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Criticism of throwing eggs cannot become a "moral carnival" that is out of touch with reality | Yellow River Commentary

2024-08-08

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Recently, Beijing Youth Daily published articles for three consecutive days to comment on the decadent and lazy atmosphere caused by the phenomenon of throwing eggs, and warned against the circle culture formed by it. The reason why the articles attracted public attention after being published is that the direction of the three articles is the same as some of the social anxiety caused by the prevalence of throwing eggs.

As early as June this year, when Dean Lu Xiongwen of the School of Management of Fudan University delivered a graduation speech entitled "The Power of Faith Will Eventually Bloom and Bear Fruit", he mentioned the phenomenon of the prevalence of "throwing eggs". Dean Lu Xiongwen said, "At present, the trend of throwing eggs is prevalent. Ordinary people throw eggs as a game for leisure. Officials, entrepreneurs, and professional managers who shoulder missions and responsibilities occasionally throw eggs to relax and adjust. However, the trend of throwing eggs sweeping across the country and blowing into all levels and corners is a manifestation of the society's loss of motivation and entrepreneurial spirit. It is a trend of escape and decadence."

Since then, criticism of throwing eggs has become popular in the public opinion field, and it has been combined with the phenomenon of money-for-power transactions, cliques and factions within and outside the system, and young people's lack of ambition. However, in the eyes of some netizens who hold different opinions, this criticism is nothing more than making a mountain out of a molehill.

Objectively speaking, any popular phenomenon of addiction has its social soil behind its "abnormal popularity". For example, some elderly people are superstitious about pseudoscience. In addition to the knowledge limitations of their generation, there is also a lack of relevant popular science and a sense of panic due to the lack of relevant institutional guarantees; and the cigarette cards and various blind boxes that have been popular among children in recent times are more like "social currency" to maintain emotional connections.It is certainly meaningful to discuss and even criticize all these things, but if we separate the macro-causes from the individuals and only morally criticize the individuals, such criticism will lack warmth.