Hi, I'm chubby.
"The dogs in the village barked, and the other dogs followed, but they didn't know why."
As for this sentence, many people mistakenly think that this sentence comes from Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman", but in fact, this sentence is not Mr. Lu Xun's work, but from a story in "Pinocchio" by Italy writer Carlo · Collodi.
That sentence also satirized those who rubbed Mr. Lu Xun's popularity and some self-media's sloppy follow-up.
A dog barks, a hundred dogs bark
I have to say that these days, the dog is barking more and more fiercely.
Chubby recently mentioned a certain "chuck" Internet V, and immediately received a lot of abuse and threats in the background.
Seeing their stress reaction, Chubby thought that the dogs raised in many farms that breed lion-headed geese in my hometown may be a little rude, but Chubby still wants to talk about it:
The dogs that were kept in captivity on the farm barked very fiercely, as if they had to defend something all the time;
On the contrary, the dogs that are released from walking are often very peaceful, and barely bark.
That's a phenomenon that Chubby observed dogs in his hometown.
However, under normal circumstances, in nature, when animals feel threatened, they usually have two reactions: run away or fight.
Vulnerable animals tend to flee because fighting is not only physically demanding, but also carries the risk of injury.
But when the dog is leashed and loses the opportunity to escape, its only recourse is to bark wildly, using a growling and pounce on the other party to show "force".
But in reality, do these dogs have physical aggression?
Leashed dogs don't really have any real force value at all, they are already on a leash, unable to move, and can only bluff by barking.
Chubby, I don't know if everyone has ever been chased by a dog when I was a child, that's like Chubby, adults will teach us a truth that when we are chased by a dog, the more panic we run away, the more fierce the dog will bark and chase fiercely; But if you are not afraid of it, but shout, it will often stop, or even walk away with its tail between its legs.
In fact, if we look at human beings from the behavior of the natural world and the other way around, we will also find some interesting commonalities.
Although the analogy of fat and fat is a bit exaggerated, after all, humans and animals are mammals, and in terms of behavior patterns, they are not much different in nature.
When a person's freedom is limited, his ability to act is also greatly affected, and those who enjoy freedom will naturally have more choices and be able to bear the consequences of these self-choices.
But dogs are different.
If you're willing to be a dog, it's a different story.
For example, in the Qing Dynasty, some foreign envoys criticized the eunuch system for being too inhumane and deliberately crippling able-bodied people.
As a result, a personal eunuch immediately jumped out to refute at that time, saying:
"This is a gift, we are willing to be eunuchs, why do you accuse us?"
At first glance, it seems to make sense, but what's behind it?
In fact, this eunuch is just defending his vested interests, because although the eunuchs have lost their biological freedom, they have huge interests in their hands.
Look at Zhao Gao, Wei Zhongxian, and Li Lianying in history, which of these people didn't turn their hands into clouds and rain by virtue of their eunuch status?
If they were to get out of the way, would they still be able to play like this?
To put it bluntly, they are not defending the moral high ground, but protecting their own interests.
And isn't this phenomenon the same today?
You look at some Internet big Vs, Chubby casually mentioned a few words, and their fans immediately pounced on them as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, are these people a little confused?
Look at that big V, relying on these "fan circle" fans to buy a big house a long time ago, and these fans are still defending him, isn't this confused?
What's even more ridiculous is that these people still haven't figured out who is the sickle and who is the leek.
They think they are tied to those big Vs who cut leeks, and they mistake the sickle for an alliance, right, you are obviously a roast duck, so you still want to be a shareholder of a certain roast duck restaurant, can you do it?
The interests of the Internet big V are fundamentally different from our people, and they can't fight with eight poles, but these fans don't understand, and they believe all kinds of slogans made up by the big V, thinking that they are on the side of "justice".
It was clear that someone wanted to help these people take off their shackles and untie their collars, but instead, as mentioned in the "Pleadings of Socrates", they moved their shackles and collars as if digging their ancestral graves.
Isn't it ridiculous that they are against not the sickle, but those who are trying to make them see the truth?
Fat Pang thinks that behind this is a complex chain of interests, and it is a production relationship that is deeply rooted in online public opinion.
The loyalty and maintenance of these fans is not something that can be persuaded by simply "wrong" and "right".
They are already mired in it, and with a few words of moral persuasion, they will not be able to unravel the cycle at all.
You say that these Internet big Vs are sickles, they are leeks, and these words are useless to them at all.
In the final analysis, their shackles, collars, are not visible to the naked eye, but spiritual.
All living things have something in common
Actually, if you look at those dogs, especially vicious dogs, a lot of the truth is clear.
Some dogs don't grow up eating dog food and canned food, they eat the leftovers of the owner, and they are grateful to Dade by gnawing a few leftover bones from the owner.
Occasionally, the owner loosened the rope and let them have fun in the house, but they were never allowed to run out of the house, for that would cause trouble and the owner would have to lose money.
Dogs that want to go out must be obedient, otherwise how can the owner let go of the leash and let them out?
Therefore, these dogs do not like to live independently at all, they always feel that once they leave their owners, they will not be able to survive on their own, and they will even starve to death.
These dogs have a deep attachment to their masters.
Just like the quote at the beginning, "When the dog barks at the head of the village, the other dogs follow suit, although they don't know why." ”
Many people think that this is blindly following the trend, but Chubby thinks otherwise.
Dogs actually know why they bark, because following the bark not only shows loyalty, but also avoids being mistaken by the owner for "not protecting the yard" and being stewed.
So, it's not okay to be silent.
All dogs bark, and if you don't, the owner will think you're disloyal and think there's something wrong with you, right?
How similar this is to what we see today—those who scream the loudest are often the ones who get the bones.
In Chubby's view, those "people" who are voluntarily taken away by Internet big Vs and are "fan-circled" are actually choices that deviate from the laws of nature.
There is a "original sin" here, which consists of active evil and banal evil.
The initiating evil is those who seek to hide with the tiger, while the banal evil is those who have the ability to speak up but choose to remain silent.
Both of these evils are the products of the information cocoon - people's resources are blocked, their will is consumed, and over time, they begin to feel that the shackles are not a burden, but a "sense of security".
They are afraid to untie their collars, they are afraid to think independently, and they would rather be under the protection of the big V and the sickle than pursue the truth, and even be grateful to Dade for these shackles.
So on the Internet, we often see those "leeks" that are harvested, and they actually defend these Internet big Vs and sickles who cut leeks.
Although Chubby feels that it is not appropriate to use a dog as a metaphor for people, sometimes some similarities in nature will sometimes substitute itself.
Many people can't figure out the truth, substitute for the "dog", you can figure it out.
Why do these "leeks" be grateful to Dade for the occasional leftover bone?
It's a bone, so it's a survival instinct and a dependence on safety.
In the end, Chubby borrowed a sentence from "Tomorrow" in Mr. Lu Xun's "Scream" to conclude:
"Only the night wants to be tomorrow, but it is still running in this silence; There were also a few other dogs hiding in the shadows and whining. ”