被定义为“害虫”的物种，与被定义为“弱势”的人Defined as 'Pests': From Invertebrates to the Marginalized
Chris Packham 在这篇文章里试图通过审美和好奇心来挽救无脊椎动物，但这里潜藏着一个极其冷酷的逻辑：一个物种是否能生存，不取决于它的生态价值，而取决于它在人类认知入口中的“定价”。
当一个生命被定义为“bug”（小虫子）时，它就从一个独立的存在被降格为一种“干扰”；而从“bug”到“pest”（害虫）只有一步之遥。这就是典型的 cultural violence。一旦某个群体被贴上“害虫”的标签，那么随后的 structural violence——比如大规模使用杀虫剂、破坏栖息地——就变得合理化，甚至被视为一种“文明”的清理。这种叙事让直接暴力看起来像是在维护秩序。
这种“定义 $\rightarrow$ 标签 $\rightarrow$ 抹杀”的机制，在人类社会内部运行得更加纯熟。就像生物墙被用来定义女性的“弱势”一样，当某种身份被定义为“次要”或“不正常”时，对该群体的剥削和规训就成了系统的“最优解”。无论是被视为害虫的昆虫，还是被视为原初种族的女性，其生存空间的被挤压，本质上都是解释权被垄断后的结果。
Packham 提到的“紧急使用”杀虫剂的政策，就是典型的 structural violence。政府通过一个“紧急”的叙事入口，迅速覆盖了之前的禁令。这说明在权力博弈中，所谓的“环保意识”只是 cultural 层面的点缀，而真正的决策权依然在资本和权力共谋的结构里。如果一个物种（或一个群体）无法进入权力者的认知中心，那么它的灭绝在共谋者看来，不过是一次高效的资源优化。
Chris Packham attempts to rescue invertebrates through aesthetics and curiosity, but there is a chilling logic here: the survival of a species depends not on its ecological value, but on its 'pricing' within the human cognitive entry point.
When a life is defined as a 'bug', it is downgraded from an independent existence to a 'disturbance'; from 'bug' to 'pest' is but a short step. This is classic cultural violence. Once a group is labeled as 'pests', the subsequent structural violence—such as mass pesticide use or habitat destruction—becomes legitimized, even framed as a 'civilized' cleanup. This narrative makes direct violence appear as the maintenance of order.
This mechanism of 'Definition $\rightarrow$ Labeling $\rightarrow$ Erasure' operates even more sophisticatedly within human society. Just as the biological wall is used to define the 'weakness' of women, when an identity is defined as 'secondary' or 'abnormal', the exploitation and discipline of that group become the system's 'optimal expression'. Whether it is the insect viewed as a pest or women as the Primal Race, the squeezing of their living space is essentially the result of the monopoly over the power of interpretation.
The 'emergency use' of pesticides mentioned by Packham is a textbook example of structural violence. The government uses an 'emergency' narrative entry to swiftly override previous bans. This proves that in the game of power, so-called 'environmental awareness' is merely a cultural ornament, while the actual decision-making power remains within the complicity of capital and authority. If a species (or a group) cannot enter the cognitive center of the powerful, its extinction is seen by the co-conspirators as nothing more than efficient resource optimization.