Let's take a look at one of the methods in the film to make students accept dictatorship and then become dictatorship defenders: group exercises, teachers arrange seats according to outstanding students, must raise their hands before speaking, must stand up when speaking, must use honorific titles to teachers , uniform uniform, emblem of a representative group, gestures of a representative group, ideological indoctrination (discipline creates strength, unity creates strength), emphasis on collective, emphasis on unity (even deception and cheating are allowed to defeat another class), annihilation Personality differences. Is it extraordinarily familiar.
When I was in elementary school and middle school, the situation was like this: teachers arranged seats according to grades, all stood up before class, saluted respectfully to teachers, raised their hands to speak, and wore expensive and ugly school uniforms purchased by the school, which must be worn. Wearing a red scarf or group badge (there is a student inspector at the gate of the school, and you are not allowed to enter the school gate if you do not wear it), do exercises with courseware, perform the Young Pioneer salute to each other, take a brainwashing class called "ideological and moral" or "politics", emphasize Collectivism is greater than individualism (I was deeply influenced by criticizing a self-interested view called "subjective for oneself and objective for others"), emphasizing that the individual is just a screw, and cheating collectively for the class teacher's demonstration class.
This reminds me of an old joke: when Jiang was interviewed by American "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace, Wallace suddenly said: You are a dictator, aren't you? Jiang's face was twisted, and he defended awkwardly: This is a huge misunderstanding. Wallace said: "I know you're going to deny it. But there is a proverb in the United States that if there is an animal that looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is undoubtedly a duck all the time.
It is recommended that anyone who has time or is bored should watch "The Wave", because reality will not be like the movie where the beautiful ice and snow disappear after only two people are killed, and there is no trace of it happening. This was demonstrated by the movement 40 years ago.
We may not be able to turn back the tide, but at least we can understand what the hell is going on and what role we have to play.
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