Woody Allen's Wealth of Nations

Aletha 2022-04-21 09:02:48

Adam Smith said in The Wealth of Nations that when everyone is moving towards their own best interests, the invisible hand of the market will automatically adjust to maximize the interests of the society, and the concept of this film changes the concept of economics to society. In the communication, everyone in the film makes everyone around them happier after being adjusted by fate after doing what they yearn for the most. Woody Allen transplanted the spirit of capitalism into social interaction in the most capitalist New York, and equated the ethics that constrain human beings with the laws that constrain the development of capitalism, arguing that the commitment to love should not constrain the free spirit of individuals , and also falsely said that it is enough not to hurt other people, but it can be seen that the characters' pursuit of happiness in the film is based on the premise of hurting other people's feelings, but everyone is lucky enough, and the male protagonist can jump off the building. Earn a woman's love.
I'm only a tour guide, making a joke, or a utopian idea. If everyone can contribute to the happiness of the society through the pursuit of their own happiness, what a wonderful society, ethics and morality don't matter, After getting married, you can have extramarital affairs, dig corners, 3P, and you can say that if you don't love, you don't love. Everything is as free and easy as buying things. To put it to the extreme, the thinking of this film is that if you want to kill people, kill them. Otherwise, if you don’t kill that person, you will set fire to 40 people. Individuals can benefit mankind only by doing what they want.
This way of thinking is only suitable for entertainment. Individuals are not economic entities. They will kill other people's feelings at will. The ending is very happy, but it is more real than letting the protagonist jump off a building and die. PS: The heroine is from eden, which means the Garden of Eden, which means she is Eve, the most original woman, just to pursue happiness.
The sugar-coated cannonballs of capitalism threaten us all the time. The Chinese still don't want to believe this stuff, but do things that suit their national conditions. But this one is really good, I gave 5.

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Whatever Works quotes

  • [first lines]

    Boris Yellnikoff: That's not what I'm saying, imbecile. You guys completely misrepresent my ideas, why would I even want to talk with those idiots.

    Boris' Friend: Just calm down.

    Boris' Friend: That's not true, Boris.

    Boris Yellnikoff: No, don't tell me to calm down, I am calm. Just stop.

    Boris' Friend: Don't jump on us just because we don't understand what you're saying.

    Boris Yellnikoff: I didn't jump on you. It's not the idea behind Christianity I'm faulting, or Judaism, or any religion. It's the professionals who've made it into corporate business. There's big money in the god racket, big money.

    Boris' Friend: Here we go...

  • Boris Yellnikoff: Don't you know you have to sing happy birthday twice to get the germs off?