有一天,我在一家出版社,与一位编辑谈到“社会主义初级阶段”时说,按理讲社会主义是比资本主义更高的社会形态和历史阶段。这位编辑笑着说,讲是这么讲。言下之意,社会主义只是说说,实际完全是另一回事。大约20天后,我在一家杂志社,与一位编辑谈到“社会主义市场经济”,说了同样的话。这位编辑很认真地说,根本没有“社会主义”的市场经济,“社会主义”就是计划经济,现在已经很少有人再谈论什么社会主义了。 我们不应该让“姓社”和“姓资”的争论禁固自己的头脑和捆绑自己的手脚,更不应该让无休止的争论浪费宝贵的时间。但这不等于否定和放弃社会主义,更不等于说不要进行探索和研究。关于社会主义初级阶段以及理想和现实的问题,使我想起两个著名的传说或神话:“嫦娥奔月”和“愚 One day, in a publishing house and an editor who spoke of the “initial stage of socialism,” I said that it stands to reason that socialism is a higher social form and stage of history than capitalism. The editor said with a smile, so to speak. To put it in the slightest way, socialism is just talking about it, actually it is quite another. About 20 days later, I spoke in the same magazine with an editor about the “socialist market economy.” The editor said very seriously that there was no “socialist” market economy at all. “Socialism” was a planned economy and very few people talked about socialism anymore. We should not allow the debates over “surnames” and “surnames” to forbid their own brains and bind their own hands, let alone let the endless debate waste precious time. But this does not mean denying and giving up socialism, not to mention not conducting exploration and research. With regard to the primary stage of socialism and the problems of ideals and reality, reminds me of two famous legends or myths: “Chang’e to the moon” and "stupid