Be just and fear not
- The motto of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance (1856)
It's a matter of strenght indeed! Heroism and glory is what drives us. It is a natural way of a Superego that is too developed, that is too strong. And it is not nationalism, it is not chauvinism nor racism that is the sole core of fascism. It is the strenght that we adore so much. Thanks to 50 years of soviet propaganda fascism is propably the most commonly misused word in the world. Do not be fooled! It is a special way of dealing with problems, the way of charismatic vigilanties, the glorification of pure strenght, which is the sole basis of fascism. And this basis is and will be present in the popular culture and thus in our minds. It will always be considered as one of the options. Keep that in mind.
PS. Harry Brown is a kick-ass movie. Watch it.
- The motto of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance (1856)
Harry Brown is an old timer. He lives in one of the districts of London - Elephant and Castle. It's not a nice neighborhood. He looks with disgust upon teens caught into drug addictions and assaulting people random people. The breakthrough comes. Harry's friend is being killed by youngsters because they needed money of a new Ipod. Being a former soldier he takes the problem into his own hands.
The poster of Harry Brown evokes classical action movies.
Like Get Carter. Michael Caine himself is a vigilante icon.
This is how the plot of Harry Brown looks like. And we love stories like that. From the self made sheriffs of the Wild West to law abiding citizens who fight with the corrupted establishment. The Boondock Saints, the masked vigilanties like Zorro, Batman or Rorschach, Dirty Harry, Leon and the psychopatic Taxi Driver. We love those characters, and they are our personal heroes. We adore them. They seduce us with their charisma. We wish that they would clean our neighbourhood too. Even if we disagree with their methods the goal is truly something we all desire. A world cleaned of all scum. A brave new world.
Even YOU can be a vigilante!
(Like the pissed off protagonist of Falling Down)
The degeneration of mankind can't be just justified by poverty now. The welfare states still encounter cases of violence so ridiculous as killings for an Ipod or (even worse) killing for pure fun. The optimistic J.J Rousseau with his good by nature man must leave the building. The truth is a bit more grim than he suspected. Rene Girard in his books: The Sacred and Violence and The Scapegoat unravels the core of humanity. It is violence, a collective murder founding a primitve society. Our society.
But let us get back to our times. With the incapability of the system to deal with these problems the only possible solution lies in vigilantes. The popular culture was sending this message to us since the famous Birth of the Nation (1915!).
Let's put it into real life situation. Don't we like to elect politicians that promise us order and peace? Don't we like when our leaders are charismatic and strong?
Harry Brown is also a recent movie (2009), starring Michael Caine. The world depicted there is rotting. What is intresting the source of the decay lies in the young generations. The current generation can't handle the primitive energy that dwells in the perverted youth. There is only one hope. The generation of our grandfathers. A generation of tough people with principles. The reckless old-timers raised up before the cultural revolt of the year 1968. Traditionals now slowly and silently passing away. When they will be gone we will be doomed to rot.
The poster of Harry Brown evokes classical action movies.Like Get Carter. Michael Caine himself is a vigilante icon.This is how the plot of Harry Brown looks like. And we love stories like that. From the self made sheriffs of the Wild West to law abiding citizens who fight with the corrupted establishment. The Boondock Saints, the masked vigilanties like Zorro, Batman or Rorschach, Dirty Harry, Leon and the psychopatic Taxi Driver. We love those characters, and they are our personal heroes. We adore them. They seduce us with their charisma. We wish that they would clean our neighbourhood too. Even if we disagree with their methods the goal is truly something we all desire. A world cleaned of all scum. A brave new world.
Even YOU can be a vigilante!(Like the pissed off protagonist of Falling Down)
The degeneration of mankind can't be just justified by poverty now. The welfare states still encounter cases of violence so ridiculous as killings for an Ipod or (even worse) killing for pure fun. The optimistic J.J Rousseau with his good by nature man must leave the building. The truth is a bit more grim than he suspected. Rene Girard in his books: The Sacred and Violence and The Scapegoat unravels the core of humanity. It is violence, a collective murder founding a primitve society. Our society.
But let us get back to our times. With the incapability of the system to deal with these problems the only possible solution lies in vigilantes. The popular culture was sending this message to us since the famous Birth of the Nation (1915!).
Let's put it into real life situation. Don't we like to elect politicians that promise us order and peace? Don't we like when our leaders are charismatic and strong?
It's a matter of strenght indeed! Heroism and glory is what drives us. It is a natural way of a Superego that is too developed, that is too strong. And it is not nationalism, it is not chauvinism nor racism that is the sole core of fascism. It is the strenght that we adore so much. Thanks to 50 years of soviet propaganda fascism is propably the most commonly misused word in the world. Do not be fooled! It is a special way of dealing with problems, the way of charismatic vigilanties, the glorification of pure strenght, which is the sole basis of fascism. And this basis is and will be present in the popular culture and thus in our minds. It will always be considered as one of the options. Keep that in mind.
PS. Harry Brown is a kick-ass movie. Watch it.
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