Chapter 2093

Things turned out so weird that no one expected it.

Iris swallowed and forgot to take pictures.

Although it is far away, the high-power camera can still capture something, but even if it is captured, it will not pass the review. Although the American news media is relatively free, many irritating photos cannot be published.

Not to mention freedom of the press in the United States, the "freedom of speech" advertised by the United States is actually the freedom of capital to control speech expression and information dissemination. In the United States, the media's "freedom of speech" is not only subject to interference by government agencies and party forces based on political stance, but is also subject to the arbitrary control of private capital. In reality, any speech that is not conducive to the interests of the party or monopoly capital will be strictly restricted. Some commentators vividly concluded that partisan politics and money politics are the "two big mountains" weighing on the American media. Most of the American media are controlled by private capital, and have become political tools that serve private groups, capital interests, and wealth elites. On the one hand, when private capital controls the media, the media’s stance of safeguarding public interests often compromises with capital. Capital controls the media’s stance, topic setting, reporting attitude, and narrative style. In this case, the media does not serve the public interest but rather private or group interests. On the other hand, American democracy is also a democracy controlled by capital to a large extent. Private capital controls American politics through money, and in turn controls the American media. Therefore, capital can not only exert direct influence on the media, but also use its control of American politics to more covertly use government power to control the media.

So many things are actually controlled!

However, as long as these photos are taken back, there are always ways to do it, such as blurring or mosaic. Still valuable.

But Iris still didn't take the photo.

It’s so shocking!

In the past, she always thought that the plots of American TV series were just the imagination of directors, but she never expected that they could actually happen in reality!

"We...we...should we withdraw?"

Iris said a little scared.

I was really scared. It was so weird. The men had their throats slit one by one with expressions of enjoyment. Even if all the blood was drained, nothing changed... This scene had too much impact.

Barry wakes up instead...he needs to save people!

This is sincere, Barry is a typical adherent to the no-kill principle! According to ordinary people, these bastards are all bad guys, and they are extremely bad. Human traffickers are at the lowest level of morality everywhere! Killing them will only purify society!

But Barry doesn't think he has the right to deprive them of their lives. He doesn't think these people don't deserve to die, but it's just not up to him to decide!

Although Barry majors in medicine and does forensic work, he still recognizes one thing deep down, that is, order is more important than anything else.

When superheroes start executing prisoners, will the interests of the people be ensured, and will the substantive justice that people imagine come to pass?

The answer is never.

When Chaoying starts executing prisoners, the best outcome of this so-called "substantial justice" is to become case-by-case justice. And if you are not careful, it will become the beginning of all kinds of injustice.

The comic "Kingdom of Heaven" has already taught this lesson very well. (Kingdom Come is a DC comic. The story uses Pastor McKay’s travels through time and space following the ghost as a clue to tell the world decades in the future. At this time, Superman is living in seclusion because of the death of his wife Lois Lane. Many of the heroes of the previous generation have retired, and the new generation of superheroes have retired. Young and willful, mortals are just victims of the battle between them and the so-called "super villains". Wonder Woman found Superman, who had been hiding in Kansas for many years, and asked him to come back and stop the superhuman melee. Under the leadership of Superman, his former comrades. They are reunited, but without the reporter As a superman, Lark's divinity has overwhelmed humanity. In order to restore order among superhumans, he took extremely tough measures. He forced everyone to make a choice and treated those who disobeyed as enemies. The "Justice League" established a gulag in Kansas to punish those who disobeyed At the same time, Superman's old enemy Lex Luthor summoned various villains to form the Human Liberation Front. They not only want superhuman beings to kill each other, but they also don't want Superman's Justice League to become bigger. Control Shazam and make him his servant!

After Superman Magg killed the Joker, the people swayed public opinion and expelled the Justice League headed by Superman. Superheroes represented by Maggo have gradually become a unity of law enforcers and law makers. Such a unity must go beyond the category of "human beings transfer their rights to obtain security." At this moment, human beings have essentially completely transitioned away from all "order responsibilities". In other words, the trump card of "exchanging rights for security" has been cleared.

What follows is self-explanatory.

"Ahimsa doctrine" does not mean not killing, but the inability to kill. Superheroes have forcibly taken away the identity of law enforcers that belongs to the people, if they begin to overstep the rules and become law enforcers. The essence of this behavior will be no different from "exploiting people's rights." And the people who have been "exploited" for a long time will inevitably one day rebound and stand on the opposite side of superheroes.

Such stories are common both in comics and in history.

Returning the right to trial to the people is a "reconciliation" between Batman as a superhero and the people. Returning the right to trial to the people is a "reconciliation" between Batman as a superhero and the people. This is a very "divine" accidental act. It doesn’t happen in human life, it only happens in God’s story.

Because in reality, the real "returning power to the people" has been kidnapped by elites and populists.

So, let’s take off our colored glasses and take a fresh look at Batman and Superman. As far as they are concerned, they are neither populists nor elites. They are symbols of absolute power, idealistic strongmen, and gods in the hearts of the people. Such a totem of faith reflects the people's expectations for him, who has humbled himself into the dust.

God must not only "return government to the people" but also take the initiative to "reconcile" with the people. What’s more, we must be willing to take the initiative to give up our rights as gods and actively “compromise” with the people. What was originally a realistic situation of "human beings surrendering rights in exchange for security" turned into "God surrendering profits for the benefit of mankind." Look, it looks like Prometheus who stole the holy fire.

Haha, this simply forces everyone to sneer together, laugh at others, and laugh at themselves: Human beings will use various excuses to avoid the redemption of Prometheus, and the one who can save God can only be another god.

This is truly terrifying and proud servility!

So Batman, like Prometheus, constantly sells out his own interests, and implements and only implements "procedural justice" in an extremely "divine" way, in order to achieve a delicate balance between superheroes and humans. . This balance is man’s “gift” to God and God’s “compromise” to man. If you think the above is too complicated, you can read here directly. When Batman starts killing people, he becomes the unity of law maker and law enforcer. The delicate balance between "heroes" and "people" was subsequently broken, the worship of faith turned into the worship of power, and ideals gradually became disillusioned in the face of the secular world.

What followed was the collapse of the system behind the entire superhero. If Batman who loses his "divineness" will cause the back of the coin to rust, then Superman who becomes too "divine" will surely make the entire coin die. God is so high that he can kill without restraint. But we, who are humble and proud, imagine to create a Prometheus-like god who is omnipotent and willing to be a coward of mankind. If this god "breaks free" and begins to want to be a god in the "real sense", he will be called a "tyrannical dictatorship". In the world of Chaoying, Chaoying has forcefully separated the people's law enforcement power (specifically refers to the process). This is the inevitable result of the "weakness" of the people. Even if there is a decisive and killing superhero like the Punisher, his best behavior can only be "case-by-case justice."

In the real world, the people have the power to enforce laws and make laws.

The people have the ability to "sanction" criminals, but what needs to be considered is how to implement and quantify standards reasonably. Coupled with the different national conditions and different guidance of public opinion in each country, the results of "substantive justice" will also be different. But it will not deviate too much from the "justice" of this ethnic group.

This is something that superheroes cannot replace.

Killing criminals seems to purify society, but in fact it is destroying the basic rules of the entire society and depriving the people of their right to trial and law enforcement!

Although Barry is a civilian, he is still essentially a policeman. He knew the importance of law to society.

When a person becomes a law enforcer and judge, the danger is undoubtedly huge.

That means that the people's power has been deprived of unlimited power, and superheroes have completely evolved from humans to gods!

And this God is alive!

For things like gods, it is best to stay obediently on the shrine and not come to the human world. Although there are many religions in the real world, believe me, no religion wants the gods it worships to come to the world!

Because this thing like God represents the ultimate dictatorship!

For living people, if God really exists, it is actually a complete tyranny!

Therefore, every world to which the Pantheon belongs is a living hell.

Barry knew very well that this kind of thing couldn't be broken...at least not by himself. This was the rule he set for himself after he decided to become a superhero... Maybe Barry didn't think that much about it.

He simply felt that it was too scary for a person to have the power to deal with others at will.

Not only was he a policeman and a judge, he also served as an executioner.

Those traffickers were indeed abominable, but what he had to do was hand them over to the police and let prosecutors and judges decide their fate.

Instead of judging based on his own thoughts.

At this point, The Flash is absolutely against the Punisher. In fact, most superheroes dislike the Punisher, not because he is bloody, but because he replaces all the roles in the justice system.

He is destroying the foundation of the rule of law in society.

This is also the reason why Kai obviously has such a good relationship with the Punisher, but has never cleared the Punisher's reputation.

At the same time, this is also the reason why Kai never thought of leaving the police profession.

Because he needs a legitimate reason to perform violence!

Rather than letting the entire social foundation collapse!

So Barry needs to save those people, and even if they die, it's not up to Barry to decide.

"Barry!"

Iris grabbed Barry who was about to leave. She didn't want Barry to go because the scene in front of her was too weird and terrifying. She was afraid that Barry was in danger.

At the same time, Iris was actually like most simple people in her heart. She felt that those scums died and it was nothing to regret. Why should she risk her life for them?

"I must go!"

This time, Barry did not obey Iris as usual. Instead, he said firmly.

At this moment, Iris was actually distracted.

Because she could not see the familiar shadow in the past, Barry looked like a man who stood tall and upright!

Even to some extent, his shadow was a bit similar to Joe's.

Very MAN!

Taking advantage of the moment when Iris was distracted, Barry disappeared.

In the auction, the killing continued.

This was actually a sacrifice.

In fact, this kind of activity was very common in the Pantheon, and even in the ancient Greek era on Earth, human sacrifice was very common. When the gods accepted the sacrifice, it was not as simple as a group of people dancing there!

In ancient times, sacrifices had long been formed out of awe of unknown supernatural forces, but the official appearance of sacrifices as a public activity on the public stage can be traced back to the Greek city-state era. The formation of citizen groups and the birth of the public sphere have provided concrete and feasible conditions for it. The origin of sacrifice cannot be explored for the time being. At present, scholars are generally divided into two schools: "gift theory" and "totem theory". Scholars who hold the gift theory believe that the original version of sacrifice should be the early residents' flattery of supernatural powers, which eventually evolved into the current state of offering sacrifices to gods. Scholars who hold the totem theory believe that all sacrifices evolved from totem worship, "sacrifice is the central link of worship and an indispensable part of collective life at all levels in the family or the country." Based on this theory, scholars of the "totem theory" believe that scholars of the "gift theory" cannot fully explain the fanatical religious worship of the ancient Greeks.

At the same time, the close relationship between worshipers and totems also allows this group of scholars to adhere to their theory. For example, worshipers hope to assimilate themselves to the totem at a deeper level by eating sacrifices. When this behavior becomes popular throughout the tribe, the collective of this tribe will be more cohesive due to the same belief. It is true that sacrificial behavior has its complexity. The inherent nature and social function of this behavior will change the state of virtuous people after being assimilated by totems.

Some scholars believe that sacrifice is related to "violence" and "eucharist". Of course, we can see that no matter which view is more likely, it is based on the connection between the sacrificer and the gods. Therefore, no matter which of the above scholars' speculations is more likely, the final conclusion is that the sacrifice enables the sacrificer and the gods to connect and communicate.

Ancient Greek sacrifices are mainly divided into personal sacrifices and collective sacrifices. Personal sacrifices are often more of a life sacrifice, a prayer and yearning for a better life. And collective sacrifices, based on the war-like social environment of ancient Greece, are generally dominated by war sacrifices.

When facing different sacrificial occasions and different sacrificial objects, the way of sacrifice and the sacrifices chosen for sacrifice will change.

When praying for the protection of these gods, the ancient Greeks need to establish a connection with the gods through sacrifices. On land, sacrifices are mostly related to daily necessities; if on the sea, then sacrifices are mostly related to ships. In war sacrifices, the main sacrifices are animal sacrifices, weapon sacrifices and even human sacrifices.

Human sacrifice is the cruelest of all sacrifices in war sacrifices, and it is also considered the highest standard! Human sacrifices are generally divided into two categories, one is voluntary sacrifice, and the other is forced sacrifice. People who voluntarily sacrifice often have a high sense of city-state, regard themselves as part of the city-state, and are willing to sacrifice for the victory of the city-state.

The groups forced to sacrifice are often prisoners of war or slaves. These people do not have the right to choose. In the eyes of the victorious party or the citizens with rights, they are the appendages of the city-state. Becoming a sacrifice of war for the city-state and offering it to the gods is the best destination for prisoners of war and the supreme honor of slaves.

Under the Pantheon system, human sacrifice is considered to be the sacrifice that can attract the most attention of the gods, and even many of these sacrifices can enable people to obtain the supernatural power of the gods!