Your dreams, others' nightmares

Jannie 2022-08-11 17:24:13

Indeed, dreams are a good fig leaf.
All the infinite expansion of ambition is under the cover of dreams, and desires for wealth, power, and beauty are pursued unscrupulously in the name of dreams.
The earth is round. At first, this hypothesis was very unreliable, and no valid evidence was found. The government is unwilling to sponsor this unreliable operation.
The motivation for Columbus came from Marco Polo's book about China in the far east, where the roofs were covered with gold.
In fact, Columbus is not as pure as others have said. His original dream came from greed.
Westerners always think that the discovery of the New World is a very great thing in the course of history. We Orientals have read a little about Western civilization, and we have also begun to learn our tongues, and together we say that the discovery of the New World is great.
The discovery of the New World is the realization of dreams for Westerners and the beginning of a nightmare for Indians. From then on, the Indians were driven to a desolate place and began to hand over gold to the whites. Spears were no match for guns and cannons, and corpses lay one after another in the jungle. Western colonialism kicked off. The nightmare of the Orientals also began.
We, we often think that what we hold in our hands is the truth, and we can start theoretically or impose it on other people's brains in a rough way. This is what an act of selflessness. Yes, civilized people do enjoy superior material conditions. Can you say that you are happier than primitive people?
People must not be classified into categories. When you see the white man, oh, hold a glass, pour the red wine, and then look at the red wine intently, shaking it, feel very tasteful. Then I started to learn how to shake and shake, and I also acted with good taste. When you see that Tibetans seem to have no better material life than you, and then feel that you want to liberate them all day long, as if you are superior to others and can guide them in the direction of life. I am also satisfied with this heroic fantasy. Then you think about going out for a trip, so you do your homework on the Internet and find a place that everyone talks about is too much for you to travel. When I went there, I found that it was not the same thing. Maybe it was too commercial, maybe the local people had a bad attitude, maybe there were too many people. You are not happy at that moment, but when you come back, you still have to praise it in your travel notes. Because traveling in the eyes of others is a beautiful thing, so you have to write it very beautifully. The bad ones are briefly mentioned, and the good ones are infinitely enlarged. Then your friends start to admire you and begin to praise you. , You also start to feel that this trip is worthwhile.
If you dream of this thing, you have it, if you don't, don't force it. Seeing other people have dreams, it seems that I can't keep up with the trend without them, so I have to think about it day and night to get one to fool myself and others. At least that's the case, give yourself an explanation, and it seems to be very face-to-face in front of others, and it seems that life will not be wasted in this way. In fact, I live a different life. In the final analysis, one sentence: No matter how useful the truth is by others, if it is not suitable for oneself, it is also nonsense.

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  • Queen Isabella I.: [During her last audience with Columbus] I have looked for a reason why I should allow you to go back and although I've tried I couldn't find one. Help me find one.

    Columbus: All my life I have dreamt of reaching the continent. I thought my dreams grandiose. But reality was beyond my expectations. Far beyond. And now I want to explore that land before I die.

    Queen Isabella I.: I allow you to undertake another voyage. But without your brothers. Nor for you to return to Santo Domingo or any other colonies. The New World is a disaster.

    Columbus: And the old one an achievement?

    Queen Isabella I.: [after Columbus leaves] I know. I shouldn't tolerate his impertinence.

    Sanchez: Then why?

    Queen Isabella I.: Because he is not afraid of me.

  • Arojaz: [Looking at Columbus from a distance after the discovery of America is attributed to Amerigo Vespucci] What a tragedy. What a waste of a life.

    Sanchez: A waste? Well, if your name or mine is ever remembered it will only because of his.