Political parties that are keen on uniforms, party emblems, and flags probably recommend Hitler first. The Nazis finally turned to the far-right fascist party. Under the ideology of collective consciousness and obedience to authority, Hitler frantically carried out heinous crimes such as massacre of Jews and extermination of disabled people. How could Hitler enable his followers to despise individual reason and conscience and carry out atrocities that ordinary people cannot understand without thinking?
In July 1961, one year after Nazi murderer Adolf Otto Adolf Eichmann was captured back to Jerusalem and sentenced to death, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milger Stanley Milgram conducted an "experimental study of power obedience." Test the power of human nature to refuse when faced with an order from an authority that violates one's conscience.
published experimental results in 1963. When an authority in the experiment ordered a participant to harm another person, even if the participant heard screams of pain and suffered strong moral discomfort, in most cases the participant would still continue to carry out the order. The experiment shows that adults have an extremely strong willingness to obey those in power and are willing to do any scale of behavior. In 1974, Leonard Bickman's research results further proved that wearing a uniform shows obedience to authority as a powerful norm.
In recent years, under the extreme situation of blue-green opposition in Taiwan, tangible and intangible authoritative orders have fully demonstrated Milgram's power obedience theory. The party's combat vest is clearly used to distinguish the party's attributes. All of a sudden, blue, green, orange and yellow combat vests were everywhere from public places to parliaments, from farewell ceremonies to festive banquets, and politicians were everywhere wearing combat vests. "Legislative Yuan" Class A mobilization, all parties marked "in uniform" on the mobilization order. What used to be a forum for talking heads and talking heads has turned into a killing battlefield with clear banners and unified orders. Many bills skipped committees, and the "ruling party" took advantage of its numerical advantage to vote directly. It was a completely fascist parliament. What's more, recently, even administrative agencies have become popular in wearing combat vests. Is this any different from a gang member wearing all black?
Communication scholar Lippmann (Walter Lippmann) believes that the stereotypes (stereotype) and ideologies (ideology) that are the most harmful to the democratic system have become the political methods that are now regarded as the norm in Taiwan. Instead of using reasoning to establish the difference between "me" and "other", we use "me" and "other" instead of reasoning, creating opposition and rational blindness.
Not only is the actual "combat vest" shackles people's hearts, there is also an invisible "consciousness vest" that is inexplicably "self" put on the head. This "consciousness vest" has gradually been worn on the bodies of judicial personnel. Although it is not a physical vest, it is an invisible shackles, and it has organized itself into a faction that thinks it can please the "ruling party." Taiwan’s constitutional provisions require judges to conduct independent trials beyond party affiliation, but now everything has changed. From the voting on the forward-looking plan, the controversy over "transfer promotion", the doubts between political groups and the "Party Regulations", the amendment of the regulations on legal persons, the approval vote for the appointment of the "Supervisory Committee", etc., the "Justice" jumped in without hesitation. Cleaning up the ranks of the remnants of pan-blue politics.
In the "Sunflower" incident, the trial judge invoked the right of resistance that he could not believe, and insisted on becoming a follower of the "ruling party". Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis case, Dean Weng Qihui’s corruption case, Shi Muqin’s tariff case, etc., were not dared to be tried at all. Judicial officials and wealthy businessmen colluded with each other to form a corrupt syndicate, and the judicial authorities even set standards in a bold manner. 10 invitations to banquets and 3 shirts were considered minor offenses. How can senior officials and colleagues shirk the blame for the corruption and fraud committed by so many people? The entire judicial system has become a criminal community that covers each other. Does being politically correct mean you can keep your official position and be a "happy man"? The prosecutorial unit is a part of the administrative system. The "Executive Yuan" is of course like a hand, but it is even more like a thug. A few days ago, the author served as an "oral examination committee member" for the judicial officers of the "Examination Yuan" and was asked about the ethics examination questions for judges. On the surface, these young students who have not yet passed the examination answered noble questions, but in my heart I really don't know how to treat these dirty seniors.
Take it off! We don’t want to see politicians wearing combat vests, and we are even more ashamed to see judicial officers who can’t wait to put on political vests. How can the general public believe that all political parties will get rid of violence, sensationalism, and rational ignorance if they cannot take off such a trivial vest? Taiwan has gone through so many hardships to develop to where it is today. Do the politicians who are struggling in the political circle really want to organize themselves into gang leaders and continue to intensify the strong opposition among the people to gain political dividends? I can no longer find the words to criticize those judicial officers who cannot uphold legal ethics and professional training. (This article is excerpted from Taiwan's "China Times". The author Li Fudi is a professor at the Institute of Law, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan)
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