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【點評】Victor Davis Hanson 觉醒主义正在分裂社会(The Woke Wrecking Machine)

瞭解了這些,還敢掉以輕心隨便亂用嗎?
Victor Davis Hanson

【余案:也許習慣使用「標簽」來揭示問題,畢竟便於人們一目瞭然。但是也正因爲太過方便而讓無知愚民淺嘗輒止,失去進一步思考的機會。例如看到這個覺醒,不妨再想想這個詞兒跟更常見的「進步」什麽關係呀?就連作者此文也不加界定地將「進步」看作一個正面的字眼,以至於指責中國未能「建立一个进步的社会building a progressive society that’s a model for others.」果真可以這樣用嗎?這年頭説話寫字確實需要戰戰兢兢如履薄冰以免動輒得咎的同時王顧左右而言他,説了一個並不是自己想表達這種意思的句子。說回到「覺醒、進步」這類聼上去非常正面的字詞。在美國當下的語境之中,兩者是同質正相關的。出於「進步」的動機纔需要「覺醒」然後採取實際行動來顛覆不再「進步」的美國憲法憲政傳統價值以及與之相關的所有一切。瞧瞧,這些年來人們已經習慣看到的社會運動,不正是甚至正在展示這樣一幅人間地獄的圖景嗎於是請問作者,這是您打算讓中國政府建立的理想社會嗎?不要以爲我在無事生非故意找碴子。請記住,美國並不天然正確永遠足以示範世界何謂「進步」。衹有釐清這個概念,你纔能講清楚何爲「保守」。你到底想保守什麽價值。更殘酷的現實是,進步跟保守作爲價值系統,在當今美國,已經是足以促發一場内戰的對立。瞭解了這些,還敢掉以輕心隨便亂用嗎?】

Victor Davis Hanson 觉醒主义正在分裂社会(The Woke Wrecking Machine)

2023-03-16 Victor Davis Hanson撰文/信宇编译
自2020年以来,“觉醒”文化逐渐在大众层面蔓延,开始席卷全国。现在看来,几乎所有的“觉醒”事件都在实践中证明是灾难性的。
觉醒主义摧毁了举贤荐能、任人唯贤的传统原则,而支持强迫性的结果平等,这是历史复证明导致文明衰落的根源所在。
如果任由觉醒文化控制各行各业,基于觉醒原则雇用行政人员、空中交通管制员、地勤人员、飞行员和铁路工人等,那么将会有更多的灾难和坠机等新闻见诸报端。
觉醒主义要求对民众的自由表达进行麦卡锡式的压制。最近,实施觉醒主义的联邦调查局就高调雇用了社交媒体审查员,专门压制不符合其设定标准的各种言论。
觉醒主义更沾染了前苏联的意识形态恶习,要求在“科学”的幌子下进行严格的意识形态政党路线叙事。施行觉醒主义政策的政府可以随意撒谎宣称,接种新冠疫苗可以防止感染和传播。

【余案:普京指稱當今美國已經墮落為昨日之「蘇聯」。這種説法很容易被媒體及大衆當作政治攻訐而不以爲然。漢森這裏輕描淡寫稱之爲「沾染惡習」,似乎太過小看了覺醒主義背後的意識形態。正如我一再指出過的。牠們並非沾染惡習。而是根本上的同志同夥同謀。共產國際通過法蘭克福學派一類貌似深刻的學界流派在西方社會深耕細植佈局已久。高校媒體無不深受其害。覺醒主義的種種表現衹是浮現出來的冰山一角。我一直將這種局面的形成看作是美國社會的共業普罪。冰凍三尺非一日之寒。能否真正洗心革面徹底改變,未可樂觀。】

觉醒主义用种族代替了阶级,在其永恒的新马克思主义追求中,按照种族界限,简单粗暴地把整个国家永久地划分为受害者和加害者两个阵营。
然而,最近以来觉醒主义让自己陷入前所未有的尴尬境地。
近年来席卷全球的新冠(COVID)疫情就是一个典型例子。
国家能源部已经与联邦调查局一道,将全球新冠疫情的起源归咎于中科院武汉病毒研究所实验室泄露的一种异常病毒。
而觉醒主义者却长期以来一直压制这个现实,对任何拒绝相信其奉为正统的谎言并勇敢指出真相的人士进行各种妖魔化的打击,而这个真相就是:一个邪恶的中共政权并不是民主社会的全球合作伙伴。需要指出的是,对斯大林式的中共政权进行批评并不是“种族主义”。中共并没有建立一个进步的社会,不可能成为其它国家的发展模版。
今年2月3日,一列载有危险化学品的货运列车于俄亥俄州东巴勒斯坦脱轨,随即发生爆炸。这个环境灾难的背后揭示了更多的觉醒主义道德沦丧的事实。
从表面上看,随之而来的有毒物质泄漏和恶性烟尘毒害了一个贫穷的工人阶级小镇。它本应让曾经大声呼吁支持所有绿色事业并一贯讨好下层阶级的旧民主党人闻风而动。
然而,觉醒主义者终结了这一切,他们用种族沙文主义取代阶级关切,用意识形态取代对环境的真正担忧。
觉醒主义者的教条规定,环境污染和生活贫穷不再是问题,因为这些问题影响到的是白人穷人,而白人被集体定型为享有特权的加害者一族。
而另一方面,觉醒主义者坚持认为,加州作为已经被定义为永久干旱的区域,是所谓的“全球气候变化”的最大牺牲者。
事实上他们口中宣称的气候变化需要制定激进的新官僚规则和反民主的任务授权,对灌溉供应、地下水和公共水库的合同供水等加以管理。
然而加州后来下雨了,还下了雪。在本应炙热的加州,天气变得非常寒冷。南加州甚至被大雪所覆盖,白茫茫一片。
即便如此,在这个寒冷、潮湿冬天的大部分时间里,州政府官员继续声称人为造成的干旱全面爆发了。然而这个言论惨遭打脸,最近的寒冷潮湿的天气扼杀了觉醒主义者宣称的干旱,也扼杀了全球气候变化预言家们的可信度。

【余案:無神論導致的科學崇拜恰恰就是進步派覺醒主義者的共同特徵。】

美国人对于乌克兰目前所处的困境深表同情,俄罗斯大帝弗拉基米尔‧普京(Vladimir Putin)一再破坏乌克兰的民主自治制度。而在我们国内,觉醒主义者要求民众始终相信政府的那一套说辞,即乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔‧泽伦斯基(Volodomyr Zelenskyy)是不会犯错的,而俄罗斯由于遭到西方社会的经济制裁而濒临破产境地,注定要输掉这一场战争。
因此,由于乌克兰是西方民主社会的成员,美国有义务在道义、经济和军事等层面对其提供帮助。受此鼓舞,泽伦斯基团队现在甚至谈到了乌克兰装甲部队有可能对莫斯科红场发起胜利反攻。
然而事实上,本周我们了解到,俄罗斯的经济现在几乎和战前一样强大,没有受到明显影响。普京甚至已经在全国范围内动员了70万军队,以确保乌克兰东部成为一战期间凡尔登式的杀戮场,数以万计的民众将被碾碎成炮灰。
乌克兰禁止国内民众有不同政见,千方百计维持政府媒体的垄断地位。乔‧拜登总统越是承诺每两周再提供20亿至30亿美元的援助,泽伦斯基就越是表现得好像这只是一笔微不足道的钱,因为他们认为财大气粗的美国理所当然地应对其提供这些资助。

【余案:作者這裏似乎未能擺脫下流媒體刻意經營的俄烏戰爭敘事,將俄羅斯普京描繪成一個肆意侵入別國領土的帝國主義者。於是反而陷入了衆多自稱是保守派的共和黨政客相同的困境:烏克蘭真是受害者嗎?普京對烏東地區的入侵到底是解放受到澤連斯基貪腐政府種族迫害的俄族民衆,還是覬覦這片豐饒之地?美國在烏克蘭做過很多不爲人知的投入。當年特沒譜嘗試追究清算。未及成功就遭到下流媒體的連串攻擊。竊據白宮的等敗政府上臺之後就迫不及待擴大戰事。以便遮掩其巨貪兒子在那裏幾乎是公開的劣行。那個戲子總統拿到了白宮給牠的「空白支票」(見到有人譯作空頭支票,老天差一個字意思正好相反的好不好!)因而有恃無恐。一時之間成爲舉世白左陣營的寵兒。衹不過天日昭昭。戲子可以在這個舞臺上得意於一時卻未必永遠。一旦真相大白於天下,不知道一年來怒髮衝冠連聲叫好的愚民會如何援鏡自照暗自嘆息?也許連這種自省意識都未必有。臉一抹就若無其事了。無恥者無敵。嘆嘆這世間此類生物寧其太多乎!】

反观国内,觉醒主义者鼓吹种族(歧视)是人类体验中本质必然的,而不是附带的。他们宣称,这种追究责任的做法,将有助于治愈种族创伤。
根据他们倡导的在赔偿和补偿等方面的多样性、公平性和包容性等原则,那些被视为非白人的族群将在岗位招聘和大学录取等方面获得优待,其比例要多于他们的人口统计。即使是以往实施多年的按照人口比例进行的名额分配已经不再足够。
然而这些种族沙文主义、不停谈论的赔偿,和新的校园种族隔离政策,这一切却并没有带来更好的种族关系。
权威的民意调查显示,现在的种族关系比以前更加紧张了。
有关跨种族犯罪和仇恨犯罪的数据显示,种族间的比例失衡甚至比以往更加明显。黑人暴力犯罪和黑人遭遇犯罪的发生率均接近历史最高水平。
觉醒主义者们极力倡导无现金保释、重罪降级和免除牢狱之灾等政策,此举只会促使暴力违法行为激增。

【余案:此類所謂用「效果主義」來認識種族主義復仇的荒謬顯然於事無補甚至危害更烈。今天的弱勢種族主義復仇動機,一旦到明天獲得適當機會,就會在美國掀起盧旺達式的種族仇殺。假以時日,未必不會走向德國納粹式的種族清洗。這纔是真正值得今天人們關注的事。畢竟兩者之間存在完全相同的邏輯關係。主耶穌基督之所以以身示範祂是「色盲」、種族盲的原因就在這裏。所有仍然鼓吹種族復仇的敵基督運動正在走與之相反的道路。到底會將人類引向何處?當然了,第二修正案的存在,大概是美國不大可能出現盧旺達的一個僥倖因素。但是不要忘記,今天的政府手中擁有壓倒性的壓制力量。還能靠單兵武器進行抵抗嗎?白左政府不遺餘力試圖剝奪民衆擁槍權利之目的,應該就是盡量減少民衆反抗的機會。美國並非專制獨裁的免疫者。一旦失去警惕,自由的失去,就在旦夕須臾之間。善良人啊,豈能放鬆警惕!】

另一方面,我们的精英大学现在亦已经几乎被觉醒文化完全侵蚀了。几乎每周都有校园丑闻见诸报端,令大学信誉和声誉每况愈下。
受到觉醒文化控制的校园里甚至发布了荒唐的禁忌词清单,禁止使用诸如“美国人”(American)和“移民”(immigrant)之类的煽动性词语。
觉醒主义者鼓吹基于种族对学生宿舍、毕业典礼和安全空间等进行区分,这一切似乎让时代瞬间回到了19世纪黑暗的种族隔离时期,而不是他们宣称的种族乌托邦社会。
在觉醒主义者眼中,标准化考试和成绩是反潮流的,即使看到目前大学毕业生整体素质下降,越来越不能打动未来雇主,亦在所不惜。
总有一天,觉醒主义会在社会上消失,因为它本质上是虚无主义和整人思想。
然而与此同时,美国人应该当机立断,抛弃觉醒主义;否则,整个社会将被觉醒主义吞噬,坠入万劫不复的深渊。

Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is a conservative commentator, classicist, and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”

原文:The Woke Wrecking Machine刊登于英文《大纪元时报》。
Almost everything that has followed from the “woke” mass hysteria gripping the nation since 2020 has proved disastrous.
Wokeism destroys meritocracy in favor of forced equality of result—history’s prescription for civilizational decline.
If we continue with the woke hiring of administrators, air traffic controllers, ground crews, pilots, and rail workers, there will be even more news of disasters and near-miss airline crashes.
Wokeness demands a McCarthyite suppression of free expression. No wonder a woke FBI recently hired out social media censors to suppress stories it deemed unhelpful.
Soviet-style, wokeism mandates strict ideological party-line narratives under the cover of “science.” No wonder a woke government lied, saying that requiring vaccines would prevent both infection and infectiousness.
Woke substitutes race for class in its eternal neo-Marxist quest to divide permanently the nation along racial lines, between victims and victimizers.
Yet, wokeism recently has embarrassed itself as never before.
Take the COVID pandemic.
The Department of Energy has joined the FBI and is now attributing the origins of the pandemic to a leak of a likely engineered virus from the top-security virology lab in Wuhan, China.
Wokesters had long suppressed that reality, demonizing any who rejected its orthodox lies and spoke a larger truth: A dystopic China isn’t our global partner in greening the planet. Criticizing Stalinist China isn’t “racist.” China isn’t building a progressive society that’s a model for others.
The ongoing environmental catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, following the train derailment revealed more woke moral bankruptcy.
Ostensibly, the ensuing toxic spill and noxious plume have poisoned a poor and working-class small town. It should have galvanized the old Democratic Party that once voiced loud support for all green causes and championed the lower American classes.
But woke ended all that—substituting racial chauvinism for class concerns and ideology for genuine worry over the environment.
Woke dogma mandates that pollution and poverty are no longer concerns—if they affect the white poor who are stereotyped collectively as privileged victimizers.
Wokesters insisted that California is the greatest casualty of “climate change” defined as permanent drought.
Purported climate change required radical new bureaucratic rules and antidemocratic mandates over irrigation supplies, groundwater, and contracted water deliveries from public reservoirs.
But then it rained. And it snowed. And it became terribly cold in supposedly scorching California. Southern California is blanketed in snow.
Even so, for much of this cold, wet winter, state officials continued to claim the manmade drought was in full force. But finally, the most recent frigid, wet weather strangled the woke drought—and with it, the credibility of our climate change Cassandras.
Americans sympathize with Ukraine’s plight as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to destroy its autonomy. But woke brooked no deviation from the party line that Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelenskyy is a saint, while Russia is near bankrupt due to sanctions, and doomed to lose the war.
Accordingly, the United States was obligated to give Ukraine a veritable blank check, given Kyiv’s commitment to freedom. Zelenskyy’s team now even talks of a victorious Ukrainian armored counteroffensive into Moscow’s Red Square.
This week, however, we’re learning the Russian economy is nearly as strong now as it was before the war. It has mobilized 700,000 troops to ensure that eastern Ukraine becomes a Verdun-like killing field where tens of thousands more will be ground up.
Ukraine bars dissidents and maintains a government media monopoly. And the more President Joe Biden promises another $2 billion to $3 billion in biweekly aid, the more Zelenskyy acts as if it’s a pittance given what supposedly stingy Americans should be capable of supplying.
Meanwhile, at home, new woke protocols mandate race as essential rather than incidental to the human experience. Supposedly such fixations will heal racial wounds.
Under the new reparatory and compensatory diversity, equity, and inclusion rules, those deemed nonwhite were to be hired and admitted to colleges in greater numbers than their demographics. Even the old mandated proportional representation quotas were no longer enough.
But racial chauvinism, nonstop talk of reparations, and the new campus segregation haven’t resulted in better racial relations.
Polls show that there are greater racial tensions than ever before.
Data on interracial and hate crimes show even sharper racial disproportionalities. The incidence of both black violent criminal perpetrators and black crime victims is near historical highs.
Woke policies of no cash bail, downgrading felonies, and no jail time only spiked violent lawlessness.
Our elite universities are now fully woke. Almost weekly an embarrassing story further erodes their credibility and reputation.
Ridiculous lists of taboo words are issued on woke campuses, barring incendiary words like “American” and “immigrant.”
Bragging of segregated dorms, graduations, and safe spaces recalls Jim Crow, not woke racial utopias.
Grades and standards are deemed counterrevolutionary, even as incompetent graduates increasingly fail to impress employers.
Someday, wokeism will disappear because it’s inherently nihilistic and cannibalistic.
But in the meantime, Americans should end it now before it ends America first.
(Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.)



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