First of all, it is worth affirming that the directors of "Designated Survivor" have put a lot of effort into the study of the American political system, and proposed a "three-step" strategy to subvert the American regime.
The first step is to kill all current cabinet members, all members, including the president and vice president. This point seems to be quite difficult to implement. One of them is how to bring all these people together? Or how to kill these people all at once? But the God-given opportunity is the National Consultation Conference. During the National Consultation, the President makes a report, and all cabinet members and parliamentarians are present at the Capitol.
The film cleverly used this national consultation meeting, assuming that an explosion occurred, killing all the people at once. But is this possible? You must know that in reality, the Capitol has strict security arrangements. In addition to the Secret Service, which is responsible for the security of the president, there is also an extensive intelligence network. As the world's top intelligence agencies, FIB and CIA, any turbulent crisis will be strangled in the cradle. middle. The writers of the show have taken great pains to make the Congressional bombing reasonable, because as a reality-based political drama, if the inciting events at the beginning do not conform to the basic laws of facts, then everything that follows is groundless. Yes, a drama becomes a fantasy drama, losing the foundation of realism.
So how did the writers make the "Congress Bombing" plausible? To put it simply, it is "inside should be combined with outside", which is what we Chinese often say "it is difficult to prevent domestic thieves". Judging from the current dark line of the plot, there is a high-level official who is delivering in the government. Judging from the current plot, the most likely one is the former chief of staff, who has a lot of intelligence secrets and can secretly interfere with the president to make some choices. It can be said that "one person is under ten thousand people". At the same time, the former chief of staff must have some undisclosed handle to be grasped by the enemy, then he will become a puppet in the White House and be controlled by others, and it is very likely that the bomb will be destroyed. The blueprint for the Capitol was handed out through the hands of the chief of staff.
There is a good reflection of this plot in the film: the current chief of staff, Allen, bypassed the president and leaked the video of the terrorists. This obviously implies to the audience that the chief of staff has the ability to bypass the president and leak some state secrets without authorization. It is also worth noting that the current chief of staff is an assistant to the former chief of staff, so by words and deeds, there is reason to believe that Allen is from the former chief of staff. Learned how to bypass presidential surveillance.
After talking about "internal cooperation", let's analyze what the "external cooperation" implied by the screenwriter is. First of all, we must affirm that for the "external cooperation", the hidden enemy, subverting the American regime is beneficial to him, otherwise he will Will not go to great lengths to organize and plan such a "Congress bombing"
And from the perspective of the method of committing the crime, the conspirators do not want to make the United States disappear (The death of America), but want to reshape the United States (The new American), subvert the existing regime, and rebuild a new system. Then this conspiracy subversion must be dissatisfied with the existing political system, and he is a person who changes by means and conspiracy, rather than a violent subversion of the regime (obviously this is a simple and crude way). Since he is a vested interest in the new system, let's see who benefits the new system. First, there is no cabinet for the time being, and the president has all the work. On the surface, it seems to strengthen the centralization of the president. In fact, a large part of the role and power of the cabinet has been transferred to the staff around the president, such as the new chief of staff, the president's security adviser, They are all vested interests. Second, due to the destruction of the parliament, there are only two members left, one of whom is still an "internal response", which is equivalent to destroying the parliamentary system, or more precisely destroying the party struggle. Every time the US parliamentary election, the two parties fight for seats in the parliament. , Because whoever has more parliamentary seats is the ruling party, the two parties in the United States have a long history of feuding. From this year's US election, we can see that both the Democratic candidate and the Republican candidate will do everything to slander each other in order to win the election. After racking their brains to find the other party's bad record, in the end, the director of the FIB came out to help Trump, and almost won the election. Therefore, we can see that those who want to destroy the parliament and completely resolve the party disputes must be those who detest the current electoral and party system in the United States. And from the beginning to the end, both the current President Coleman and the VP MacLeish, who was carefully cultivated by the behind-the-scenes, are all persons without party membership, and the Speaker of Parliament with a clear party membership can see from the play that he is about to be the next to be killed. Downed figure. If there is no partisanship, then who will benefit? This is another hidden thread thrown by the screenwriter, and it also clarifies the screenwriter's attitude: against partisanship. Since there is no partisanship, how will parliamentary elections be held? This brings up the second problem: manipulation of elections.
The second step is to manipulate the election
Judging from the current progress, the first time the behind-the-scenes tried to manipulate the election was to poison the polling station. On the surface, as the president went to vote, the people also found the confidence to vote, and this crisis was resolved. But in fact, the behind-the-scenes are planning a bigger flag, and manipulation of the election is a key step in it. I boldly speculate here that the next step in the film is to expose the issue of elections, lead the people to deny the election, and lead this issue to the current president (a president who is not elected), then the president himself is in a difficult situation. Situation: Affirming the election means denying one's legal status, and denying the election means subverting the very foundation of America's founding. How to exaggerate this problem is a matter of screenwriting skills.
The third step, the climax of the subversive belief
film must be that the president is at the peak of the struggle. Some American people are instigated by the behind-the-scenes to abolish the election, deny "fake democracy", and create a "new America", while another part of the people (conservatives) Adhering to the idea of "freedom and democracy" in the United States for 10,000 years will not be shaken, and the hastily organized cabinet simply cannot deal with it. However, this kind of opposition has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the people's hearts have changed and are unfathomable. This is the ultimate goal of the mastermind through a series of conspiracies and activities starting from the planning of the "Congress Bombing".
Finally, a couple of words:
Thoughts on the film, although the current drama has not yet been completed, it can be seen from the already broadcasted plot that the director of the show has a very ambitious goal: I look forward to this American drama to inspire people to think, what is it? "Democracy" What is "politics", is the separation of powers and bicameral system outdated today? Or need reform to stimulate new vitality? At the same time, through this year's U.S. election, not only the American people, but even foreigners like us can clearly feel that the United States and its proud democratic system are on the decline and are being used by some people with ulterior motives. Can't Make American Great Again? These are still unknowns.
Although "Designated Survivor" is only an American drama, it largely reflects the deep concern of the American literary and artistic circles for the future of the country.
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