“For the [world’s] four Chinese-speaking regions — Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and mainland China — the longer the colonization, the more advanced a place is. It’s rather embarrassing. Singapore is better than Hong Kong; Hong Kong is better than Taiwan; Taiwan is better than the mainland. I’m speaking in terms of culture. I’ve been to Vietnam and mainland China. Even though the Vietnamese are seemingly poor, they always stop in front of red traffic lights and walk in front of green ones. Even though mainland China’s GDP is higher than that of Vietnam, if you ask me about culture, the Vietnamese culture is superior.”
这句话,被你删去了他话里“在全球四个华语地区(台湾,新加坡,香港,中国大陆)”的定语。然后被你拿来做美国脱离英国殖民的文章,忽悠没看过原文的读者。究竟是何用心?引用某人的话,至少应该把话引用全吧。
而且柯文哲说的主要是文化说:“不好意思的讲,就文化而言,新加坡比香港好,香港比台湾好,台湾比中国大陆好,”殖民的时间长度,在他看来是和文化变革的深度广度成正比。美国和英国在十八世纪晚期,文化上等差别比起东西方的文化差别,可能不值一提吧。他所说的事,和美国脱离英国殖民根本不挨着。