Pelosi's chairs are stretched outside, the pulpits of the House are auctioned online, and 5 living lives die in front of the portrait of Washington... These days, the scene of the US "Qinwang Army" smashing Capitol Hill has made the world see the foreign power of the world's number one power, and has also made American-style democracy an international joke.
For a long time, the so-called "democracy" has been a conspicuous capital for the United States to boast of its "lighthouse." American democracy is a panacea, the American rule of law represents freedom and equality, and the "American Dream" has become the core concept of its value output... All kinds of "words" have been accompanied by Hollywood blockbusters, mainstream media and various commodities to the world, which not only gained a large number of fans in many countries, but also provided a "moral endorsement" for Uncle Sam to flaunt his might and stir up fire all over the world.
But a lie is a lie after all, and there will always be a day when the truth comes out. In the past, the United States was strong and powerful, and the chicken feathers of racial discrimination, the division between the rich and the poor, and the disaster of the world could still be crushed under the bright skin, and in recent years, with the lack of governance and the decline of national strength, the social rift caused by political polarization has become more and more prominent, and the faded aura of the system has become increasingly vain. Since Trump took office, especially since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the systemic crisis at many levels such as politics, economy, and society in the United States has lit up a red light, and the world has also ushered in a moment of "disenchantment" of the American lighthouse.
·“ Can the separation of powers "effectively constrain the power of the president?"
It can be seen through the "border wall" that the "separation of powers" has no constraints on the wayward president at all. After taking office, Trump pushed for the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall to fulfill his campaign promises, but the budget was repeatedly rejected by Congress. In this regard, Trump did not hesitate to repeatedly exert pressure by the federal government 'shutting down' and declaring the country into a state of emergency, and finally obtained the relevant budget. In addition, in the aspects of US-Iran relations, epidemic prevention and control, and economic and trade frictions, the Congress and the Supreme Court cannot form a practical constraint on the power of the president, and can only let it do whatever it wants through executive orders.
American democracy has a powerful error correction function?
Under the donkey elephant party, mistakes often have to be upheld, correctness must often be opposed, and the electoral system has become a "passport" for politicians to escape punishment. The negative response has led to the loss of control of the epidemic, violent law enforcement has triggered violent demonstrations, and the situation is in a mess, but no one in the United States can be found to be responsible for these things. Even more paradoxical is that the president puts some pressure on him to resign; the president signs a letter, and the criminals against humanity who massacre civilians can be pardoned. It can be said that "power overrides the law" has become the core essence of the rule of law in the United States.
Can you enjoy absolute freedom of speech in the United States?
Let's look at what happened to the "whistleblowers" in the United States during the epidemic: Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency, and Crozier, former captain of the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier, have warned the society for foreseeing the harm of the epidemic, and what awaits them is dismissal, and the president has also taken the lead in stigmatizing them.
Is the U.S. media the "fourth power" to oversee the government?
The new crown epidemic has become a large-scale face-punching scene for the US media. Internally, no matter how many articles they write, how many covers they draw, and how many conventions they break, they have not made the government and people pay attention to the epidemic. As for the "black material" about the president, a "fake news" makes the "fourth power" disappear into invisibility. As for the outside world, it is still the old "double standard", slandering Wuhan's "lockdown", and fabricating "virus sources"... A series of so-called reports wearing colored glasses fully expose that the American media is not at all a representative of freedom, objectivity and neutrality, but a pioneer of ideological prejudice.
Is the U.S. market a fair-playing, free and open market economy?
On the contrary, the "competition" in the eyes of Americans must be the "competition" in which American companies have absolute superiority; the so-called "openness" must be "openness" that adheres to the priority of the United States. To this end, the US Government has unscrupulously brandished the "tariff stick" to "build walls" on all sides of the world trading system; it has deliberately set up a "entity list" and "long-arm jurisdiction" everywhere in the international market. It can be said that the United States, which pursues unilateralism and hegemonism, is the biggest "black swan" and "gray rhinoceros" in economic globalization.
Congress fell, the United States was in turmoil, and the whole world saw the beauty of this "country on the top of the mountain.". Speaking on Twitter, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced: "Lawlessness and unrest – whether here or around the world – are always unacceptable." For the riots in other countries, the United States has always been an appreciator and a maker, and when it comes to its own home, it becomes "lawlessness", and the comparison between the two is ridiculous. I wonder if tomorrow's United States will remember these words it said today, stop muddying the world, manage its own affairs, and let its people "enjoy peace, stability, and security as soon as possible."
*This article is supported by #Tree Project, produced by Changan Observation, and first published on today's headline platform.