The Lust of Politics : Mass Movement 政治最情欲的一面：群眾運動

The experience of mass movement participation makes me gradually accept a point: politics, especially political mass movement is almost the same with the essence of lust.

In the acme of lust, one loses his consciousness about self-boundary and throws oneself into the one, and the only one common experience of orgasm of human. It may be called the absoluteness of lust. One in the political mass movement attaches himself to a slogan. While everyone attaches to it, the acclaimation of the slogan becomes a common mass experience. At the highest point, self-boundary consciousness　of everyone　dissipates in the incantatory slogan and people achieve the ecstasy state of orgasm. In biology, terrestrial creature rarely achieve orgasm in synch contrary to amphibia or aquatics. However, the political mass movement turns human into coral, which could achieve synchronized orgasm in mass scale. The slogans shouted by the people are like the sperm and eggs ejaculated by the coral. It is a miracle of sex evolution.

Lust also follows the law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Therefore, there are two results of the great emptiness after the orgasm. Resorting to more radical measure to achieve the same utility of previous orgasm or the ebb of lust. In political mass movement, Cultural Revolution in China is the former. The pursuit of orgasm at mass movement is beyond the right or wrong of the slogans. Ultimately, it is the endless of killing. Because the smell of blood could bring human the primary satisfaction and excitement. People Power in Philippines is the later. What kind the mass movement in Taiwan now for the recall of President Chen Shui-bian is? I think it's more like the People Power in which the Philippino failed to recall the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo allegedly involving in the reelection maneuver. The passion for mass movement in Taiwan is not so strong as 1980s and 1990s. Neither is the Peopl Power now comparing with it that caused Ferdinand Marcos to be exiled 20 years ago. Though no passion anymore, I believe most people are calmer to support or oppose Chen Shui-bian. This may not be a bad thing. After all, too much passion and too many slogans really deprive one's judgement and thinking.

參與群眾運動的經歷使我漸漸接受這個說法：政治，特別是政治中的群眾運動，最接近情欲的本質。

在情欲的最高點，一個人會失去自身邊界的意識，並投入一個，且是唯一一個人類共同的高潮體驗，這可以稱為情欲的絕對性。在政治群眾運動中，個人會附著於一個口號上，當所有人附著於其上時，口號的呼求就成為一個共同的群體體驗。在最高點的時候，每一個人的自身邊界意識就消融在咒語般的口號中，並達到高潮的狂喜狀態。就生物學而言，陸生動物不能像水生及兩棲類動物可以同步高潮，可是政治群眾運動將人類轉變成為可以集體同步高潮的珊瑚蟲，群眾喊出的口號就像珊瑚集體排出的精子及卵。這可以說是性演化上的奇蹟。

情欲也服從邊際效用遞減律，因此在面對高潮後的巨大空虛有兩種結果，一是訴諸於更激進的方式以達到以往高潮同樣的效用，或是情欲的衰退。在政治群眾運動中，中國的文化大革命是前者，對運動高潮的追求超越口號的是非對錯，最終則是不停的殺人見血，因為血液的腥味才能帶給人最原始的滿足及快感；菲律賓的人民力量是後者，而我們台灣罷免陳水扁的群眾運動，我想是比較像後者，現在菲律賓的人民力量無法使涉嫌操做選舉的艾若育總統下台。台灣人對群眾運動的熱情已不如８０及９０年代，同樣菲律賓的人民力量也不如二十年前可以讓馬可仕流亡海外。雖然失去熱情，我相信大部份民眾更為冷靜地支持或反對陳水扁，這未嘗不是件壞事，畢竟過多的熱情及口號實在太剝奪人們的思考和判斷。