Monuments are dedicated to the real people in history, not the masks on the wall

Carolyne 2022-04-22 07:01:03

I wanted to see this title for a long time, but it has been two years and I always miss it. Today, I accidentally saw his name again, and finally made up my mind, do it. The next 100 minutes was a time that almost made me cry.
We always have many, many ways to treat history. We always like to label history with the title of the grand view of history, and we always abuse the grand view of history time and time again. In the end, how many years does it take for a piece of history to clean up the dross, uncover the fog, and let us judge him more simply and accurately. We judged the history of the Qing Dynasty in the Republic of China, and judged the old democracy after 1949, and 49 years have passed. 60 years, but now we can't judge these 60 years, yes, maybe you will say, this "dynasty" has not passed, can't make any judgment, we are still continuing to write this history.
Is it true that you can only judge your own history when you change dynasties, and you can only judge when you can no longer hear what others say about yourself. I suddenly feel that people are really cowardly. In my opinion, we just want to beautify this history. "I'm too weak to make up for my mistakes", we are too weak to make up for our mistakes, we try to do more "deeds" in the hope that a monument will be built for us in the future.
However, just like 49 years, our history books are filled with the names of many more people, and we know many "great people" and many "big events", but these only exist in the history books, without any monuments is built for them.
The real monuments in history are dedicated only to those who are real, not masks.

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The Lives of Others quotes

  • Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Madam?

    Christa-Maria Sieland: Go away. I want to be alone.

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Madam Sieland?

    Christa-Maria Sieland: Do we know each other?

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: You don't know me, but I know you. Many people love you for who you are.

    Christa-Maria Sieland: Actors are never "who they are."

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: You are. I've seen you on stage. You were more who you are than you are now.

    Christa-Maria Sieland: So you know what I'm like.

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: I'm your audience.

    Christa-Maria Sieland: I have to go.

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Where to?

    Christa-Maria Sieland: I'm meeting an old classmate. I...

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: You see? Just now, you weren't being yourself.

    Christa-Maria Sieland: No?

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: No.

    Christa-Maria Sieland: So you know her well, this Christa-Maria Sieland. What do you think - would she hurt someone who loves her above all else? Would she sell herself for art?

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: For art? You already have art. That'd be a bad deal. You are a great artist. Don't you know that?

    Christa-Maria Sieland: And you are a good man.

  • [Wiesler enters the elevator at his apartment building. A young boy with a ball joins him]

    Junge mit Ball: Are you really with the Stasi?

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Do you even know what the Stasi is?

    Junge mit Ball: Yes. They're bad men who put people in prison, says my dad.

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: I see. What is the name of your...

    [pauses]

    Junge mit Ball: My what?

    Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: [thinks for a few more seconds] Ball. What's the name of your ball?

    Junge mit Ball: You're funny. Balls don't have names.