"If there is no torch, I am the only light"

Jules 2022-04-20 09:02:29

After watching this movie, I was reminded of what Mr. Lu Xun once said:

May the young Chinese get rid of the air-conditioning, just walk up, and don't have to listen to the words of those who give up on themselves.

Do things, do things, and speak out.

If there is a little heat and a little light, it will be like a firefly, and it can also shine a little in the dark, without waiting for the torch.

After that, if there is no torch: I am the only light.

If there is a torch and the sun comes out, we will naturally disappear with convincing. Not only will there be no injustice, but the torch or the sun will be praised with joy; for he shines upon mankind, including me.

Lu Xun used the pen as a weapon to save the masses under feudal oppression, and Marx did the same. He saw the brutal exploitation of the workers, laborers, and slaves by the capitalists at the bottom, and a strong sense of responsibility made him have to do the same. Like Mr. Lu Xun, he uses his ideas to save the oppressed people.

The beginning of the film depicts a group of poor scavengers cutting branches again, with ragged clothes and gray faces. Viewers can speculate that these people are really desperate for a living and have no other way to do anything, so they become so desolate. But even so, their government and ruling class still showed no mercy to these people, killing them as their last means of survival—even if these dead branches were not anyone’s property, they did not cause anyone’s property damage. But as long as those in power think they are stealing, no, not just stealing, they can "crown" these powerless people with any crime and order them to be exterminated.

Against the background of the Industrial Revolution, France at that time was an era of great disparity between the rich and the poor and serious social polarization. The feasting, arrogant and extravagant society of the upper class is in stark contrast to the dire straits and blue threads of the lower society. The gentlemen have a bright and beautiful appearance and a moral appearance. Who knows their clothes and appearance are golden and jade, but their hearts are ruined. Their wealthy and prosperous lives are based on the corpses of many slaves. The capitalist, who owns millions of properties, speaks in his vile language in front of everyone: Assets are sinful, and possession of property cannot make people free.

As the son of a capitalist, Engels really couldn't bear to see his father's actions of oppressing and exploiting workers, and he decided what to change. Later he met Marx, two like-minded people who shared the same ideas and beliefs, which also made their indestructible revolutionary friendship. Later, Marx wrote many articles on new ideas and new ideas, and he was determined to awaken people who survived oppression. "Strike and Workers' League", "Workers' Union", and "Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital" jointly written by two people.

Marx fought for the proletarian revolution all his life. After his death, he knew that his ideas would become the programmatic ideas of the proletarian revolution in the world in a hundred years and will be used by the world for more than a hundred years. He could have imagined that his light would shine brightly in the long river of history, just as Mr. Lu Xun said, "If there is a torch and the sun comes out, we will naturally disappear. Not only is there no injustice, but also And rejoice and praise the torch or the sun; for he shines upon mankind, including me."

A student from the 18th Advertising Excellence Class of Capital University of Economics and Business School of Literature and Communication March 9, 2020

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  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: [to Marx] Do not be like Luther who, after destroying Catholic dogma, founded an equally intolerant religion.