🏆 The Two Most Amazing Groups in Taiwan: “Gangsters” and “Mosaics,” Counting Imprisonment as Achievements
There are two groups in Taiwanese society that share a very peculiar commonality: they both regard imprisonment counts as personal achievements and take pride in them. Moreover, they receive full admiration from their supporters.
1. Taiwanese Gangster Organizations
One group consists of gangster organizations spread throughout Taiwan. In these subcultures, younger members can gain a certain level of seniority and qualification by going to jail once, and their status rises accordingly. This is a recognition of being “ruthless enough” and “loyal enough.”
2. Political Party “Mosaic”
The other group is the political party “Mosaic.”
Although its core units are not spread throughout Taiwan, its followers number in the hundreds of thousands, even millions. Their collective power is unrivaled, pervasive, and they possess resources from all sectors.
If high-ranking cadres within the group, or even pope-like figures, are imprisoned, followers might even surround the prison, forcing their release.
Core Satire: This phenomenon of viewing imprisonment as an “honorary medal” is the ultimate expression of politicizing and heroizing legal punishment.
🛡️ Politicians Who Ate an Invincible Star
Interestingly, this “Mosaic” political group has the largest cluster of lawyers in Taiwan under its wing.
They are not afraid of being indicted; in fact, they even love being indicted, because “being indicted” itself is a means of gaining extra points. In the eyes of their supporters, being indicted or imprisoned is no longer a stain, but rather an “achievement” against the system, a sacrifice for their ideals.
The more enthusiastic the fans, the greater the power generated, thereby boosting their political capital and public prestige.
Damn, it’s like they’ve eaten an invincible star!
As long as humans are thick-skinned enough, they are invincible. This is the most ironic aspect of the so-called “Taiwanese values”: packaging punishment and illegal acts as a moral halo, and using it to consolidate power.