Later, they had a turn for the better, and they also made a successful turn. What about our turnaround? What about our turnaround?
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19th century, the United States changed its face from the rural landscape of the agricultural society to the busyness of the industrial society. The rapid economic growth, the rapid rise of giant corporations, and the rapid prosperity of metropolises made people think that that era could be called "progress."
At the same time, the era was full of crises and problems, because the unconstrained market logic brought about "wealth challenged the country" and triggered "the rich overwhelming the poor"; it was because the lack of power in the form of democracy drained the country to check and balance the market. The ability of the common people isolates the demands of ordinary people to transform the country; it is because cities without modern social governance experience breed greedy corruption, inefficient municipal administration, and unscrupulous “political machines”. From this point of view, that era can hardly be called "progress." This is a paradoxical period of history, where development and regression coexist, progress and backwardness coexist, rapid growth of wealth coexists with a decline in the happiness index of the people.
In 1912, the United States came out of the "transition" period, a reform movement that broke out from the bottom of the society and was responded to and implemented by the social elites in this era. It is these "progressive reform movements" that make the American people and the social elites respond together, make men and women in American society seek each other, so that they can proudly claim that the United States is the country of all Americans, not a few rich people. Personal belongings of people. Implied here is a metaphor about "progress" that is very worthy of our thinking. The so-called "progress" is neither a temporary increase in social wealth nor a temporary increase in national power. Real progress is to find and persist in a way to ensure individuals The "governance" of achieving happiness, social development, and long-term stability of the country.
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