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越來越中國化、保守化、和精英化的新加坡?


历史学者覃炳鑫博士在大马变天后的一个讲座上指出,新加坡在人民行动党的统治下,变得越来越elite, conservative 以及Chinese.
(请看以下录像 14:30)

新加坡越来越精英化,肯定比较容易理解。不论在教育,行政,管理上;在社会 ,在学校,在企业,尤其是在政联公司和政府部门,甚至在非营利,社会企业,都出现精英主义,不接地气的现象。

但是,为什么说,新加坡人在行动党统治下变得越来越中国化(华人化)和保守?对于华文教育者来说,新加坡的华文教育已经惨不忍睹,怎么还会越来越有华人味和中华文化的气息呢?新加坡华人的下一代在行动党的教育下,变得越来越讨厌华文,怎么有可能中国化呢?对于受英文教育者来说,就更加不容易明白,因为华文教育已经全面沦陷,连特选中学的华文,也惨不忍睹,同时,社会上还有一股“反中”,嘲笑“阿中”的声音,何来中国化?

保守呢?我们每年都有大型的粉红运动;大学也自主,一些中学也自主;异族异国通婚越来越普遍;赌场也开了;来自各地的游客和国际会议更加不用说;正如总理说的我们的互联网是开放的,没有围墙。这不说明新加坡的开放自由吗?

覃炳鑫博士作为一个历史学者为何会下这么一个结论?中國化、保守化、和精英化的新加坡。

如果我们从政治上,从哲理上看行动党这60年的管制,就比较容易理解,覃炳鑫博士在录像的前半部已经做出解释。再加上从西方的眼光看同样的问题,答案就呼之欲出。
×中國化代表极权政治,家长式管理。@
×保守化代表不愿改变,没有人会做的比PAP好。
×精英化代表相信领导,同意接受PAP接班人制度。

(@覃炳鑫博士,以西方狭义的定义来看中国化,和西方多数学者一样认为,中国化就代表封建,不民主,反改变。这似乎没有看到台湾和香港的选举。也没有看到中华文化中积极的一面。没有改革开放,怎么会有今天的中国?当然,如果这个中国化是单独指新加坡,就比较切题了。)

(或许,我们应该把中国化,改成1984化。
《一九八四》(英语:Nineteen Eighty-Four),是英國作家喬治·歐威爾(George Orwell)所創作的一部反乌托邦小說[2][3],出版於1949年[4][5]。故事設於第一空降场(前身為英國),其為大洋國的一個省,書中的世界處於永久的戰爭狀態,大洋國的政府無所不在地監控和操控公眾,該超級大國和其居民由英國社會主義(新語稱为英社)这一政治制度支配,並受到特權階層核心黨員(英语:Inner Party)的控制,核心黨員利用思想警察去迫害個人主義,以及諸如「犯罪思想」般的獨立思考。
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作為政治讽喻和反烏托邦科幻小说,《一九八四》不論在內容上、情節上和風格上也被視为經典。自1949年出版以來,它的許多用語和概念在英語中已普遍使用,例如老大哥雙重思想犯罪思想新話101室電幕2+2=5忘怀洞。《一九八四》令形容詞「奧威爾式的」(Orwellian)普及,它是用於形容官方欺騙、秘密監視並且修改歷史的極權主義獨裁狀態。]

中國化、保守化、和精英化的新加坡,是否有可能改变?难道新加坡人没有看到这种不正常的现象吗?还是,我们真的被1984化了,就像覃炳鑫说的,处于被不断加热的青蛙一样,生在祸/福中不知祸/福?

比较乐观的看法是,只要有选举,就可能出现变数。除非变数后,再出现一个政变,就像泰国那样。这样一来,就真的是1984化了。


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