I broke my leg when I went out and broke my teeth

I broke my leg when I went out and broke my teeth

On the 28th day of the closure of the city, another video appeared: At night in a hospital in Wuhan, a middle-aged man was completely ignorant of the respective responsibilities of nurses and cleaning (according to my superficial understanding: nurses are responsible for saving people, and cleaning is responsible for cleaning) , yelled at the nurse for not cleaning the bathroom for a so-called "old comrade". It is rumored on the Internet that this person is also a bureau-level leader (it was later learned that the leader had been quickly dealt with by the organization).

While I was studying, I swam to Turkey for a year, and the locals told me that we occasionally went hunting, and there were bears in the mountains, so big and so big (gesturing). I told him that we don't have bears there, we have leaders, so big and so big (I made a more exaggerated gesture than him).

With the advent of the new crown, Jiangcheng staged a large-scale "official scene". Comrade Chen Xyang and his wife fought the epidemic with kitchen knives and letters of apology, which allowed us to learn the level of civil attack, military defense, and defense of bureau-level cadres. In the days of isolation, friends who live in the circle of friends and Douyin do not know if they are like me. At a certain period of time, they feel that they may live in a society of media ziyou. Of course, the death of Dr. Li WL and the subsequent 404 brought me back to reality, just as an anti-epidemic slogan said, "I broke my leg when I went out, and I also broke my teeth."

In fact, I am a patriotic person who insists on studying. I have thoroughly read Chairman Mao's three important articles during the rectification period, including "Reforming Our Learning", "Rectifying the Party's Style of Work" and "Opposing the Eight-Stroke Party". According to the Chairman's words, what I am opposed to is the revisionists. Similarly, the general secretary also said in "Zhijiang Xinyu" that bureaucracy is mainly: detached from reality, detached from the masses, arrogant, ignorant of reality, and self-reliant. Then according to this statement, the suspected leading comrade above can be worthy of being "away from reality" (cleaning has already left work), "away from the masses" (can't distinguish the duties of cleaning and nurses), "high above" (commanding nurses) , "For my own sake" (don't listen to any explanation from the nurse).

But this is not the point, what I want to say is how this large-scale "official scene" came from.

As a political student who has undergone systematic academic training, it is wrong to say things without citing scriptures. Here, I propose a theoretical model, Berrant Russell's discourse on honor and power. To put it further, "Among the various unlimited desires of man, the main ones are the desire for power and the desire for honor" (Russell, "The Theory of Rights", p. 5, Sanlian Publishing House, 2012).

The Theoretical Basis of "Beautiful Superiors Will Bully Downs"

Russell said that people with power can achieve more desires than people without power. In other words, as long as people have power, they may better realize their desires. Therefore, from the point of view of a rational person, each experience expands its power as much as possible. If the greatest common divisor of a rational person is removed, it can be concluded that the power of "objectification" is inherently self-solidifying. Furthermore, when someone sits in a position with some power, the only thing that the self-fixation mechanism of power will prompt him to do is how to consolidate and enhance his own power - not to lose position, not how to improve Humanity well.

In some societies, power is delegated from the top down. If the model of self-solidification of power is established, then the receiver of power will unconditionally flatter the giver of power. This principle is also well understood in the economic field: if I am the CEO of a company, if I am not the CEO, I will not be able to marry Bai Fumei and reach the pinnacle of life; the major shareholders of this company have 70% of the right to decide the CEO, then, I must spend at least 70% of my energy on meeting the demands of major shareholders...

Similarly, suppose that if the tasks assigned by the superiors are done well, someone can be promoted, otherwise, they will be held accountable. Then, the alienation of power from human nature is reflected in a society that seems to be democratized but is actually brick-burned. The effect will be worse. In such a society, the ruling class has to use the needs of the people to maintain its own legitimacy. As a result, the promotion mechanism of this bureaucratic system has to incorporate the needs of the people into the assessment indicators. However, the decision of promotion does not depend on the voice of the people, but on the attitude of the superiors to how the subordinates deal with the needs of the people. Therefore, the authority under examination only needs to make the voices of the people "sound" in line with the requirements of their superiors. As for the actual voice of the people, it has nothing to do with his promotion and the solidification of power. Therefore, if the voices of the people are not what the superiors want to hear, the local authority, which is directly responsible, can take measures such as "admonishment" to ensure that the superiors hear what they want to hear. This is the so-called "beautiful up will deceive down".

The Theoretical Basis of the Overlord of Western Chu's "Brilliant Clothes Walking at Night"

Russell's "Theory of Power" mentions another innate human instinct, called "honor." According to his words, "A's wife likes to dress more beautifully than A's, although she can prevent pneumonia without spending so much money" (Russell, "On Power", p. 4, Sanlian Press). This actually means that this sense of honor is not brought about by some practical benefit, but by a sense of superiority generated by some differentiated expression. The psychological enjoyment brought by the sense of superiority brought about by these differences to the show-off subject can be explained as a "sense of honor".

One of the most capable men in China, Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, once said, "Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, such as brocade clothes walking at night, who knows." people know. There is a sense of honor implied here. This sense of honor is not in the brocade, but in not being able to walk at night. This is the sense of honor brought by the difference experience. Likewise, leaving aside the human factor, the sense of honor also constitutes alienation from human nature.

In a so-and-so society, when wages are not the core way of expressing differentiation, this distorted "sense of honor" is reflected in some so-called "privileges". Such as housing and medical care. More specifically, what level of leadership should live in a single ward, or someone should clean the bathroom of an "old comrade", whether it's a cleaner or a nurse - and some people mistakenly think that they can get rid of the nurse and the cleaning with five and six. Differences in responsibilities. In these behaviors, what they really need may not be solitary wards and bathroom cleaning—they are able-bodied adults after all (this is my well-meaning assumption). What they want is a sense of honor, the differentiated experience that power brings to them. If they don't get this treatment, the power they've worked for all their lives is smeared and their sense of honor is hurt. In layman's terms, he earned the face of his life and was severely slapped twice. My condolences for this.

To sum up, power is like capital, and a critique of power is a critique of human nature. Or expressed in a Marxist way, if commodity society and capitalism are talking about the alienation of human nature from production relations, and power and the "sense of honor" brought about by power differences are even more blemishes that cannot be excluded from human nature itself - this is A problem that anyone who has been tainted with power faces.

Human nature does not need to be challenged, and there is nothing in the world to be competent. The only way to avoid alienation is to change the source of power and the means of granting and monitoring. who is it? How to give you power? Who should those in charge serve? Who should be removed in what way? Don't talk about it, it's going to be 404 again.

Finally, borrowing Russell's quote from Othello, describing the joy brought by the sense of honor - "If I die now, it will be the happiest: for I am afraid that my soul has tasted the supreme joy, In this life and in this life, nothing will ever be so delightful" (Act 2, Scene 1 of Othello). May all abusers die before enjoying this supreme joy of life. in vain.

In the early morning of February 21, 2020 in Wuhan