通往「法西斯主義（Fascism）」的十個步驟

一九九三年諾貝爾（The Nobel Prize）文學獎得主托妮·莫里森（Toni Morrison）於一九九五年哈佛大學（Howard University）一個會議上發表了演說，她分享了「社會走向法西斯的十個步驟（Ten Steps to Fascism）」。一番發人深省的講話，引人深思。

莫里森列舉了通往「法西斯主義（Fascism）」的十個步驟：

「我想提醒在座各位，在到達終極解決方法（final solution）之前，必然有第一步、第二步、甚至第三步，然後到最後一步。從來沒有一蹴而就，事情總是一步、一步、一步地發生。

一   樹立假想敵；既可聚焦，亦能轉移視線。

Construct an internal enemy, as both focus and diversion.

二   縱容污衊詆毀、孤立和妖魔化敵人；令口誅筆伐，人身攻擊，變得合理。

Isolate and demonize that enemy by unleashing and protecting the utterance of overt and coded name-calling and verbal abuse. Employ ad hominem attacks as legitimate charges against that enemy.

三   招攬培植烏合之眾；讓他們從散播謠言，在仇恨的過程中得到利益、權力和成就。

Enlist and create sources and distributors of information who are willing to reinforce the demonizing process because it is profitable, because it grants power and because it works.

四   隔絕一切藝術表達形式；凡挑戰政權，抑或妨礙妖魔化敵人的一切人和事都要被監控、貶抑和驅逐。

Palisade all art forms; monitor, discredit or expel those that challenge or destabilize processes of demonization and deification.

五   顛覆和誹謗所有認同敵人和代表敵人的任何象徵。

Subvert and malign all representatives of and sympathizers with this constructed enemy.

六   從敵人陣營招攬內應，令肅清的過程更乾淨利落。

Solicit, from among the enemy, collaborators who agree with and can sanitize the dispossession process.

七   通過學院和大眾媒體，將敵人描繪病態化；例如借科研和傳說，不斷強調種族優劣，令病態論述更顯得自然。

Pathologize the enemy in scholarly and popular mediums; recycle, for example, scientific racism and the myths of racial superiority in order to naturalize the pathology.

八   將敵人變成罪犯；為囚禁敵人，尤其是敵陣的男性及年青人，作準備，存資源和合理化建造控制找理由。

Criminalize the enemy. Then prepare, budget for and rationalize the building of holding arenas for the enemy — especially its males and absolutely its children.

九   以丁點的快慰、誘惑、幾分鐘的片段、幾行句語、一點虚假的成就、權力和影響力的假象、少許樂趣、少許時髦和無關痛癢的後果，通過浮誇但空洞的娛樂，獎勵那些不加思索、無情的群眾。

Reward mindlessness and apathy with monumentalized entertainments and with little pleasures, tiny seductions, a few minutes on television, a few lines in the press, a little pseudo-success, the illusion of power and influence, a little fun, a little style, a little consequence.

十   不惜一切代價維持整肅。

Maintain, at all costs, silence.  」

誠然世人對「法西斯主義」退避三舍，敬而遠之。可惜人們又對以上描述的十個步驟，何其熟悉呢？君翻開報章，又或各大主流媒體不就是以這些似曾相識的手段去污衊、詆毀、孤立和妖魔化善良的人（他們口中的敵人）嗎？在不斷散播謠言和仇恨的過程中，惡人得到所有利益、權力和成就，甚或逐漸步入掌控全球。

叮噹不知道世界距離這一個可怕的終極還有多遠，但不爭的事實正清楚說明惡勢力橫行當道，世界人民務必加倍小心，竭力明辯是非和黑白，免墜惡人的羅網和計謀。

天父，祝福並治愈這一個世界。

願你的愛安慰每一個靈魂，只有你才能做到。

又給衝突帶來團結，絕望帶來希望。

Bless and heal the world, Father.

May Your love comfort every soul as only You can.

Bring hope to the hopeless and unity where there is conflict.

God bless the world   上帝佑世界