Nicholas Cage's badness comes from human nature. People have shortcomings. In a free democratic country, respecting individual rights and freedom also respects people's imperfections. Only when people's imperfections can be restricted and restricted by systems The thoughts of, so came into being: separation of powers and checks and balances, judicial review and constitutionalism.
Since ancient times, our country has advocated the ethics of seeking perfection. We believe that people can become saints through self-reflection and restraint. The proposition of saints to govern the country now has its own voice: governing the country by virtue. In a people’s democratic country, there is a unified code of ethics, so the violent and bloody black cat sheriff that we saw when we were young is the clearest line between justice and evil.
The righteous is like the black cat sheriff, fair and unselfish, tall and mighty, wise and courageous; evil like an ear, looks ugly, despicable and cunning, and ignorant. The notion that children instilled is that one ear must die, the interests of the people must not be violated, and counter-revolutionary and anti-democratic crimes must be suppressed with violence and blood. The line between good and bad is so clear that there seems to be no need to explain.
This clear and no longer clear norm has been repeatedly subverted in American movies. If we use our own moral norms to measure American TV dramas, the familiar words will sound again: bourgeois morality is depraved. As for the more fundamental issue of human nature, we have always denied it and put the cap of idealism on it. But in reality, this is what we encounter, a life full of flaws, and no one can escape.
Cage is a drug-addicted policeman, a girlfriend who is a prostitute, and has the luck of gambling and losing. He can't get rid of all the temptations around him: beauties, gambling, drugs and violence. But he also has his own sense of justice, which is revenge, a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Nevertheless, he violated many of us's expectations of the incarnation of justice, but everyone likes him very much because he is doing things, practicing justice, for the innocent children who died, and perhaps for the moral feeling in his heart. At the very least, he is still doing things.
If justice can be achieved, we will pay any price. This is our Chinese point of view. Our official education and media propaganda are indeed harmonious and beautiful. No matter how far the world falls, we still believe that the world is beautiful. in order. For example, when Wen Qiang fell, all of us feel that justice is achieved and the people's support is very happy, but the system behind Wen Qiang is ignored: the power of the public security organs is not restricted, the supervision of the National People's Congress has become a decoration, and the supervision of public opinion is silent. , Democracy within the unit is basically paralyzed.
Western media promote violence, necessary evil, and the humble and ugly human nature, but in terms of system construction, they restrict power through strict restraints and govern the country through the rule of law. The actual effect is internal stability and prosperity under the appearance of disharmony. Reflected in a detail in the movie, the lawyer yelled at the police officer to get out of my office, and Cage was unable to use violence against the lawyer. In our country, the police can be held accountable for obstructing the police's handling of cases, and lawyers are no exception. (Breaking news: Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang was detained by Chongqing police on suspicion of falsifying evidence and obstructing testimony while representing Chongqing Gong Gangmo in the criminal case.)
I firmly believe that our tomorrow will be better. Not because I watched the movie, but because I learned the scientific outlook on development.
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