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Joshua Oppenheimer once again focused on the massacre of the Communist Party during Suharto’s reign in Indonesia after "Deduction of Killing". The family members of the victims interviewed the perpetrator and his family and recalled this history. After that dark and tyrannical era, the anti-communist The murderer is still in power. The murderer of the year can still talk about the murder experience as a hero, but just want to get a sentence of sorry and how difficult it is. The painful apology of the old woman at the end of the film may have given a rare completion. But the loss of humanity and the political logic behind this incident are worth pondering. More than 500,000 Chinese have been killed in inhumane ways. No accountability or sanctions can be understood as a cherishment of peace. However, most Chinese forget about such incidents and their resentment towards the Nanjing Massacre. At the same time, many generations of Indonesians have responded to this. The forgetting and identification of the empire undoubtedly saw the similar brainwashing techniques and anti-human political logic of different political parties. We should know more historical truths in order to have an objective historical understanding and more correct and free thinking. The instilled cognition will only shape the distorted humanity and absurd character generation after generation

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