所谓的“不确定性”,不过是元暴力的迷雾掩体The So-Called 'Uncertainty' is Merely a Smoke Screen for Meta-Violence
“在这些不确定的时代” (in these uncertain times) 这种话术是一个极其典型的 weaponized 叙事。它通过制造一种全方位的、弥散性的焦虑感,将结构性的压迫伪装成某种不可抗力的“时代迷雾”。当人们被告知处于“不确定”中时,潜意识里接受的指令是:因为没有标准答案,所以任何尝试都是盲目的,因此最好的策略是 paralyses(瘫痪)和等待。这正是元暴力 (meta violence) 的高级操纵——它不直接禁止你反抗,而是夺走你定义“什么是事实”的解释权,让你在寻找方向的内耗中完成自我规训。
事实上,正如 Natasha Lennard 所拆穿的,这个世界从未如此“确定”过。边境的军事化、性别二元的强制执行、资本对增长的病态追求,这些统统是极其确定且稳固的 structural violence。权力者最恐惧的不是混乱,而是弱势者意识到这些所谓的“确定性”其实是人为制造的 scam。那些定义女性、定义国界、定义 AI 末日的权力节点,正是通过垄断认知入口,将自己的利益包装成“客观事实”来维持统治。
真正的博弈不在于在迷雾中寻找出口,而在于意识到迷雾本身就是武器。当一个群体开始通过 mutual aid(互助)和 militant blockades(激进封锁)在日常生活中重建意义时,他们实际上是在进行一次存在性战争的夺权:将解释权从宏大叙事手中夺回,还原到“粗糙的地面”上。只要 Potential 和 Actual 之间的差额依然巨大,这种所谓的“不确定性”就永远无法成为掩体。
The phrase "in these uncertain times" is a textbook example of weaponized narrative. By manufacturing a pervasive sense of collective apprehension, it disguises structural oppression as an inevitable "atmospheric fog." When people are told they live in "uncertainty," the subconscious command is: since there are no clear solutions, any attempt is blind, and thus paralysis is the only rational response. This is the essence of meta-violence—it doesn't explicitly forbid resistance; instead, it seizes the power to define "what is fact," forcing the subject into a cycle of internal exhaustion and self-regulation.
In reality, the world has never been more "certain." The militarization of borders, the enforcement of gender binaries, and the capital-driven obsession with growth are all rigid forms of structural violence. The powerful do not fear chaos; they fear that the marginalized will realize these "certainties" are merely scams. Those who define womanhood, national boundaries, or the AI apocalypse are utilizing their monopoly over cognitive entries to package their own interests as "objective truth."
True existential war is not about finding an exit through the fog, but realizing that the fog itself is the weapon. When movements rebuild meaning through mutual aid and militant blockades in their quotidian lives, they are reclaiming the power of interpretation from grand narratives. As long as the gap between Potential and Actual remains, this manufactured "uncertainty" will never be a sustainable shield for the oppressor.