Civilization needs various leaders with a real sense of responsibility, mission, and ability, including scientific leaders, opinion leaders, ideological leaders, military leaders, political leaders, and commercial leaders, to help ordinary people improve their depth of thinking and minimize resource waste. These resources include not only material and energy in the narrow sense but also everyone’s limited time for free disposal in their finite lives, in a broader sense.”
“In the past, we were fortunate because of the sage, who possessed all the various qualities required for leaders of all types, thus making him a great leader.”
“But in our fleet, we had Commander Quentin Cooper as the military leader, now you, Teacher Bell as the individual ability leader, and Emerson as the scientific leader… However, even though Teacher Bell has achieved extraordinary accomplishments, she still cannot be compared to the sage.”
“Teacher, your influence and that of others in the fleet altogether still do not match the sage. This is the core reason for the outbreak of mutiny. The mutiny indeed improved the average military capabilities of the fleet, which is our gain. But if there were a second sage in the fleet, we might have performed even better in the last battle without having to go through the mutiny.”
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