The opening chapter of Mencius reworked slightly….
Mencius went to see President Trump, of the Kingdom of the USA. The President said, “I’ve never heard of you. I guess you’ve come a long way to listen to me, like all the best people do. But my advisors tell me you are a smart guy, perhaps you have something to say about how I can profit my kingdom and business?”
Mencius replied, “Why must your Greatness use that word ‘profit’? If your Greatness asks, ‘What is to be done to profit my kingdom, or profit my business?’ then the great CEOs and Ministers will say, ‘What is to be done to profit our families, and our business?’ and the lesser executives and the common people will say, ‘What is to be done to profit our persons?’
“Everyone will try to make the profit out of each other, and the kingdom, or the business, will be endangered.
“If righteousness be put last and profit first, people will not be satisfied without snatching everything they can. It makes a war of all against all.
“Let your Greatness make benevolence and righteousness your only themes—Why must you speak of profit?”
The Great President replied: “You must be a fucking socialist. Completely impractical. Get out. Who brought this idiot?”
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