Puna: Toronto Star

I ka makahiki 1991, ua hele ʻo Christopher Hitchens, ka mea kākau moʻolelo radical i wehewehe pono iā ia iho, ma CNN e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ke Kaua Kaiwa. Ua hoʻouka mua ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā Kuwait, kahi i noho ai ʻo Iraq i ka makahiki ma mua. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana iā Hitchens ʻo Charlton Heston, nāna i hoʻokō i ka kaulana honua ma ke ʻano he hōkū o 'O nā'ōlelo he'umi a me nā moʻolelo moʻolelo Baibala ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i poʻokela no nā kumu conservative (a ʻo wai hoʻi e noho pelekikena ma hope o ka National Rifle Association). Ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana a i hope, nīnau ʻo Hitchens inā hiki iā Heston ke "haʻi mai iaʻu i ka uaki i nā ʻāina he mau palena a me nā palena me Iraq, e hoʻomaka ana mai Kuwait?"

Ua pane ʻo Heston: “Kuwait. Baharaina. Kuleke. Lukia. Iran.

“Pono. ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike i hea ia, ʻo ia hoʻi,” wahi a Hitchens. "Aia iā ʻoe ʻaʻohe manaʻo kahi o ka ʻāina ma ka palapala ʻāina, a makemake ʻoe i ka pana ʻana iā ia i kēia manawa, ma mua o ka hope, ma ka makemake o kahi pelekikena. (ʻO ka pane pololei ʻo Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey a me Iran. ʻAʻole kokoke ʻo Rūsia a ʻo Bahrain kahi lāhui mokupuni). I ke au o YouTube, ua haku ka poʻe Hitchens i ka huaʻōlelo "hitchslap" e wehewehe i nā manawa ʻino loa o Hitchens i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi hitchslap nui loa i kēlā lā, ikaika loa e hoʻouna iā Mose.

ʻO ka hakakā ʻana o Hitchens me Heston i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi ʻole i ke kaua (e like me kā Hitchens i ʻōlelo ai, "No ke aha i hilinaʻi ʻia ai kēia ʻano manaʻo lehulehu?") ma kahi ala poina ʻole. Hoʻomanaʻo nā puke hou a Hitchens i kēia manawa o kāna ʻoihana, ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i mea noiʻi no ke Kaua Iraq, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka poʻe pumehana āna i kūʻē ai. Ke ʻike ʻia nei he ʻumi makahiki ma hope o ka make ʻana o Hitchens, hōʻike kēia mau poʻo inoa e hele ana ʻo Hitchens e komo i ka pantheon o nā mea nūpepa, e like me HL Mencken lāua ʻo Joan Didion, nāna i hoʻopuka kope i ka lā palena e waiho nei i ka hoihoi i nā makahiki he mau makahiki ma hope. He mea hōʻeuʻeu loa ia no ka hoʻāla hou ʻana o Hitchens i kēia manawa. ʻO kā Hitchens "contrarian" brand of radicalism he mea hoʻonani a lōʻihi hoʻi i ka poʻe lehulehu Twitter, hoʻopau i nā hoʻolaha a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e hōʻeha nei i ka hema, a i ʻole ka mea i hala ma ka pūnaewele.

He poʻe kūʻē pinepine ko Hitchens hero. Ma kāna puke 2002 "Letters to a Young Contrarian," ua kākau ʻo ia me ka mahalo e pili ana i nā kiʻi e like me ʻEmile Zola i ka wā o Dreyfus, ʻo Noam Chomsky i ka wā Vietnam War a me Aleksander Solzhenitsyn ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Soviet Union. Ua huki ʻia kēia mau helu e kūʻē ʻaʻole no ka mea ua manaʻo lākou i ka contrarianism no kona pono ponoʻī, akā no ka mea ua kūʻē lākou i nā pūʻali ma ke ʻano o ka anti-Semitism, ka militarism unrestrained a i ʻole Stalinism. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole mākou e loaʻa i ko lākou kūlana koa, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomanaʻo i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona, ʻōlelo ʻo Hitchens, "i ka lā maʻamau, (inā mākou) e kū pono ai i kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻoweliweli a i ʻole ka manaʻo nui, a i ʻole ... mana."

Lawe mau ʻo Hitchens i nā kiʻi ikaika i hoʻopili ʻia i nā hewa nui. ʻO kāna puke 2001 "The Trial of Henry Kissinger," no ka laʻana, pale i ka manaʻo "radical" ʻo ke kākau ʻōlelo mua o ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole i ka mokuʻāina, he lawehala kaua nona nā hewa nui e komo pū ana me ka pana huna o Cambodia a me ke kōkua pū ʻana. he kipi ma Kile. (Ua hauʻoli ʻo Hitchens i ka wā ma hope koke o ka puka ʻana o ka puke ma ka ʻōlelo Palani, ua haʻalele ʻo Kissinger i kahi hōkele o Paris no ka pale ʻana i ke kiʻi ʻana mai kahi luna kānāwai Farani i makemake e nīnau iā ia e pili ana i nā hanana ma Chile.) Ma kekahi puke, "No One Left to Lie. No "(1999), e pili ana iā Bill Clinton, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Hitchens i ka pelekikena mua no ka hakakā ʻole ʻana no ka mālama olakino uku hoʻokahi, a ma kahi o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, me ka ʻole o ka kūleʻa, e hoʻolauna i nā hoʻoponopono ʻaʻole pono e lawe i ka ʻoihana ʻinikua. (Ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Hillary Clinton ma hope koke iho o ke koho ʻana o kāna kāne, ua maikaʻi ka ʻōnaehana ʻano Kanada.

ʻO ka hihia no ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o kēia incarnation o Hitchens i hana ʻia ma "Christopher Hitchens: He aha kāna i loaʻa pono ai, pehea ʻo ia i hewa ai, a no ke aha ʻo ia ka mea nui." ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Ben Burgis, he kolamu no ka makasina Jacobin a me ka mea hoʻokipa o Give Them an Argument, kahi hōʻike politika ma YouTube; he hanana kāna ma Toronto ma hope o kēia mahina e hoʻolaha i ka puke. Ua paʻa ʻo Burgis i nā Hitchens mua ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike o kahi mea kākau politika i hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i nā nīnau nui, kahi hana e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohana hou aku i kēia mau lā. E like me kā Burgis i kau ai i loko o ka puke, "Inā wau e heluhelu nei i nā huaʻōlelo 3,000 no ke aha"Ka Hōʻike Muppet ʻo ia, i ka nānā ʻana, pilikia loa, a i ʻole 5,000 mau huaʻōlelo no ke kumu e noʻonoʻo ai ka poʻe Ka Hōʻike Muppet he pilikia ua like ka ino me na makai malu Kelemania Hikina, ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻo e pono mākou iā Christopher Hitchenses.

Inā ʻoluʻolu ka poʻe Hitchens mua e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka hapa nui ma muli o ka ʻokoʻa o kāna hōʻailona holomua mai ka mana e ola wale ana i ka moʻomeheu kaulana a nā mākaʻi no kāna "nānā ʻino" a me kāna mau ʻano ʻaʻole "palekana." Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala hope ma kahi puke hou a Burgis, "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns," e hōʻino ana i ka waiho ʻana o ka pūnaewele no ka komo pinepine ʻana i ka moʻomeheu hoʻopau a me ka huhū hana. Ua haʻalele ka nui o nā lālā o ka pūnaewele i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ola ʻana o ka moʻomeheu hoʻopau, a i ʻole hōʻole i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo. ʻO Burgis, ʻo ia ka ʻēheu hema loa a ma ka pūnaewele, e hōʻike ana aia nā kumu holomua e hopohopo e pili ana iā ia, a hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka moʻomeheu me ka ʻole e lilo i orc.

Ke kāpae nei, no ka laʻana, e wehewehe ana i kahi ʻāpana e pili ana i ka mea kākau ʻēheu hema ʻo Barbara Ehrenreich, ka mea i pilloried ma ka pūnaewele no ka tweeting e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i kēia manawa i loaʻa i nā kiʻi e like me Marie Kondo, ka loea decluttering Iapana. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Ehrenreich iā Kondo's Netflix series, i lilo i mea kaulana ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Kondo i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ua kākau ʻo Burgis pehea ka ʻōlelo hoʻomākeʻaka a Ehrenreich ʻo ka kaulana o Kondo he hōʻailona ia e "ke emi nei ʻo ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he mana nui" i wili ʻia e lilo i ʻōlelo ʻAmelika mua, ʻoiai ʻo ia i ʻae maopopo ʻia ʻo Ehrenreich i ka wehe moʻomeheu 'aʻole e ʻōlelo Pelekania," i ʻōlelo ʻia kekahi o kāna mau tweet "hōʻino".

Hoʻopuka ʻo Burgis i ka manaʻo i ke ʻano ikaika e hoʻokau i nā mobbings pūnaewele e like me Ehrenreich's. ʻO ka poʻe mua i heluhelu i kāna Kondo tweets ʻo ia ka poʻe hahai ponoʻī iā Ehrenreich. Ua ʻike maoli lākou ʻo Ehrenreich he mea hoʻohewa lōʻihi i ka noho aliʻi aupuni ʻAmelika. "Pēlā nō," kākau ʻo Burgis, "ka ʻike ʻana i kā lākou manawa o kahi tweet hiki e heluhelu ʻokoʻa inā poina iā ʻoe ka mea nāna i kākau ua lawa ia e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou." Mai Ehrenreich, nui nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ʻike i kahi hopena like. Hoʻololi nā pahuhopu, akā ua lilo nā hoʻolaha pile-on i mea mau i ka media-media mau.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Burgis i kēia ʻano o ka "activism" me kahi ʻōlelo hoʻohālikelike i ʻaiʻē ʻia mai kahi mea kākau Pelekane ʻo Mark Fisher. Wahi a Fisher, ʻo ka hele ʻana ma Twitter e like me ka paʻa ʻana i loko o kahi hale kākela i piha i nā vampires e makemake e omo i ke koko a pau - nā mea hiki ke hoʻololi - mai nā neʻe no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nohona. E like me kā Fischer i ʻōlelo ai, "ʻO ka Vampires' Castle ka mea kūikawā i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hewa. Hoʻokele ʻia e a makemake o ke kahuna e kipaku a hoahewa, an ka makemake o ka academic-pedant ʻo ka mea mua i ʻike ʻia e ʻike i kahi kuhi hewa, a makemake o hipster e lilo i kekahi o ka lehulehu.

He alakaʻi ka hōʻailona hema o Hitchens no ka pakele ʻana i ka Vampires' Castle, kahi e hānai ai i ka conformity āna i hoʻowahāwahā ai. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Hitchens i hele ma hope o nā pahuhopu nui aʻe ma mua o nā poʻe hele hewa e like me Ehrenreich. Ua kākau ʻo Hitchens e pili ana i ka hana ʻino a Clinton a me nā poʻe ikaika ʻē aʻe me ka haʻalele ʻole i ka ʻilihune a me nā kumu pilikino ʻē aʻe o ka pōʻino - no laila kāna kākoʻo no ka uku hoʻokahi.

ʻOiai ma ka manaʻo nui he honua kahi e hoʻopau ai i ka moʻomeheu i hoʻonui i ka hopohopo me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻaʻole kēia ka honua a mākou e noho nei. i ka 'epekema ʻōlelo ʻo ia e makemake ana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, i ka hana ʻAʻole ia e nānā i kekahi mea koe wale nō ka hana pilikino." E noʻonoʻo i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻokele waiwai i hōʻike ʻia e ka mea hoʻokele waiwai Farani koʻikoʻi ʻo Thomas Pikitty, ʻaʻole mamao loa kāna kālai'āina mai Burgis a me nā Hitchens mua. I loko o kahi noiʻi 2018, ua ʻike ʻo Piketty a me ʻelua mau hoa kākau i ka 20 pakeneka o nā pākeke ʻAmelika (47 miliona mau kānaka) i loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā ma 2014 o US $13,100. Aia kēia helu i nā hoʻoili aupuni (e like me Medicare a me nā hōʻailona meaʻai) a me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā waiwai lehulehu (e like me ka pale a me nā mākaʻi). Ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻololi ʻana a me nā waiwai lehulehu, ʻo ka quintile lalo o ka hui US he awelika kālā o $5,400. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he pilikia koʻikoʻi ka haʻalele ʻana o ʻAmelika i nā kamaʻāina he nui. Akā, pehea ka pinepine o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Twitter miserabilism e like me ka mea a Ehrenreich i alo ai i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka ʻilihune a i ʻole ka like ʻole?

Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo Burgis, Fischer a me nā mea holomua ʻē aʻe mai ka vampire i waiho ʻia no ka mea ʻo kona hopohopo i ka hoʻopono e pili ana i ka lāhui a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka ʻike e ʻike ʻole ʻia e hele mai ma ka lilo o ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, e waiho wale i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hui politika nui e lawa ai. e hoʻokō. E like me kā Burgis i kākau ai ma ʻO ka ʻaila, inā he hale kūʻai ka mea i waiho ʻia ma ka pūnaewele, ʻo ka hōʻailona ma kona pukaaniani e ʻōlelo ʻia "Endless Collective Recriminations That Don't Really Go Anywhere — Hui pū me mākou i hiki iā mākou ke nahu iā ʻoe."

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūikawā o ka hoʻopono lāhui a ka vampire i haʻi ʻia e like me ka mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o kahi kumu no ka hana ʻino aestheticized. Ua hōʻike ʻo Hitchens i ka hiki ke hoʻohui i nā manaʻo nui me ka hoʻoponopono waiwai a me ka lāhui. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia ma kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa 2001 a Burgis i wehewehe ai, kahi i hana ai ʻo Hitchens i ka hihia no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika nā mamo a nā kauā. Ke noho nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me nā hopena o ke kauā, ka waiwai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ka manaʻo o Hitchens i ka lanakila ʻana i kāna hoʻoilina e koi ana i kahi pane ʻōnaehana nui ka nui o ka meaʻai no ka noʻonoʻo. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, ʻo ka ʻōlelo a Hitchens e pili ana i ka nui o ka reparations - ʻoi aku ka 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka manaʻo e lilo i kumu nui - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana i ka racism ma mua o ka hoʻohewa ʻana i nā tweets hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka racist wale nō ma ka unuhi ʻana iā lākou ma ka ʻoi loa ke aloha aloha ʻole.

ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana kekahi o nā kumuhana liʻiliʻi i ʻae ʻole ʻo Burgis me nā ʻōpio Hitchens. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Burgis, ʻo ka uku ʻana i nā mamo a ka poʻe hoʻoluhi he mea haʻahaʻa loa ia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻilihune, ʻaʻole wale no nā ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika akā no nā mea āpau. Ma kēlā manaʻo, ʻaʻole kūpono nā uku i uku ʻia i ka poʻe Kepanī-Kanada a me nā Kepani-ʻAmelika no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II no ka mea e mau ana ka ʻilihune. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana a Burgis ma ʻaneʻi kekahi o kāna mau mea liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia. He alakaʻi maikaʻi paha ʻo Hitchens i ka politika ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o Burgis.

ʻO kahi ala hope loa e aʻo ai ka hōʻailona hema o Hitchens ma kāna kūpaʻa i ka ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka vampire i koe he deplatforming hema. Hoʻopiʻi pinepine ia i ka wā e "hōʻoia" ai ka poʻe hema i nā conservatives ma ke kū ʻana ma ke kahua e hoʻopaʻapaʻa iā lākou. Ua ʻono ʻo Burgis i kēia makahiki i hala, i kona hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana iā Charlie Kirk, ka luna hoʻokele o Turning Point USA, kahi hui conservative outreach. Ua kūʻē ka poʻe ʻēheu hema o Burgis ʻo ka pane kūpono wale nō iā Kirk e haʻalele iā ia, no ka mea he kākoʻo ʻo Donald Trump ʻo ia e kūʻē nei i nā kauoha kano.

He kanaka koʻikoʻi ʻo Kirk me kahi paepae nui. No laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāna anaina i nā manaʻo kūʻē. E like me kā Burgis i kākau ai i ka "Canceling Comedians," "I kēlā me kēia manawa mākou e hele pū me nā 'platforming' kapu e hoʻonāwaliwali ai i ka poʻe hema mai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā reactionaries ke hoʻokuʻu nei mākou i ka pāʻani i nā maka o ka poʻe ʻike." Ua hoʻohālike ʻo Burgis ma ʻaneʻi iā Hitchens, nona nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻē i ka lehulehu o nā hoa paio, mai ka poʻe pale i ka hoʻopaʻi make a hiki i ka poʻe hahai iā Ayn Rand, ua loiloi ʻia ma ka puke ʻo Burgis's Hitchens.

Hiki iā mākou ke mahalo iā Hitchens me ka hoʻomana ʻole iā ia. I kona mau makahiki hope, ʻaʻole wale ʻo Hitchens i kākau i nā apologetics no George W. Bush, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻomaloka ʻole i kākau i nā hana e like me "ʻAʻole Nui ke Akua" a kūʻē pinepine i ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO Burgis, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea hoʻopuka kālai'āina he kumu hoʻonaʻauao pili i ke kula ʻo Morehouse, ʻike ʻo Hitchens, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai ʻo ia i nā theologians naʻauao e like me William Lane Craig, e loaʻa mau i nā laina koʻikoʻi loa, akā ʻaʻole nā ​​​​mea noʻonoʻo loa. Ma ke ʻano he akeakamai, he mana koʻikoʻi ʻo Burgis i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa no ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua. ʻO kāna hōʻike ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa Hitchens e i ka wā e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai iā Craig, ma waho aʻe o ka nani a me ka pōkole, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ko Hitchens maoli.

ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o ka puke a Burgis e hōʻike ana ua kū ʻo Hitchens i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa ma ke ʻano he contrarian radical ma mua o ke ʻano he pamphleteer kaua. Loaʻa kēia manaʻo hoʻoikaika i ke kākoʻo hou aku i ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā puke a Hitchens i kāna ʻano radical-contrarian. "A Hitch in Time: Writings From the London Review of Books," hōʻuluʻulu i nā moʻolelo moʻokalaleo a me ka politika i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano puke. He hoʻolauna ʻia e James Wolcott, no nā makahiki he nui ʻo Hitchens hoa kolamu ma Vanity Fair, e kuhikuhi ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā mokuna e pili ana i ke Kaua Kaiwa a me Salman Rushdie i nā kūkākūkā hou aʻe o ka militarism ʻAmelika a me ka Islam ma mua o ka hana hope a Hitchens. (Hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo Wolcott i ke ʻano o ke kākau ʻana i kahi kolamu ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi mea nānā e like me Hitchens. 'A'ole 'o wau, 'o Hitchens kēlā.'”)

No laila, no ke aha ʻo Hitchens i hele mamao loa mai kona mau manaʻo mua? Pehea ʻo ia i hoʻopau ai i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaua a George W. Bush, i manaʻo ʻia e ka Iraq Body Count Project ua loaʻa i 288,000 mau make ʻino? Ma kahi mokuna i kapa ʻia "He aha ka Hell Happened?" Paʻakikī ʻo Burgis e pane i kēia nīnau. Manaʻo ʻo Burgis i kahi loulou me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o Hitchens me ka socialism, me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka wehewehe ʻana i kāna kūlana kaua. Ua ʻike nā poʻe nonsocialists i ka hihia no ke kaua, i hoʻomaka me nā ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni a Bush (ua loaʻa iā Iraq nā mea kaua o ka luku nui) i hoʻohana hou ʻia ka nui o ka media prestige.

Hoʻomaka ka wehewehe maikaʻi ʻana me ka nānā ʻana i kekahi mea kōkua LRB, ʻo David Runciman, i hana mua e pili ana iā Hitchens. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Runciman iā Hitchens me nā mea aloha Kelemania i ka makahiki 19, nāna i ʻimi mau i nā hanana politika koʻikoʻi. "Makemake lākou i kekahi mea, i kekahi mea, e hiki mai, i hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo iā lākou iho i ka puʻuwai o nā mea," i kākau ai ʻo Runciman i kahi loiloi o nā memo a Hitchens.

Hōʻike ʻia ko Hitchens pili politika i loko o kahi mokuna o “A Hitch in Time” e pili ana i ka hema hema o Chile ʻo Salvador Allende, nona ke aupuni i hoʻokahuli ʻia i ka hoʻokahuli aupuni i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e Kissinger. Ua hōʻike ikaika ʻo Hitchens i ka hoʻolaha lekiō hope loa a Allende mai ka hale aliʻi Pelekikena i ka wā e hāʻule ana nā pōkā; hui pū ʻo Allende i ka ʻaoʻao hema demokratika me Fidel Castro; a me ka manaʻo hoʻonāukiuki i ka hāʻule ʻana o Allende i wikiwiki i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kuʻuna pono kanaka honua.

ʻO nā moʻolelo a Hitchens no nā lā hope loa o Allende e hōʻike ana i kona aloha i ka maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka ʻatikala, me kāna hanana nui a me ka manaʻo hoʻonāukiuki, e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻole ʻana o Allende e kūkākūkā no kona ola ma ke ʻano he ʻano koa. Akā hiki i ka romanticism politika ke hoʻopili maʻalahi iā ia iho me nā kumu koʻikoʻi i alakaʻi hewa ʻia. E like me kā Runciman i ʻōlelo ai, hiki i kahi romanticism ʻike ʻole ke alakaʻi iā mākou e "makemake i ka manawa i ka hopena."

Me he mea lā ua hiki mai kēia ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o Hitchens i ka lele ʻana o nā mokulele i ka World Trade Center. E like me ka haʻi kaulana ʻana o Hitchens i kahi mea nīnau nīnau i ka makahiki 2003, "He mea hilahila wale wau e haʻi aku iā ʻoe he manaʻo hauʻoli kēia. Eia mākou i kēlā manawa, manaʻo wau, i ke kaua a hiki i ka hopena ma waena o nā mea a pau aʻu i aloha ai a me nā mea aʻu e inaina ai. ʻO ke kaua ma muli o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ko Hitchens ʻāina i noho ai, ʻaʻole ia e like me ke Kaua Kaiwa a i ʻole nā ​​hakakā ʻē aʻe i kākoʻo ʻia e ka poʻe Hitchen mua i kekahi manawa (e like me ke Kaua Falklands) me ka ʻole o ka makemake nui. Ua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ke Kaua Iraq, kahi hanana nui. ʻO kēia ka mea i maʻalahi iā Hitchens e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia iho ʻo ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i ke aupuni dictator o Saddam Hussein e hoʻomau ʻia me nā hakakā kūʻē i ka fascism a me nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe o ke kenekulia 20.

Ma muli o nā kuhi hewa ʻana o Hitchens ma hope, ua maʻalahi ke poina i ka mea i hiki i ka hema ke aʻo mai kona ʻōpio ʻōpio. Akā ua paʻa nā Hitchens revivalisists e hoʻomanaʻo iā mākou. Ma ia ʻuhane, ua paʻi hou kāna mea hoʻopuka UK, ʻo Atlantic Books, i 12 o kāna mau poʻo inoa, ma mua o kona manawa. Aia lākou i ka "For the Sake of Argument" (1993), he hōʻiliʻili o nā palapala a me nā palapala kālai'āina a Hitchens e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o kahi mea kākau moʻolelo anti-kaua ʻo Hitchens. He nui nā mokuna i kākau i ka hoʻopunipuni a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i hele pū me nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika ma Asia, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ka Hikina Waena, kahi moʻolelo i hāʻawi ʻia i ka manawa kūpono i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Rūsia ma Ukraine, ka mea i hahai i kahi ʻano imperial like. He ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Hitchens i ka ʻike ʻana i ka wānana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēlā me kēia pelekikena o ke kaua a i ʻole ke kuhina nui iā Winston Churchill, nā hoʻohālikelike e hoʻohālikelike i ka mōʻaukala ma mua o ke aʻo ʻana mai ia mea. ʻO nā Hitchens i poina ʻole i kēia ka mea hiki iā mākou ke aʻo mai. ʻO ka radical contrarian ʻaʻole hiki i ka make ke hoʻopau iā ia.

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