(Then I wrote this and handed it in)
After watching the movie "Young Marx", I tried to sort out some reflections on Marx and Engels, Marxism, the movie itself, and even reality. Among the many thoughts brought by the movie, my strongest feeling is: “True communism should be a kind of humanitarianism.” From the movie Marx’s palpitations of the persecution of firewood pickers, and Engels’ experience of women textile workers. It can be seen that they did not clearly smash the old world from the beginning, but embarked on the road of revolution out of a simple sense of justice and humanitarian responsibility. However, there must be a historical reflection: Why did so many communist social experiments in the twentieth century lead to the loss of humanity? Why did the Soviet Union and the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe collapse? My reflection is: On the one hand, productivity has not yet reached the conditions for the realization of communist production relations; on the other hand, from a human point of view, “being a career—even a noble one—requires many When participants give up their own personal interests for a long time, even at the expense of the most basic needs and desires of those who are human, it will inevitably go to the opposite side of its original intention, which will inevitably lead to hypocrisy and deception. Tragedy also It is that once hypocrisy and deception become the main means of maintaining a society, we can no longer have any hope for it, hoping that this cause can lead us to the bright future it once promised." But dialectically speaking, Marxism is still It strongly promoted the development of society (think about it without Marx, we would not have weekends), the ultimate concern of Marxism-communism, the freedom and liberation of all people, and the ideal of equality-but to some people in later generations and their Activities have always had a certain influence. Even those protest movements against deteriorating socialist countries have been influenced by the essence of Marxism to a certain extent.
It is a pity that the characters in the movie are pale, lacking tension and turning points. The plight of the young Marx and the contradiction between Engels's class and ideals were only a brief glimpse. Being a leftist movie is not considered successful. What makes the movie more extra points is the affirmation of Engels' academic ability. I believe that many viewers only thought that Engels was a friend and patron of Marx before watching this film, but they lacked understanding of Engels' own abilities. Considering that Engels wrote "The State of the British Working Class" at the age of 24, my youth is really ashamed. Here, I can't help thinking that our young generation really lacks the consciousness of being a proletariat. They always feel that their living standards are good and they feel that they have entered the ranks of the petty bourgeoisie and even the middle class. In fact, we who don't have any control over the means of production are nothing more than the targets of ubiquitous capitalist exploitation. It’s time to return to Chairman Mao’s words: "Throw away illusions and prepare for battle."
(Finally, the organization felt that my article was not positive enough, so it was not adopted)
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