This photo captures a scene of young people protesting on the street, their eyes determined and their expressions grave, holding white signs with black characters reading “At Least We Still Have a Conscience,” with the bright green, white and red flag of the Republic of China fluttering behind them. Their silence thunders, responding not to the clamor of the streets, but to the absurdity and arrogance of current political reality.
This work was born to satirize the various chaos under DPP governance. From behind-the-scenes decisions, political patronage, manipulated public opinion, to indifferent and arrogant governing, many young people, though at the center of the storm, chose to stand up, using action to preserve the last moral foundation of this nation. They are no longer silent, nor are they bound by party slogans anymore. Instead, they took up the flag belonging to the Republic of China once more, using conscience to fight lies, using reason to answer absurdity.
This isn’t an emotional outburst against a specific party, but a moral question posed to a regime that once inspired hopes for reform but has now spiraled into collapse. For these young people, “at least we still have a conscience” is both an accusation and a self-exhortation.