The political economy of the underworld

Bartholome 2022-09-16 01:13:57

The underworld is an associated product of human society and can never disappear. This is my basic judgment and my understanding of the "utility" of economics. It is a conclusion after studying culture and law in the past year or two. .
Back then, "Shanghai Bund" made young people in China go crazy. While admiring Fage, we were also thinking about the changeable and useless politics, and realizing the complexity of human nature and the multifaceted emotions. I don't know the real underworld, but I always think that the management of the underworld may be better than the management of any enterprise. Because it survives in an area that society opposes and despises at least marginalized, and the cost it pays is the price of freedom and even life. Its incentives will definitely not be purely material, and its management will definitely not be completely negative incentives such as cutting hands and feet. It must have something logical and self-consistent within it.
I think as mentioned in "Underworld", 300 years ago they used to be righteous people who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, but what they provide today is for people who have no money or skills, want to get rich quickly, especially want to gain self-esteem and satisfaction, but Another stage for people who are not available in normal society.
From the perspective of demand, on the one hand, the complexity of human nature determines the complexity of demand. It is impossible for everyone to like sunshine and daily consumer goods, and some people like drugs, gambling, girls, pornography and other things that are difficult to obtain through normal channels; On the other hand, it is impossible for the law to govern every footstep. It only governs the bottom line of social behavior. Bullying is an unavoidable evil and normality in human society. some additional protection. If the government is not clean and the courts are unfair, the underworld will naturally have more reason to exist.
If the underworld can really be democratically elected as the film does, I think the underworld can live in peace with the white society and go hand in hand, as long as it is not mainstream, because after all, everyone mainly lives during the day. As for the means by which the so-called democracy is obtained, it does not matter, because this is the rule in this field, and to survive in this field, you must understand the way of survival in this field, that is Strength and violence.
I don't know how To Qifeng communicated with his boss, because it is said that Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng are the bosses of the underworld, but the film is worth watching, both from the perspective of entertainment and from the perspective of understanding.



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