What can we learn from the gilded age?

1873, Mark Twain published the novel The Gilded Age. People use this word to describe American history from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the 20th century.

The civil war cleared the way for the development of American capitalism. The continuous influx of immigrants and newly discovered mineral deposits in the west made the industrialization of the United States develop rapidly and the national wealth increased rapidly. By the beginning of the 20th century, the United States was already the strongest industrial country in the world.

However, how many people, including respectable parliamentarians and politicians, take this opportunity to practice favoritism, opportunism, bribery, corruption and bribery, and enrich themselves. Superficial prosperity masks corruption, moral decay and other potential crises. The so-called "golden age" is just a "gilded age" with empty inner contradictions ―― the dream of an era is shattered.

To sum up, the gilded age actually refers to people's efforts to develop the economy after the war, but in fact they are extremely empty and confused. The people of a country should have a common spiritual belief or pursuit, so as not to cause the lack of people's spiritual world and moral decay. Therefore, when Deng Xiaoping spoke in the south, he proposed that both material civilization and spiritual civilization should be grasped.

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