The interests and viewpoints of different regions, countries and economies are completely different, and the voices of powerful groups confuse, cover up, and deceive the vast majority of people, so as to maximize the interests of interest groups.
Vulnerable groups either choose to follow and surpass, or choose to escape, or choose to fight. In the face of oppression and blockade, peaceful struggles often turn into riots and armed struggles. The game between powerful interest groups and disadvantaged groups requires the mediation of regional and national governments. As a political machine, the government is prone to interference and control by lobbyists. Only a democratic government, a government that allows different voices, and a government that allows criticism, opposition, and protest voices, can constantly revise its governing policy and balance various interests of all parties and realize a harmonious society of compromise.
"The Seattle Struggle" takes a WTO demonstration as the main body, showing the conflict of interests and viewpoints of all parties. The conflict between collective interests and individual interests is vividly portrayed in detail, and perhaps an accidental event has changed a person's beliefs and views throughout his life.
As a Chinese audience, from the education received to the principle of moderation for most people, it is difficult to have fierce demonstrations and conflicts. The Chinese government has also tried its best to control the suppression of dissent. It is difficult to appear in the film. The large-scale conflict that manifested itself, of course, only expanded the events fifteen years ago, and the root cause was the internal conflict of ideas rather than the awakening of the people.
However, if there is no reasonable channel for dissemination of voices, the longer the voice of the people is suppressed, the stronger the destructive power of the outbreak will be.
The WTO is just a background material, but it is incredible to imagine our enthusiasm for the WTO 20 years ago. This is also a typical case of the lack of voices at that time. If there were no deafening voices of opposition, if there were no protesters. The omnipresent pressure, There is only one voice, then, making mistakes is neither inevitable nor accidental.
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