What is a wave? It's more than just an event. It is a group, a collection, a form... Everyone in it may have realized that something is wrong, but they have no way to turn back, or have the courage to say no. Maybe this is the power of so-called collectivism? Is it a collective that makes everyone feel a sense of belonging, and has the right to exclude ethnic groups different from themselves, so for granted?
Just because you don't wear a white shirt, or do that greeting gesture, don't call him Herr Wengel(?), don't accept the rule that you have to stand up to speak... So you're excluded from this group, you can't even be in this class class. I'm also a little conflicted here, since you decide to join a group, or take part in an activity, it always has its rules and regulations, so you should follow them, whether it's for "collectivism" or not. This may be similar to the principle of "do as the locals do". However, this "observance" or "consistency" is limited, so what is its limit? I couldn't figure it out for a while.
I think it is not to hurt the interests of other people, especially minority groups. This is the bottom line, and even the law should not go beyond this bottom line. Isn't democracy, the rule of law, to protect the right of the minority to say "no" to the majority? Maybe some people (actually a lot of people) say no! Because they believe that the majority is the correct so-called truth, just like the wave supporters in the film, because everyone does it, because everyone is a member of this group, so I do it right and right, even if I hurt who.
Because differences lead to injustice, everyone must eliminate differences, and everyone does not allow special existence. "We" is a loud word, you do not belong to "us", because you are different from "us", so "we" will exclude you , to target you, or even destroy you... What kind of logic is this, maybe I need time to sort it out, because I have also grown in such soil.
Since ancient times, the majority has prevailed over the minority. But this cannot be a reason for oppression and exclusion of minorities. What everyone is doing must be correct, right? If everyone agrees, must it be noble? I don't want it, I don't like it, it's an outlier, and an outlier doesn't have a say, right? I dare not think about it any longer. Because I understand, in fact, many people have always believed that, including myself.
Or is this really a question of degree? If the white shirt party in the film didn't graffiti in the city, put up stickers of those organization logos, if they didn't stop the students who don't wear white shirts wanting to watch at the entrance of the water polo venue...or even Tim didn't raise his pistol at the end. , will everything be less bad? It's just a classroom experiment. No quarrels, no gang conflicts, no two (one?) lives.
However, dictatorship, or any kind of non-democratic ideology (politics), is extremely sensitive and has strong vitality and expansion. As long as there is such a cradle, it can thrive from its swaddling clothes and grow into a terrifying power. Like a wave, sweeping through all, in the end it will become a tsunami of energy, enough to destroy all civilizations. At the beginning of the film, the teacher asked everyone under what conditions dictatorship can arise. There are various answers, but in fact, it can only emerge in an endless stream. Who said that social injustice can produce it when unemployment is high? That's just relative, in my opinion, those in Germany are much better than those in China, but they will never be satisfied, there will always be dissatisfaction in society, even in the Nordic countries that are said to have the best welfare. (Even feeling empty because of being too happy, and then dissatisfied...) In
this way, the problem of degree is not a problem at all. Because the degree is out of control. Especially those things about desire and ambition, the degree does not work at all, the standard can be modified at will. Let’s think about it in the context of our current social environment. Human desires have no end. For these evil things that have been eliminated, the signs of it should be eliminated from the very beginning. Let greed grow nowhere.
On what? Is it legal? democratic system? or morality? The latter two may be useful, but at the root, it is a matter of people's beliefs. So, I believe religion can play a role to some extent. My little wish is for people to be in awe from the bottom of their hearts, the starry sky above us, and our own conscience.
Somewhat off topic. What I want to make clear here is that the tide is caused by the greed in everyone's heart; once the tide starts, it is actually difficult to control, let alone stop it. At the end of the film, the teacher was taken away by the police and the injured were taken to the hospital, but can this really be stopped? From the teacher's last moment, the expression on his face, we may be able to think more deeply.
And in this world, will the absolute hegemony of the majority over the minority stop one day? When can our society truly allow "different" to coexist peacefully with "everyone"?
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