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拼多多让我们省了钱,却可能让国家越来越穷?

拼多多让我们省了钱,却可能让国家越来越穷?

拼多多很厉害。

同样一件东西,新加坡商店卖20元,拼多多可能只卖5元。

为什么不买?

我们省了15元,看起来当然是好事。

但我们有没有想过另一个问题:

我们省了15元,但我们的国家失去了什么?

当你在本地商店花20元,这20元并没有停在收银机里。

它变成员工的薪水、店面的租金、物流公司的收入、供应商的生意,也支付会计、清洁、广告和其他服务。

他们拿到钱以后,又继续消费。

钱流动起来,就创造更多的钱。

但是,当越来越多人直接从拼多多等海外平台购买,钱很快就流出了本地经济循环。

一个人买一件东西,没有什么影响。

但是如果几百万人,天天都在拼多多买;从衣服、家具、日用品,到电子产品,什么都从海外买,长期下来会发生什么?

本地商店生意减少。利润下降。商店关闭。工作机会减少。工资受到压力。

然后大家觉得钱越来越不够用,于是怎么办?

更加去拼多多找便宜货。

于是形成一个危险的循环:

越买便宜 → 本地企业越难赚钱 → 工作机会减少 → 消费能力下降 → 大家更加追求便宜。

有趣的是,拼多多的故乡——中国,也开始面对这个问题。

中国电商长期激烈价格战,出现所谓的“内卷式竞争”:你卖10元,我卖8元;你卖8元,我卖6元。最后消费者越来越习惯低价,商家的利润却越来越薄。

因此,中国政府近年来也开始整治恶性低价竞争,强调反对“低价低质”和无止境的价格内卷。

如果连创造出拼多多这种商业模式的中国,都开始警惕过度低价竞争,我们更应该思考。

但答案绝对不是:不要买拼多多。

拼多多让普通消费者用更少的钱买到更多东西,这本身就是价值。竞争也迫使新加坡企业提升自己。

真正的问题是:

我们如何享受拼多多的低价,却不会慢慢掏空自己的经济生态?

我认为有三个答案。

第一,公平。
海外平台和本地企业应该在税务、产品安全、消费者保障等方面有公平的竞争环境。

第二,转型。
新加坡商家不要跟拼多多比谁更便宜。我们很难赢。

我们应该竞争的是拼多多难以取代的东西:服务、专业、速度、信任、人情味和体验。

第三,有智慧地消费。

我不是鼓励大家盲目地“支持国货”。如果同样的东西,本地卖30元,拼多多卖5元,消费者当然会思考。

但是,在按下**“购买”**之前,我们也许可以多问一个问题:

我省了多少钱?

然后再问:

我的钱,去了哪里?又创造了什么?

因为财富从来不只是你银行里有多少钱。

财富更重要的是钱如何流动。

你花出去的一块钱,会成为另一个人的收入、薪水、生意和机会。

这就是**爱的智慧(LQ)**也可以应用在金钱上的地方。

有关爱(Care),思考我们的钱去了哪里。
有勇气(Courage),创造价值,而不是永远只比价格。
有连接(Connection),看见个人消费与整个社会经济之间的关系。

所以,不是不买拼多多。

而是不要让**“最便宜”成为我们唯一的选择标准。**

拼多多让我们学会怎样省钱。
爱的智慧,则提醒我们怎样让钱创造更多价值。

让钱流动起来,更要用爱的智慧,让钱流向能够创造未来的地方。

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