让人不安的那个人

• 作 者: 卡尔维诺
• 出 处: 视野
• 发表日期: 2007年06期
• 关键词: 万能钥匙 遮光 手持 国家 灯笼

从前有个国家,里面人人都是贼。一到傍晚,他们手持万能钥匙和遮光灯笼出门,走到邻居家里行窃。破晓时分,他们提着偷来的东西回到家里,总能发现自己家也失窃了。他们就这样幸福地居住在一起。没有不幸的人,因为每个人都从别人那里偷东西,别人再从别人那里偷,依次下去,直到最后一个人去第一个窃贼家行窃。该国贸易也就不可避免地是买方和卖方的双向欺骗。政府是个向臣民行窃的犯罪机构,而臣民也仅对欺骗政府感兴趣。所以日子倒也平稳,没有富人和穷人。

In the past there was a country where everyone was a thief. In the evening, they went out to the neighbors’ home with their master keys and blackout lanterns. At dawn, they returned to their home with the stolen things, always finding their home stolen. They live happily together. There is no unfortunate person, because everyone stole something from others, others steal from others, and then go on until the last person to the first thief steal. The country’s trade is also inevitably a two-way deception between buyers and sellers. The government is a criminal organization that steals from the subjects and the subjects are only interested in cheating the government. So the days are also flat, not the rich and the poor.