Desire is motivation and abyss

Alexanne 2021-11-19 08:01:45

The rise of surveillance capitalism gathers a huge user group through "free" products, collects all user behavior data, builds huge user portraits through AI and algorithms, and sells these user portraits to various commodity companies, inducing users to unconsciously indulge and Consumption, our self-righteous "free" is actually the most expensive poison.

Power and banknotes have built up today’s China. Enslaved by money, houses and desires, they have lost all their rights. The numbness of their spirits, the loss of freedom, and the castration of themselves make them all look at money, and people are no longer the yardstick of everything. , Money has become the yardstick of all things, just as "The Collected Works of Javier" said,

"The more people give up the hope of comprehensive reform, they are no longer interested in transcending their personal goals and values, and they give up opportunities to exert influence "outwardly". Used in homes and rooms. They decorate houses, buy villas, and buy cars. They enjoy the freedom of buying washing machines and refrigerators of this brand or that brand, instead of sharing economic decisions, participating in political life, and playing. The freedom of intellect. People regard the helpless alternatives of real life as adult life."

The Five Skills of Controlling the People in "Book of Shang Jun", stupid, weak, tired, humiliating, and poor. When they can only run around in the house, car and money desires every day, the true "I" is What, how does the "being me" exist freely in the world dominated by power and desire.

Nietzsche said that when you are staring at the abyss, the abyss is staring at you. Just as desire is motivation, it is also the abyss to stare at you.

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  • Jeromy 2022-03-21 09:01:53

    The creativity is really awesome, an anti-totalitarian dystopian fable, entertainment to death, a visual display of the brave new world, but I still feel that it is not deep enough, but it is quite interesting. PS. The design of the sunglasses is awesome, and it is very painful to find out the truth, so most people choose to ignore it.

  • Arne 2021-11-19 08:01:45

    The concept is advanced and the current malpractice is ironic, and it satirizes the American consumerism, hedonism, and concerns about television as a communication medium. Wasn’t it the popular theory of "television people" in those days? The mimicry reality that television propagated finally made viewers stop thinking. It is easy to control. Of course, this theory is outdated in this era. It is replaced by the fear of the Internet and social media, which is why there is a black mirror. The sunglasses in the film reveal all the aliens, and the protagonist wearing the sunglasses is the forerunner of the Matrix. I wanted to play four stars, but the fight between the protagonist and the black supporting role in the film was too long and tedious, and there is a suspicion of delaying time. I guess the protagonist of the wrestler wants to add drama. This movie continued Carpenter's usual low-cost and rough wind, and started filming after finding some tramp in the garbage dump.

They Live quotes

  • [Nada and Frank are fighting, and Nada, trying to get up, tries to grab Frank's testicles]

    Frank: You dirty motherfucker!

  • Nada: You, you're okay. This one: real fuckin' ugly.