At the beginning of the film, it is clear that carnivores want to eat herbivores out of their instinct, but for some reason that is not explained in the film, this instinct is effectively suppressed, so that Zootopia's cheetah is addicted to donuts This vegan food. But on the other hand, the carnivorous instinct of carnivores is not only not forgotten by society, but has become a kind of old past. On the contrary, the animal public still generally believes in the threat of carnivores, and this threat is very real, so they will There is anti-fox spray.
Now the question is, what kind of means can (1) help carnivores effectively suppress their meat-eating instinct, but (2) cannot completely eliminate the threat of carnivores? Of course, cartoons do not explain such details, and it is difficult for us to make up a reason. Because in the actual human history, many dangerous and violent "instincts" and habits have been gradually transformed through the long-term education of civilization, and in the whole process, there is no point in time that can satisfy the above two conditions at the same time. So the children's drama that begins the film is more of a plausible official propaganda that hardly explains why carnivore eating meat is still such a vivid and widely believed threat. Strictly speaking, this is a flaw in order to increase the drama of the story, and this flaw is completely harmless. But if you continue to open your mind along this line of thinking, the easiest possibility to meet the above two conditions is a technology.
Suppose there is a plant, let's call it anti-midnight howl. When a carnivore eats the anti-midnight howl, the carnivorous instinct will be completely suppressed, and the character will become docile, while there are no other adverse reactions. The government succeeded in making some kind of anti-midnight howl vaccine and secretly vaccinated all carnivores with this vaccine, all animals unaware of it. Of course, vaccine injections always slip through the net, so extreme cases of predators attacking herbivores still exist. Of course, the government completely covers up the existence of this technology and convinces all the animals with some fictitious histories and children's dramas. As a result, the animals found that the dangers of carnivores were completely suppressed, replaced by a world where carnivores and herbivores lived in harmony. The whole thing is great joy.
That's right, the above settings refer to "Brave New World" and "Golden Age 2013", but remove all the violent elements in "Brave New World" and those rambunctious imaginations in "Golden Age 2013". My evaluation of "1984" and "Brave New World" is very low, because the government's methods in these two novels are too crude, too vulgar, too violent, or, to put it more plainly, the government's methods It's the villains, and all of that undermines the depth that political fiction should have. On the contrary, a brave new world can be as prosperous, happy and thriving as Zootopia. Although this prosperity and happiness is based on a plant called the "anti-midnight howl," a secret vaccination program that twists the instincts of one-tenth of its members, and a fictional history.
Now the question arises, is such a Zootopia an acceptable world?
In fact, the first time I noticed the movie titled Zootopia in the cinema today, I felt a chill on my back. Because Utopia is not a very beautiful word, this word implies that this is an artificially designed system, and this artificially designed system has some essential flaws. By the way, some views also believe that Plato's "Republic" is in turn implying that Utopia is a flawed and impossible system, and looking at the word Zootopia from this perspective makes people sweat even more .
By the way, I still have an idea. This film uses a subtle narrative method to demonstrate the impossibility of a pluralistic society, and now there is only one sect who can write this brain hole.
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