Citizenship is more important than national consciousness?

Scarlett 2022-03-24 09:02:39

The biggest question this movie gave me was

what does the word "country" mean?

Not a theoretical and intellectual concept of a state, but what is it that we actually call a "state"?

What kind of factual presentation is its essence in reality?

State organs are the grantors and agents of citizens to realize their own rights and interests—the so-called thought leaders and revolutionaries in modern times, textbooks, media, public officials, etc. are jointly forged—which can be mature, stable, safe and efficient for citizens. State apparatus - or a big lie? The big lie here does not specifically refer to some manipulation, conspiracy, including a general group of delusions and self-deception.

Citizens want a safe, stable and fair external living environment, they need a more powerful external machine to ensure their inner requirements, in fact, those people elected by them, department managers and decision makers, their There is nothing more secure, stable, and efficient inside than they are. Their policy programs and decisions are all made under the same narrow, ideological divisions and prejudices as people from their own cultural background.
Leaving aside the consistent description of "citizen" and "country" in textbooks, it is from the most fundamental and practical needs of human beings. People (citizens) have a strong but confused desire for security, stability, fairness, and wealth. A group, ethnic group, has established an institution called a "state" according to its own culture. But in fact, the state apparatus is the religion that was born out of our confusion. Our right to surrender is actually the confusion and fear that we are ignorant of our own origin and dare not face. No matter how perfect the dogma is, it is nothing more than the inner fear of not knowing one's own origin, covering up the uneasiness (nationalist theory), packaging (national consciousness), delaying (law), shifting and shifting (entertainment) until irreconcilable brewing. into violence, war. This is not just a philosophical question.
------- This means that the state machine is the portrayal of everyone's inner desires and desires. The confrontation between citizens and state institutions is the modification and improvement of their own desires that cannot be satisfied. He can say that this is progress, but he can't Always perfect. Can we see this fact? For the satisfaction of our most primitive desires (seeking a sense of belonging, security, wanting stability), we make a statue that is called a "nation", a religion, and hope that it will give shelter. I want to embellish him, improve him, and evolve a civilization, harmony and peace, but I don't find that what really needs to be changed is not the outside, but the inside that is full of confusion, confusion, and controlled by various desire ideologies. And today's world is a projection of our hearts. ---It is because we fail to see this fact that we build and rely so heavily on what this escape calls the "state."

No matter what kind of culture we live in, what kind of history we are branded with, the pain and unease deep down are one. Each of us on earth should see that each of us is responsible for the chaos and misfortune in today's world.

This is a fact, not a declaration, not a high-sounding summary.

And only when you really see this fact can you know its urgency and significance.

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Extended Reading
  • Donnell 2022-04-20 09:02:04

    Warming up for the new movie Snowdon. Shockingly brave and fantastic journalism.

  • Fiona 2022-03-30 09:01:05

    The importance of the event outweighs the technicality of the record. Part of the Hong Kong interview can be said to be "survival of the image". This is one of the things I admire the most about the director. As for Snowden's good looks, a group of sbs living in the wall suddenly shouted "protect your online privacy", and the secret protection between China and Russia and the protection war in Macau can be ignored. Because all these people can see are rumors and appearances. They don't understand the universal values ​​that the documentary promotes

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