2010年11月23日 星期二

伏特加與無產階級聚會

上週六做替工要講一個Movie Talk。費煞思量都想不出點子,便呆在書桌至天亮。就在晨破曉的時刻,大姊SMS狂轟我的電話,投訴她的妹妹為了微薄薪酬竟四十多個小時未睡,把公司、老闆,上上下下都罵過幾遍。內容由行政失當,罵至社會不公、資本主義不仁。晨早的睡意未消,便要與這文化文學高材生辯論,唯有灑一手上早課練成的壓箱功夫--把Jargon與例子似是而非的拼合,再配一把一本正經的聲線。橫豎都辯了,那我便在Seminar播了Michael Moore的Capitalism: A Love Story。

冷戰之後,福山以為資本主義的全面勝利使歷史再新意,便撰《The End of History and the Last Man》( Free Press, 1992. ISBN 0-02-910975-2)。不過,自由放任社會總不可以自我完善。大公司大財閥加速地發展--Economy of Scale 中四也懂。自由市場慢慢地Self-defeat把市場變得不自由。社會分化成兩個不可交替的階層,如黃子華說的牛頓第七定律:「有樓有樓,無樓無樓;有樓可以變無樓;無樓的就一世無樓喇」。Plutomony,這是新自由主義留下社會不穩的伏筆。只不是過冷戰後經濟股市暢旺,沒有人留意。直至O八金融危機,美國本土受襲,世界才一齊左轉.....

周日,休息。哲學系畢業的名哥帶來了一大樽Finlandia的伏特加,羊奶起司與莎樂美。喇叭揚起John Lennon的Working Class Hero。噢,這是無產階級聚會。在國內自僱的名哥,文藝工作的大姊與一屁股政府債的R同學,四個青年喝光了大半瓶伏特加,三樽中歐啤酒。半醉的身軀,挺不起,矇矓的視線,迷迷糊糊的,耳後在播Lennon的Instant Karma。

這一晚,是資本家身旁擺尾的青年 向工人革命致敬。

T.Rex: 20th Century Boy

Oow
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like rock'n'roll
I move like a cat, talk like a rat
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your boy, your 20th century toy

Friends say it's fine, my friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like rock'n'roll
Fly like a plane, love like a car
Hold lots of hands, babe I wanna be your man - oh
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like rock'n'roll
Move like a cat, talk like a rat
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your toy
20th century boy, I wanna be your toy

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