Serene state of mind

Surely, there are various evaluations, but I think this is a great musical movie.
I'd like to praise the actress who acted the poor mother prostitute and won an honorable prize.
After French Revolution, people's life never seemed to improve, and the society went back to Imperial rule.
And people's life still never seems to improve, and another revolution occurs.
But due to indifference of people, this revolution ends up in failure.

As I looked over about this movie before grappling with this composition, I was relieved to find that it was not only me who was reminded of the series of changes of government by this movie:
After former ruling party won a landslide victory, the politics in our country became more chaotic and the current ruling party regained the administration
-although I'm not sure what is coming next after the current ruling party regained the administration.
So far, sometimes hopes for the current government rises, and sometimes suspects rises that all they care for is the next election as is the often cases:
From the week one since the current ruling party is back to the administration, they place a countdown of the days until the upcoming Upper House election.
Incidentally- I didn't know that the former ruling party that lost power at the latest Lower House election hadn't have official platform until I heard the news about their latest party convention.

Different from the age of French Revolution, now it's not age of revolution with violence
-except for the struggle over a security pact; although even my parents didn't experience it.
I occasionally hear that the generation who experienced the struggle over a security pact remember fondly of their struggle and complain that the younger generation is apathetic
-but I also hear that our generation talking back that older generation who joined the struggle were just following suit without understanding its true intention.
Whatever...
Fortunately, at least in our country and many other countries, now we have election system and we can declare intention about politics.
But why did so many people abstain from voting at such an important election last December?
If there is something I can say for the current ruling party back to the administration, I just hope they learned a lesson while they were thrown out of power.
-Otherwise, people might be completely disappointed and lose interested in politics.
What if this is the very object of the part of the politicians?
And what if some politicians intend to make people work too busily to think of politics?
As is already said, apathetic people are easy to control and convenient for governors.
Many people who abstained from voting say that there is nobody they feel like voting.
I understand what they feel -but why don't they realize that they might be playing into the authority who care for only profits for themselves?
(See also Jul. 6, 2012)


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