In Catch-22, naive cadet Clevinger's honest observation that parades are meaningless and designed to humiliate soldiers is twisted by Lieutenant Scheisskopf into an act of insubordination, illustrating how bureaucratic systems use logic and reason as weapons against those who question authority, demonstrating that in such systems, truth and reason become tools of oppression rather than liberation.
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Clevinger’s naive suggestion to his parade-obsessed officer | Catch-22 | #BlackComedy #BureaucracyAdded:
Where have I failed?
>> Somebody, anybody tell me?
>> No, it's a rhetorical question.
>> Well, sir, I've actually been thinking about this. And you think?
>> So, sir, I would suggest your error.
>> Cleven, just stop [ __ ] >> this group's small enough for you.
>> I still can't understand it.
>> They hate you before you got here.
>> What size parade tomorrow?
>> Oh, 600.
>> [ __ ] meaningless.
>> Parades aren't designed to teach us anything. They're designed to humiliate us. They're designed to make us suffer the indignity of doing something entirely pointless so that sadistic [ __ ] [ __ ] can demonstrate he has power over us. Cuz apparently that's how satists get their kicks.
>> He thinks they're superior.
>> The more pointless the activity, the greater our humiliation and the more power he do parades so [ __ ] can feel like a tough guy.
>> That's what parades are for. The whole parade returnful.
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