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用纳税人的钱买赞美诗,这叫“公共服务”?Buying Praises with Taxpayer Money is Not a 'Public Service'

国际 结构层 · 文化层 · 元暴力 The Guardian ↗ 2026-09-25 § 链接
将权力私有化后的第一步,就是重新定义“公共”这个词。
The first step of privatizing power is redefining the word 'Public'.

这是一场极其拙劣但极其典型的 weaponization。白宫把用公款在 Fox News 上投放的个人崇拜广告定义为“公共服务公告”(PSA),这种逻辑的本质是:只要我掌握了定义权,我就能把“为我打广告”等同于“为国家服务”。

在加尔通的暴力三角里,这属于典型的 structural violence 转化为 cultural violence。结构层面上,政府挪用纳税人的资金( taxpayer funds)为特定个体造神;文化层面上,则试图通过一套“爱国主义”的叙事,将总统的个人形象与国家的生存(defeat communism)强行绑定。当广告画面里全是 Trump 自己的特写,配乐却是未经许可的流行歌曲时,这根本不是在沟通,而是在进行一次认知入口的强行占领。

最讽刺的共谋发生在 Fox News 这样的媒体身上。它们不仅是广告的投放渠道,更是这套元暴力 (meta-violence) 的扩音器。通过将“反对 Trump”等同于“支持共产主义”,这套叙事成功地将政治博弈简化为一种生存战争。这种操作的逻辑极其简单:现实不配合我的利益,我就重新定义现实。就像某些科技公司做不出芯片就宣布新定律一样,白宫现在做不到公正表达,就宣布“赞美总统”就是公共服务。

当一个政权开始在公共空间里公然地、且毫无掩饰地通过篡改词义来掩盖权力滥用时,它其实在向所有人发送一个信号:在这个系统中,不存在所谓的“公正表达”,只有谁能掌控解释权,谁就是事实的制造者。

This is a clumsy yet textbook example of weaponization. By labeling a pro-Trump ad funded by taxpayers on Fox News as a 'Public Service Announcement' (PSA), the White House is operating on a simple premise: if I control the definition, then 'advertising for me' becomes 'serving the nation'.

Within the Violence Triangle, this is structural violence manifesting as cultural violence. Structurally, government funds are diverted to build a cult of personality; culturally, a 'patriotic' narrative is used to forcibly bind the president's image to national survival (e.g., 'defeating communism'). When the frames are filled exclusively with Trump's face and the music is stolen, this isn't communication—it's a hostile takeover of the cognitive entry point.

The complicity of media outlets like Fox News is the most cynical part. They aren't just airtime sellers; they are amplifiers of this meta-violence. By framing opposition to Trump as supporting communism, they reduce political discourse to an existential war. The logic is consistent: if reality doesn't suit my interests, I redefine reality. Much like a tech firm announcing a 'new law' because they can't build a chip, the White House declares that praising the leader is a public service because it cannot achieve a Just Expression.

When a regime openly manipulates language to mask the abuse of power in public spaces, it signals one thing: in this system, there is no such thing as a Just Expression. There is only the struggle for the power of interpretation, and whoever wins it becomes the manufacturer of 'truth'.