Which group really ruled the world?
The movie Scarface (spoiler alert) follows the story of Tony Montana, an immigrant that went to the US. In the beginning of the movie, he was held in a detention center, waiting the officer’s decision whether he got the green card to immigrate or got sent back. He ultimately take on an assassination job in order to make sure he got the green card to US soil. From there on, he got introduced to the world of drugs.
Fresh off with the green card, he started washing dishes to live. An opportunity then came to him from a man named Frank, which is Miami’s drug lord at the time, to conduct a drug deal, which Tony accepted. The deal gone wrong though, and most of his accomplices in the deal died, leaving only Tony and his friend, Manny.
Despite the chaos during the deal, Frank is impressed by his ability and decided to hire him to be his right man. Tony is brutal and disobedient, yet always brings great results.
However, Tony’s disobedience later turned to a betrayal from Tony in which he made a secret drug deal with a Bolivian drug lord named Alejandro Sosa. This infuriated Frank, which led to him ordering an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Tony. Filled with rage, Tony then confronted Frank himself and killed him
Tony spent the night celebrating the moment with Frank’s wife, Elvira. Why not? The Miami drug control is his now. Right as he’s celebrating the moment he became Miami’s drug lord, a blimp appeared in a sky with a message.
“The World Is Yours”
Which group really ruled the world? There are many candidates for the answer of this question. Seeing the board of the biggest governments and the corporate might tempt us to answer the jews. If you are a conspiracy theorist, you might even say the Rothschild Family or even the Illuminati. However, we are chasing a different kind of answer here. Let’s take a look at a few examples
What is the similarity between Donald Trump, Werner Heisenberg, and Gandhi? Other than all having enormous influence in the world at their time, they also have one quality that separates them from anyone else. Despite their different ranges of intelligence and moral capability, all of them are incredibly brave. It’s what made Donald Trump push his policy despite the world views of him, Heisenberg when his theorem is rejected by half of the physics community, and Gandhi to sacrifice his own enjoyment and risked his own life to oppose the unjust British policies. We can argue whether they are successful or not, but we can definitely agree that the three of them has a major influence to the world.
Bravery is the quality of mind or spirit to overcome danger, fear, and difficulty. It’s also one of the most important component of anyone’s success. It can even be argued that it’s the only one.
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Bravery works by pushing one’s idea or ambition to reality. It could push a young man’s idea to reality by pushing the young man to apply for the house of representative. It could push a girl’s ambition to become world-famous by pushing her to start being in the spotlight. It could even push a shy boy’s dream of being with his dream girl to reality by pushing him to take her out.
This explains why the world’s government and corporate boards isn’t filled with the smartest nor the kindest. Many of the geniuses and kindhearted are too scared to hold so much of a responsibility. Yet, the brave ones are not afraid of that, so they apply and work for the position, and they got it.
However, despite all the benefit of bravery, being too brave could also be destructive. A moron with nothing but bravery and confidence is a plague that’s been invading our governments. It is evident from the horrendous number of corruption, bribery, and even insider trading. It’s also evident in the suffering and the painful economic fallout in the nation. Oftentimes, the people who got to influential positions isn’t only backed by their bravery, but also by their intelligence. This made it even harder to detect a fraudulent leader as they are smart enough to cover their wrongdoings.
Despite the downfall that bravery could bring, it still wouldn’t stop other brave people from lower ranks of influence to rose higher. The position of high influence is filled and will always be filled with brave people. Their bravery would of course help them push their idea and vision to actuality. We just need to hope that the change that they bring is the most benefiting for all.
The world is ruled by the brave
Later on in the movie, Alejandro Sosa grew irritated by a journalist for their efforts to uncover his wrongful deals. Alejandro Sosa then instructed Tony to bomb the journalist while he is in his car, on the way to give his speech in front of the UN regarding Alejandro Sosa’s actions. However, in the middle of the act, Tony refused to because the journalist is in his car with his wife and daughter.
Alejandro Sosa then ordered the only plausible thing he could’ve done at that time for a drug lord, kill Tony
Tony is ambushed at his house while he is still grieving for Manny’s death and his sister Gina, which is also Manny’s wife, anger for it. The victory seems to be in Tony’s hands as he succeeded to push back a few of Sosa’s mercenaries. He didn’t notice a mercenary sneaking behind him though.
Tony died losing everything, but at least he died while still holding the only thing he had left. The thing that pushed him to rise in the Miami drug ladder. The thing that pushed him to do the most brutal actions to achieve his goals. The thing that pushed him to his own demise.
His balls.
