Chapter 340: Manipulable "Public Opinion"
Some things need to be struck while the iron is hot, such as this land claim appeal case of the Brown Bear Tribe.
The next day, after the news media reporters blocked the courthouse at the door of the court to interview Simon, the lawyer representing the plaintiff's Brown Bear Tribe, appeared in the newspaper, the next day, the real-name voting website announced by the long-prepared TongguΓ² Semen was officially opened to the people of the United States.
In just three days, more than 5,000 people logged on to the website, registered with their real names, and cast their sacred votes that they believed represented justice. (See Note)
Over the next month, the number of views and registrations on the site began to grow, with more than 114,000 votes in the first month. The more than 114,000 votes were cast in favor of the Brown Bear Tribe's continued appeal to be accepted by the Supreme Court.
This is not like in China, a country with a large population, where the vote of more than 100,000 netizens can cause only a small ripple in China.
This happened in the United States, which claims to be free and democratic, and a vote like this, which exceeded 100,000 people in just one month, is definitely a very remarkable public petition in the United States.
Especially since this year is still a presidential election year, whether it is the current ruling Republican Party or the Democratic Party behind the acquiescence and promotion of this petition, the vote of 100,000 real-name registered netizens can be seen that this represents a large vote pool of 100,000 citizens!
So, any force. In this sensitive presidential election period, we have to pay attention to the vote base behind this public opinion!
As a result, Washington quickly began to take the case seriously in Montana.
On May 1, 2008, in an interview with reporters, John Roberts, the chief justice of the federal court in Washington, D.C., publicly stated to the media that the land claim case of the Brown Bear Tribe has now been transferred to the federal Supreme Court, and a date is currently being set for the official trial. Once the official date of the trial has been determined, the date of the official hearing and the list of members of the jury will be announced to the general public on the official website of the Federal Court of GuΓ².
John Roberts, the top justice of the Federal Court for life, also told reporters that the Supreme Court will definitely uphold the spirit of justice and objectivity in the law and make the most just judgment in this minority civil rights case.
With the Federal Court's Chief Justice's remarks to reporters appearing in major media outlets, the direction of the land claim that represents the Brown Bear Tribe has finally reached its most critical step. Meanwhile. For Austin, and for all the stakeholders behind him. It also means that all their plans are equivalent to more than half of success.
During this period, when the land claim case of the brown bear tribe was in an uproar, Pei Pei, as the beneficiary behind it, also contributed a part of the more than 110,000 votes, which can be regarded as contributing a little bit of her meager strength.
Like what. After Pei Pei registered with her real name. Voted out of the way. She also mobilized all employees of Pell Biopharmaceutical Company and Xiaoquanshan Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Company to vote online in support of the Brown Bear Tribe's claim for a piece of desirable land.
As the hostess of Xiaoquan Villa, Pei Pei is in the word-of-mouth circle of this western town - Damu Town. After all, he can be regarded as a well-known celebrity.
Therefore, what she wanted to encourage and support soon became something that the entire townspeople of Oki Town supported.
Of course, there is also a contribution from the owner of the grocery store, Old Lem. In addition, the Indians of the Brown Bear Tribe come to Damu Town once or twice a year to set up stalls to sell handicrafts, which also makes most of the residents of Damu Town have a natural affection and identification with these Indians of the Brown Bear Tribe.
Therefore, among the population of more than 1,700 people in the entire Damu Town, in addition to those ranchers and farmers whose ranches are far away from the town and have relatively backward information, even those old cowboys or housewives who can't access the Internet have logged in to this designated website with the help of their children, and contributed their own votes.
For this reason, Pei Pei also specially contacted the old Lime of the grocery store and asked him to understand and count the final votes in Damu Town.
After learning about this number of votes, it was really a bit surprising to Pei Pei - it turned out that among the population of more than 1,700 people in the entire Damu Town, it was conservatively estimated that at least 1,600 votes supported the land claim of the Brown Bear Tribe.
So, Pei Pei specially called her husband Austin and told Austin the results of her count.
Austin still wanted to satisfy his wife's performance mentality at first, so the first two sentences after receiving the phone call praised Peipei's efforts and popularity. But as he chatted, he began to unconsciously expose to his wife the artificiality and manipulation behind this public opinion.
For example, the attitude of the whole people in Damu Town, to put it bluntly, whether the Brown Bear Tribe's land claim case is won or not is actually not closely related to the interests of these residents in the town.
But because everyone has the nature of being crowded.
Therefore, when the hostess of Koizumi Villa, who is one of the representatives of Damu Town and is also in control of most of the labor needs of Damu Town, publicly supports the land claim of the Brown Bear Tribe, the impact and crowd energy caused by it are not comparable to that of a small grocery store owner, Old Lyme.
It is precisely for this reason that a chain effect will be triggered, starting with the initial wave of factory workers' circles, then spreading to the entire population of Damu Town, and finally leading to nearly 90% of the residents of Damu Town to vote for the Brown Bear Tribe's land claim.
In terms of points, the more than 110,000 votes raised on the voting website in just one month really belong to the part of the vote pool that has nothing to do with it and only cast one vote because of justice, and in fact only accounts for about 20 percent of the total vote base.
The remaining eighty percent of the box office. These are all chain effects of various forces closely related to the interests behind the land claim case of the brown bear tribe.
And these are the concrete manifestations of the "public will" of the great United States, which symbolizes freedom and people's cooking.
In the face of the presidential election that is about to intensify, those so-called "popular votes" are, to put it bluntly, all of them can be manipulated. The only difference is that between the Republicans and the Democrats, which of the two sides has the more powerful means of manipulating public opinion!
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After the "public opinion" represented by this voting website was revealed by Austin, Peipei's interest immediately decreased!
To say that she was also a Tang County Lord in her last life, thanks to the influence of her grandmother Wu Zetian, the women of the Tang Dynasty are definitely the best. Whether it's the political mind or the harem for favor. None of these clan women in Datang are vegetarians.
So. Li Peipei, who has been the county lord's mother for 14 years, in terms of political vision, no matter how she says, she has more or less inherited a little bit of grandma Wu Zetian and aunt Princess Taiping in the field of politics.
It's just that after her father gave up the throne. Although their family has infinite scenery on the face, they are all living tremblingly in private! Including her. The family only dares to indulge in pleasure in the wind and moon, art and fun. However, his ability in the political field did not dare to show it in front of others.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with the fact that Pei Pei has been "living" lonely in the jade space for thousands of years, that Pei Pei's vision and ability in the field of politics have become obviously degraded!
So. As soon as Austin disclosed to her the inside story of the old American government, Pei Pei, who was still a bit of a political background, immediately understood all the unfinished words behind Austin-
With these more than 110,000 "votes", for either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, this is a vote base that cannot be underestimated. Therefore, even if the Republican Party is currently in power, as long as the Republican Party wants to show its own people's attitude of valuing public opinion in the increasingly fierce presidential election struggle, the final outcome of this land claim case of the Brown Bear Tribe will definitely be the victory of the "popular will" side!
ββThe above are the unfinished words of Austin that Pei Pei herself realized.
After chatting with Austin on the phone, Pei Pei looked at the hot mobile phone in her hand, pursed her lips, and secretly complained in her heart-
- The husband she married is really a good person! Taking advantage of this sensitive period of the presidential election, such a public vote on "popular demands" was held. Therefore, whether it is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, what kind of attitude these two parties will have towards this artificial "public opinion" seems to have been calculated by Austin. The Democrats were a little better, but Austin brought some of them into his plan for the "Indian Reservation" before he counted them. Therefore, even if the Democrats lose to the Republicans in the final presidential election, they will still be able to share a part of the benefits of the "Indian Reservation" plan. But the current ruling Republican Party is completely regarded by Austin as a pawn driven by "public opinion", and it has been completely used thoroughly!
After figuring it out, Pei Pei threw her phone away, then found Thomson and began the day's rider training schedule (to be continued......
PS: Note: To clarify, this meme is written in imitation of the "White House Petition Network".
The White House Petition Network (WethePeople) is a petition website launched by U.S. President Barack Obama on September 1, 2011. And the time context of this article has just arrived in the first half of 2008, and Xiao Okuei is still touring everywhere during this time period to win votes.
Since the site opened, there have been a lot of spoof petitions, such as Chinese netizens asking the White House to characterize the official taste of tofu brain as sweet; For example, Chinese netizens petitioned the White House website to request the cancellation of the fourth and sixth level English tests at Chinese universities; Another example is that Australian netizens asked Australia and the United States to merge, and the name of the merged country was changed to "America" or "Australia", and then Canadian netizens also left a message on the White House petition website, asking for the merger of Canada and New Zealand
Interested book friends can Baidu the "White House Petition Network", and then find out for yourself, I think, there are still a lot of spoof petition requests from netizens, and it is quite interesting.
In addition, I would like to inform the book friends who are waiting for a change that last night Ah Meow went out with his friends to play all night, and it was already dark when he woke up. At present, I have just finished the 3000-word chapter.,Immediately after the code word.,Because there is no guarantee that it will be completed before zero.,So it's very likely that a chapter will be released when it's almost close to zero.,Please be considerate of book friends! Boom!
Finally, thank you to Sesamee and Xiaoguer, and thank you for your long-term support for this book!