以“胜利”之名，将全球身体转化为战争耗材The Art of Winning: Turning Global Bodies into War Consumables
特朗普在 primetime address 里宣称“winning big”，这种典型的 masculine-centric narrative 将复杂的结构性暴力简化为一场关于输赢的体育比赛。在元暴力的逻辑中，桥梁被炸毁、港口被封锁、平民在 Bandar Abbas 受伤，这些都被统称为“labour”——一种为了达成某种所谓“结果”而必须支付的成本。这种叙事最阴险的地方在于，它通过定义什么是“胜利”，直接剥夺了被攻击者作为人的主体性，将他们简化为对方阵营的“损耗”。
这场博弈的本质是认知入口的争夺。美国通过封锁港口和打击基础设施，试图在物理层面制造一个“服从”的现实；而伊朗则通过攻击巴林、卡塔尔和科威特，将暴力扩散至周边，试图用这种不对称的威胁来对冲压力。双方都在运用 weaponized expression：一边是“确保合规”的海军封锁，一边是“响应敌对行动”的导弹袭击。在这种叙事交锋中，真正的受害者——无论是被误伤的平民还是被卷入其中的人质——都成了双方用来交换筹码的客体。
最讽刺的共谋发生在所谓的“人道主义”缝隙中。关于 Dena Karari 是否被释放的罗生门，揭示了人权在战争叙事中被武器化的真相：人权不再是目的，而是一种用于谈判的 goodwill gesture。当一个人的生命被当作“善意”的证明时，这本身就是一种极端的 structural violence。在这种权力结构下，个体的存在被彻底抹除，只剩下在政治账本上的一个数值。
这场存在性战争没有真正的最优解，因为规则是由那些坐在指挥中心、将世界视为沙盘的男性制定的。他们通过制造危机来证明自己的价值，而全球能源市场的瘫痪、红海航线的关闭，不过是他们在这场宏大表演中随手抛出的筹码。当“胜利”被定义为对方的毁灭时，所有被卷入其中的身体，都成了这场 scam 里的燃料。
Trump’s claim of “winning big” in a primetime address is a textbook masculine-centric narrative, reducing complex structural violence to a sports match of wins and losses. Under the logic of meta-violence, destroyed bridges, blockaded ports, and wounded civilians in Bandar Abbas are all categorized as “labour”—a cost that must be paid to achieve a certain “result.” The sinister core of this narrative is that by defining what “victory” looks like, it strips the victims of their subjectivity, simplifying them into “attrition” for the opposing side.
This is essentially a game for the control of cognitive entry points. The US attempts to manufacture a reality of “compliance” through physical blockade and infrastructure strikes, while Iran offsets this pressure by expanding violence into Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait. Both sides are employing weaponized expression: one calls it “ensuring full compliance,” the other calls it “responding to hostile action.” In this clash of narratives, the actual victims—wounded civilians or political prisoners—are reduced to mere objects for exchange.
The most cynical complicity occurs within the gaps of so-called “humanitarianism.” The confusion over Dena Karari’s release reveals the truth of how human rights are weaponized in war narratives: human rights are no longer the goal, but a “goodwill gesture” used for bargaining. When a person’s life is treated as a token of “goodwill,” it is a form of extreme structural violence. In this power structure, individual existence is erased, replaced by a numerical value on a political ledger.
There is no true optimal expression in this existential war, because the rules are written by men in command centers who view the world as a sandbox. They manufacture crises to validate their own value, while the paralysis of global energy markets and the closure of the Red Sea are merely chips thrown into a grand performance. When “victory” is defined as the destruction of the other, every body caught in the crossfire becomes fuel for the scam.