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Richard Seymour on Luigi Mangione

2024/12/23
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Callum: 提问者提出，美国联合健康CEO Brian Thompson的暗杀事件以及对被告Luigi Mangione的民众支持，反映了美国的阶级斗争和阶级意识，并可以与历史上其他地区和时期将暗杀作为常见政治策略的现象进行比较。 Richard Seymour: Richard Seymour认为Luigi Mangione事件并非简单的刑事案件，而是反映了美国社会深层次的问题。由于美国政治制度的严重瘫痪，有效的政治改革几乎不可能实现，这导致了类似“社会强盗”式的反抗出现。这种现象并非革命性的，而是一种前政治的、非革命性的抗议形式，表明社会存在着尚未找到解决方法的深层次问题。这与Eric Hobsbawm对社会强盗的描述相符，即在传统农村社会中，社会强盗作为穷人的英雄出现，虽然被国家视为罪犯，但却受到民众的保护。 这体现了Ernst Bloch所说的“活着的昨日”，即美国社会在制度和政治上陷入了瘫痪，无法通过有效的途径解决问题，因此只能通过这种非正规的方式表达不满。

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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.