Recently, a video of a public official beating an ordinary person has once again attracted widespread attention. This phenomenon of abuse of public power has not only aroused strong condemnation in society, but also made people ponder the more serious problems behind it.
On the face of it, this incident undoubtedly highlights the serious problem of abuse of power and lack of public ethics and professional ethics by some public officials. But if we dig deeper, it is not difficult to find that there are three more terrible phenomena quietly emerging, which are far more worthy of our vigilance and attention than simple beatings.
The root cause of this phenomenon lies in the growing sense of privilege among some public officials. For a long time, in the process of exercising public power, some public officials often equate themselves with power itself, and regard the ordinary people as objects of service or even obedience.
They use the power in their hands to wantonly oppress and bully ordinary people to satisfy their own selfish desires and vanity.
This kind of overflowing sense of privilege is not only reflected in the above-mentioned beating incidents, but also in daily work and life. For example, some public officials use their power to interfere in other people's affairs, and are overbearing and unreasonable; Or when going through various procedures, making things difficult for the masses, deliberately harsh, and so on.
It can be said that this kind of problem of privileged public officials has seriously deviated from the original intention of public power and has become a "dark" social virus, which needs to be paid close attention to and vigilant. We must not allow this situation to continue, and we must take practical and effective measures to curb it.
This has led to the lack of effective external checks and balances in the exercise of public power by some public officials. They can do whatever they want with the power in their hands without severe punishment.
It can be said that the lack of supervision and institutional loopholes provide an environment for the privilege of public officials.
In short, this incident of beating a public official not only highlights the problem of abuse of power by some public officials, but also has even more terrible social symptoms behind it. We must start from the privileges of public officials, the lack of supervision and the deviation of public opinion guidance, and take practical and effective measures to curb them, so that public power can truly become a tool to serve the people, and the society will be filled with the power of fairness and justice.