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Featured comments
3 comments- 2025-04-29 09:20:48
“黑暗森林法则” 前辈说看长远 年轻人说:长期我们都不存在了…… 🪞……乱纪元?
- 2026-01-06 12:04:22
中国古代大一统帝国能存续,不是靠先进的管理技术,而是靠儒家思想统一官员的价值观,再用结果导向的松散管理适配各地差异;明朝在这套基础上的制度改动,又让这套模式的矛盾和特点变得更突出。
- 丹2025-05-10 20:49:20
制度不全道德补,精神的控制力量强大而可怕。以伦理而非法律治民,帝国上下必然早已形成一套共同的价值体系,所谓伦理纲常、意识领导自不必言。



正面规定都失灵,只剩负面规定在作用