Before the epidemic, when most Chinese people mentioned Europe, a few familiar words would pop up in their minds: economic development, good social security, high welfare, comfortable environment, people's happiness......
But in fact, the European society is not as beautiful as we imagined. Even without this epidemic, I think as more people go abroad, everyone can gradually realize that the pastoral hidden deep in their hearts The kingdom, in fact, has always existed only in movies.
In a real European society, the atmosphere of old-fashioned, old-fashioned, and innovative is extremely lacking; I heard a sentence from a sister who is an investor in the UK: You are in China, after graduating from university, you will see many students around you go to first-tier cities to work hard, some Also choose to start a business to achieve a career. But you can hardly see these phenomena in the UK. Most students in the UK have only one way to go after graduation, and that is to find a good job as much as possible. Even opening a convenience store is very difficult for local graduates, so it can be seen how desperate Britain is today.
We often say that China is not good here and there is not good; but when we really go abroad, we realize that our nation has been open and tolerant enough, and the economic miracle we have created is really a loss of a generation. What youth achieves, it is very hard to come by.
And looking at European society, as the plot in the film describes, the poor really have no chance at all...
For Blake, he just wanted to get back the rights that belonged to him, but the repeated processes and procedures finally drove him to a dead end. And her friend was kicked out of the office hall by the relief center just because she was delayed for a few minutes by the bus... If the British welfare society is a kind of proud capital, then the pride behind this It was bluffing on the backs of many poor people.
Although the whole film depicts the living conditions of the people at the bottom, the director did not let the actors deliberately sell miserably. It just plainly explained the matter of Blake's application for unemployment benefits before and after, and in the end it didn't give any benefits. A perfect ending, he left people with a big question mark❓
In the end, can Blake's death be exchanged for the improvement and evolution of the system? Or is it business as usual?
Personally, I tend to think that everything will continue as usual, because in the blood of capitalism, there has never been a so-called ruling party representing the interests of the people. The primary goal of all ruling parties is not to serve the people, but to keep their positions, and then keep accumulating money. As for the living standard of the people at the bottom, it seems to have nothing to do with the top.
After much deliberation, I still think China is good. It is not advocacy or flattery, but at our current stage, we are suitable for such a development model, and we are also suitable for such an economic system and political system. At least our upper echelon never abandons his people in a major disaster or public health event.
Finally, after taking a closer look at Blake's last words, I really see the future of capitalism, and I hope you can also read the clues:
I am not a customer, nor a customer, nor a service user; I am not a lazy person, nor a thief, nor a beggar or a poor thief; I am not a string of social security numbers, nor a piece of data on the screen. I am very proud of this. I do not bow down to the powerful. I treat my neighbors with sincerity. I do my best to lend a helping hand. I do not accept, let alone seek alms. I am an upright person, not a dog on the street. It is my right and ask you to treat me with respect I am a citizen with no extravagance and no compromise
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