州权的重要性

     从武汉肺炎的爆发到现在的大家忙着打疫苗的情况下，人们似乎都在不断把自己的选择权和自由不断的免费送给政府。那么对于那些体积较大的国家,州权就是在这段期间唯一能够保护公民免于中央政府的骚扰,最佳例子就是美国的蓝州和红州的区别。这一次我们就来聊聊州权在公民社会的重要性。

这就是现在的情况

首先从政治的角度来看州权,州权强大意味着能够避免出现中央狂人。回想历史上那些出名的政治狂人比如毛泽东、史大林、希特勒。这三个人最重要的特点就是他们执政时他们在中央代表无上的权利而且没有任何州有权利拒绝他们的要求。为此在苏联和中国才发生了那么多饥荒饿死了不少人，另外德国则是被希特勒带进了自我毁灭的过程。德国为了避免再度出现下一个希特勒,这一次他们把警察交给了州政府来控制。这个政策是避免警察做为中央的打手来对付任何不同的声音,在美国警察也是由州政府控制原因也是为了避免警察成为中央的政治打手。

当然有些人会认为在美国,中央政府不需要警察也能用别的资源来作为政治打手。对于这样的说法我表示赞同,不过对照马来西亚的警察你就会看到中央政府一直以来都是用警察来作为政治打手。虽然我们换了政府可是这个恶习还没来得及改变结果又换了政府,我对于马来西亚未来五年的警察改革并不乐观。能够不让嫌疑犯在警察局出人命我们就能放炮庆祝了。另外，州的政治议题往往也和中央的政治议题有所不一样。面对不同的政治问题或是行政问题有时中央的协助反而是越帮越忙,最佳例子就是中国。每当中国有天灾时当州政府需要救灾时中央政府反而会为了照顾自家面子而要求州政府把灾情给压下去。在美国的情况则是另一个模式，之前在卡特里娜风灾后有不少来自其他州的美国人带着物资来到了路易斯安那州新奥尔良并打算靠这个机会做生意。由于是从其他较远的地方来到灾区为此物资肯定会比较贵些,可是当时的中央政府却以价格昂贵拒绝这些人在路易斯安那州做任何买卖。这不只伤害了那些千里迢迢打算来做买卖的人,也伤害了灾民。毕竟灾民需要物资生活啊，这个帮倒忙的例子有时就是那么荒谬,而且未来还将会发生。

那么在经济上的角度如何看待州权呢？州权强大往往意味着地方发展得到保障毕竟州议会可以更好的控制财政。虽然不论是州政府或是中央政府每次在财政上都会有所胡乱开支的形象,可是很少会有州政府浪费资源多过联邦/中央政府。州权能够让自家的公民体验到更好的发展而不是不断等待中央的拨款。而且对于等待中央的拨款往往都会发生不少舞弊,原本拨款一千万可能最后落到州政府就剩下八百万接着再拨款给市再拨给县。最后的数目很大几率就越来越少了,这一点不仅是在独裁国家会发生在民主国家也是会发生。

州权也能够避免州议会加入中央的白象计划从而避免浪费公民所缴的税啊！原因就是州政府控制土地所以州政府能够避免加入任何中央提出的白象计划。可是这一点有时难以在马来西亚发生因为有时州政权和中央政权是同样政党的话那就变成了大家一起发达的计划。可是很大可能发达的人都是同一个圈里的人。还有一个最重要的一点其实中央政府有时未必真正了解地方的实际情况。任何地方发展计划应该是由地方政府规划会比中央规划来得更加有效,毕竟很多人带着崇高理想去了中央往往都会屈服于中央内部的政治角力最后地方的发展反而停滞不前。自己的地方、自己规划接着自己发展、这应该就是州议会的主要工作而不是看到中央就要跪下来。

这个文化很大几率不会被马来西亚政府拿去联合国注册为非物资文化，搞不好新加坡会那样做。

 最后来到文化课题,正所谓文化比刀枪更加有力量。州权能够保护地方文化而且能够以地方文化作为噱头来吸引旅客甚至是发展资金。美国有五十个州,每个州有不同文化和特色所以这个特色有时就会被包装成旅游特点。比如新奥尔良的Mardi Gras狂欢节这就是一个很好的例子,利用当地文化作为旅游噱头而且也能展示自己的软实力。不过在马来西亚有时则是州政府和中央政府练手一起摧毁当地文化。马来文化里皮影戏是一个重要的文化表演而且是吉兰丹的重要文艺表演。可是自从回教党做了州政府就不断的以回教中东化来诋毁皮影戏并宣称皮影戏属于非回教活动并开始减少皮影戏的出现。那么同时不断和回教党互相竞赛的巫统为了确保自己也足够回教并能够代表马来人，他们也默许回教党那样做。我不确定以宗教来消灭自己唯一没有宗教背景的文化节目真的会帮助马来人变得如何？毕竟我不是马来人，我只是感到可惜而且我觉得可能不久的将来皮影戏可能会被新加坡拿去联合国的文化教育部里把皮影戏注册为新加坡的非物资文化，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。 (1249, 13/11/2021)

UNPOPULAR OPINION SERIES 2: The myth about mother tongue.

     In Malaysia, we often hear people say I am Malay, my mother tongue is Bahasa Malay; I am Chinese, my mother tongue is Mandarin; I am Iban mixed with bidayu, mother tongue is Iban.

Why call mother tongue instead of original tongue? 

However, in the normal country that are not mother tongue for each citizen. Yes, I am saying Malaysia is a abnormal country. The real ideology behind mother tongue is a setting to distinguish citizens and immigrants. Imagine you are from French occupied zone  Algeria come to France, then the immagration officer will ask you what your mother tongue is.

However, if the immgration officer saw is a French person come back to french then he will not ask what is the mother tongue. The more we try to strengthen our mother tongue the more we become alien in our country. That is why Singapore is lucky, because they put four languages as official languages. Once the language becomes an official language, then the government will continue to preserve and use the language so you will see different languages at Singapore sign boards. Therefore, in Malaysia's case, Malay is a group which should not be considered to have a mother tongue. The reason is simple, the Bahasa Malay is official language, if their still shout to strengthen the Bahasa which will also make them feel as a alien in Malaysia society.

Therefore, now is the time to increase the language as an official language. Some people may argue that increasing the official language is an act to challenge Malay special rights. This is nonsense, because the purpose of government is to serve the people. By increasing the official language meaning that the people can be served by the government in a more easy way. Unless you believe that people are slaves and owned by the government, you will oppose this idea. 

Nowadays with the rise of left wing ideology, the concept of mother tongue has been spread around the globe. No doubt, this has become a great tool to those left wing politics parties. By emphasizing on these mother tongue issues, the political party can create a sense of "WE and THEM". This is a good tactic to attract new immigrants or some people with big love all over the globe. However, the end of this mother tongue policy would be a catastrophe. Since a certain language is specially selected and taken care of with government resources thus this will create resentment among other languages users. Bias and discrimination may grow in the community. 

WE vs THEM the basic way on attract vote in election.

The best way to ease down the tension created by language is by market. Allowing different language teaching in the school can satisfy different needs coming from the people. However, the school system often holds tight at the hand of the government, and sometimes the education department doesn't even allow for opening a new private school. Nowadays language is more than the word coming from the mouth, but how many people realize this? Hehehe 

Tito

3/9/2021