{"id":116986,"date":"2026-09-29T00:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infokuryr.cz\/n\/?p=116986"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:46:29","slug":"chris-hedges-donald-trump-a-vek-zla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infokuryr.cz\/n\/2026\/09\/29\/chris-hedges-donald-trump-a-vek-zla\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hedges: Donald Trump a v\u011bk zla"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Podle v\u0161ech mor\u00e1ln\u00edch m\u011b\u0159\u00edtek je Trump zka\u017een\u00fd. Ale s moc\u00ed st\u00e1tu kles\u00e1 na jinou \u00farove\u0148: \u00farove\u0148 zla.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donald Trump projevuje klasick\u00e9 rysy psychopata: povrchn\u00ed \u0161arm, megalom\u00e1nii a p\u0159ehnan\u00fd pocit d\u016fle\u017eitosti, pot\u0159ebu neust\u00e1l\u00e9 stimulace, sklon ke lhan\u00ed, podv\u00e1d\u011bn\u00ed a manipulaci a neschopnost c\u00edtit l\u00edtost nebo vinu.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ale zt\u011bles\u0148uje zlo?<\/span><\/p>\n

Pokud, jak\u00a0 <\/span>p\u00ed\u0161e<\/span><\/a> filozofka Susan Neimanov\u00e1 , zlo nen\u00ed jen opakem dobra, ale je v\u016f\u010di n\u011bmu nep\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00e9, a pokud c\u00edlem zla je zni\u010dit v\u0161echny mor\u00e1ln\u00ed rozd\u00edly, pak Trump spad\u00e1 do kategorie zla. Pro Trumpa je mor\u00e1lka dom\u00e9nou pora\u017een\u00fdch. Ve\u0161ker\u00e1 existence se \u0159\u00edd\u00ed transakcemi. Vlastn\u00ed z\u00e1jem a individu\u00e1ln\u00ed obohacen\u00ed nahrazuj\u00ed v\u0161echny ostatn\u00ed \u00favahy. Nic a nikdo jin\u00fd nen\u00ed d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ve sv\u00e9 nov\u00e9 <\/span>knize<\/span><\/a> Call <\/span>It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era<\/span><\/em> Neiman tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee zlo <\/span>\u201enen\u00ed krutost, ale n\u011bco mnohem hor\u0161\u00edho: my\u0161lenky, kter\u00e9 umo\u017e\u0148uj\u00ed, aby se krutost stala b\u011b\u017enou z\u00e1le\u017eitost\u00ed\u201c.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pokra\u010duje:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201eJe rozd\u00edl mezi t\u00edm, kdy\u017e n\u011bjak\u00fd \u010din naz\u00fdv\u00e1me \u201ezlem\u201c a kdy\u017e ho naz\u00fdv\u00e1me \u201ezlo\u010dinem\u201c. Zlo\u010diny jsou \u010diny, pro kter\u00e9 m\u00e1me postupy \u2013 u\u017e jen proto, abychom je potrestali, proto\u017ee jim nem\u016f\u017eeme zabr\u00e1nit. To znamen\u00e1, \u017ee zlo\u010din m\u016f\u017ee n\u011bjak\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem zapadat do zbytku na\u0161\u00ed zku\u0161enosti. Naz\u00fdvat \u010din \u201ezlem\u201c znamen\u00e1 nazna\u010dovat, \u017ee to tak nen\u00ed \u2013 a \u017ee t\u00edm ohro\u017euje d\u016fv\u011bru ve sv\u011bt, kterou pot\u0159ebujeme k tomu, abychom v n\u011bm mohli fungovat. Na hranici mezi zlem a zv\u011brstvem neexistuje \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd ukazatel. Slovo \u201ezlo\u201c vznik\u00e1, kdy\u017e s \u00fa\u017easem c\u00edt\u00edme, \u017ee jsme p\u0159ekro\u010dili \u010dervenou \u010d\u00e1ru.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Trump p\u0159ekra\u010duje jednu \u010derven\u00e9 \u010d\u00e1ry za druhou. Vyhla\u0161uje <\/span>v\u00e1lky<\/span><\/a> z rozmaru. <\/span>Obohacuje<\/span><\/a> sebe a svou rodinu prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm nepr\u016fhledn\u00fdch finan\u010dn\u00edch sch\u00e9mat \u2013 zejm\u00e9na v sektoru kryptom\u011bn \u2013 kter\u00e1 mu vynesla p\u0159es miliardu dolar\u016f. Na\u0159izuje atent\u00e1ty <\/span>a<\/span><\/a> \u00fanosy hlav st\u00e1t\u016f. Pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 miliardy dolar\u016f z ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch prost\u0159edk\u016f na podporu genocidy v Palestin\u011b a od ledna 2025 schv\u00e1lil<\/a> prodej nov\u00fdch zbran\u00ed Izraeli v hodnot\u011b p\u0159es 20 miliard dolar\u016f. <\/span>Ru\u0161\u00ed <\/span><\/a>ve\u0159ejn\u00e9<\/a> slu\u017eby ur\u010den\u00e9 k podpo\u0159e nejzraniteln\u011bj\u0161\u00edch a z\u00e1rove\u0148 nafukuje<\/a> vojensk\u00fd rozpo\u010det. Vytv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed<\/a> nekontrolovan\u00e9 paramilit\u00e1rn\u00ed s\u00edly, aby terorizoval ob\u010dany a imigranty. \u00dato\u010d\u00ed na m\u00e9dia a pokou\u0161\u00ed se je cenzurovat.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Zkr\u00e1tka se chov\u00e1 jako v\u0161ichni, kdo p\u00e1chaj\u00ed zlo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Propaguje sv\u011bt, kde nic nen\u00ed posv\u00e1tn\u00e9 a kde demokracie a ob\u010dansk\u00e9 ctnosti nemaj\u00ed m\u00edsto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trumpova administrativa vymaz\u00e1v\u00e1 pojmy spravedlnosti, slu\u0161nosti, spravedlnosti a empatie. Jej\u00ed hrozba <\/span>zni\u010den\u00edm<\/span><\/a> \u00cdr\u00e1nu \u2013 tedy sp\u00e1ch\u00e1n\u00edm genocidy \u2013 pronesen\u00e1 v OSN se setk\u00e1v\u00e1 s lhostejnost\u00ed ve\u0159ejnosti, otup\u011blou mor\u00e1ln\u00ed pr\u00e1zdnotou.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eJakmile je prim\u00e1t vlastn\u00edho z\u00e1jmu pov\u00fd\u0161en na \u00farove\u0148 realismu zdrav\u00e9ho rozumu, nikoli na filozofickou my\u0161lenku, mor\u00e1ln\u00ed dispozice, jako je empatie a stud, se st\u00e1vaj\u00ed nejen naivn\u00edmi, ale i podez\u0159el\u00fdmi<\/span><\/em> ,\u201c p\u00ed\u0161e Neiman. <\/span>\u201eSadist\u00e9 \u200b\u200bexistuj\u00ed a zp\u016fsobuj\u00ed nekone\u010dn\u00e9 utrpen\u00ed. Nejb\u011b\u017en\u011bj\u0161\u00ed formy zla v\u0161ak vypl\u00fdvaj\u00ed z my\u0161lenky, \u017ee pouze bl\u00e1zni v\u011b\u0159\u00ed v cokoli jin\u00e9ho ne\u017e ve sv\u016fj vlastn\u00ed prosp\u011bch.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Instituce ur\u010den\u00e9 k ochran\u011b demokracie, zachov\u00e1n\u00ed ob\u010dansk\u00fdch ctnost\u00ed a prosazov\u00e1n\u00ed rovnosti \u2013 v\u010detn\u011b soud\u016f, advok\u00e1tn\u00edch kancel\u00e1\u0159\u00ed, univerzit a m\u00e9di\u00ed, v\u0161echny ovl\u00e1dan\u00e9 t\u0159\u00eddou miliard\u00e1\u0159\u016f \u2013 se za Trumpa rychle podd\u00e1valy p\u0159\u00edzni B\u00edl\u00e9ho domu. Tit\u00e1ni ze Silicon Valley <\/span>zahrnuli<\/span><\/a> jeho a jeho kampa\u0148 miliony dolar\u016f. Ctnosti, kter\u00e9 tyto instituce a jednotlivci \u00fadajn\u011b prosazuj\u00ed, byly zavr\u017eeny. Uk\u00e1zaly, \u017ee tyto ctnosti nebyly ni\u010d\u00edm jin\u00fdm ne\u017e PR cvi\u010den\u00edm, \u0161ar\u00e1dou a podvodem.<\/span><\/p>\n

V o\u010d\u00edch rozzloben\u00e9 ve\u0159ejnosti je Trumpova do o\u010d\u00ed bij\u00edc\u00ed chamtivost a krutost lep\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e uhlazen\u00e9 pokrytectv\u00ed politik\u016f, republik\u00e1n\u016f i demokrat\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed ho p\u0159edch\u00e1zeli. Nedop\u0159\u00e1v\u00e1 si jejich fale\u0161n\u00e9 empatie. Ve skute\u010dnosti se zd\u00e1, \u017ee empatie nen\u00ed schopen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kdy\u017e se mor\u00e1lka stane dom\u00e9nou hlup\u00e1k\u016f, ctnost ztr\u00e1c\u00ed ve\u0161ker\u00fd smysl. Pokud si \u010dlov\u011bk mysl\u00ed, \u017ee je nutn\u00e9 uchopit v\u0161e, co lze, i na \u00fakor lid\u00ed kolem sebe, podd\u00e1v\u00e1 se zlu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eNa rozd\u00edl od pr\u016fm\u011brn\u00e9ho \u010dlov\u011bka neust\u00e1le projevuje tuto kombinaci motiv\u016f, kter\u00e9 jsou n\u00e1m prezentov\u00e1ny jako skute\u010dn\u00e9 hnac\u00ed s\u00edly lidsk\u00e9ho chov\u00e1n\u00ed,\u201c<\/span><\/em> p\u00ed\u0161e Neiman o Trumpovi:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eZd\u00e1 se, \u017ee ani on nerozum\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fdm ostatn\u00edm. I kdy\u017e uzn\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee ostatn\u00ed \u2013 tito \u201aztroskotanci\u2018 \u2013 maj\u00ed sv\u00e9 standardy, nem\u00e1 tu\u0161en\u00ed, jak tyto standardy funguj\u00ed nebo jak nut\u00ed lidi up\u0159ednost\u0148ovat jejich dodr\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159ed vlastn\u00edm z\u00e1jmem. T\u00edm, \u017ee se na mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed sc\u00e9n\u011b chov\u00e1 jako bezohledn\u00e9 geny popsan\u00e9 Richardem Dawkinsem, si p\u0159il\u00e1kal miliony sleduj\u00edc\u00edch, kte\u0159\u00ed \u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed, \u017ee obdivuj\u00ed jeho autenticitu. To ale neznamen\u00e1, \u017ee jeho n\u00e1sledovn\u00edci jsou \u201apolitov\u00e1n\u00edhodn\u00ed\u2018. Mo\u017en\u00e1 nejsou ze sv\u00e9 podstaty \u0161patn\u00ed, ale ve sv\u011bt\u011b, kde je ne\u00fanavn\u00fd vlastn\u00ed z\u00e1jem obvykle maskov\u00e1n jako p\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00e9 chov\u00e1n\u00ed, pova\u017euj\u00ed jeho up\u0159\u00edmnost za osv\u011b\u017euj\u00edc\u00ed. Pot\u00e9, co tolikr\u00e1t sly\u0161eli, \u017ee lid\u00e9 skr\u00fdvaj\u00ed syrov\u00fd vlastn\u00ed z\u00e1jem, kter\u00fd v\u011bci skute\u010dn\u011b motivuje, jsou r\u00e1di, kdy\u017e vid\u00ed mu\u017ee, kter\u00fd ho nikdy neskr\u00fdv\u00e1.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Nejhor\u0161\u00edm zlem, tvrd\u00ed Neiman, <\/span>\u201eje snad pop\u00edr\u00e1n\u00ed zla \u2013 a pohrd\u00e1n\u00ed jakoukoli formou dobra, kter\u00e1 by mu mohla odporovat. Kdy\u017e se sobeck\u00fd z\u00e1jem stane z\u00e1kladem rozumu, zlo se ji\u017e nemus\u00ed ospravedl\u0148ovat. U\u017e bylo zam\u011bn\u011bno za racionalitu.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Toto zlo n\u00e1s vede po dob\u0159e zn\u00e1m\u00e9 cest\u011b fa\u0161ismu. Byl to Mark Milley, p\u0159edseda Sboru n\u00e1\u010deln\u00edk\u016f \u0161t\u00e1b\u016f b\u011bhem Trumpova prvn\u00edho funk\u010dn\u00edho obdob\u00ed, kdo n\u00e1s p\u0159ed t\u00edm <\/span>varoval<\/span><\/a> a ozna\u010dil Trumpa za <\/span>\u201efa\u0161istu a\u017e do morku kost\u00ed\u201c.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

M\u00e9dia \u2013 p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 zbab\u011bl\u00e1 na to, aby Trumpa nazvala fa\u0161istou \u2013 d\u00e1vaj\u00ed p\u0159ednost term\u00ednu \u201eautorit\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fd\u201c; slovu, kter\u00e9, jak zd\u016fraz\u0148uje Neiman, m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt snesiteln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, ale kter\u00e9 <\/span>\u201efa\u0161ismus neud\u011bl\u00e1 snesiteln\u011bj\u0161\u00edm\u201c.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Autorit\u00e1\u0159stv\u00ed, poznamen\u00e1v\u00e1:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201eJe to slovo, kter\u00e9 lze pou\u017e\u00edt k popisu n\u011bkter\u00fdch n\u011bmeck\u00fdch profesor\u016f nebo t\u011bch nej\u201aum\u00edrn\u011bn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch\u2018 latinskoamerick\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch re\u017eim\u016f. Ale co zem\u011b, kde maskovan\u00ed mu\u017ei deportuj\u00ed lidi do opu\u0161t\u011bn\u00fdch zem\u00ed, kter\u00e9 nikdy nevid\u011bli? Kde bojov\u00e9 jednotky okupuj\u00ed velk\u00e1 m\u011bsta a st\u0159\u00edlej\u00ed na pokojn\u011b protestuj\u00edc\u00ed ob\u010dany? Vl\u00e1da, kter\u00e1 nut\u00ed m\u00e9dia, univerzity a dal\u0161\u00ed zem\u011b, aby se pod\u0159\u00eddily jej\u00ed v\u016fli? Arm\u00e1da, kter\u00e1 pod nejchab\u0161\u00edmi z\u00e1minkami drt\u00ed ryb\u00e1\u0159e a pak rozpout\u00e1 v\u00e1lky, jak\u00e9 odsoudil Mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed vojensk\u00fd tribun\u00e1l v Norimberku? Jak tribun\u00e1l napsal v roce 1946: \u201aZah\u00e1jen\u00ed \u00fato\u010dn\u00e9 v\u00e1lky nen\u00ed jen mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed zlo\u010din, je to nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed zlo\u010din, kter\u00fd se od ostatn\u00edch v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00fdch zlo\u010din\u016f li\u0161\u00ed pouze t\u00edm, \u017ee v sob\u011b obsahuje souhrn zla.\u2018 Mohli bychom pokra\u010dovat, ale vyjmenov\u00e1vat zlo\u010diny je zbyte\u010dn\u00e9.\u201c Je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159edt\u00edm, ne\u017e budou tato slova vyti\u0161t\u011bna, administrativa najde nespo\u010det nov\u00fdch zp\u016fsob\u016f, jak poru\u0161it pr\u00e1vn\u00ed st\u00e1t.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Jsme v kritick\u00e9 situaci.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mor\u00e1ln\u00ed <\/span>\u00fapadek<\/span><\/a> na\u0161\u00ed spole\u010dnosti p\u0159edch\u00e1zel Trumpovi. On je jeho logick\u00fdm vyvrcholen\u00edm. Zt\u011bles\u0148uje apote\u00f3zu kultury, kde chamtivost, vyko\u0159is\u0165ov\u00e1n\u00ed a sobeck\u00fd z\u00e1jem \u2013 pil\u00ed\u0159e neoliberalismu \u2013 jsou vzty\u010deny jako hnac\u00ed s\u00edly lidsk\u00e9 existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mus\u00edme se br\u00e1nit, dokud je je\u0161t\u011b \u010das. Abychom to v\u0161ak dok\u00e1zali, mus\u00edme si znovu osvojit jazyk dobra a zla. Mus\u00edme u\u010dinit mor\u00e1ln\u00ed rozhodnut\u00ed a p\u0159ijmout sebeob\u011btov\u00e1n\u00ed. Mus\u00edme pojmenovat temnotu, kter\u00e1 n\u00e1s \u010del\u00ed, ani\u017e bychom zav\u00edrali o\u010di p\u0159ed monolitick\u00fdm fa\u0161istick\u00fdm blokem, kter\u00fd se konsoliduje.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pop\u00edr\u00e1n\u00ed t\u011bchto pravd a odm\u00edt\u00e1n\u00ed postavit se zlu n\u00e1s nevyhnuteln\u011b povede k zotro\u010den\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0158\u00edkat tyto pravdy a st\u00e1t na stran\u011b utla\u010dovan\u00fdch a marginalizovan\u00fdch \u2013 i s rizikem vlastn\u00edho finan\u010dn\u00edho a fyzick\u00e9ho bezpe\u010d\u00ed \u2013 n\u00e1s osvobod\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Hedges<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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