The robbers robbed the British princess, and the only demand was for the British Prime Minister to have sex with a live pig before 4pm that day, and to broadcast it worldwide. As public opinion became increasingly unfavorable and the rescue operation failed, the Prime Minister chose to live broadcast at the last minute. In fact, everything was just an experiment by an artist. The princess was released at 3:30, but everyone was watching the live broadcast, and no one noticed the princess. A year after the incident, the Prime Minister's approval rating continued to rise.
First of all, the main line and core of the story are very clear, that is, Internet public opinion, which can also be extended to the expression of public opinion. The matter has been put on the Internet from the beginning, and the widely circulated video has made public opinion out of control and difficult to control. After the formation of public opinion, the behavior of the prime minister and the government has been discussed and evaluated under the magnifying glass of the public. The Prime Minister didn't want to have a pig, but the Prime Minister also didn't want to be accused of disregarding the princess' life. For his own status and the voice of the people, after the rescue operation failed, the Prime Minister had no second choice. In the past, due to the limited development of science and technology, the public's access to information was limited to inefficient dissemination, such as word of mouth, or flying geese to pass books. Failure to obtain information in a timely manner means that the superiors can do more and do whatever they want behind the scenes. After all, it is not difficult to control the dissemination of information. Likewise, ordinary people have no way of knowing the actions of the government and those in positions of authority and their consequences. Coupled with the scattered power of the people in the context of the small-scale peasant economy, it is difficult for them to make a coherent and powerful voice to influence politics. But the development of the times has changed technology and everything. With the development of communication technology, the breadth and speed of information dissemination has been greatly improved. The development of the times has also promoted the emergence of the national system, making the relationship between the superior and the inferior become more delicate. Based on the democratic system, the development of communication technology is definitely not a bad thing. With the help of the Internet, the public can better monitor the government's behavior, and can also better express their own voice and form a cohesive force to promote government reform. It is no exaggeration to regard the development of communication technology as the technological foundation of democracy. But this power is terrifying because it is out of control. In addition to efficiency, another important reason why we choose to let the minority govern rather than the majority vote is that the elite govern. It is undeniable that at the current stage when education has not yet made a great leap forward, elite governance is still an impossible way to govern. But the power of public opinion is trying to change these things. The premise for public opinion to play a positive role is that the people are sufficiently objective and rational. Once public opinion itself is not objective and rational enough, it is easy to coerce everyone in it and oppress it, and it is difficult to control it in a fully democratic society. With the blessing of public opinion, the people can say whatever they want and support whatever they want, but the elites have to consider their opinions, because their power comes from the votes of the people. The problem is that what the people say is not necessarily correct, even if it is the majority. At this time, the politicians on the stage are like pigs that have been put on one after another, and they can only put on a likable character to accept the support of the people and to be raped by the majority of opinions. It is undeniable that the superiors need oversight. but
The plot of the story is also very reasonable, and the details are also in place. The story is divided into four sections, from the opening to the climax to the ending, there are reasonable and unexpected, and the plot is also very compact. The details are wonderful, and the performance of the public at different stages is completely different, especially the anticipation of the public when they see that the Prime Minister's car is about to go to the live broadcast, and the indifference of everyone when the truth of the artist's hijacking is announced afterwards. The strong contrast in the play shows that the focus of the public's attention on the event is not the event itself, but the behavior of seeing the prime minister make a fool of himself.
But on the whole, the most exciting thing is the wrestling between the three different groups. The wrestlers in the play mainly consist of three parties, the government represented by the prime minister, the media and the public. In this war of public opinion, everyone has their own position, and different positions determine that the three parties have their own different interests. From the initial blockade of information to the investigation of public opinion to the obedience to public opinion, the government and the Prime Minister all "value" the public opinion. From the initial questioning of the incident, to the support of the Prime Minister's uncompromising, to the support of the Prime Minister's compromise, to the unbearable gaze of most people when watching the live broadcast, all of them reflect the public's participation and "concern" about hot issues. And the media is the most interesting group. As a media person, reporting the truth is the most basic responsibility of a media person. But the media have their own difficulties. The government has a confidentiality agreement and has the power to control, and the results of offending the government can refer to the south. If you don't report the truth, I'm sorry for your own responsibility, and I'm sorry for your ratings. So we can see how the media in the play struggled to survive in the cracks: at the beginning, they had to insist on the government’s ban not to report the incident. Once there was a first case, the latter had to follow; Human feelings are not easy; for the front-line news, it is also at the risk of being killed to enter the rescue scene... In the end, the reporter who entered the rescue scene had a broken leg. Is it a bit like the media now? A leg was broken, neither standing nor running, but walking forward one by one.
The development of technology has given us infinite pleasure, but the development of technology has also made each of us fall into the predicament of being "raped", painful and happy.
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