资本主义制度下的普世众生
一是对于国家制度的认识。可以说,shameless对于社会现象的揭露可谓毫不留情。看几句台词!
Veronica: Retirement is for rich people, poor people drop dead on the job.
穷则短视,穷人不愿意投资自己的未来,不会考虑给自己买保险,无论是人身保险还是养老保险。因为他们觉得自己都这么穷了,哪里还有钱买保险。保险是富人的骗人把戏!
另外了解一下,美国部分州的退休金是按照工作工时算的,美国的失业率居高不下,这些底层人民将来可以领取的退休金真的可以养活自己吗?
Officer to Carl: Cut the "defender of the weak" shit. It is not our job to police the rich. Their contributions paid for our new gym and the snacks in our break room. We're here to serve and protect the rich, not arrest them......The point is, poor people need to follow the law. We get paid to enforce it. You can't wear blue if you don't get that.
这一点显而易见了,对于剥削制国家而言,国家的诞生是为了维护统治阶级的利益,国家是维护统治阶级统治的机器。警察是维护统治最直接的工具,这些警察不过是富人阶级的保镖。富人给警察饭吃,命令警察统治穷人,给富人创造价值。警察不会砸自己的饭碗,他们按照法律驯服穷人,对富人睁一只眼闭一只眼。
Carl是个单纯的人,他不懂得这些,他的心目中只有正义,没有利益。在社会维护正义是他选择做警察的初心。很可惜,社会辜负了他,这并不怪他。Go, Carl. 坚持初心,做自己认为对的事情就好了,去找到能够发扬你长处的地方。
lip: When you're poor, only way to make money is to steal it or scam it, like Don King or Joe Kennedy.
南区生存法则——要么偷要么骗
Micky: I'm going back to prison. I can get free healthcare from real people doctors.
Frank: Prison?
Micky: With the best healthcare this country provides for poor people.
当一个国家中的底层人民走投无路,监狱反而能够给他们提供更高水平的生活,那么这就是这个国家的错误。当阶级已经固化,底层人民失去对生活的希望,“今朝有酒今朝醉”就开始取代“努力就会有回报”的价值理念,成为这个社会的底色。
好汉不湎当年痛
另一个点是对生活的认识
Frank: A good drunk is fun. A bad drunk wants to have a fight. A good drunk lives in the present. A bad drunk is thinking about yesterday. It's all about gas and the brakes.
Alcohol was created to distract us from existential dread. Human beings are the only species that knows of its own mortality, and I gotta say, we do a pretty good job dealing with that fact. Can you imagine having to live with impending death sober? Look at lip. When's the last time you saw him smile? Me, I've always been the most fun member of this family. You know why? Because I get it. Sobriety is a fool's game.
生活就应该一直往前看,不要因为过去的事情影响自己的情绪。好汉不提当年勇,当然也不应该沉湎于过去的悲痛之中,否则只会让将来无限度地为过去付出代价。