metropolis

Gerda 2022-04-19 09:01:41

Jon Fryderson represents the ruling class or the bourgeoisie, the brain, and without his wisdom, a prosperous metropolis cannot be built with the brute force of the workers alone. Workers represent the working class, and without their workforce, no brainer, no great idea can come true. If class differentiation is inevitable, then the two classes are in a symbiotic relationship. The effective cooperation of the two classes can make human society develop and progress, otherwise, it will lead to division and collapse. Therefore, the concept of "coordinator" is introduced, and finally the brain and hands shake hands through the coordinator. In my opinion, it is a kind of utopian vision of the author's social governance.

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  • Maria: HEAD and HANDS need a mediator. THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!

    Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria - ?

    Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come!

    Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - !

  • Maria: Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower whose top may reach unto the stars! And the top of the tower we will write the words: Great is the world and its Creator! And great is Man!" But the minds that had conceived the Tower of Babel could not build it. The task was too great. So they hired hands for wages. But the hands that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other...