However, they fell out of love, and the American dream deeply rooted in their hearts turned out to be so vulnerable. The typical happy family on TV and posters had a house, a car and a pet, and they walked their dogs with their children in their own courtyard. Beautiful scene, disillusioned with the economic bubble.
So it is not difficult to see the desperate cry of the American people. Since the American dream cannot be realized, you should always protect the basic interests of our taxpayers. We must not lose our jobs, and we must not lose social benefits. Unfortunately, the big wave of the financial crisis came too violently, and the US government was unable to withstand it. It touched the public interest, and the American people refused to agree, so of course they had to go to Occupy Wall Street.
I remember a sentence in "The Godfather": A lawyer with a briefcase can grab more money than a hundred gangsters with a submachine gun. Those who play well in the power field will always have multiple channels to benefit from their power, and the money is many times more than the hard-earned money of ordinary people. At the same time, when facing danger, there will always be someone who controls the overall situation. people, to lend you a helping hand.
So it's not hard to understand why Wall Street giants are called too big to fall. In the face of such a big economic crisis, the financial enterprises on Wall Street must bear the brunt, and even face a downturn. But at this time, the U.S. government came forward, like Jesus saving the world, and launched a $700 billion economic rescue plan. To save the U.S. economy, it must save Wall Street. It is the source of war, and it must also become the main battlefield of the war.
But McDirector seems to say in the movie that the 700 billion was eaten by Wall Street executives. The money that was originally used to stimulate the American economy went into their own pockets, but the money that taxpayers handed over to the country to serve the people went into the pockets of a few people. People in any country would not agree.
In addition, the real reflection in the film about some big companies taking life insurance from dead employees, I personally feel that it has touched the essence of the ugly side of capitalism. The essence of capitalism in the eyes of people in the capitalist world is good, it advocates social fairness and freedom, and it can be used to bring humanity and happiness to people, but its drawback is that it is too easy to create a batch of centralists and speculators. Those who put the public interest into their private pockets, thus causing injustice and distortion of people and society.
But there is a reason why a country and people are so keen to develop in financial markets. This kind of transaction method that does not see the real thing, its benefits are often countless times that of doing business, and it is a place where real money makes money. Therefore, in today's society, the economic focus areas of people are no longer various industrial areas, but the famous central business districts such as Lujiazui in Shanghai, Central in Hong Kong, Shinjuku in Tokyo, and Manhattan in New York.
But the American people are deeply aware that they cannot get rid of this dependence on capitalist social life at all, because for them, the goodness of capitalism cannot be replaced by any other doctrine. Living security and high welfare are just basic material needs. The spirit of freedom, democracy and equality advocated by capitalism is what they show off, and they think this is unique to them. There is also the bourgeois sentiment that is spurned by the Chinese. If you don't feel it, you really don't know why people hold it so highly. The American Dream is nothing but an inevitable outcome of the capitalist era.
There is a movie called "Wall Street" about a greedy stock market tycoon Gordon Gekko, who unscrupulously manipulates the stock market behind the scenes, only to lose at the hands of a young salesman who still has a conscience. . This movie is a classic among business war movies and a mainstream movie that unabashedly defends human greed and desire in an era of money in command. In fact, in a capitalist society, especially in the United States, money is the mainstream of society and the main theme of the big era. The pursuit of money is a manifestation of human greed. Then it can also be said that the drawbacks of capitalism are also a reflection of the weakness of human nature.
But after all, it is the interests of the American middle class that are touched. They are the mainstream of society. If the interests of most people are damaged, this country will certainly not be peaceful. The depression in all aspects brought about by the financial crisis is worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s. They are brokenhearted, they are in love with capitalism and the American dream, something that is rooted in the American heart. Just like a loved one leaves you, Americans are bound to fall into a trough and be sad for a long time.
I suddenly remembered The Great Gatsby I read before. This book reflects the characteristics of the American era. Today, I once again witnessed the ups and downs of Americans and their beautiful yearning for prosperity. So the last sentence of the book is also the finishing touch as the ending, which is better.
"We continued to sail hard, sailing against the current, being pushed back and forth until we went back to the old days."
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