The Poison Master in "Breaking Bad": The Trap of Civilization

Anthony 2022-03-16 09:01:01

I watched "Breaking Bad" again recently. As for why we should re-watch "Breaking Bad", there are probably several reasons: 1. The five seasons of Breaking Bad have won numerous awards in the United States and received rave reviews. Explain that this is a drama that can withstand watching; 2. The main thing is to delve into the mood of the times at that time, the growth history of a people’s teacher to a drug lord, and was welcomed by the people and experts’ comments. This is no longer an entertainment factor. , "Breaking Bad" should have guessed or spoke the resonance of a certain era, or rebellion from the fingertips and subconscious, which can not help but remind people of the fiery heat of "The Name of the People"; 3. From teacher to poison Teacher, the transition of this life scene is often within a single thought. The teacher's "cancer" may be a hotbed of drug lords, because no one has ever become bad for no reason, just as if it were unpredictable.

The first season of "Breaking Bad" was launched in 2008. It is now in 2019. From the plot and characters to the reality, the world and current situation seem to have not changed much. In the financial crisis of 2008, to today’s Trang Popular "isolationism". In 2008, some people shouted the slogan that confidence is more important than gold. It was only in 2019 that they discovered that the world’s currency is not gold but paper. Why banknotes become popular is because everyone believes in the value they represent. The core of paper money is a civilized contract: trust. In a world that gradually loses mutual trust, there will be more and more extreme stories like Breaking Bad. Bad money drives out good money. Teachers who are responsible for conveying civilized values ​​are forced to fall into the trap of nowhere to go. Alienated from a teacher into a drug lord.

Why do you say this? If you look back at the cause of Breaking Bad, you will understand that nothing comes from nowhere. The cause is very simple. The poisonist turned out to be a high-quality student in chemistry. He was very talented in the field of chemistry. He had the opportunity to win awards in the academic world and also had the opportunity. The business was successful, but he gave up academic and business and chose to be a chemistry teacher in middle school. The plot of these geniuses can actually be completely ignored. This may be to pave the way for the superb skills of the poison masters or sensational. This is not to discuss the details and skills of the plot. We can completely assume that he is a middle school teacher, but he is not a university teacher or a well-known professor. Such a small number of successful people, even if it is a chemistry genius who goes to middle school, is the luck of middle school students, and thousands of middle schools Teachers, they are influencing and educating high school students all over the world. Or, after decades of teaching or training, a general chemistry teacher has reached the extreme in a certain professional field. This is also completely reasonable and logical in reality. For example, a Japanese chemist "Tanaka Koichi" is a research staff member He has no reputation in academia, but he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry after 16 years of research, which is similar to the true story of a middle school teacher becoming a world genius. But these tens of thousands of teachers also have dignity, morality, and difficulties. The poison master’s moral dilemma lies in the discovery that devoting his life to pass on a civilized cause cannot cure personal terminal illnesses and protect his family. It is still very difficult to treat illnesses and bankrupt their families. It is possible that both people and wealth are empty. This is a moral dilemma that cannot face the self-questioning of life and cannot raise future generations. This provides an opportunity for a reasonable continuation of the plot. Then the poison master will treat illnesses for money, save tuition for future generations, and refuse help from others for personal dignity, and enter the moral dilemma or desperate situation of crime, because making drugs will destroy his morals and morals. Family, but not making drugs will ruin his life and family.

The question is why he has been a good man for a lifetime, and in the end he was in a desperate situation. The teacher to the poisonist is just a representative of extreme industry changes, and he can’t help but reflect on whether the world is really moving forward. Simply put, technology must be developing. Chemistry is developing. These must be undoubted, but whether social morality develops simultaneously, whether personal dignity is simultaneously improved, whether human plights are reduced, this is a question of civilized development, otherwise, social development may bring about It is not more civilization, but more traps.

Of course, everyone hopes that technological progress will bring about the development of civilization, but how can it be possible to achieve the development of civilization without guarding against and seeing the pitfalls of the development process. Breaking Bad is a trap of civilization. He is a human soul engineer who spreads civilization and technology. When encountering a predicament that cannot be escaped, he may use existing technology to develop human traps. It has not been assumed here that the poison master is completely free from illness and disaster. He is just taking the advantage of his professional skills to take this step proactively and convincingly for personal gain. That is to let others step into the trap. It is his personal beauty. Let’s also suppose that the poison master may not need skills and knowledge. He only needs to be morally corrupt. For example, add some fashionable and unique medicine to the water and sell it as milk. These chemicals are not only a trap for civilization, but also a fallen paradise. . Once again, suppose that the predicament faced by poison masters is institutional. It has existed and been discovered for a long time, but no one has the ability to repair, or the ability does not care. Therefore, without the constraints of predicament or professional threshold, human beings are very likely to develop the trap of civilization.

Of course, if these assumptions are not necessary, it is better to return to the trap of the civilization of the poison master, otherwise you can only return to the law of the jungle, and let's talk about a few traps of civilization that are worth thinking about.

A poison master is a professional and technical job of chemicals, but without these chemicals, there may be no opportunities and space for poison masters to develop, but technology and commerce are an unstoppable trend. This is a story of repeated planting that does not require much technology. There is a disease called "banana yellow leaf disease". It was a banana plantation in Latin America during the colonial period. Among dozens of banana varieties around the world, it was selected and bred. A banana that is most suitable for plantation development. It must be characterized by the advantages of high yield, storage resistance, and low pests and diseases. It is somewhat similar to the current genetically modified disease-resistant varieties. The purpose is to produce high yields, low costs, and high profits. This logic is the development of modern commercial civilization. The key. However, this kind of banana variety, which does not exist in many in nature, has been artificially bred and planted in large numbers, and hundreds of millions of bananas have been planted in Latin America for decades. Yellow leaf disease is also constantly updated and iterated in this process. It has undergone rapid evolution, and finally evolved into the terminal illness of this banana. The bananas in Latin America are all dead. Whether it will affect people and other plants remains to be studied. But the real story is that people come to the development of civilization and cultivate selectively. A kind of banana has been cultivated and a terminal disease has been cultivated at the same time. Without the large-scale commercial cultivation of a single species, the evolution of super-resistant bacteria may not have occurred. Of course, there are other bananas or other fruits to choose from, even if you don’t want to eat fruits, so this is just a trap for civilization development, and it has not developed into the desperate situation of human civilization, but business may not choose more delicious or nutritious bananas. This is the repeated bad money driving out the good money. This is a real lesson from the trap of civilization development.

The poison master’s products are addictive and harm the body, so that social morality condemns him. This seems to be a sign of the development and progress of a civilized society, but if the morality of the social collective itself appears serious deviation, then this misjudgment and harm will be infinite. . 1. World War II is not about individuals. At that time, almost no one in Europe could escape. There are too many questions worth pondering about the specific reasons and process of the war. Here, let’s talk about the power and curse of technological development factors. Statistics According to the statistics, there were more than 10 million casualties in World War I, and more than 50 million in World War II. World War I was 1914-1918, and World War II was 1941-1945. The time is similar to that of participating countries, but in a short interval of 20 to 30 years, But it can cause multiple casualties. In fact, Europe has been fighting before. Spain’s nationally powerful invincible fleet, with 300 warships totaling tens of thousands, increased to more than 600,000 when the French Napoleon expedition to Russia, but it suddenly developed into a war of ground meat. Machine, and finally to the bigger meat grinder in World War II. The technological advancement factors in this are obvious. The use of aircraft, submarines, aircraft carriers, gas bombs, and missiles that were first developed and used by these powerful weapons is the reason for the multiplying of casualties, and tens of thousands of young people have fallen into the development of human civilization. If they were born a hundred years earlier, even if they lived a primitive life of agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry, they would be healthier than those who have experienced artillery fire. At the same time, if the people’s morality is not improved simultaneously, this kind of destruction of human heart will only magnify the gloom of human nature hundreds of times. Just like the emergence of gene-edited babies, the future of mankind will be impossible. Speaking of sad stories.

The drug master is an engineer of the human soul. With the development of the so-called career, as his morality degenerates step by step, and finally develops into a drug lord, this can't help but think of another American drama "Drug Lord: Mexico Season 1", which contains the drug lord. It turned out to be a policeman, but in a city controlled by drugs, the justice police were suppressed. He couldn't help but embark on the road of drug trafficking. The story is roughly from growing marijuana to selling other drugs. His marijuana plantation can be seen on the satellite. Hundreds of hectares, and eventually developed into collusion with high-ranking officials to use military aircraft to escort drugs. In the real world, there are often news that Mexican and Colombian drug dealers flood the world, but there is a very interesting line in this drama, "We have to control this chaotic world, otherwise It will control you." This is a very philosophical line, but unfortunately it was said by a drug lord. The drug lord himself has never controlled his moral dilemma. It may be in a jungle surrounded by bad coins, and there is no soil for moral development at all, or that most people cannot avoid being affected by the environment. Whether it is civilization or a trap, no one will refuse the influence of civilization, but it is more important to fall into a trap. It is not impossible to refuse. If the drug lords do not sell drugs, but the world sells other things such as: food, oil, iPhone, medicine or nuclear power, this is similar to a monopoly that controls the world, or if they are not drug lords, how can they prevent them from not selling? Alienation into a "drug lord", but what can make these proud men of the sky become a mentor to the human soul, and have a moral standard that can prevent and prevent the poisoning of others from happening? This is a question of the development of civilization, not just a question of traps. .

Poison masters finally stepped into a desperate situation. The betrayal of relatives may be a kind of goodwill and personal integrity of the screenwriters. In reality, the abandoned son of Sino-US trade is American agriculture. Farmers have also entered a dilemma, and they cannot be threatened by collective strikes. Because this will starve countless people to death, their morality will not fall like this, but after the food and pork stored in the trade war expires, it will inevitably be personal bankruptcy. What kind of dispute is this? Mortals suffer? Here is a more extreme story. In 2019, the M2 balance of 192 trillion rice was 2.8 yuan per catty. In 1999, the M2 balance of 11.9 trillion rice was 0.9 yuan per catty. It’s because modern people don’t even think about eating. On the other hand, they can get confused when they want to eat. Then there is nothing to be confused about. Therefore, the rules of the world need to be more civilized and clear, and more goodwill and integrity are needed. Otherwise, just like water flows to a lower place, human morality will also fall into the trap of a deeper civilization.

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Breaking Bad quotes

  • Jesse Pinkman: Nah, come on man. Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass at like what, sixty, he's just gonna break bad?

  • Walter White: I am not in danger, I am the danger.