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消费李光耀!


谁敢消费李光耀,是他自己还是一些有心人。这可说不准,任何人都可以消费任何人,只要他有这个价值。而没有价值的人,就没人消费,你只要看看2011年大选后下台的部长,还有人在消费他们吗?

消费就是一种交易,一种经济行为,有了交易才会有一个价码,有了消费才知道价值在哪里。一个没有消费交易价值的东西,是没有人要的。就像一只不会动,不会变化的股票,那它的价值价格,就不会有所起落,股民也懒得理它。

但是,从李光耀在发布新书发表会上看来,他似乎不像是自我消费。他对于生死的观念,寻求急死,要求安乐的离去,似乎,他已经不再那么在意,那么的执着于活着,而是一旦有什么三长两短,就要快速离开,而不要痛苦的活着。

甚至对于新加坡,他也不再坚持,对于低生育率,他也无能为力。更加重要的是,即使新加坡沉沦下去,他也不再坚持要从棺材里爬出来,不像从前,只要有一口气,他就要爬出来,为国服务。

李光耀看开了,他不再坚持。因此,他说这是年轻一代的事,他没有办法里,也管不了。这样子推理,李光耀似乎不可能自我消费。但是,没有消费,就显示不出价值来。因此,没有了自我消费,别人就要动脑筋消费消费一下,把冷饭炒一炒,那就能把李光耀这块金字招牌,再次炒出和发挥一下它的价值。

消费,炒饭,冠名

李光耀这块金字招牌被消费的程度,可以说世界少有。美国总统离任后,也不过只有一座图书馆,以他的名字命名。这些总统中有化解核子战争危机的,有解决经济大萧条的,也有平庸的,更有花尽国库的败家子,大家都可以分到一座图书馆的冠名权。

看看新加坡,从大学的学院,再到什么中心,什么奖学金,什么基金,什么奖状,大家似乎越消费越起劲。当然,时不时的有人代笔出出书,消费消费一下,把这盘冷饭再次炒热。

消费李光耀这样的命题似乎是对李光耀大不敬,但是,如果我们观察一下,近几十年来的李光耀的冠名运动,我们很难说,这种行为,不是消费,而是一种尊敬。人家老人家,已经不计较生死,也不执意一定要从棺材里爬出来,有些人,还是要利用李光耀的剩余价值。唯恐自己是最后一个分到消费蛋糕的人。因此,拼命想方设法找出点子,来消费一下李光耀。

其中有一个大道理就是,趁着李光耀在世的时候,把他对世界局势的看法,全球的政治经济走势,未来几十年的变化,给世人留下些许的指示,指引新加坡,甚至世界,应该朝哪一个方向前进。这就是希望把李光耀的剩余价值都给挤干,不让他带走。

论语和红楼梦的伟大在于不完整

有好多的观点,想法,看法,思想,并不一定,一定要在一个人在世的时候完成。反而是,在过世后,由后人整理,修改,论证,才真正的显示出这个人,这本书的伟大之处。

《论语》是孔子过世后,才成书的,是他的弟子根据他的言行,整理出来的。那么,《论语》可以代表孔子的思想吗?当然可以。

曹雪芹的《红楼梦》也没有留下完整的稿本。同时还出现几个版本,真正结局是什么?到现在还在争论之中。但是,他却造就了红学,研究红楼梦的人,还是一直大有人在,而且还一直兴致勃勃。

或许,李光耀并不希望,他的思想,治国理念,具有争论性。尤其是在他大限之后,有一大批争论性的文字出现,因此,自行订立自己的理论依据,立论看法,不要在以后产生争论。他想在有生之年,立下自己的版本,别人代笔,后人的修订,修改,评论的都不是正统,和他无关。


这么看来,李光耀只是把自己的价值定在他自己的标准上。他让自己消费自己,也让别人消费,完全是活着的交易消费价值,而不是大限后的价值。就正如他相信,不可能和夫人相见一样,不在乎天长地久,而只在乎曾经拥有。对于李光耀来说,爱到分离仍是爱。而这个爱,也只有活着的时候才有。


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