yesterday and tomorrow

Milton 2022-04-23 07:01:14

It's a very early film, but I've always been afraid of feeling a little uncomfortable about this subject, so I only opened it after a few years. On how long it takes for a free man in a civilized society to become a slave to an inhuman. Possibly, just for a moment. And the most terrifying thing is that such sensational things happened not long ago in human society.

The terrible thing about slavery is that it is no longer possible to distinguish good from bad. Good to you is the kind of good that a master treats a slave. Bad for you is the kind of bad that can put you in the dirt. The world is no longer upside down, and the society is constantly doubting itself. But the only insistence is that he wants to see his family again and not to give up his right to be a free man.

During this period of time, I was looking at Western philosophy, and one of the arguments was that there is no so-called objectiveness in the world, so-called truth, and all people or things have different perspectives at different times.

Yesterday's human society had slavery, and today's human society has repeatedly committed evil while being vigilant. What kind of system and system will greet us in tomorrow's human society?

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12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Clemens: If you want to survive, do and say as little as possible. Tell no one who you really are and tell no one that you can read and write. Unless you want to be a dead nigger.

  • Robert: I say we fight.

    Solomon Northup: The crew is fairly small. If it were well planned, I believe they could be strong armed.

    Clemens: Three can't stand against a whole crew. The rest here are niggers, born and bred slaves. Niggers ain't got the stomach for a fight, not a damn one.

    Robert: All I know, we get where we travelling we'll wish we'd died trying.

    Clemens: Survival is not about certain death, it is about keeping your head down.

    Solomon Northup: Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. "Tell no one who I really am" if I want to survive. I don't want to survive, I want to live.