当我第一次抵达世界上最大的资本主义国家时,我对美利坚合众国资本主义生产力的强大感到震惊。作为一个不到十六岁的年轻少年,我看到巨大的拖拉机和联合收割机耕作着数百英亩的土地,生产出大量的玉米和大豆,而这一切都由一户人家operate操作。我看到一位农夫的双手被他耕种的土地磨得粗糙,又被土地带来的金钱变得柔软。那时的我看不见那些资助整个经营的银行那双无形的手。我当时也看不到任何失败的迹象。

When I arrived for the first time to the land of the largest capitalist nation in the world, I was amazed by the power of capitalist productivity in the United States of America. As a young teenager, less than sixteen years old, I saw huge tractors and combines cultivating hundreds of acres and producing tons of corn and soybean grain, all operated by a single family. I saw the hands of a farmer hardened by the land he cultivated and softened by the money his land generated. I did not see then the invisible hands of the banks financing all that operation. I could not see any signs of failure then.

一年后，我的求学命运又把我带到了另一个极端。我抵达了世界上最大的社会主义国家所在之地，在苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟（苏联）度过接下来的六年，一边学习，一边观察社会主义。我记得自己常常不得不排队购买一件日用杂货，结果一个小时后却因为所等待的商品已经售罄而失望而归。我的直觉告诉我，那种体制不会持续下去。我还记得，要买一本数学或计算机科学的书，就必须先购买一份共产主义出版物作为条件。我感觉到，那种体制也不会持续太久。

A year later, my education fate flew me to the other extreme. I arrived at the land of the largest socialist nation in the to spend the next six years studying while observing socialism in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). I recall how often I had to stand in line to buy a grocery product, only to be disappointed an hour later because the item I waited for is no longer available. That system would not last, my instincts told me. I recall having to buy a communist publication as a condition for buying a book of math or computer science. That system would not last for long, I felt it.