Taiwan’s Democracy Is Dead—Revealed Through Inconsistent Standards
When Ma Ying-jeou governed, the DPP shouted: “Democracy is dead!”
When Tsai Ing-wen governed, the DPP proclaimed: “Democracy thrives!”
Now under President Lai Ching-te, with the DPP holding near-equal legislative seats against the opposition, the DPP—accompanied by aging intellectuals, social activists, and student performers—surrounds the Legislative Yuan. Using revolutionary slogans resembling Red Guard banners, they denounce “dead democracy.”
If Taiwan’s democracy exists only when the DPP governs, then to hell with that democracy.
Tsai’s Phantom Promise
Remember Tsai’s 2016 inaugural address promising citizens could “bang on the table” with her?
She disappeared for eight years while that table remained unfindable.
When Lai assumed office in May 2024, he said minorities should comply with majorities.
The next day, aged intellectuals and career students—former activists now middle-aged—launched massive legislative protests with contemporary student recruits. This represents collective antisocial personality disorder—former intellectuals, aging activists, and newest-generation youth players converging as pathological microcosm.
The Government’s Broken Words
The DPP operates through systematic dishonesty. To hell with that democracy.