Complete privacy-free monitoring, complete deprivation of free will and action, brainwashing education, one-person judgment, extreme obedience and complicity. Heisong Town is like a stage play, which interprets all forms of autocracy, exaggerated and true.
God (David), missionary (hypnotist), law enforcement (sheriff), administration (mayor) are there, and each role is well presented. God is the supreme prophet who never appears in the real world, but only exists in the classroom of missionaries, sowing his own ideas by influencing the next generation. In this small town that seems to have no governance institutions, the citizens are told what is right and wrong through education and trials. And ruler is sometimes the unity of God and the authority (David).
Do not try to leave
Do not discuss the past
Do not discuss your life before
What is the nature of freedom?
Freedom is human instinct. God can tell mankind that it is a scourge and a catastrophe outside the wall. At this time, some people choose to believe it, and some people must choose not to believe it. Those who choose not to believe will gather their believers to fight for freedom and block all speech that vilifies the consequences of freedom. If the method is appropriate (led by an elite like Sheriff Burke), they can win the support of those who choose to believe. To overthrow the dictatorship.
Freedom is human instinct. As long as humans see the wall, there is no force that can stop him from breaking through the wall. As long as there is a wall, there will be a day to break through the wall. Therefore, freedom exists because of the wall. The essence of freedom is resistance to tyranny and all established things.
The essence of freedom is the right to choose. The fear of everyone in Hei Song Town comes from the complete deprivation of the right to choose, so that you can only play along instead of choosing the character you want. This fear of being exaggerated on stage exists in everyone's life. Our family, workplace, and society all require ourselves to play along with some speciifc roles. Our fear and pressure come from the fact that we have to be other people carefully, but not ourselves completely.
In addition, this drama also presents different perspectives of civil liberties.
For Kate and Terresa (the blinded elite), the free will is deeply rooted in their bones. They firmly believe that beyond the wall is the beauty of the past. For the truth described by Burke, They choose not to believe it. In other words, before they see it with their own eyes, they think that those with vested interests will be in the same situation. And freedom is supreme.
For Sheriff Burke (the informed elite), freedom means giving all the public the right to know without breaking through the wall (to avoid the disaster of the world), so that everyone can get rid of unnecessary fear and get rid of "God "The dictatorship, truly lead a democratic and happy life. It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. After Kate went from being blinded to being an insider, he followed Burke on the same path, leading everyone to overthrow the dictatorship inside the wall.
For Pam (the benevolent party), freedom is not that important, but autocracy cannot be too cruel. Because of the image of "kindness", she wins over some armed men who are dissatisfied with David's tyranny and brutality, laying the foundation for her ultimate seizure of power.
For David (the person in power), freedom is something to be eliminated by all means. Because the embankment collapsed from the ant colony. There is a moth, he will sink the whole ship and start again. Absolute obedience makes those in power feel a little safer.
In the end, what is the answer?
The first answer is the reincarnation of despotism. When Burke sacrificed himself for the freedom inside the wall, when the power holder was killed by the power grabber (Pam & Kate) representing freedom and justice, new rights were established, which is the scene Ben saw in the new world-once The god/ruler of power was advertised as a great prophet by the statue, and the new tyranny was established in a harsher form (the bodies of all betrayers were hung in a prominent place in the town, and the slogan read "Do not try to leave"). I can't help but ask, if the first generation has been brainwashed, why should a more severe tyranny be established? Brainwashing is only ruler's wishful thinking. In the human community, there must be a herd, there must be rebels, and there must be fish that slip through the net. The boat will sink.
There is a second answer, which is practiced by most clever rules, to make citizens think that they are free as much as possible under the essence of autocracy. It is speculated that the second season will go in this direction. Wait and see.
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