I'm so close to madness

Lacy 2021-12-16 08:01:05

"You think that dictatorship cannot be repeated in Germany, right?" German middle school teacher Rainer asked the children in the classroom, yes, in the eyes of later generations, the crazy history of a country is always so outrageous and ridiculous. , No one thinks that it will happen again to the "smart" and "sensible" us. Therefore, today, most Germans believe that the days when the Nazis are rampant will not happen again; most Japanese believe that extreme militarism has been completely separated; most Chinese believe that we have learned the lessons of the Cultural Revolution; most Americans believe that McCarthyism is never Turn over... However, the German film "The Wave", which was adapted from a real experiment in the United States, was enough to make my hair horrified, and my back became cold. It turned out that it only takes a week or a week to produce the buds of collective madness.

In the film, Rainer, a German middle school teacher, teaches fascism topics in the classroom. This very thoughtful teacher found that students were unfamiliar and disdainful of concepts such as dictatorship and fascism. Throughout the week, I kept instilling collectivist ideas in them, and I kept asking everyone to eliminate their personalities, until things got close to getting out of control. Finally, when Rainer planned to reveal the horror of dictatorship and the madness of the whole people with a finishing course, a tragedy happened. Let the whole story end in sorrow, leaving a thoughtful aftertaste worth chewing. Rainer is facing a group of middle school students. They have not experienced personal unemployment and hardship, but they have already begun to take shape. Some of them feel lonely and lack a sense of social identity. In fact, most people hope Have a sense of identity, fear of being alienated, fear of being abandoned, and hope to be recognized in the social structure. As a result, the neutral value system of collectivism was distorted and extreme. Rainer could not foresee this at first. He formulated disciplines for his students and instilled the idea of ​​integration. This kind of beginning is often a good one. Because of a sense of belonging, a person will be more confident and more courageous to face life. Therefore, in the process, we found that those children whose lives are unsatisfactory are extremely active, and they are more active. This feeling is lacking, so when someone raises their arms, they are very inspiring. Moreover, this rapid sense of belonging will quickly produce a huge emotional impact. Think about it. A few days ago, no one cared and was mocked and suddenly became an equal member of a collective. Under such an impact, a group of Hardcore molecules also emerged, laying the groundwork for later extremes.

The initial stage of totalitarianism is always relatively "gentle", and I have experienced it in this experiment. For those who disagree, they can leave freely. The two girls with independent thinking in the film have left the movement one after another. Gradually, this gentleness was erased, a highly unified group, with symbolic names, costumes, and marks, until a "wave" greeting gesture (reminiscent of the famous "Hi, Hitler" immediately) While strongly declaring his own uniqueness to the outside world, he began to reject dissidents. If he did not wear a white shirt, he would be blamed. At the same time, this group became more and more aggressive. First, the "wave" mark was posted everywhere in the city. , Engage in viral marketing, and then do everything possible to stop the propaganda of people with different views, and even begin to produce violent behavior. The result of this is that they appear to be stronger and stronger, and more and more people begin to join, demanding to share this powerful force. In their eyes, the strength of this group is their personal strength, and they are afraid of being excluded. , They also have to blend in, and at the same time make this force stronger. As a result, the horror of totalitarianism has emerged. It often only requires the initial seeds to be set aside to produce a self-growth mechanism. When Rainer makes the first "angel investment" of collectivist thinking, there is no need for additional "investment." The "wave" movement boiled the whole school in just one week. Therefore, we can know why Hitler relied on such power to satisfy his desires at the time, because it was a small expenditure and high return investment. At the same time, such feedback continued to stimulate the desires of the initiators, and even Rainer was a little confused. .

Rainer finally tried to end this gradual loss of control with a cursive finishing course. He deliberately inflamed everyone's emotions and allowed the extreme expression of totalitarianism-trying to give the heresy the possibility of physical destruction to show to the enthusiastic students. Unexpectedly, a more fanatical student stunned the people present with gunshots and lives to witness a tragedy. Totalitarianism is really terrifying.

For me, the viewing experience of this film is very shocking. What makes me reflect is that in the process of watching this film, when I saw the "wave" movement continue to grow, I was also very excited. They started to become extreme, and when the two girls who left initially kept disrupting the situation, I was also disgusted with them at that moment. After thinking about it, I realized that it turned out that a kind of crazy and irrational possibility is really close to yourself. You may be swept by a wave of popular madness at any time and become one of them. How horrible the story this week is, you may suddenly become hysterical, you may suddenly become extremely violent, and you may be willing to raise a butcher knife to a friend of the past. "Lang Tide" can also test the audience's vigilance against such crazy thoughts. I have seen some comments on this film, and there are many people who agree with the "Lang Tide" movement. The source of this film is actually an experiment conducted by American teacher Ron Jones in a middle school in 1967. It only takes five days to allow students to quickly become the buds of Nazi thought. What's more terrifying is that this also happens when there is freedom and democracy. The traditional United States also took place during the affirmative movement. In the 1960s, the world outside this experiment was indeed a turbulent era. The whole world reflected how easily people fell into fanatic extremes with different group movements. Therefore, be vigilant. To be vigilant, we need to first set up a breakwater to resist such waves conceptually. It is so terrible and terrible.

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The Wave quotes

  • Rainer Wenger: You should just see how motivated they are.

  • Tim Stoltefuss: Run for your life, or I'll blow your brains out.