Chapter 18 The philosophy of self-deprecation is so popular

People like Xiaodong and Ji Su have fought against reverse racism for more than 20 years. Their vision is very broad and their thinking is very broad. My topic is "psychological tragedy".From the perspective of daily feelings and media people, from a relatively low-end point of view, I will talk about how the degenerate philosophy of self-dwarfing has taken root in our country.These ideas are also related to my experience and knowledge. "The Story of the Gangster and the Bus" In my opinion, don't rush to complicate all the most profound issues concerning the current situation and future.You might as well use the most common principles of success and the thinking path of inspirational books to analyze the ills of a certain daily emotion from the perspective of balancing profit and loss. help.The typical psychological tragedy of our time is the social and psychological consequences of manic resentment and non-cooperation.It is said that some people include "the spirit of civil non-cooperation" in their school textbooks. I think this idea is a bit nonsense.A few years ago, I interviewed the father of Zhang Xinyang, a famous Chinese child prodigy. He told me that one of his ideas is not to let his children read fashionable books in "Q version of Chinese". The big bad wolf is actually very caring, and the little white rabbit is actually Most not something.He doesn't understand the knowledge you are talking about, and you instill in him the reverse, opposite, rough, and "deconstructed" things. Aren't you irresponsible to the child?

Speaking of this, it reminds people of the "Q version" in the adult world. Fan Paopao came out in 2008, which encouraged many people to act like a baby. I heard some people shouting: He told the truth of our era.I said: Oh, so it is, how difficult it is!It turns out that we have to break through so many restrictions to tell us that there is such a precious truth in the world!It turns out that a kind of positive morality and normal ethics, as long as it is absorbed in the education of the Young Pioneers, is a tool for fooling the people and should be liquidated!Isn't this logic also wishful thinking and crude?

I watched the Phoenix Satellite TV program and was very disappointed with Mr. Guo's performance, but the layout and atmosphere of this program doomed his performance to be no longer a problem.This is doomed, if you confront the strong and abundant citizen feelings with thin moral speech, what good fruit will there be?Turn around and think about this matter again, and think about the clamor that followed.What is "Teacher Fan bravely told the truth"?What about "The Emperor's New Clothes", does this allegory apply in this circus show?Does it take courage to flaunt a kind of shamelessness and practice a kind of shamelessness in today's China?Who is the culprit behind the country's decadence?Is it a person who practices shamelessness meticulously, or a person who vainly shouts "morality"?I questioned this in front of the executive director of Phoenix Satellite TV. The director explained it this way. The common people really dislike those kind of moralists who put on airs. Taoism teaching is too harmful to Chinese society.I think the director's words are a bit one-sided. What Huang Jisu said is very good. How long will the inertia of scar literature continue?Specifically: it is an old saying, it still depends on the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction.If 20 years earlier, in the era of Wang Shuo and the era when several "young mentors" were thrown out of power in Shekou, it would have made sense to go against the trend, but today you still show your ugliness to hedge against orthodoxy because it actually has "sincereness" Charm", this is actually hypocritical!Isn't that the most simple people in the church are going to act like a baby?Indulging this kind of unscrupulous cultural coquetry, being angry at imaginary imaginary enemies, and consuming emotions, thus despairing and tearing down the stage, the actual effect is often negative. To put it bluntly, it is destroying the morale of the people.

I really feel the destructiveness of resentment. Unordered anger will not benefit anyone. Resentment destroys everyone’s positive emotions, suppresses hope, and dispels and dismantles order and consensus without a bottom line. All these fail The sentiment of communism has brought great pollution to our psychological environment.A popular story is now: Three gangsters hijacked a bus, dragged the beautiful female driver out of the bus and raped her. The female driver called for help, but all the passengers were dumbfounded.The only thin and weak scholar stood up and appealed, but was beaten by the gangsters and fainted.The gangster succeeded, the female driver boarded the car again, and ordered the thin scholar: "Get off! I won't take you anymore!" The scholar was stunned and protested, but was finally kicked off by the gloating passengers and the driver.The bus started and went straight down the mountain to a cliff.Car crashes.When the scholar heard about it, he realized the strange behavior of the beautiful woman and burst into tears.

This story is very shocking, and it is also very enjoyable for readers. The media people may be very angry: why is this not a real story (in fact, it is okay if it is not a real story, have we seen too few false emotional stories created by the media)?Those who disseminate it are very satisfied. For most audiences, they don't pay much attention to the boundary between news and rumors, and read it as news.The most frightening thing is that it conforms to the mirror image of the mind, the reality of psychopathy.However, the "angry assault"-style emotional release that spreads through it, the dramatic arrangement of the story elements that strengthen the despicable humanity (actually a far-fetched arrangement), and the intentional reflection of the psychological mirror highlights the madness of the end of the world. Who can see it? terror?Who can realize that we are actually overwhelmed with pleasure while reading this story?What is its metaphorical effect?Unknowingly, we fell into the tragedy of the female driver and the scholar's "knowing each other", and ignored the victims who abandoned the car, feeling a sense of self-importance.

The story could have been written by a child, and I don't mean to accuse the author, but the extreme juvenile emotion and setting, the great relief of the vengeance imagination, would be echoed so widely, it makes one think, "Because it's too dark, So my darkness has justice." This kind of self-righteous "thick black", non-human psychological symptoms, not hesitating to "death to me", and despising the trend of society are undercurrents. They really don't cherish themselves and make things difficult for themselves! I clearly heard, cheering the "inflection point" of the collapse, the triumphant song of the era gliding away, full of secret joy, everyone is waiting for "good-looking", waiting for a share of the pie; I clearly heard the "Senate Crow" Goldwater's voice echoed in Chinese forums: "Extremism in defense of freedom is not a crime! Moderation in the pursuit of justice is not a virtue!"

Dissatisfaction with the state of affairs at home is a positive sign of progress in reform.With the advent of the era of emotional release, the strong sense of deprivation that permeates the hearts of the people needs more understanding, and the culprit that caused the sense of deprivation must be liquidated!I talked about my experience of 30 years of reform in a newspaper, and told about an encounter I had in the mid-1990s.In the hot summer, the power outage in my residential area was repeated, and the power department came several times but could not solve the problem.The residents were in a hurry and blocked the construction vehicle and refused to let it go, causing a small group incident.I hurriedly called the mayor's public phone number, but I didn't know that the cadre on duty scolded me: As a journalist, you don't fight against unhealthy tendencies, but instead encourage their arrogance!Since then, I have realized one thing: officials' arrogance and stupidity will definitely cause big problems in the future.Now, problems arose.Examining national policy according to the emotions of the people, examining our public policies and our national mobilization system, even if it is a symbolic beginning, is a victory for the whole people.Can you welcome this with a more positive, positive attitude?Can we grasp the direction of the situation from the perspective of "score" and maintain an attitude of maintaining the achievements of reform and opening up?One cannot pass the day with cynicism.Nonsensical grievances from all directions are definitely harmful, and the emotion of "de-Sinicization" is used to dominate this anger.The picture is refreshing, but the one who spoils it is myself.

Dark Humor About Our Society The tragic psychological reality, to put it mildly, is that sometimes we let ourselves be fooled by our emotions. A very famous Japanese detective novel in the 1980s basically said that gangsters kidnapped people on a train, negotiated terms with the police, and put the ransom on the train. We released a group of passengers at each station. Showdown again.At the end of the novel, after the train arrives at the destination, the police come to their senses: no good, they have been fooled, they have been misled, and the target of arrest has already slipped away.The gangsters had already left the carriage among the passengers released at the previous stations.The gunman at the door was actually played by the passenger.The last sentence of the novel is "Fear rules this train".

Looking at this story in the current environment and atmosphere, it is very meaningful. When we anthropomorphize an object of anger, we imagine someone trembling in that train, and we gain a kind of cathartic satisfaction, an inspiration for the possible reversal of order.What we didn't expect was that the people inside would forsake and be relieved lightly.At least in this psychological tragedy, except for a very small number of focal persons, there is a general relaxed mentality of "it has nothing to do with me".During the Congress of the Writers Association, we entertained guests and friends in Beijing.During the dinner, the writers and friends had some "smart people" comments, knowing smiles, and unspoken subtext.Ma Song and I lamented privately: This is almost like a fable.What everyone ridiculed was an ominous system and some ridiculous things, and these "sensible people" are enjoying the Beijing restaurant, banquets, and honors of the presidium with peace of mind, and enjoying the platform that the system gives them to enjoy leisure and work hard: housing, Create fakes and subsidies.However, their taunts are sharper than ours!Everyone seems to have nothing to do with themselves!So, after the cycle, who can we liquidate?None of us got caught!What we are fighting may be a non-existent thing.Because the most distressing thing is: who is willing to take the responsibility?

The story of the "empty train" without a responsible "bureau" reflects the psychological tragedy of a country.A powerful public message clings, falls, on a soft wall, we look for that exit, and there comes the same question: what are you looking for? The metaphor of "empty train" makes me have a strange association, a super black humor about our society.In the town of Macondo, the uncivilized inhabitants of the town can't stand movies because the role-changing of movie actors mocks their feelings.A hero who had earned their respect in a Western had just been buried in the tears of the audience, and appeared as an Arab in another.This drove them so mad that they smashed the movie theater seats.This seemingly funny description made me notice the strong impression that Huang Jisu once said. Those who bear specific responsibilities, while implementing the line, principles and policies, are skillfully playing the role of cold and sharp critics. Everyone: Actually, I understand people.This kind of double replacement is a skill for the irresponsible "smart people society" to settle down.By extension, the culmination of the super paradox in our society is what Wang Shuo pointed out in his early years: everyone appeared as a victim overnight, and Wang Shuo responded like this: Fuck you, what were you doing in the early days? went?Wang Shuo's scolding may be a bit rough, but look at those media people and those free intellectuals who possess "dragon slaying skills", isn't this how they play transformation?Obviously they are the cheerers of predatory "reforms", they are obviously the advocates of the value of quick success, and they are the beneficiaries of monopoly resources and the rentier class, but all the unpleasant consequences have nothing to do with them !They pretended to be always excluded and weak voices, and portrayed the 30-year vision and road map as the "Biography of the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" in which they will always fight against the old antiques.Now that something went wrong, they hastily divided China into two disputed sides, continued to shake their wits, acted righteously, and estimated their future benefits.In this era of advanced information, has their selective "amnesia" gone too far?

These are by no means angry words. Is patriotism really "strong"? Zhou Qing'an from Tsinghua University's School of Journalism and Communication told me that we don't lack the most intelligent criticism.The current process has been developed to such an extent - if something happens, the comment section of the newspaper will immediately find the corresponding professionals to tailor the clothes, and a decent righteous crusade will come out that night. , constructive speech is not so convenient. Today's intellectuals are really too smart. China's fortune, China's trend, each has its own theory.According to what commentators from Southern Weekend declared, we have now entered an "inflection point."Although Southern Newspapers always like to pose as a giant, depicting the current situation and leading the advanced trend of thought, the scenery is magnificent, the movement is fierce, and the meaning is deep, showing a charming appearance of "there is someone above me" ( Reminiscent of Aunt Fan in "Wulin Biography"), it will inevitably arouse the ridicule and jealousy of other people who are not direct descendants.But the "turning point" is really accurate.The question is how does our "turning point" become a "turning point"?China is no longer the China of yesterday. The reform and opening up is irreversible, and the space for freedom of speech has been expanded. Let us be relieved and encouraged. Each of us has the responsibility to speak up for the present and the future. Still, we can't help but play the "low-key club" of the high-flying era.Because this kind of "singing forward" is close to others, it is a kind of "radicalism" with a strange tone and an extremely snobbish mentality.Because there is such a real sentiment, at least here, we see a double standard that they don't want to hide at all, the same high sentiment among the people, only seeing a strong spiritual reality that is dissatisfied with the internal political situation, and the same strong Another spiritual reality - the popular reaction to the West's bullying of us, which is berated, abused, suppressed, and willfully misinterpreted.Yes, to put it bluntly, there are good public opinion and bad public opinion. A public opinion trend also has both positive and negative aspects. Nationalist sentiment is such that local resentment and enthusiasm are inevitable, but such a long-term consistent The unique, completely one-size-fits-all banner is clear, and it will be passed down forever, and it is also a rare strength of character. A disappointing historical accumulation behind this sentiment is that the theories and explorations of the Chinese people's cosmology and world outlook since the reform and opening up have not surpassed the level of the "He Shang" era among some liberal intellectuals.Because of such a real emotional line, the legitimate reaction of the Chinese people to foreign bullying and humiliation naturally provokes the discomfort of liberal intellectuals and fashionable figures, like a thorn in their backs, deliberately interpreted as "ignorant and uncivilized", "lack of the grace of a big country", "lack of "Global Vision" and "China's Advancing Worry".Mainstream public opinion and liberal intellectuals reject any point of view that emphasizes the national interest.Anger at the disharmonious status quo seems to give this rejection a justified basis.Its popular version, its reality-mapped version is what my friends asked me - Who did (the West) humiliate?Whose country is it?your?mine?Wang Xiaodong has experienced this kind of collision. In the first half of 2008, a provincial TV station made a topic PK on "Boycott Carrefour".A returnee artist jumped up and cursed: "You are begging the government! You dare to boycott Carrefour. Do you dare to boycott anything else?" His most brilliant sentence is: "Most people are patriotic now, and patriotism is strength. If you are patriotic, you are standing on the strong side, and as an intellectual, your patriotism is a disgrace to you!" Not to mention who pleases the government.This kind of performance is simple and rude, stupidly simple and rude. This kind of simple and rude without seeking to make progress abounds, and the more vulgar version is this answer: "Why is the nationalist sentiment of the Tibetan Congress worthy of recognition?" "Because they pursue democracy and freedom." "Why are Chinese nationalist sentiments contemptible?" "Because they're crazy." "Why do so many people in the world oppose us, do they have their own reasons?" "Of course we have to reflect because they probably have their reasons." "Why are so many overseas Chinese filled with righteous indignation? Do they have their own reasons?" "No, because they are all brain-dead." "Tibetan separatists use their rights to protest the torch relay, is this a normal exercise of their rights?" "Of course, a democratic society." "Chinese citizens use their rights to cheer for the torch relay. Is it a normal exercise of rights?" "Normal? A bunch of idiots." I think of an interesting little question: Is patriotism really "strong"?At least for those who control the media, under the judgment of "high-ranking Chinese", is it strong?The confrontation between Wang Xiaodong and the overseas returnee artist, both of them had their own arguments on their blogs. However, the layout of the Sina blog is clearly restrained. In the corner, after seeing that the unfavorable situation of returnees had not been reversed, they simply took Wang Xiaodong's article down from the front page.Leave the returnee who opposed nationalism alone in a prominent position.Song Xiaojun couldn't stand this kind of clumsy "exaggeration". He called Sina Blog and warned them not to go too far. The page editor reluctantly corrected it. Going back to the metaphor of the train used at the beginning, the feeling Huang Jisu mentioned is very correct. We are wandering in a kind of inertia, and we are still saying "scars" like Xianglin's wife, and we are still saying "liberate bondage". ", should I say something else? This is a tragedy of cultural psychology and also a tragedy of memory.The tragedy of memory leads to the self-dwarfing of the view of history. To whom should this "merit" be attributed?