There is no political system in this world that is truly superior. After years of external propaganda, the United States may seem very bright and powerful in the eyes of the world, but many conspiracy theorists point out that the equality, sunshine and democracy of the United States are actually based on the exploitation of most countries and regions in the world and internalization. Based on the monopoly, American democracy is actually just a false shell. Oliver Stone is such a director. He uses his courage and images to explain the America in his eyes, the ugliness under the sun, the dark politics and conspiracy.
"Assassination of Kennedy" is undoubtedly the most outstanding one of them. This revolves around the biggest mystery case in modern American history, "Kennedy Assassination". Through the collection of detailed evidence and careful deduction, it tells us that behind this suspicious historical event is actually the US government, commercial companies, the Mafia, the CIA, etc. The coalition of various agencies, together, systematically murdered the president who defended democracy. An in-depth exploration of this film can not only give a deeper understanding of the political system in the United States, but also a new perspective on democracy.
■The movie begins when Kennedy's motorcade is assassinated on a street corner, and there is an uproar in public opinion across the country. For the representative of the new America, the middle and lower classes and disadvantaged groups generally express great support for him. Therefore, after the assassination of the president, most people of color All cry. For the upper class, Kennedy is undoubtedly an anomaly. Why did this president, born in a noble family, go out of his way to act as the spokesperson for the lower classes, weaken the power of the upper class, and destroy the political ecological environment and rules of the game in the United States. A few people cheered the assassination of the president.
The killer was quickly caught, and the man named Ostowa was identified as a jobless hooligan, but he was soon killed by another man during the interrogation process. The Warren Committee responsible for investigating Kennedy's assassination still identified Ostowa as the murderer. This huge case ended in a hasty manner, but the questions did not settle with the final trial of the case, but more and more questions surfaced. water surface.
Why did the witnesses who witnessed the assassination on the spot give many different accounts, why the president's bullet head was taken away for no reason, why the three bullets mentioned in the report caused so many wounds, why the president's bullet The body will be temporarily taken away by the military, why all the witnesses' testimony was redacted, why people related to this incident disappeared or died in an accident, why Kennedy's brother hoped to come out and continue to run for president and defend Kennedy's last wishes The "gangster" was killed on the podium, why did the vice president who opposed Kennedy quickly ascended the presidency and immediately abolished a series of Kennedy policies. Under the calm U.S. political situation, there seems to be a huge net and conspiracy quietly shrouding the heads of all Americans.
American lawyer Jim Garrison stepped forward. In order to defend the spirit of America, he resolutely risked his life to go deep into the back of the assassination of the president, and to check the whole process and insider clues. Although he finally knew the truth, he found himself It is the whole country to be sued, and even if the evidence is overwhelming, it is powerless.
Why did Kennedy die?
As mentioned earlier, the Kennedy family is one of the most powerful political families in the United States, with a noble status and a prominent position. Kennedy is also a new generation of political elites in this family. Kennedy's death, as mentioned above, he "betrayed" the upper class of the United States, so he was led by the entire American ruling class, and various organizations worked closely together to murder. However, to clarify this issue, we have to expand the entire American system.
In English, there are three words for "country": "country", "state" and "nation". The first word means the state in the geographical sense, that is, the geographical extent; the second refers to the state in the sense of regime, government and ruling class and the third word refers to the state in the national sense. Chinese people don't pay attention to these, and the concepts are always relatively general, but Westerners are very clear about this point, especially for the last two words. The founding spirit of the United States is "freedom, fairness, and justice." This is a right that every American citizen should enjoy and defend. The political elites and reformers of the United States have continuously enriched and consolidated this concept. The government (state) should strive to maintain the American nation (nation) in order to achieve the prosperity of the country, but the government is often the opposite of the country. Spirit to supervise the government, and the government has natural inertia, selfishness and greed.
Democracy is not a bad system, but it is also not a good system, because it is easy to fail. In most of the human years, in order to contend with natural changes or wars between countries, a loose democratic system has no room for survival. Just like the transition from the republic in the early period of ancient Rome to the imperial system in the later period, the centralization of power can effectively unite the country and have a stronger mobilization ability to deal with complex situations. After entering modern times, the material is extremely abundant, and the threat of nature has weakened. A few countries have built a relatively wealthy social material foundation by relying on the early accumulation of plunder, so the democratic system has been cultivated, and highly educated citizens will also spontaneously maintain it. This system makes the government truly a servant of the people. However, the looseness of this system is its natural weakness, it is easy to be exploited, alienated and manipulated. Many of the Hitlers of the past and the dictators and military governments of various countries are mutated from the American system. The firmness of the American regime lies in the careful care of the political elites of the past dynasties. There is the Civil War that Lincoln did not hesitate to launch, and Roosevelt's fight against fascism... Internally and externally, the United States has many enemies to threaten this democratic system. And there are often more enemies within.
When Kennedy came to power, it was the time when this internal and external conflict had intensified unprecedentedly. The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States has begun, and the world is tense. The large multinational corporations, the army and the military-industrial enterprises inside hoped to make a fortune through the war, trying to intensify the contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union, and set off the Vietnam War, so as to obtain larger orders. Institutions such as the CIA are too independent and hold a large number of state secrets, which are difficult to tame. The oppression of people of color in white society is unprecedented. There is a lot of shady inside the government. Everyone hopes that outstanding political leaders will come forward again to defuse the crisis and lead the country out of the predicament. Kennedy is such a person, and he also tried to do the same. After the election, he tried to bring America to the sun with the attitude of the new America. Therefore, he let black children go to school to improve the social status of black people; he made peace with the Soviet Union, trying to buffer the contradictions of the Cold War; he wanted to withdraw troops from Vietnam, control the situation of the Vietnam War, and avoid more young Americans for the sake of ethereal patriotism He wants to bring the CIA and other agencies from outside the system into the system to implement effective control; he wants to implement a sunshine policy in the whole society and fight against underworld forces. These measures are naturally welcomed by the American people, but they have angered the huge behind-the-scenes interest groups in the United States who can rely on them to make a fortune. Kennedy apparently ignored the existence of these forces.
A driver who wanted to pull the unbridled carriage back to the road ignored the magnitude of the external forces that caused it to go unbridled. In the end, he was caught by those forces and dropped the carriage. And the various privileges on the carriage continued to drive in the direction they liked. So, we've seen unprecedented alignment between the various independent hilltop organizations and departments across the United States, from the government to the courts to the prosecutor's office, to the military, to large corporations to the CIA and the Mafia -- the flight attendants and the robbers in these cars. They all united, and everyone formed a tacit consensus, pushed the black sheep out of the car together, and then explained to the passengers that it was just an accident. Only a smart passenger can see the cunning, but how many passengers are smart?
Defence of the spirit of democracy
Garrison, the fictional lawyer of the movie, is the spokesperson for the smart passengers who were vigilant enough about the incident. He discovered the truth after detailed investigation and reasoning, and made a very wonderful statement and argument in the final court. Although it still ended in failure, the individual could not fight the country after all, but he still passed his voice out, so that other passengers around who didn't know the truth understood the seriousness of the problem.
And who finally eased the conflict, if we go back and look at that history, we will find that Nixon was ready to try. He once lost to Kennedy by the smallest margin, but after Kennedy was assassinated, he knew that only he would not be assassinated, and only himself could resolve this contradiction. "Nixon" is a work after Oliver Stone, which can be regarded as a sequel to "Assassination of Kennedy" in terms of temperament and spirit. Nixon's cunning and profundity enabled him to make good use of the contradictions between these hostile forces and let them check each other, thus gaining time to take control of the train back into the hands of the president. Like a tamer, one faces many beasts at home and abroad that are ready to tear the body of democracy. In the end, although Nixon resigned with another failure, Nixon did what Kennedy failed to do. But these are later stories.
An important source of American life is that, on the one hand, small citizens such as Garrison can stand up and consciously defend the rights of citizens, and on the other hand, political elites such as Kennedy and Nixon are constantly fighting against various dark forces. Of course, Nixon's role was ultimately limited. Because looking at the United States now, the criticism of the current American presidents is focused on weakness and stupidity. Indeed, in comparison, they have become shady puppets.
The road to democracy is bumpy and difficult, and only when every citizen is truly as wise as Garrison may be when the light of true liberal democracy shines on the world. But in any case, "Assassination of Kennedy" is a masterpiece, it has given the world a very thrilling democratic education course.
It has now been half a century since Kennedy was killed, and when Trump came to power, the situation was much more serious than before. The military group has further expanded, urging the United States to fall into the quagmire of war to obtain a steady stream of orders; multinational corporations are deployed all over the world, frantically grabbing wealth but not feeding it back to the United States itself; political families have begun to monopolize the central government; the gap between the rich and the poor has grown unprecedentedly; The plethora of domestic situations made the implementation of any national policy extremely difficult; the various federations were estranged from each other, and the central government gradually became inseparable, and a situation of internal division gradually took hold.
Epstein, an American dignitary who died bizarrely this year, has not been reported in China, but in the United States, it was a stone that caused a thousand waves and raised a corner of the cover of darkness. Trump complains on Twitter every day, no matter what he does, there is a large group of opposition forces who are not asking right or wrong, just looking at their positions, and they are trying to constrain you against you.
The Soviet Union has collapsed long ago. As a unique beacon country, it has a big problem. Who else can turn the tide?
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