5.4 驳斥西方殖民主义者的方法
5.4 Refuting the Colonialist Method of the West
1. 在本书中,我们反复论述了物质利益这一概念,并阐明了它对人类的危害。这一概念的腐败体现在其后果之中,例如殖民主义帝国主义。殖民主义帝国主义是对各民族彻底征服与剥削的骇人听闻、野蛮的行径。它使人失去人性,将人奴役于他人之下。数百年来,西方殖民主义帝国主义给数十亿人带来了难以言喻的苦难。它把曾经伟大的文明变成了一片片相连、深陷暴政统治之中的失败国家。殖民主义帝国主义侵入了每一块大陆,带来了战争、贫困、疾病和饥饿。因此,西方帝国主义是全人类的祸害、诅咒与惩罚。它是西方文明中邪恶的顶点,仅此一点便足以说明其腐败。
1- Within this book, we have referred repeatedly to the concept of material benefit, whilst clarifying its danger to humanity. The corruption within this concept is manifest in its consequences, such as colonialist imperialism. Colonialist imperialism is the horrendous and barbaric act of complete subjugation and exploitation of peoples. It dehumanizes people, enslaving them to others. Centuries of Western colonialist imperialism have brought unspeakable miseries to billions. It reduced previously great civilizations into contiguous swathes of failed states, gripped by tyrannical rule. Colonialist imperialism intruded upon every continent, bringing with it wars, poverty, diseases and hunger. Thus, Western imperialism is a scourge, curse and punishment for all of humankind. It is the pinnacle of evil in the Western civilization and this alone is enough to clarify its corruption.
2- 民族国家的概念在其根本基础上就是有缺陷的。它建立在对民族的错误理解之上。实际上,只有当一个民族在生活事务上拥有共同的概念、信念和标准时,它才会在生活中作为一个民族而行动。至于历史、地理、种族和语言遗产等因素,它们只能促成人们之间共同特征的形成,却无法使人们在对待生活的观点上统一起来。因此,界定民族的唯一正确方法是基于其共同的思想意识。此外,欧洲各民族自身的形成,通常之前几乎不存在上述任何与民族性相关的因素。因此,欧洲所谓民族国家的历史,是在威斯特伐利亚和约签订之际,依据当时既有的权力划分而仓促拼凑起来的。至于此后的地区性调整,则是出于现实的权宜考虑,而非出于民族性的必然要求。