Due to the limited resources and the unfair distribution brought about by class, one of the most important things for politicians throughout the ages in peaceful times is to Fushun the frying hairs of the people at the bottom, so that they can bury in the manger to eat grass and forget to look up at the stars . For example, the chief executive of a certain state during the Three Kingdoms period was called a certain state shepherd, which could not have been more straightforward to explain his identity as a trainer.
Generally speaking, there are two ways to do this in ancient times, one is to fool the people, making you ignorant about your situation; the other is to fool the people, making you feel that it is God's arrangement to stay at the bottom forever For example, India's caste system and supporting religious beliefs are still effective. In my opinion, deceiving the people is higher than the foolish people. It is like adding an irremovable ideological stencil to the human brain, completely eliminating the possibility of the people being persuaded one day.
But in modern society, "adults, times have changed". The popularization of education, the development of the Internet, and the rapid flow of information make it difficult to perform traditional tricks. In such a situation, the "Guide to the Domestication of Homo sapiens" in the hands of the shepherd of a certain state should also be updated with the times. Take Ruicheng Shepherd as an example, what is written in the "Ruicheng Domestication Guide" in his hand?
The first point: crowd differentiation. Even the humblest of creatures like ants and bees, when formed in colonies, can be a terrifying force that pits two giants at war. Only a group that is difficult to form an iron plate can become the cornerstone of a stable modern society. For example, the residents of Ruicheng are divided into Rick and Morty, Rick can be divided into Black Rick and White Rick according to skin color, and Morty can be divided into Male Morty and Female Morty according to gender. When the eyes of one group are full of the other group, they have no time to think about deeper things.
An interesting point is that when the status of two groups is not equal, the fate of individuals in different groups can also be very different. Higher Ricks generally become big politicians and big capitalists, while lower Ricks become emotionless machines on the assembly line; higher Mortys are gangsters, and lower Mortys are empty-eyed gangsters on the street. This undoubtedly makes the stereotypes and gaps between the two groups more difficult to bridge, and also means peace of mind for the ruling class.
The second point: pleasure addiction. The core of the waffles produced by the factory in the play is a substance extracted from Rick's brain, which is permanently imprisoned in happy memories. It is extremely low-cost, short-lived and powerful, but it can effectively make people forget their tired bodies. Meaningful labor, small house, vague hope. If you can't make sandwich biscuits for a while, that's fine too, filling people's thinking time with fast-paced mindless games, mass-produced mindless videos, and replacing the dangerous depths and pains with endless joy.
Another way to improve happiness, although not mentioned in the play, is extremely common in life. It stems from a fundamental fact in psychology that the source of happiness is often established in comparison. So another possible flavor of the waffle filling comes from the suffering of the people of the surrounding countries (both true and false) - "You're doing pretty well compared to them, what more could you expect?"
Third, the illusion of freedom. Despite his assembly line job, Lower Rick holds out hope, believing that the promotion system will recognize his efforts. However, when the opportunity came, the superior was an airborne, so he became an anti-establishment. In fact, when the dragon faces the dragon-slaying warriors, its best choice is not to fight it to the death, trying to nip the resistance in the bud, because when the warriors have become a kind of symbolic totem, suppression will only make The fire of defiance spreads more widely. The really decent way is to give him an official title, erect a dragon-like statue for him, and admit that he is in the same league as the system. If the moment when the dragon slayer turns into a dragon is turned into eternity, and by the way, a new waffle flavor called "free flavor" is extracted, it is really a wonderful operation that can be written into the next edition of the textbook.
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