"For someone who tried to untie them and lead them up, if they could get hold of him and put him to death, they wouldn't put him to death?" "Definitely," he said.
This is an excerpt from the cover of "Republic of China" translated by Wang Yang, from the seventh volume of "Republic of China", perhaps it is Plato's resentment over the death of Socrates. "Everyone speaks up and destroys their bones." Sometimes, the eyes of the masses are very sharp, and sometimes they do not know the truth. Therefore, there are tyranny of the majority, such as Socrates, who are called "kindness and justice" of Greek citizens are collectively sentenced to death; there will also be a small group of people with "ulterior motives" inciting and coercing them with their hobbies and personal virtues, such as the "prostitution" in Shancheng a few years ago. This is my first thought after watching "Ms. Sloan". I feel that this is not just a suspenseful drama about modern politics. "The Death of Socrates" is a big topic, so try to see if you can write this film review for the first time, not from the perspective of traditional film reviews. In the modern Enlightenment, in Hobbes and Locke, by inheriting and carrying forward the tradition of classical Greek democracy, the ruling power was taken back from the monarch and from the gods. Resolve the conflict between the individualism of the state at its source and the desire to build community. For hundreds of years, souls shining with wisdom have contributed to the great work of how to sort out and resolve these conflicts between people, between people and countries, and between countries. These spiritual heritages are still today the cornerstone of the political structure of the modern state. However, we are not without sorrow to see that all these beautiful structures, even if they are fully human and familiar with the political code, we will not and cannot see the emergence of the "Utopia" in Socrates' mouth, even in The "lighthouse state", through the Constitution of 1787 and several subsequent amendments, made a delicate balance between popular sovereignty and meritocracy, realizing what Mill called "representative democracy" in "On Liberty" ” concept, but the dark spots in the depths of human nature such as money politics and the game of interests are still lingering in the sky. Through American dramas such as “House of Cards”, “The White House”, and “Homeland”, we can see the number of tricks and tricks How it's been masterfully used by the modern political elite, even under the sun, the scandals persist and never dissipate. . . "Ms. Sloan" is also a work that exposes American politics. The female protagonist Sloan is a political lobbyist. Her profession is to lobby various parliamentarians after being entrusted by "big clients", thereby influencing the process of one proposal after another, which may be passed or blocked. For example, is a certain dessert a cake or a cookie? (Different product labels determine whether the dessert can enjoy duty-free treatment), palm oil exported by small Asian countries to the United States Whether to enjoy low tariffs and so on. . . Sloan's bright mind and excellent eloquence, as well as her unscrupulous way of working to achieve her goals, have enabled her to win one case after another. This time, however, she gave up the good clients she had delivered to her door, quit her job to collect federal law for the Heaton Harris Anti-Gun Act and fight for the gun control faction. . . It's a war that's nearly impossible to win, and in the words of the movie, "For every dollar the counter-person puts into the campaign, the lobbyist puts in $38," and everyone, including Sloan's team, thinks they can What we can do is to slowly build a support base and increase the possibility of discussing the Heaton motion. "Politicians are ruined by money" Sloan knows this phrase very well. Like a brilliant chess player, she clearly puts forward and implements her strategy step by step. , the "mind attack" of our Eastern ancestors Tao Te Ching and Sun Tzu's Art of War, she used it with perfection. . .
During a congressional hearing, she mocked herself as a "parasite of democracy" and stood on the edge of the law and stepped on the red line of morality, but the reason why she persevered and stood on the side of the anti-gun bill and supported her was only It's the easiest, but the hardest reason for adults to do - "I believe this is right"! For this simple and pure reason, she did not hesitate to lose her career. Here I have to mention the core issue of the film's debate, "gun control", which is also the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was passed in 1791 to protect the people's right to have and wear weapons. From our point of view, this is simply a huge problem with endless scourge. How can private ownership of guns be allowed? Isn't that everyone's own danger? But Americans don't think so. In their opinion, guns mean freedom! The reason comes from history. We know that Uncle Sam did not happily get together to sign a self-defense and mutual restraint constitution after the war of independence, but formed a loose confederation out of fear of big government. It is true that the Confederacy hindered the economic and diplomatic development of the uncle. It was only after the months-long debate among the representatives of the states that this constitution, which shone the crystallization of human wisdom and is still in use, was discussed. Although the constitution was promulgated, it was difficult to obtain The cherished freedom that came from, and after months of bickering and tug-of-war between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, this constitution was passed and used successively in the states with a slight advantage, thus forming the federal government of the USA today. After that, it was followed by amendments brought by one case to fill the 1787 Constitution. Those issues that we seem to be light and simple on our side, but they are very exciting for Americans, such as abortion, homosexuality and other issues, behind the scenes The essence is also a dispute over the right to interpretation of freedom and equal rights. In fact, there is no absolute right or wrong in all these disputes. Every idea represents a different appeal. We will reconcile these ideas through laws and cases in a pluralistic and inclusive manner. As for the issue of gun control in this film, what the two factions are arguing about is not whether to carry and own guns, but whether to set up a review and control mechanism for carrying and owning guns, just like getting a driver's license to go to work and obtain evidence to hold a gun. From the standpoint of anti-gun control activists, controlling guns means controlling people's freedom. From the Sloan's point of view, people are free but need shackles. These questions: Is it freedom or security? Does having freedom mean giving up security? After such a long time, will it become a bigger and more terrifying shackle? Around the focus of these conflicts, the two factions showed their magical powers and made their own unique tricks, and staged a more exciting human palace fighting drama without the bloody emotional drama.
It has to be said that Jessica perfectly interprets Sloan, a character with outstanding personality, complex and plump bones. Her beauty is only a superficial feature that distinguishes her gender. Characters, on the other hand, when looking at various palace fighting dramas, several men bowed down to a pomegranate skirt for a white lotus flower, and spent their lives and died for her without blinking an eye? These are pseudo-feminist themes that rely on, rely on, or use the power of men to achieve women's greatness. From today's modern perspective, they are so meager and pastoral YY (on this point, it seems to be a big book. What is the topic of feminism in the special book, I will not expand it here). The film does not exalt Sloan's moral and political personality. She is far from a saint. She is a workaholic and needs drugs to stimulate her body. She shyly admits that she uses her colleague's painful past as a weapon in her battle. . . She did what she thought was right and righteous, and slapped the corrupt and despicable politicians with a slap in the face, interpreting the political fighting motto of "the opponents are traitors, so the righteous must be more traitors than them" !
However, such justice and victory, strictly speaking, depend on unjust and legal means. So, is the justice achieved in this way still justice? And who will define what justice is, in case what you think insists is a stubborn error? If one day, even such "unjust people of justice" no longer exist, will the world be saved?
After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that the gray line of Socrates mentioned in many lines may be able to respond to my thinking. Plato tempered a complex and profound political principle through the "Republic": "When seeking a good political order, only when the best political order is not the best way of life, the political order is the best. "My simple and rough understanding is: although the ideal country does not exist, there is still an ideal. On the path leading to the upward path, there are many philosophers who keep going out of the cave and back to the cave, guiding and leading future generations to follow, so-called. : All saints and sages, born and die, achieve boundless living beings, wish to be dissatisfied, not to be satisfied! Maybe, maybe, no flesh-and-blood figure can meet the ideal model of the "philosopher king" in Su's mouth, but this ideal model exists in people's minds, but it is an undeniable objective fact throughout history and from west to east. People with flesh and blood play a spurring role of "even if they can't reach it, their hearts yearn for it", then, even if they are flawed and not beautiful, people yearn for it, and that's where their hope lies! PS: Briefly highlight the films 1 and 2: The screenwriter and director praised the multi-line and reversed and inserted narratives, which greatly expanded the tension of the film, and the details were subtly filled without leaving traces. An addictive suspense film; the supporting roles are stellar, including the Good Wife and The Newsroom, such as my favorites as Diane and the wife-killing pervert Christine and Dylan Baker . . . For those who like this type of spectators, don't miss it!
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