假装的文化
The Culture of Make Believe
Derrick Jensen · 初版 2002 年
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“在The Culture of Make Believe中，Derrick Jensen立意极高，审视了构成本文化突出特征的种种暴行——从20世纪初美国的私刑、现代奴隶制和企业不端行为，到工业灾难、发展中国家的行刑队以及自然界的毁灭。”“通过融合政治、历史、哲学以及深切的个人视角，Jensen认为唯有认清过去的恐怖，我们才有希望阻止未来的悲剧。经过严谨详实的考证，The Culture of Make Believe得出了一些令人震惊且深……”
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我举双手赞成。我去年读了一本书，觉得你会喜欢。德里克·詹森的《虚饰的文化》（The Culture of Make Believe）。如果你有时间，我强烈推荐读一读。
I wholeheartedly agree. I read a book last year I think you would enjoy. The Culture of Make Believe by Derek Jensen. If you've got time I highly recommend it.
这让我想起我读过的一本书《虚饰的文化》，讲的是我们如何假装世界与现实截然不同。书里有一章叫“浩劫”（Holocausts），指出在主流美国文化中，我们往往以为浩劫只有一次，但实际上发生过很多次。
Reminds me of the book I read “The Culture of Make Believe” about how we pretend the world is different than it really is. It has a chapter called “Holocausts” and notes that in US culture we tend to think there was just one, but there have been many.
……“舍莉·科隆（Sherly Colon），1997年4月25日，被人从廉租房楼顶推下，之后警察解开了原本反铐在她背后的手铐……这份名单你想列多长就能列多长……”——《虚饰的文化》，德里克·詹森。《虚饰的文化》是一本读起来非常沉重的书。作者探讨了仇恨犯罪与权力，以及我们围绕暴力演变出的这些极其畸形的文化规范。……
…Sherly Colon, April 25, 1997, pushed off the roof of a housing project, after which police removed the cuffs which had held her hands behind her back….The list is as long as you want to make it..." –The Culture of Make Believe, Derrick Jensen The Culture of Make Believe is a very difficult book to get through. The author talks about hate crimes and power, and how we've developed these very odd cultural norms around violence.…
……进城到工厂打工，你的衬衫产自南美血汗工厂……光是生活在一个高收入国家（美、欧、澳，甚至俄罗斯），你就已经是一条剥削河流的一部分（《虚饰的文化》一书对此有详细论述）。用钱包投票需要所有参与者都积极行动、绝不妥协且保持清醒……但这根本就是不可能的事。
…cities to work in factories, your shirts are made in South American sweat shops .. just by living in a high income country (US, EU, AU, even Russia) you are part of a river of exploitation (the book The Culture of Make Believe goes into this in detail). To vote with purchases requires all the actors to be active, uncompromising and aware .. and that simply never will be the case.
我读了《虚饰的文化》这本书，终于恍然大悟：政客和 CEO 们除了自己什么都不在乎，而我们所有人都假装这个体制运行良好，可一旦它导致了大规模死亡或虐待，我们却只是……
I read the book “The Culture of Make Believe” and what finally clicked for me was that politicians and CEOs don’t care about anything but themselves, and we all pretend that our system functions but when it results in mass deaths or abuse we just…