Previously, due to the issue of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement between Taiwan and the mainland, an internal Sunflower Movement disturbance erupted on Taiwan Island, which indirectly led to the then-ruling Kuomintang losing power.
Later, the newly elected Democratic Progressive Party acted as if nothing had happened, completely halting the service trade and goods trade agreements. However, as the global economic market improved, domestic livelihoods didn”t seem to have any major problems, and without those who destabilized social order, and with the global economy coincidentally in an expansion phase, the stock market consistently remained above ten thousand points. Domestic society seemed to be in a state of peace and prosperity.
However, as the 2020 Republic of China presidential election approached, various political battles flared up. Even the Free Economic Pilot Zones that Lai Ching-te and Chen Chu once wanted, now, with a change of seats and minds, the DPP and New Power Party launched an almost annihilation-style total attack against Han Kuo-yu, who had the most popular support in the Kuomintang.
Through the almost brainless and foolish questioning style of Kaohsiung city councilors, fragments of Han Kuo-yu”s speeches were extensively extracted and distorted, then widely disseminated online.
These tactics of spreading rumors and smears were clearly visible during Ma Ying-jeou”s 8 years in office, and now the techniques of manipulation have become even more sophisticated and profound, with publishing speeds even faster, surpassing meagerly paid journalists.
Things that happened in the morning would have online rumors, and even comic versions, spreading by noon. It makes one envious of how these internet trolls make a living and why they don”t teach us all.
Actually, one sentence can perfectly explain the biggest problem with the cross-strait service trade agreement and free economic pilot zones. This simple sentence is:
Put professionalism aside, put doubt (stupidity) in the middle.
Whenever anything is associated with the People”s Republic of China, people on Taiwan Island completely lose their ability to think rationally. Furthermore, lazy-pack-style brainwashing makes netizens believe their IQs are all 180, fantasizing that the maintenance and management of industrial chains are as simple as playing a game.
And extremist politicians have successfully trained some Taiwanese people, moving from battling native Taiwanese vs. mainlanders, and southern vs. northern Taiwan, to now simply putting a red hat on anyone, and Taiwanese people will grab torches and pitchforks, gathering to hunt down the Scarlet Witch.
In fact, Taiwanese people may no longer need to continue training professional civil servants. If they lack the ability and courage to play in the game of great power rivalry, then they should just obediently listen to American dad and Japanese mom”s teachings and follow the rules… Hmm, this sounds like the philosophy of the “Taiwan Civil Government.”