Are there any jokes about the rapid development of the city?

Analysis:

Viewing "Beijing Green Card" from the History of Urban Development

There is a joke that everyone in Beijing is his subordinate; Shanghai people think that everyone is a countryman; Everyone in Guangzhou is a northerner. A joke is a joke, but it makes us laugh very sad, because it tells us an unavoidable reality, that is, what it says is true!

Recently, Beijing has issued a policy that citizens whose income is lower than 1.600 yuan, who have not reached the threshold of individual income tax, cannot issue tax payment certificates, and green card holders who cannot provide tax payment certificates cannot renew their expired Beijing green cards. The introduction of this policy has aroused great excitement throughout the country. The so-called Beijing green card is the common name of Beijing work residence permit, and its main function is to control the total population of Beijing. With the "Beijing Green Card", children from other places will be exempted from paying management fees when attending kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Beijing, and they can purchase affordable housing, apply for driver's licenses and register motor vehicles in accordance with relevant regulations.

Many people of insight have severely criticized the whole incident, but the direction of criticism is nothing more than that it is unfair and will increase social contradictions. More profoundly, it points out that China lacks openness and inclusiveness, and the moral deficiency of China society has been fully reflected in urban management ...

The above criticism is profound, but I always vaguely feel that things seem to be far from simple. If we dig deeper, this problem has a historical origin. We can't just treat this as a cultural factor. It seems to involve the fundamental problem of our traditional urban form.

When it comes to ancient cities in China, our first impressions are the tall walls and majestic gates, bustling citizens, solemn officials and soldiers with halberds. The chief ignored Grandpa, grinned, shouted at the people and went out to inspect the city. This is the original appearance of our ancient city. In feudal China, the city was the place to give orders. As for those businessmen and craftsmen, they have become the ornament of the city and the dream of monarchs and bureaucrats to build a "peaceful and prosperous time".

Anyone familiar with the history of China's urban development will know that compared with western European cities, the origin of China's feudal cities is generally not based on social division of labor and industrial and commercial development, but on political needs. For example, counties, as the main administrative centers of feudal cities in China, are typical of such political cities. They are basically political cities and consumer cities, with political significance greater than economic significance and consumption significance greater than production significance. Therefore, the appearance and functions of ancient cities in China are mostly related to national politics, not directly derived from the development of industry and commerce. Therefore, no matter how frequent dynasties change and how social forms change, cities always exist as vassals of politics.

Cities also have a process of development. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the commodity economy directly promoted the emergence of many emerging industrial and commercial cities. Some used to be first-class political places, so there are cities and walls; Some prospered because of the city, but with the improvement of administrative level, they began to build city walls, or rebuilt and expanded the original city walls; Others are always exchange places or distribution centers for labor products and commodities. There was neither a city nor a wall. After the scale is expanded, as long as it is not upgraded to a first-class administrative unit, even if a defensive wall is built, it cannot be regarded as a city. It can be seen that the identity of a city is closely related to politics.

Political power is powerful, but it is also fragile. He needs a wall to wrap himself in a cocoon to hide the weakness of the ruler. Therefore, the city wall has become the most spectacular sight of a city. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the inner and outer triple walls of Chang 'an City, as the ruling center, were more than 80 miles a week, which was more than 9 times the area of Xi 'an City today. The function of the city wall is not only to defend the enemy, but also to divide the people of China into city dwellers and city dwellers. People who live outside the city are naturally country people. People who live in cities and near administrative centers know more about political information than those who live in rural areas, especially in ancient China, where "learning to be excellent is to be an official". Being close to bureaucrats means raising one's level a lot, and the characteristic of official standard is that everything is oriented to the level of administrative officials. The closer they are to the administrative center with high level and high level, the more they feel superior to those with low level and low level. As a result, people in the county look down on the countryside and the state capital. The psychological gap between urban people and rural people has therefore become the root of mutual discrimination between urban people and rural people. In order to show this difference, people with political resources divide people into three classes by administrative means, and the "Beijing green card" we see is only one of the manifestations, because no one can guarantee that they will take other ways to think that this difference is made!

Some people may ask, it is not for political reasons that people in economically developed areas look down on people in underdeveloped areas. In fact, in ancient China, the acquisition of wealth and politics were also distributed, and administrative resources were the biggest resources. Whoever gains administrative power means who can master more economic wealth. At present, in China, the mature market economy system has not been fully established. A person's development can rely on political advantages, and the development of a city also depends on political advantages, such as Shenzhen and Shanghai. In the early stage of development, political support was greater than economic support. Can cities developed in this environment be inclusive? I believe many people have some complaints about these two cities. I remember two years ago, due to the reduction of policy support, didn't Shenzhen have a temper? Lest others take away his favor. As for why many cities have to upgrade, this is even more true! From this perspective, China's cities have always been the product of politics, at least for now. How can a person who lives in such a big environment expect him to look up to his compatriots living in the countryside?

Our country is not short of tolerant culture, but we have never been short of real city spirit. At the moment of entering the new world, we should gradually abandon the outdated feudal urban thinking and integrate the spirit of tolerance and transcendence into the blood of every city. Then, the so-called country people and city people will become meaningless titles. By then, it will be the luck of China City!

Director, where do you live?

? Excuse me, director, where do you live? Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking, because I think the security environment in your neighborhood is definitely much better than other places. Thieves dare not patronize your house anyway. I moved next door to your house and lived there, so I was relieved.

Xuanwei, with a population of more than one million, is a poor county and city. It's not easy to manage, and your old man is tired. However, thieves now dare to enter the house in broad daylight. It's terrible, but what if you move to your dad's place and take these grandchildren with you? How dare they enter the house in broad daylight? Ironically, they dare not even at night.

In the past two years, our city has developed rapidly, the economy has also risen, some people have become rich, and there are BMW Mercedes-Benz in the street. Well done. But I don't know why, when did this lane become a comprehensive lane? Motor vehicles fly by honking their horns, tricycles ride by pulling goods, students pass by by by bike, pedestrians arrive in eight steps, and even wagons carrying goods flash by from time to time. By the way, where did our traffic police comrades go? Chief, long time no see. If you see them, please give my regards. I miss them very much.

By the way, are you familiar with the director of education and the principals of major middle schools? Tell them that children should read more and work less. Now the world is no longer the time to work hard with fists. If we are in troubled times, these children are definitely gifted. However, if the present world is in troubled times, we can't go there in disorder. At most, it is chaos in the Middle East and Africa. Our city, many kilometers away from them, can't get along. Every day is peaceful, but the public security is a little worse.

Speaking of this public security issue, I really want to say a few words. We ordinary people don't care about anything. They have food and clothing, and no thieves take care of them. Walking in the street, no one robbed, and there was no car collision. Their children will study hard. But now this security problem is really a bit too much. Your old man is tired of snacks, so Wang bows here.