There was a time when we were kind and righteous faithful believers. At that time, we all pursued the best of both worlds and used the most perfect and proper method to solve problems. We always considered self-cultivation and governance of the country, putting personal interests and gains and losses out of consideration.
There is a principle in the operating system of the US government. When the President of the United States and other senior leaders gather in the same place, an absent cabinet member must be deliberately designated as the "designated survivor." This is to ensure that the president, After the death of the vice president, congressional leaders, and cabinet members, there are still people who become presidents and continue to lead the United States.
This is also the origin of the film's name. But all the political leaders in the United States were killed by a terrorist bomb attack in a single Congress? He who was appointed as a "designated survivor" and finally took the position of president was the most unwelcome minister of housing because he was despised by the president and was transferred to the suburbs and counties to escape the disaster?
Doesn’t it look like the childhood fantasies when classmates with better grades than me transferred so I became the number one in grade?
Or to make it simpler, the blatant words "If I come to be president..." come true, and then what do you do?
This drama captures the author's point, not this kind of unrealistic overhead fantasy, but another fascinating feature of many American dramas: the guiding significance for real life.
When faced with a dilemma, how should we weigh the pros and cons and make the right decision?
After becoming president, he will inevitably reduce the time spent with his family, and cause suspicion because many secrets cannot be shared with his lover.
In life, we, as ordinary people, are really not so busy with work that we have no time to get along with our family. But in the face of career and life, we often have no choice. Faced with unreasonable overtime, lover’s incomprehension and criticism, children’s Unreasonably making trouble, the trivial things in work and life accumulate, leading to the collapse of adults often in an instant.
As the former President Seth, who was invited back by the protagonist to serve as Secretary of State in the play, said:
"What is handed over to you is an extremely difficult job. In the past, you had no real power, never participated in elections, and never served in the military. In an unprecedented crisis, you were suddenly pushed into the world. You shouldn’t expect much of yourself, and the people shouldn’t expect much of you."
In the past thirty years, you may have been born for the first time, learning how to be a person; then various titles and responsibilities have flooded on you, you have to become a hard-working student, a caring friend, and a heart-warming family member , An excellent lover, a competent father... In fact, before becoming these people, you never campaigned, and you may not even have the opportunity to learn how to do it.
Most of the time, "When a problem comes, you don't actively respond to it. You just respond passively instead of actively handling it. "
You have no experience, but you are highly anticipated. You are not bad in every field, so you can be regarded as an ordinary person, and you can't be called excellent.
That's why the performance of the protagonist in the play makes people move, and he is just an ordinary person.
Before the SEALs rushed into the terrorist organization base, he ordered the leader of the base to be captured alive, thus losing the life of the commando captain;
Faced with the real culprit of the Congressional bombing case, when hiding in the bunker threatening to use sarin gas to attack civilians, he ordered the drone to launch missiles to directly blow up the bunker, but found that there was no such gas, and therefore he could not know what the mastermind was. With such an action, it is impossible to investigate where the leaked national defense intelligence was used.
These afterwards proved to be wrong judgments and decisions, aren't they the regrets that we, as ordinary people, are limited to what we know and must experience in our daily lives.
Whether it’s who we go to celebrate the New Year, how much dowry should be given to get married, or how to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the distribution of energy between work and family, we have been making decisions, and then regretted these decisions.
But the most commendable thing is to give up personal interests when facing a decision, put aside positions and prejudices, and finally find a solution that satisfies everyone as much as possible?
When we were young, we were catchy: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good"; when we are young, we "study for the rise of China"; when we are approaching, we feel that society is injustice and the world is uneven. Where is the so-called truth, goodness and beauty? There is only the exchange of interests between people.
As we grow older, we feel more and more that, compared to being smart, brave, loyal, and decisive, kindness can be regarded as the most useless character. It will neither increase our income nor let ourselves live. The more relaxed, kind-hearted people are often even dubbed the "saint bitch".
Lei Feng has long been a thing of the past, and people don't believe that there are people who don't consider their own gains and losses, but who only devote themselves to society.
The protagonist of this play is exactly such an image, and because of this, many film critics ridiculed him, saying that the film was too unreal.
But we have actually forgotten that all excellent characters are made meaningful because of kindness: the clever but self-interested MLM leader, the courageous tomb thief, the servant who is loyal to the tyrant... these characters are in the film and television. The works are impressive, but they cannot benefit a lot.
When President Xiaoqiang negotiated with Russia on how to exchange important espionage personnel, because of the tough attitude of the other party, he reached an exchange of interests to resolve the problem by introducing other countries.
During the important period of rebuilding the Congress, the whole country was faced with the fear of poisoning voting machines. Regardless of safety, he took the brunt of voting before the public and set an example for the people to regain their courage.
In the case of being ordered in danger and having an unstable footing, and the identity of the president is being questioned, he still pushed for the strengthening of the gun review bill, and all the voters of the two parties who might be shaken knew that they were moved by emotion and reason, and finally received one vote. The difference was passed.
All these cleverness, bravery, loyalty and decisiveness are built on the basis that he wants to do practical things for the people. With this good premise, these things will be made valuable and will continue to unite to more wants. Comrades who do practical things, from the beginning only supported by his wife, to having a reliable chief of staff, news spokesperson, as well as Congress, judges, and Bureau of Investigation...
Those who gain the way help more, those who lose the way are few. The film actually tells such a simple truth.
We all desire to be treated well, expect good people to take power, and yearn for a fair, open and just social environment.
But this ordinary person’s dream of doing extraordinary things, only if you yourself become a good survivor, can you attract and illuminate the dim light in this dark age, and finally let the light illuminate the world and your dreams come true. .
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