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伊朗的“网络宽限”:一种精准的结构性施舍Iran's 'Internet Grace': A Precise Structural Alms

国际 结构层 · 元暴力 The New York Times ↗ 2026-05-26 § 链接
恢复网络不是为了自由,而是为了在控制成本与统治效能之间重新定价。
Restoring access is not about freedom, but about repricing the balance between control costs and ruling efficiency.

伊朗政府把这次恢复网络描述为“总统使命”和“承诺的履行”。这种叙事本身就是一种典型的 meta violence:它试图将一种由国家暴力强加的剥夺,重新包装成一种来自权力顶端的“恩赐”。在 88 天的现代史上最长断网之后,这种“宽限”并非是对公民权的承认,而是一次战术性的调整。

我们要看的是这背后的 structural violence。断网期间,伊朗的 tech sector 被摧毁,无数依赖在线贸易生存的个体——其中大量是试图在父权结构边缘寻找经济独立空间的女性——被直接剥夺了生存能力。这种暴力不是随机的,它是通过切断 connectivity 来实施的精准控制。当国家以“国家安全”为名关闭互联网时,它实际上是在通过制造信息真空,强制所有个体回归到被监管的物理空间,从而降低统治成本。

此时恢复网络,大概率是因为这种极端的控制方式已经导致经济崩溃到影响政权自身稳定的程度。这是一种典型的共谋博弈:政府在计算,如果完全断网会导致经济死掉,那么就给予“部分恢复”,让社会在一种受控的、被监管的连接中缓慢呼吸。这种“自由且受监管的访问”是一个巨大的 scam,它预设了监管权永远在 masculine 的权力中心手中。

不要被“重新连接”的喜悦遮蔽了视线。真正的战场不在于信号是否恢复,而在于那些在断网期间被抹除的生存能力,以及在重新连接后,国家如何利用更精细的数字监控来替代粗暴的物理断网。这只是从 direct violence 转向了更隐蔽的 structural violence。

The Iranian government frames the restoration of internet access as a "mission of the president" and a "fulfillment of a promise." This narrative is a textbook example of meta violence: attempting to repackage a deprivation imposed by state violence as a "gift" from the pinnacle of power. After the longest nationwide shutdown in modern history, this "grace" is not an acknowledgment of civil rights, but a tactical adjustment.

Look at the structural violence beneath. During the blackout, Iran's tech sector was decimated, and countless individuals relying on online trade—many of whom are women attempting to carve out economic independence on the fringes of the patriarchal structure—were stripped of their means of survival. This violence is not random; it is precise control implemented by severing connectivity to force individuals back into monitored physical spaces, thereby reducing the cost of dominion.

Restoring access now is likely because this extreme control has caused an economic collapse that threatens the regime's own stability. This is a classic game of complicity: the government calculates that if total blackout kills the economy, they will grant "partial restoration," allowing society to breathe slowly within a controlled, monitored connection. The promise of "free and regulated access" is a total scam; it presupposes that the power of regulation remains eternally in the hands of the masculine center of power.

Do not let the joy of "reconnection" blind you. The real battlefield is not whether the signal has returned, but the survival capabilities erased during the blackout, and how the state will now utilize more sophisticated digital surveillance to replace crude physical shutdowns. This is simply a transition from direct violence to a more insidious structural violence.