Rarely Jun | Why do so many people want to go to war with Japan?

Author: Mr. Nande | Public Account: Mr. Nande

Recently, Sino-Japanese relations have become somewhat tense, and various voices of “inevitable war” have emerged online. Those who say these words seem to think war is a video game, and they can start over if they lose.

There are 53 direct flights from Shanghai to Tokyo alone, and with transfers, there are about seventy or eighty flights. These flights are filled with business people, international students, and ordinary people visiting relatives.

In the real world, people are still coming and going, communicating, and striving for life.

Most of us have not experienced real war. Our understanding of war often comes from movies and TV dramas.

Unfortunately, many of the war films we see are not so much anti-war films as they are war propaganda films.

In the shots, soldiers wear neat uniforms, their hairstyles are impeccable, and female soldiers are made up as if they are going to a party. They easily eliminate the enemy without any harm to themselves. War has become a glamorous adventure in these works.

This reminds me of the opening scene of “Saving Private Ryan” on Omaha Beach. In that scene, a soldier is walking on the beach with his own arm blown off, looking dazed. This is the true face of war, bloody, chaotic, and full of fear.

Good war films should make people cherish peace more after watching them.

But some of our works are quietly beautifying war, making young people feel that fighting is cool and easy.

Carefully observing those who are most bellicose, you will find an interesting phenomenon: they almost never talk about the possibility of themselves or their families going to war.

If you ask them if they are willing to join the army, they will say that supporting the war is also supporting the war in the rear. If you ask them if they will let their children join the army, they will say they respect their children’s choices.

These people are very shrewd. They know that if war really comes, their children will not be the first to be sent to the front lines.

Just like during the mask period, those who had the conditions went abroad early, while ordinary people had to face lockdowns and rising prices.

George Orwell said: “All war propaganda, all the shouting, lies and hatred, come from those who are not on the battlefield.”

A tank consumes 400 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, and a fighter jet costs hundreds of thousands of yuan per hour of flight, and an aircraft carrier burns millions of yuan just for fuel a day. These costs will eventually be borne by every taxpayer. Once war begins, no one can be left out.

History books write that the War of Resistance lasted fourteen years, with more than 35 million casualties of soldiers and civilians. Behind these numbers are broken families.

But now some young people, influenced by the divine dramas, think that fighting the Japanese is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. There was even a college student reader who left a very serious message that if the guerrilla warfare had not restrained the two million Kwantung Army, the US military would have been finished in the Pacific theater.

In fact, the Kwantung Army at its peak was only about a million people, and a large number of them were later transferred to the Pacific.

Historical truth is blurred in entertainment narratives.

The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for more than two years, with soaring prices and a large number of men being conscripted. The lives of ordinary Russians are much more difficult than we imagined.

Saying these words will definitely offend many people. Some people will think you are not patriotic, and some will scold you for being cowardly.

But true courage is not shouting and killing online, but daring to face the cruel truth.

I love my country very, very much!

Because, patriotism doesn’t need a reason,

But it needs a little bit of IQ.

True patriotism is to deeply love this land where our ancestors have lived for generations, and to hope that the compatriots on this land can live with dignity, freedom, and enjoy fairness and justice, and be able to live a happy life.

We often say that the Chinese nation is a hardworking, kind, and peace-loving nation. Hardworking is true, but whether everyone is kind and peace-loving may need to be questioned.

In certain corners of the internet, the voices of war are often the loudest. This is worrying.

Writing such words always has to bear all kinds of pressure. But thinking that if our silence allows more young people to really think that war is an easy thing, I feel that these words must be said.

If you also think peace is precious, if you also don’t want your children to face the flames of war in the future, please support those creators who insist on telling the truth. Your every like, every retweet, is a vote for the peaceful future we all look forward to.

The world will get better, not because of the loud calls of a few people, but because of the silent persistence of the majority. May we all become a part of this persistence.