Justifiably justifiable ------ first build the archway, then become a bitch

Trevion 2022-03-23 09:02:37

Aside from the brilliant men's disguise, the wonderful parkour, the gorgeous fighting, the intrigue and the tricks, the contest between the good and the evil, the foundation of the film, the thought, is also thought-provoking.


District 13 is such a place: it has no government. Underworld, criminal groups are full of them, gunfire, explosives, violence is its main theme. The people here are unruly, bloody, violent, and martial.


The movie doesn't explain how it came to be (a loophole), and there are two schools of thought about it: reformists and reformists. The so-called reform is through democracy, law, opening to the outside world, and expanding exchanges. The people of the 13 districts hold this view. The so-called innovation is to rebuild after destruction. In order to eradicate the grass and roots, it also destroys the unruly people. Businessmen and some high-level corrupt officials hold this view.


There are three points worth noting here in the movie:
1. The president is a good person. He wants democracy, humanity, and the people of District 13 to be respected. He just listened to slander and made a misjudgment. The culprits are businessmen and some high-level executives for profit. colluded.
2. Both the reformists and the reformists turned to the reformists in the end, destroying the 13th district, even though the power of the reformists has been stifled and the culprit has been subdued.
3. The reformists preach honor and sacrifice everything, even their own lives, for the purpose. Reformers preach about family, community, the kind of force that can bring people together and unite as one.



So, see, the reformists have made a big torii here, and they can continue to be bitches. The reformists who made real sacrifices to promote social progress were completely attacked.


This made me have to re-understand the words justifiable and famous.

During the Five Anti-Violence Period, mzd investigated and punished a large number of heinous people. Even with m's reputation, he did not approve the death penalty by legal means. One of his reasons is that killing a large number of people is not conducive to winning the sympathy of the people. So he invented reprieve.

So we called the support army the Volunteer Army, and changed "giving up aid to country x" to believing that the people of country x can solve their own problems", and so on. There is great wisdom in this.


On the other hand, we also Always pay attention to what is the other side of words: repeated defeats or repeated defeats, experience setbacks or challenges, promotion of consumption or extravagance?

The meanings of these words are all manipulated by public opinion, authorities, social environment, and humanities. Influence. However, the point that the outside world cannot influence is: thinking. Use your own head, use your own thoughts, analyze things, analyze things.


Although our thinking will be shackled and limited by intelligence, the times, and ourselves, but, We will enjoy the pleasure of manipulating our own destiny and body by ourselves, instead of being muddle-headed, servile, and slaughtered by others.

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Extended Reading
  • Humberto 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    Can't you just pretend?

  • Domenica 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    Parkour culture evokes the killing memories of the online game of the same name...

District 13: Ultimatum quotes

  • Leïto: What are you doing?

    Capt. Damien Tomaso: Thinking.

    Leïto: I don't like it when you think.