Despite Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, and a skinny Kevin Spacey, I didn't really like the movie because of its overt personal heroism, dispensable emotional lines, and monotonous rhythm.
What struck me was the decision by the military to blow up the town of Cedar Creek when it could not control the epidemic, sacrificing a small number of lives to ensure the safety of the continental United States. And how familiar is this logic? Isn't that what Thanos means in Avengers 3? Sacrifice half of life in the galaxy for the future of the galaxy.
So the question is, in such extreme circumstances, does the military/state have the right to decide to sacrifice a small number of people (including townspeople who are not infected with the flu) in order to safeguard the interests of the vast majority/preserve sovereign? So where does the line lie between the individual will and the sovereign will that is supposed to represent the individual wills in totality?
This is really an issue of political philosophy.
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