Subject vs. Sovereign

Hosea 2022-03-22 09:01:36

Despite Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, and a skinny Kevin Spacey, I didn't really like the movie because of its overt personal heroism, dispensable emotional lines, and monotonous rhythm.

What struck me was the decision by the military to blow up the town of Cedar Creek when it could not control the epidemic, sacrificing a small number of lives to ensure the safety of the continental United States. And how familiar is this logic? Isn't that what Thanos means in Avengers 3? Sacrifice half of life in the galaxy for the future of the galaxy.

So the question is, in such extreme circumstances, does the military/state have the right to decide to sacrifice a small number of people (including townspeople who are not infected with the flu) in order to safeguard the interests of the vast majority/preserve sovereign? So where does the line lie between the individual will and the sovereign will that is supposed to represent the individual wills in totality?

This is really an issue of political philosophy.

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Extended Reading
  • Marco 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    Watching this movie at any time before 2020 will feel like a pastime. Even if the epidemic happened in 2003, you will think that the warning education of the movie is still a bit "Hollywood". Everyone will think: It is dramatic, but the reality is not at all. So terrible, everything has changed in 2020. This year, not only taught people how to coexist with nature, not to destroy the habitat of wild animals, not to smuggle and sell wild species across regions, but also taught people how to face politics and how to resist making mistakes that obviously cost people their lives. Political orders that go their own way, how not to blindly follow power, teach people how to prevent epidemics, how to give up, how to face death, and how not to entertain a serious event. In this year, everyone inevitably became a victim, or family members died, or they were isolated at home, or their freedom of movement was restricted, or they went hungry, or suffered an economic crisis. "Hollywood" screenwriters are all prophets, and the bold imagination of literature and art for the future is to protect human beings themselves. The real understanding is in the formative year of 2020, because this is the year we have blood lessons.

  • Zackery 2022-03-24 09:01:38

    In the face of disaster, hit the heart directly

Outbreak quotes

  • Casey Schuler: You want a hotshot scope-jockey, fine, but, frankly, I'm hurt.

  • Sam Daniels: Go without a mask you'll see better!