When the protagonist's family and a friend's family got up from the ground and found out after questioning that they were already in West Germany, the whole group cheered.
Yes, they are free!
There may be many people who do not understand this kind of risky behavior. They have to escape from East Germany to West Germany, even though they have nothing to worry about. Is it worth it?
Whether it's worth it or not depends on your understanding of "freedom".
If we compare the motivation and behavior of freedom, almost all the slogans of human political revolution will be covered in the dimension of "freedom". People fight against the superstructure for their own freedom, even at the expense of their own lives.
What is freedom?
In the category of political philosophical meaning, freedom is interpreted as man's ability to control himself and act according to his own will. With the degree of democracy in the society and people's further understanding of freedom, people's demands for freedom have risen from the physical level to the ideological and spiritual level.
How important is freedom?
We can appreciate its charm from the great classic movies that showed freedom in the past.
"The Shawshank Redemption", the No. 1 movie in history, is about freedom. When Andy regained his freedom, he embraced the raindrops pouring down from the sky. We were as tearful as he was. This is the contagious power of freedom. Corresponding to unfree treatment, unfreedom is precisely linked to injustice. When things change towards justice and justice with the efforts of the protagonist, this is in line with our psychological expectations.
John Mill's "On Liberty" mentioned the limits of freedom: behaviors that do not harm the interests of others, and behaviors that do not add chaos to society, should be free, unrestricted and restricted.
According to this boundary, we will find that the villains or forces that often stand on the opposite side of freedom are nothing more than: groups and individuals who restrict people's rights, groups and individuals who restrict people's speech, and groups and individuals who restrict people's thoughts.
At the same time, we will find that no matter countries, groups, or individuals, they all need freedom in a certain sense, and this freedom is closely related to justice.
Representative works of freedom at the national or national level include: "Braveheart", "Tokyo Trial"
Representative works of freedom at the group level include: Twelve Years a Slave, Help, and Hidden Figures
Representative works of personal freedom include: "Room", "Danish Girl"
It is precisely because of the name of "freedom" that cultural diversity and inclusiveness have been extended to a large extent. Existence is reasonable, and existence has the right to enjoy free space.
At the same time, if we look back at the "crusades", "World War I and World War II" in the name of freedom in history, and the "East and West German background" of this film, we will feel that it seems naive and unnecessary. Our tolerance for race, our indignation at the lack of freedom at that time, and our sighs at the free state of our current world in which we live. These emotions are intertwined, and we will gradually discover that human beings seem to have been fighting for freedom all their lives. Freedom from small to big.
Freedom means more possibilities. If it is restricted and suppressed, it will explode sooner or later, just like a blocked blood vessel in the body, but freedom does not mean disorder. In many cases, freedom needs to be mastered and manipulated. , otherwise it will evolve into riots or mass vicious incidents in the name of freedom.
Therefore, the story of individual freedom resistance will make people feel moved, even a little sad, and feel that one person's power is too weak; the story of group freedom resistance is composed of individuals, and at this time, they will feel that there is a possibility of reversal, but when When this freedom struggle was out of control, it turned into a bloodshed or a riot. At this time, we will find that freedom is no longer freedom. Individuals are coerced forward. They may not know the true meaning and cost of freedom, but they are just brainwashed.
So I prefer stories about individuals fighting for freedom than stories about groups fighting for freedom. At that time, although the power was weak, many decisions and behaviors may have been produced under true free will.
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