I feel that in the United States, John Q's anger is reasonable: why don't you help me, why don't you give me insurance! I clearly paid the insurance on time.
In the Celestial Dynasty, without asking for help, I am very grateful to receive an apology from the government. When in trouble, the first reaction is not to consider insurance, but to look at how much savings you have.
Here, we can only rely on ourselves.
We don't blame the government for inaction, we just blame ourselves for incompetence.
If you can attract social attention, get donations, and get a consolation from above, it is a great luck, a blessing from a previous life.
But I don't know how common it is for Americans.
In the film, the couple both have jobs, that's too bad, because they can't get a welcome. If a Chinese family has no source of income, that's so bad, because they can only wait to die.
John can threaten the government for not insuring me and protest "Sick! Help!" It's your dereliction of duty. But what can we do? Just beg for your help.
This is my deepest feeling after watching this film. It is undeniable that their social security system also has drawbacks, thus forcing John to go to Liangshan, but compared to the system of our Celestial Dynasty, it is not only much better. In their eyes, it is normal and natural for the government to help the people. This is the soundness of the system and thus changes the ideology.
Hopefully, one day, we can also confidently seek help from the government.
PS, due to the influence of the examination-oriented education of the Chinese Dynasty all the year round, when I saw the dialogue about goodbye and see you later at the end, I immediately reacted to "echoing the front and back" and "reflecting the beginning"
Whether it's the son's "Not goodbye. I hate goodbye. Remember? See you later"
or the father's "It's not goodbye, son. See you later"
is so impressive
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