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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on Luigi Mangione

2024/12/27
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Callum: 提问探讨了美国联合健康CEO Brian Thompson被暗杀以及对被告Luigi Mangione的民众支持，这两者如何反映美国的阶级斗争和阶级意识，以及与历史上其他地区政治暗杀的相似之处。 Richard Seymour: 将此事件与Eric Hobsbawm的“社会强盗”理论联系起来。他认为，社会强盗的出现反映了社会矛盾和政治制度的失效。在传统社会中，社会强盗代表穷人的利益，对抗压迫者，虽然被国家视为罪犯，却受到民众的保护。这是一种在更有效的反抗方式出现之前的非政治化抗议形式。美国的案例显示，即使在发达资本主义社会，这种现象仍然存在，这表明美国在体制和政治上陷入了瘫痪，难以实现有效的政治改革。这与Ernst Bloch的“活生生的昨日”概念相呼应，体现了美国社会深层次的矛盾和无力感，无法通过正常的政治途径解决问题，只能诉诸于这种非制度化的反抗。 …

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In today’s episode Richard Seymour responds to listener questions on the overthrow of Assad in Syria, the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the significance of widespread public sympathy for Luigi Mangione. We also talked about “normie socialism”, a Soviet counterfactual, and what books Richard has been reading this year. As always, thanks to everyone who sent in a question and for your continued support.