Do your political opponents know...

Beulah 2021-12-09 08:01:31

The style of this movie is very strange. It is the first time I have seen such an absurd film. In other words, wouldn’t that country react to the declaration of war on Albania? Can a video or a song confirm the way the war broke out? I didn't believe it at first, and then I will think about it later, what we the public know about China's war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the U.S. and Libya, and Afghanistan are not just a few reports or some fragments. What is the truth? What is the motivation? It's just piled up in old paper piles or top-secret files.

I do not deny that I am still a very sentimental liberal arts student. Democracy, freedom, truthfulness, tolerance, kindness, love and beauty are what I like and want to pursue. I think reading the news is not bad, after all, Chai Jing's "Seeing" has infected many people. But now, I feel more and more that doing contemporary history and doing contemporary things is too easy to submit, because in this world, those in power have the right to speak. In the world, people have to desperately defend their power and interests, and use everything that can be manipulated.

Many people say that the power of public opinion is terrible, and people can't believe it. I think this is a fact, but this is also the norm. When you sit in that position, there will always be corresponding means to maintain your position. Haven't political battles existed since ancient times? It's just that the United States is conducting democratic elections under the guise of democratic elections. It is really ironic. A country that claims to be free is nothing more than a mass of sluggish people.

How to let the sovereignty belong to the people? How can everyone appeal their rights? How can we make the freedom of this society a little bit more, and make the administrative transparency of those in power a little bit higher? This is a difficult problem that requires thousands of years of struggle. Innate human rights, freedom and equality sound beautiful, but it is against human nature. Is there true equality and sharing in human society?

The real truth is not those superficial themes, but the secret motives hidden under packaging, propaganda, ideology, the direction of public opinion, and the agitation of elites. How interesting! If it is history, then we can call some historical accidents. Don't underestimate these accidents. Whether it is man-made planning or unintentional from the heavens, they affect some processes invisibly.

However, the drama of this film is not enough, it is just revealing some packaging, but what is the big deal about it, human nature, what is there to say. Many people are calling for public opinion, the truth, and now the country is not closed to North Korea. They turn over the wall, look for information, and search for files. Although there may be some things that are more difficult to open as they get closer, but by analogy, read more books, and more. If you try to figure out the meaning of those historical figures, you can actually get a glimpse of the limelight. Don't say you don't know, don't say you've been deceived, remember, no matter what era, no matter what country you are in, it is normal to follow the trend in the mainstream.

This movie does not have a game of power, does not have the cooperation and operation of the various departments of American political operation, it is not a good political movie, and the real world will not let you sing a one-man show like this. Do you know what your political opponents are doing like this? what.

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  • Romaine 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    Hollywood tells you what a real show business is, an excellent irony, and it can even be used to compare the Lewinsky affair and the Iraq War. Although the rise of the Internet has changed the power relationship between politics and the media in the film to some extent, it cannot weaken the film's sharp perspective and critical strength.

  • Hope 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    It clearly reveals that the essence of media and entertainment is to serve politics, and the plot is completed in one go. At this time, compared with the current moment of "Don't Look Up", it seems that we can choose what to believe. Great points for Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler.

Wag the Dog quotes

  • Stanley Motss: Oh, it's better than lovely. This guy made a deal with Governor Knee-High of Vermont...

    Faye: [Corrects him] Senator Leahy.

  • Stanley Motss: No no no no no, fuck freedom.