Is it difficult to ignore, or unwilling to face it?

Corene 2022-04-22 07:01:31

This film starts from global warming and touches many aspects such as morality, science, economy, etc., but I think it still has to come down to human nature in the end. It is full of problems of political manipulation and capital mastering the media. Facing climate change in the 21st century, it is difficult for people to exert their moral power. This problem is so big that people have many excuses to choose to ignore it. After all, the power of individuals seems to be difficult Really make a difference. I am engaged in political work, and I am more emotional about the details in the film, and there is resistance from all directions in the society. Sometimes I wonder, is it possible for humans to notice changes in the earth? The lifespan of human beings is destined to be short-sighted. Human beings have been on the earth for 200,000 years. The merger of this generation and the next generation will only witness 120 revolutions of the earth, which is just a drop in the ocean in thousands of years. I can't find a piece of ice floes when I see polar bears wiggling their limbs constantly. Humans have secretions from the corners of their eyes, but examining people's daily words and deeds are nothing but crocodile tears. Gore mentioned that his father stopped growing tobacco because of an unforgettable loss. Watching his loved one being tortured by pneumonia, his life was passing day by day, he suddenly realized. Great cruelty, but it seems that the only way to warn human beings of forgetfulness and shortsightedness, is there any other way we can go? In the documentary, there are clips of Gore's speech at Tsinghua University. Thinking that more than 10 years have passed, and seeing that there are many students beside them who firmly believe that climate change is a conspiracy of European and American countries, I feel more and more that the translation of "The Inconvenient Truth" is not expressive enough. "The truth that you don't want to face" and "the truth that you hate" may be able to let us feel the cry of this film.

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An Inconvenient Truth quotes

  • Al Gore: It's important to rescue the frog.

  • Al Gore: [quoting Mark Twain] "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."