从“觉醒1.0”到政治背叛：进步派的表演性激进From 'Woke 1' to Political Betrayal: The Performative Radicalism of Progressives
AOC 和 Mamdani 把疫情期间对“削减警费”(Defund the Police) 的支持定义为“Woke 1”，将其轻描淡写成一种某种时期的“情绪”或“尝试”。这种叙事转换极其阴险：它将一个关于结构性暴力 (structural violence) 的严肃政治诉求，降维成了一次集体性的“青春期冲动”或“审美误区”。
在存在性战争中，这些政治人物精准地捕捉到了那个时期的“氛围” (vibe)，将其作为认知入口，迅速积累政治资本并换取权力席位。但一旦这些激进表达不再能通过民调，不再有利于他们在既定权力结构中生存，他们立刻启动了“自我审计”，将曾经的战友和组织者定义为“疯狂的”。
这本质上是一场关于解释权的抢夺。他们利用了进步派的浪漫叙事作为跳板，在获得权力后，迅速与元暴力 (meta violence) 达成共谋。他们不再试图改变警察制度这个结构性暴力的机器，而是选择成为这台机器的维护者，并用“公共安全”这个被武器化的概念来掩盖其本质——一个保护私有财产和维持阶级统治的暴力就业计划。
最残酷的地方在于，政治人物的“转身”是低成本的，而底层组织者的坚持则是高成本的。当 AOC 等人将“Defund”标签化为“疯狂”时，他们实际上是在为右翼的监视、逮捕和暴力提供文化层面的合法性。他们把通往自由的路径，重新定义成了精神病房的门票。
AOC and Mamdani have rebranded their pandemic-era support for 'Defund the Police' as 'Woke 1,' dismissing it as a mere 'mood' or 'experiment.' This narrative shift is insidious: it reduces a serious political demand regarding structural violence to a collective 'adolescent impulse' or an 'aesthetic error.'
In the existential war, these politicians precisely captured the 'vibe' of the era, using it as a cognitive entry point to rapidly accumulate political capital and secure seats of power. However, once these radical expressions stopped polling well and ceased to serve their survival within the existing power structure, they immediately initiated a 'self-audit,' redefining their former comrades and organizers as 'crazy.'
This is essentially a struggle over the power of interpretation. They used the romantic narratives of the left as a springboard, and upon gaining power, quickly entered into complicity with meta violence. They no longer seek to dismantle the police apparatus—a machine of structural violence—but choose instead to become its maintainers, using the weaponized concept of 'public safety' to mask its essence: a violent jobs program designed to protect private property and maintain class dominance.
The most brutal part is that the 'pivot' for a politician is low-cost, while the persistence of a grassroots organizer is high-cost. When AOC and others label 'Defund' as 'crazy,' they are effectively providing cultural legitimacy for right-wing surveillance, arrests, and violence. They have redefined the path to liberation as a ticket to a psychiatric ward.