I have just watched the movie “The Mission” from 1986 with Jeremy Irons and
Robert de Niro. This post isn’t about the movie in particular, but about what
feelings and thoughts movies of that kind gives me.
I have - over the years - seen a couple of movies portraying the European
imperalism, not to mention been to uni lectures regarding the subject.
For some reason, there are few things that angers me as much as the
European imperalism. I do not know why it is so, but the arrogance
displayed by the Western way of thinking makes me sick to the bone.
I also feel almost the same when it comes to the capitalistic thinking
where profit and economic growth has turned animals into products
and nature into an endless resource.
The capitalistic and imperialistic thoughts has given us loads of
luxury and profit. But what have we lost along the way? When I see
how we exploit earth, humans and animals for an eternal search
after more and more growth, money and luxury, it makes me want
to step away from it all. I honestly don’t want to be a part of the
modern Western culture, built upon greed, selfishness and arrogance.
Seeing those kind of movies makes me upset and angry. Yet it is a good
thing, because it takes me one step further away from the things in our
culture I despise, and one step further on the path I want to go.
