Every "peaceful" life has a price

Thaddeus 2022-01-17 08:01:46

When the people realized that the former self-defense force against drug cartels had deteriorated, they shouted "We only need to live in peace." However, behind every peaceful life, there are unspeakable costs, especially in this unclear intertwining of justice and evil. A place for drug trafficking.

Fighting against drug trafficking, brave self-defense, when Dr. Meireles fired his first shot against the drug cartel, the goal of his drug cartel was to restore the people to a peaceful and stable life. And the people who flock to them are the eternal outsiders in this war.

Justice and evil circulate in this land. From the beginning they can bless the Self-Defense Forces and drive away the police, and finally acquiesce in the Self-Defense Forces to be "recruited for security" and become a "Safety Committee". Just imagine their psychological changes. It is estimated that the courage to make changes is exhausted. The "American Soldier" who plays "Soy Sauce" in the whole film often plays the role of life mentor. Looking at the change of the land in the distance, it still tells the truth: this is a cycle.

Let's see how this loops. The so-called encounter of a saint once in a thousand years, in fact, saints are just the incarnation of ordinary people, formed by the desire of the people. The drug cartels are vicious, and we must be more vicious. The "Self-Defense Forces" of Meireles can privately raise guns, arrest in the street, and use lynching. All of these are above the law, and this is also their sign of irony of the inaction of the government. The security of the people has changed from public to private. The price is that the once-familiar government has become a decoration, the law has been insulted, and the president’s declaration has become an empty joke. It was they who drove out the government forces themselves, and they had to bear the consequences themselves.

We do not want to believe in others, not because we believe in saving ourselves, but because we have been hurt and deceived too many times. The story of the decline of Mereles’ "Self-Defense Force" cannot be the first chapter, but a continuation of countless times. If I were the Mexican people, I would have burned out such self-defense stories, because they were finally proved. , It will only become evidence of collusion between drug cartels and the government. God was betrayed, Jesus was ordered on the cross, evil silenced the people, "Papa Blue, the "Second Commander" of the Self-Defense Force, put on the skin of the government and was helpless to assimilate the gang. The people now have no way to speak up. Your government has finally come to "rescue" you. There will be no more arrests on the street. The pleasure of grasping fate when the government forces were expelled is gone forever. But what about it, we have another army to protect it, and the situation won't get worse. In fact, the people who hide in the jungle laughter, they have the last laugh. It turns out that what you see is what they want you to see.

And the shuddering sentence "we are lucky ones, for now" at the end of the film, isn't this what the Self-Defense Forces said during the "Beat Home Robbery"! Here, justice and evil are not eternal, just like this world. No matter how righteous it is, it can be evil, and no matter how evil it is, justice can be performed. Even the more you advertise justice, the more you should beware, the more evil it is, the easier it is to overcome. You said you can jump out and change? "The American soldier" lit a cigarette and looked into the distance. The special tutor said: "No one has changed, they are doing the same thing with a strange vision."

And the only marginal person in this war, that young and sexy mistress, what kind of life should she lead now?

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Extended Reading
  • Stephan 2022-03-21 09:02:59

    The charm of documentaries is to make absolutely real happenings into scenes that can only appear in the works of literary screenwriters. The government was unable to eradicate the drug lords' persecution of the town, so the people set up an organization to fight back in self-defense. If the government is incompetent and the law collapses, can the people illegitimately use violence to maintain their own safety?

  • Abe 2022-03-14 14:12:26

    The whole process of watching the film is thinking about a question, whether this is a film in the form of a documentary or a real documentary. The scale is so large that our celestial dynasty can't match it for 100 years. From the perspective of drug dealers, the self-defense forces of Mexico and the United States look at drug trafficking and prohibition. The saddest thing was the ending. The leader of the Self-Defense Force was overthrown by his own organization and was conquered under house arrest, and the Self-Defense Force became a government puppet and collaborating with drug dealers.

Cartel Land quotes

  • Timothy Foley: Anybody touches me, drop 'em.

  • Timothy Foley: I believe what I am doing is good. And I believe what I'm standing up against is evil.