After World War II, the Danish government forced more than 2,000 Germans to clear 1.5 million landmines from the minefields on the west coast of Denmark, many of them were children in their teens and 20s. The movie "Under sandet" is about it. The story of one of the demining teams.
The whole film tells the mental journey of a Danish military officer leading a group of German children in the process of demining on the west coast. Describe how he went from his hatred of the Germans to thinking about his own humanity, and then how he played step by step into self-salvation and finally helped to survive the entire shocking process of having children being killed by mines. The four children fled back to Germany.
Anti-war, human nature, self-salvation.
Throughout World War II, everyone felt that the Germans were the devil. As everyone knows, everyone has a devil's side. Even if you are not a German army, you are an allied army, you can show your evil face under this seemingly calm surface after the war.
At the same time, you will find that in the film, whenever you have witnessed these explosions and learned about the experiences of these children, even if you played the role of the devil and the silent farmer before, you will naturally reveal it. The good side of his human nature.
Of course, there is one more thing that I want to say the most, that is, everyone’s focus is different. If you can’t stand in that position, if you can’t see that kind of scene, you can’t understand that kind of humanity change. I think we should try our best. Looking for opportunities in life, being able to stand in some different places and see different scenery, you will not always be the evil officer confined in the military tent, and you will not always be the ruthless army of those other coastlines. Officer, you may have the opportunity to get the same promotion as the officer in the film.
At the same time, this also reminded me of the Baidu Selling Bar incident. The employees in Baidu didn't feel like they were doing evil, they were just completing their work. It's like all the officers here are completing their tasks. Most of them don't think they have problems, and they won't make changes. After all, few military officers in the film can finally get human liberation. But aren't these two good examples for us now? If we feel that this group, the overall direction of this group is against human nature, what can we do in it? If we understand this anti-humanity general environment as a short-term general trend that cannot be reversed by a single person, shouldn't it be as Teacher Li Xiaolai said:
Don't ask yourself, how can this general trend be used for me?
And ask yourself, what are we going to do the most cost-effective in this general trend?
Is it to take advantage of the environment where the Germans are finally defeated, to use that kind of hard-heartedness to bully and torture the ignorant German children?
It is still how to maintain the good side of my human nature after the war, not to ruin more people's lives, let alone my own.
What kind of "connection" should I have with this world, with my former enemies, with my future self, with my children, with my relatives and friends? What will I do in this general trend will affect the future world, future self, future children, future relatives and friends?
Let yourself be tortured in the future? Make your children confused for yourself? Make it difficult for family and friends to tell? Let the seeds of evil in the world be planted more and more?
People originally seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The process of examining our own human nature is itself a process of cost consideration. Are you greedy for immediate benefits or long-term happiness.
Furthermore, can you switch to the right "focus" and make the right "connection" to distinguish between the advantages and the disadvantages?
The same logic I think Baidu employees should also think carefully.
Don’t be swayed by the company’s values. We should have our own healthy outlook on life. Join the company and integrate with the company. That is just a section of your life that shares a common direction with this company, or a common interest relationship. When you think about "connection", that is, when you can switch the "focus," you will re-evaluate the pros and cons. Do you want to let your family and even yourself live in such a world full of false advertisements? I want to do something in this big environment.
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