However, such a person is not isolated, and there are also many people in China who have shamefully sent him to death, and he can still receive admiring eyes from abroad. But what does that mean? This can only show that the misunderstanding of human nature itself is the deepest graveyard of human nature. When a person is deceived by the blind worship of the strong, he is like a believer who jumps into the sea of clouds, tragic and pathetic. When a person confuses his basic rights and wrongs by giving irrational sympathy, he is like a fool who gives all his wealth to a robber, he is not a monk, he is a retarded mind.

A responsible politician with a truly heroic temperament will take the initiative to stop the irrational worship of the masses and establish a democratic system to prevent anyone from using the cult of the strong to harm society. The adjudicator artificially creates the cult of the strong, and preaches the foolish loyalty to the strong.

Washington put an end to the bad habit of shouting long live to the leader, and abolished all independence. The judges are happy to use it to increase the crown of worship. Lincoln seduced the American people in a good way: no one person was good enough to rule the country in the absence of mass checks. Choosing a good system will benefit the people more than choosing a good leader. Churchill led the world to defeat the fascist bloc, the greatest civilizational disaster of the last century, but after losing the next election, he understood that a lack of gratitude for heroes is the mark of a strong nation. These real heroes with a sense of mission and morality are the strong, and they will take the initiative to give up the worship of the strong that uses the masses, and guide every mass to become a real strong man as much as possible. At the same time, there is no need to use disguised weakness to win sympathy, because they themselves have a deeper sympathy and tolerance for humanity.

We don't know when humanity will be strong enough to overcome these two weaknesses. But we can imagine that only everyone becomes free will. The strong man who is independent and dignified is no longer admired. When we worship the strong, we all have the deepest hearts. Broad human sympathy, rather than gaining sympathy through disguise, or satisfying the desire of the mediocre strong to show sympathy, is the time when human beings truly have freedom, dignity, tolerance, and are no longer fooled and enslaved by the strong, and when the whole of humanity feels truly hopeful. When it comes to living with a high level of reason and wisdom, not simply impulses and instincts.

To put it simply, it is not a big deal for a person to worship a strong man, but if he blindly worships a strong man, then he himself has no way to become a strong man. Just like Wu Ling, although he has his own pursuit of higher power, he will not worship those who are stronger than him now, because he has always had his own thoughts in his heart, and he can reach that point one day sooner or later.

Then directly overtake each other. Fiercely left those strong people behind, so that they have no possibility of catching up. I don't know when it started, Wu Ling already has such confidence, and it is also because of such self-confidence. So although he will pursue power, if he says that he worships those powers, it is simply impossible.

But he also knew. This is just one person's idea, and not everyone has such confidence. After all, not all of them have an almost infinite space for energy. So he didn't say anything about Sun Jing's attitude.

waved his hand and said casually: "No need to be like this, we are not subordinate, just be casual!" Is Shao Lao here? ”

Naturally, he didn't come over this time, but came to find Shao Zikang.

Hearing Wu Ling's question, Sun Jingcai stood up and said, "Here, the master is on it, Wu Shao, I'll take you up!" "Anyway, Sun Jing also has the idea of hugging her thighs, so it is normal to respect Wu Ling a little.

This kind of respect or worship exists in everyone's heart. Just like ordinary people would worship stars, of course, these stars are not only those artistic stars, but in a broad sense, stars include all the famous idols and elites with or without power.

Star worship in a broad sense, from the worship of gods, to the worship of emperors, to the worship of heroes, to the worship of film and television stars, and so on. All the worship of people, things, and things other than oneself is probably on this list.

This phenomenon is everywhere, and it is needless to say. The question worth pondering is, why do people have to worship celebrities?

This question is very simple and clear for Wu Ling, it is a primitive and instinctive need. If you look at the animal kingdom, you may know a thing or two, especially the social animals. Before they evolved into higher animals, they worshipped the leader and did everything they did without concealment, otherwise, they would have no good fruit to eat, and the group would not be able to continue in an orderly and harmonious manner.

As for human beings, they were born out of social animals, and after they evolved into higher animals, their primitive cult habits were not completely changed, but strengthened, because the social structure of human beings was more tightly organized. The worship of the strong is a certain material and spiritual state necessary for survival, or it should be eliminated in the course of human evolution. In other words, it's some kind of physical need, some kind of mental need, or some kind of survival strategy. To put it more simply, worship is a human desire that is innate to human beings. Only by attaching to the power that is stronger than oneself and relying on people who are stronger than oneself can people gain a sense of security and an accessible life path in social survival. In essence, worshipping celebrities is no different from sugar daddy, it is a kind of dependence on the outside world, and the key is that this attachment is extremely loyal.

Generally speaking, people with sound personalities and independent spirits and feelings often do not have a strong desire for idolatry, but only have some instincts, and if they must worship, they worship themselves. Idol characters stand out from this kind of people; Mature and healthy people have a marked lack of idolatry compared to the young and the old, weak, sick and disabled. There is a famous saying: "You think others are unattainable, that's because you kneel, stand up!" From an inspirational point of view, from the point of view of all men created equal, this statement is undoubtedly true. But the truth is often different, and the good wishes of good people will only stand still, and will not always be put into practice. If everyone stands up to the sky, how will social order be maintained? If everyone is bent on being the head of state, won't the world be in chaos? The reason why worship is endless, may also be because the maintenance of social order invisibly strengthens our need to adhere to our duty of bowing! The world cannot be just lions, tigers and big bad wolves. It also needs sheep, sika deer, and white rabbits. Otherwise, it will be difficult to balance the ecology.

A star in the narrow sense is, of course, an outstanding figure in the performance of the film and television entertainment industry. They are powerless idols and elites. I guess I can also call it the uncrowned king!

The worship of such stars has long surpassed the worship of other idols. With the end of the cult of the leader. The momentum of star worship is intensifying.

Why do we worship celebrities? On the surface, it may seem like an extension of some primitive instinct, a variation of some survival strategy, as mentioned above. Dig a little deeper, and it's not that simple.

Wu Ling recently read an article entitled "Star Culture", written by Stephen of the United States. Heineman. One of the claims he cites seems novel: "They [some critics of popular culture] lament that the whole world has been tricked into forming a cult of cultural global media entertainment stars rather than real heroes." These critics argue that the power of cultural and media-industrial cooperation has become so powerful. So much so that such a group of commercialized superficial stars are now well known. In the eyes of the doomsayers, cult of celebrity has ruled the world to the point of interfering with normal values and people's sober minds." This author is describing the phenomenon of star worship craze in the world today, but we see the origin of some star worship in it. Why do we worship stars? Part of the answer can be found in it......

First, the cooperation between culture and the media industry lures people to worship celebrities; Second, since it is a deception, it is to do what it likes, and the best thing any deception is to grasp the real needs of the deceived object. Thus launching an attack on its soft underbelly. So, again, as mentioned earlier, the widespread desire for worship fulfills this deception. There is this weakness in human nature. It makes this deception successful.

Going deeper, why should the culture and media industries join hands to exploit the weakness of human nature to trick people into worshipping celebrities?

The answer this time is that the celebrities themselves have been alienated into effective production tools and consumer goods in the cultural industry. They are a strong guarantee of the box office. Using their extraordinary charm can strongly stimulate people's desire to buy. As a result, culture and the media can make considerable profits.

What we bought was really just an illusion, it was an ideal projection. Is it a hero worthy of trust, a beautiful dream that you can't realize, a limit that you can't surpass, or an outstanding opposite sex that you can't reach, or a power that you can't resist With a star, you have everything, and everything can temporarily become a reality. From this point of view, people jump into the fire pit with their eyes open, and they are willing to be deceived. Let yourself temporarily have spiritual sustenance and spiritual support. Of course, there is absolute loyalty and trust in this, otherwise, how can you deceive yourself? To use a metaphor that is not necessarily appropriate, to put it mildly, star worship is like taking drugs, and after being fluttering to be immortal, you still want to be fluttering and immortal. Addiction to drugs is absolutely addictive!

In fact, this kind of worship is the same as the ancestors worshipping dragons in ancient times, why did the ancestors worship the dragon star in the sky? What kind of inspiration did the operation of the Dragon Star give them? Due to the rotation of the earth, people can observe the complete cycle of the rotation of the Canglong star in the earth, and in the long-term activity of "observing the sky", people began to associate the connection of the stars of the Canglong star with a certain animal (dinosaur or crocodile) on the earth. Subsequently, the ancestors gradually transplanted the characteristics of the dragon star to this animal, thus giving it the meaning of mystery, soaring and changing. And this connotation is given to make the form of the "dragon" change according to people's imagination, and finally become what we see today.

Xunzi, an outstanding materialist thinker in ancient China, expounded a basic view of materialism in his masterpiece "The Theory of Heaven": "Heaven is permanent, not for Yao, not for ruin." Xunzi clearly pointed out here that the operation of nature is regular, and this law is not subject to the subjective will of man. According to the records of the classics, the ancients have always been diligent and uninterrupted in the observation of celestial phenomena, and those phenomena in the celestial phenomena that are in periodic motion first attracted their profound attention, and almost all the basic concepts of the calendar are related to this: the cycle of the sun is called "day", the cycle of moon phase change is called "month", and the cycle of plant maturity is called "year". In the same way, the periodic movement of the dragon star in the sky over the years also has every reason to make it a tool for the ancients to observe time. In addition to timing, the dragon star is the first of the 28 Nakshatras (the 28 Nakshatras are the background of the ancients' observation of the sun, moon and stars, and have a lofty position in ancient astronomy and even in the entire Chinese culture), like a dragon soaring above the nine heavens. At the same time, it periodically declines and disappears. Therefore, the reverence and imitation of the dragon by the ancients is actually the awe of the laws of nature and the yearning for the nation itself.

The characteristics of the movement of the dragon star are the typical form of the contradictory movement of things, and the "Zhou Yi", which is the first of the group classics, especially the Qiangua at the top of the sixty-four hexagrams, is designed to reveal the universal laws of the occurrence, development, and disappearance of ordinary things. Therefore, it is no accident that the six hexagrams of the Qianqian are taken from the dragon. It is safe to say that the final formation and widespread spread of the dragon's spirit is similar to that of the Zhou Yi. There is a direct and close relationship between the philosophical ideas expressed in the Qiangua, and its important position in the field of traditional Chinese thought, culture, and scholarship.

This kind of worship is originally because of one's own lack of self-confidence, because he feels that he can't do it, so he wants to find an object to worship. They often represent a kind of sustenance, a kind of sustenance that they can't do.

It's like a saying that many people have said, if you are only half a step ahead of the other party, the other party will hate, if you are one step ahead of the other party, the other party will be jealous, but if you are ten steps ahead of the other party, a hundred steps, then the other party will worship.

This is actually a kind of most fundamental power worship, no matter what kind of identity it is, whether it is a high-ranking official or a rich man, in their hearts, in addition to what they have, more is actually worshipping power.

This is actually why in the real world, although there are people who are preventing the penetration of the entire paranormal world, there are still many people who acquiesce to such an existence. Because they also want to let them have the power beyond ordinary people through contact with those supernatural beings, and even immortality and immortality, which is not a kind of worship. (To be continued......)