The Makers of Rules

Increasingly, I feel the truth behind this statement（说法）: the world is controlled by a minority（少数）. As I journey through life, I become more aware of the insignificance（渺小） of the individual, yet also of their importance. It is these significant individuals who establish（制定） the rules, and the majority of people live their lives governed by these rules. The masses seem to exist merely（仅仅） as a resource, akin（类似） to the management style of a North Korean dynasty. A whole country governed like a single family, where the patriarch（族长） holds absolute power over everything - from appointing（指定） personnel to distributing（分配） resources, holding the authority（权力） of life and death, showing no mercy, and demanding unquestionable reverence（唯我独尊）. Living under such a system, how can one claim to be truly free? Life becomes a cycle of satisfying basic needs, with the remaining time dedicated to working for the nation. In this context, people are nothing more than resources, used as the ruling elite（精英） sees fit. Pondering further（进一步思考）, we ourselves are not exempt from being resources, dedicating our lives to burn and heat under the rulers’ rules.

The world’s resources are limited, and these limitations dictate（决定了） that only a minority can fully enjoy them. The power to allocate（分配） these resources is the ultimate（终极） authority, as those who possess（拥有） the right to distribute（分配） resources not only benefit from them personally but also control others’ access（使用权） to them. As I reflect on my life journey, it becomes evident that every aspect of life is subject to（受制于） certain rules. Our birth is not of our own choosing; we might not be born due to the presence of elder siblings. Education is not entirely our choice; we may miss out on schooling due to involvement in movements. Employment is not always within our control; even if we have a job, what we do is decided by the higher-ups（上级）. Our way of life is not solely（仅仅） determined by us; it is dictated（主宰） by societal standards. Success is not entirely in our hands, and even life and death are beyond our control.

Despite several generations’ struggles and efforts, our material wealth has significantly improved, but our thinking remains largely unchanged. Instead of becoming increasingly prosperous（繁荣）, we seem to be growing spiritually poorer. Information is exploding, yet knowledge seems to be declining, and the common people are drifting further away from the truth. Most people lack the ability to think independently; they follow the crowd, easily swayed（摇摆） by popular opinions. This is the state of （状态）the masses（大众）, and it is because of this that a few individuals establish the rules, causing the vast majority to become mere（仅仅） resources, working for the nation. They receive what is called a salary while dedicating（奉献） their entire selves. In the end, their income largely returns to the hands of the state, seemingly provided with all material supplies, but at the cost of their entirety（全部）.

规则的制定者

越来越感受到这句话：世界是由少数人控制的。一路走来，越发觉着个体的渺小，也感觉个体的重要，那些重要的个体制定规则，大部分的个体在这些规则下生活。普罗大众到底是怎样的存在，或许就是一种资源而已，想想朝鲜大家族似的管理模式，一个国家却像一个家族，族长统治一切，人事的任用，资源的分配，生杀予夺全权在握，可谓是顺我者生，挡我者死，毫不留情唯我独尊。生活在此，你哪有自由而言，一生也就是吃饱饭，剩下的时间就是为国打工，把这里的人比成一种资源，再恰当不过。转念想想我们自己，又何尝不是一种资源，倾其一生在统治者的规则下燃烧发热。

世界的资源就是有限的，有限的资源决定了只有少数人可以尽情享用，这种资源的分配权才是最大的权力，谁拥有资源分配的权利，不但可以自己充分享用资源，还能决定其他人的资源使用。已走过半生，想想这一路，生活的方方面面无不在一定的规则之下，出生不由你，你可以出生也可以因为有了哥哥姐姐不能出生，上学不由你，你可以学习也可以因为要参加运动不能上学，工作不由你，你会有工作但是做什么是领导决定的，生活不由你，你过上什么样的生活是别人的标准决定的，成功不由你，甚至生死也不由你。

经过几代人的奋斗和努力，我们的物质生活得到了极大的丰富，思想却没有什么大的改变，不但没有越来越富足，反而越来越贫乏。信息越来越爆炸，知识却愈来愈匮乏，普罗大众离真相渐行渐远。大部分人没有独立思考的能力，人云亦云随波逐流，这就是普罗大众，正是因为这样，才有少数人的规则，是绝大部分的人沦为资源，成为国家打工者，一边领着所谓的工资，一边奉献着自己的全部。你的收入基本上换了个形式又回到了国家的手里，似乎是国家给你提供了一切物质供应，而这些的代价是你的全部。