My name is Haiwen Zhou. I was born in China and now live in the USA.
When learning your book, I admire your erudite that made the boring psychology theories fusion into understandable words and these examples are approachable, just like reading a novel.
However, when I read P442 of chapter 10, I was surprised by your prejudice and ignorance.
I really don't understand which kinds of reasons let you call hero about the Dalai Lama, and could you like tell me where is his moral character?
Such as an erudite, I believe you should study very deeply about this lama, right? You don't know he was just a biggest slave owner? His dream just wants to rebuild up his slave system? At the time of his rule in Tibet, was the dark slavery society, 95% of the people are slaves! Do you love slave society?
Do you want to become his slave ?! If Yes, congratulation, Mr. Phil Zimbardo, you don’t have right to sit with him for any public dialogue anymore, and please don’t dream to shake hands with him, your right will be kneel down to kiss his shoes and thank him!
If it is an ordinary Americans think like this, I am very understanding, because in American school, never teach any history about world, too many American, don’t know your own history, and don’t know anything out of U.S.A also.
But in China, even an ordinary Chinese, also know in order to abolish slavery system in south and launched a civil war! It was not so far, Mr. Zimbardo, 1861-1865, only 150 years ago, Do you forget that?
Such as well-known professor, you should know all of these, but Why you lost the keen insight, Why you lost the impartial judgment? Nothing more, because of your bias!
You hate China, you hate Chinese communist society! You are a politician, or a psychologist?
I am a Chinese, come from the country which you call evil !
As an ordinary Chinese, I am proud to tell you, I love my motherland, I like our socialist system, because of this system made China as a world power again, just because of this system, make Chinese people including the Tibetan people, no longer no food, no longer no freedom, no longer be a slave!
As you think: capitalism is your favor political system, I respect that, it is your choice. Mr.Zimbardo，Please show your respect to other people’s choice also.
If you memory still there, after the abolition of slavery, the United States started into the capitalist society, and being the world war 2, had completed the national capital accumulation, to make the United States as the world's richest countries, also not so far, just around 60 years ago only.
In fact, you know, in this world, many countries also are the capitalist society, but they are still very poor, even have free election freedom to vote their President, but how about the result? Do you really think that clear?
If not, let me tell you the truth, any political system in the world, cannot be perfect, always have this or that kinds of problems. Which political system is better? The answer is, which one can bring rich life to people, then, this one should be better than other!
Chinese people chose the socialist system, and this system has existed for more than 60 years in China! Under this system, our country become a world power again, Chinese become rich and more freedom, you don't admit these facts?
Finally, I still have two questions to ask you,
What is your definition for evil world?
What is your moral level for hero?
Please don’t fool American! Let them know the truth!