From Group Interest to Self Interest

David: Can you think about any other values, traditional values in China that are being influenced?

You: People's attitude towards money is definitely being influenced.

David: Attitude towards money? What was it like before?

You: People didn't think that much of money before, but rather how high regard for pubilic interest. But now some people only work for money, and they don't care much else. While most people don't work just for money.

David: So they don't work just for money, because they work for something else. What else?

You: They have high ideals that they are working for the good of the country and for all its citizens.

David: Maybe it is not such a good thing that people are more interested in their own self and their own money, as opposed to their interest for the country and the group at large.

You: I think it is wrong if people only care about themselves and don't think about the good of the country.

David: What other traditions do you think are also in jeopardy to be lost? Maybe something about family, marriage, individual, work, money, students, teachers, or parents?

You: Trust in others.

David: What do you mean? I don't understand. Trust between people?

You: Yes. Some people care more about their own self-interests than their trust in other people. People should care about their own self-interests as well as other people's interests.

David: I couldn't agree more.