I have no doubt that this is a real aggression, just as everyone believes in the Opium War in China 200 years later. It’s just that the forms are different. Aggression includes economic aggression, armed aggression, religious aggression, cultural aggression, etc. After really thinking about it, from the standpoint of imperialism, armed aggression is definitely not the best way, and the advantages of cultural aggression are obvious. . They only need to send out a few groups to save the world and preach that Jesus is the only true God in the world, and then they can make the people of other countries kneel at their feet, obey the rules of the game they have made, and regard them as the only savior of the world. and submit to them forever and ever. It's a high-tech, deep aggression.
Looking at my country's Opium War and the various imperial aggressions that followed, this form of armed aggression looks very barbaric. It can plunder a large amount of resources and land in a short period of time, but it often ends in failure, but the process is relatively slow. In 100 years, other countries have their pros and cons, but in the end the invaders will be driven away and justice will always come. Therefore, this is a low-end form of aggression that requires life and property, and is destined to be difficult to succeed in the long term, full of bloody and injustice.
However, in this cultural or religious aggression in 1640, European imperialism failed, and it can also be said that Japan's Yamato national and religious defense was a victory.
Some people want to talk about freedom of religious belief. As a commoner, I also know that people are blind and ignorant by nature. Whether it is an aggressor or a swindler, as long as you tell them to follow you to have food and shelter your body and soul, they will not think about whether you can save the world. Just a group of people kneeling at your feet. As a commoner, you can disregard and insist on your freedom of belief, but if you are still worrying about your country and nation, you should be able to see that this is a blatant aggression, and you stand a little bit on the position of the ruler , taking into account their own country and nation, can fully understand that all the actions of the ruling class in the film are completely understandable, even killing people, because this is war.
Some people say that the brutal killing of people and priests is a crime. Again, this is war. If you agree, the priests are the generals among the invaders, and their followers are the minions who have been assimilated or tamed by them. The object of their aggression is the brains of all citizens of their own country. The highest form of aggression should be like this. You don't need a shot and a shot, let all your people submit to me. I am the only life, and I will do things according to my rules. I will decide what you can do or not.
Fortunately, the invasion failed.
Many people say that Chinese people have no faith, and it is scary to have no faith. I don't feel that there is nothing scary about not having faith. Instead, I often see religious wars waged because of faith, which are terrifying and funny. Since ancient times, they have spread all over the world. When those religious leaders stood in the castle made of bones and looked at the blood-stained river and said, be my believer, I can save the world. I really don't want to have faith.
Finally, I heard that Scorsese has always been banned in China, but I can't remember the reason. At least in this film, what he expressed should be that it is particularly incomprehensible to go to other people's land to teach a religion and be persecuted.
If they really think so, then after they drove a destroyer to Guangdong to sell opium and were confiscated by us, they said that we started a war, which should make sense.
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