A Satire On Democracy By Microblog: The Gap Between The Elite And The Populace

Democracy is not just a political system in the context of contemporary allegation. InJohn Dunn’s words, on a broader meaning, it represents an idea or even a way of life.However, even for all well-known, in some cases, the requirements of democracy are still tobe silenced, threatened, and then stifle effortlessly. It has come to be loudly sung and praisedin the speech of the opinion leaders. Because it is being strangled and praised at the same time,as the viewers and listeners, most of them can only be silent or howl.Since Chris Martini’s accidental or deliberate political reform, democracy has beenconstantly staggering in the development of the political and ideological trajectory. For a longtime, it is often accompanied by the emergence of the bad modification, or even excitingabuses. Due to its natural intermediary, media is coerced into this process, and undertake theunbearable weight of the democratic growth: a free and democratic polis sentences aninnocent wise man to death in the collective judgment of a demagogue authoritarian; whilethe parchment not only acts as a model of the Church and a symbol of knowledge, but asrecords the religious philosophy of the dictatorship and monopoly; to the Enlightenment,when freedom, equality, and fraternity are eulogized by prints, there isn’t the combination ofletters of “democracy” in the form.; when the United States always treats itself as a testingground for democracy, the messy leaflets in the Paris streets and the Marseillaise flying overthe France coat the democracy with blood again. Finally, after considerable development,American-style democracy was able to be figurative for the general public with the help of theradio and television, but for Schumpeter, it is still the fighting for the vote of people and thesubsequent ruling power between political teams. In the era of democracy’s abjection andgrowth, the ultimate destination of the power is always grasped by the leaders of publicopinion.Democracy today, seems as a political prescription of analgesics. Driving by the Internet,and other emerging post-modern media, it brings up the banner of freedom and equality.With the help of the powerful Western political and economic forces, it is spreading all overthe world. In fact, since the concept of direct democracy is overturned with the ancient Greek polis’ annihilation, it is difficult to revive. Representative democracy has become aface-lift, covering no longer the “freedom” and “equality”, but despotism and egoism.Through the Internet, the digital optimists saw the recovery spark of the directdemocracy. In domestic, the birth of microblogging caters to the hungry needs of the times;its influence grows unbelievably within a few years. With lower economic and technicalbarriers, microblogging is more participatory for the users than any other media. The uniqueway of broadcasting makes it possible for the speaking of everyone. Therefore, upholdingthe traditional concept of "freedom" and "equality", microblogging democracy has beengiven people’s great expectations, and to become one of the key words of the microbloggingin politics. Grassroots mass use it to rejoice the "freedom of expression". The entertainmentstars use it to find another stage. The intellectuals use it to undertake the mission of the timesand to open up public space.Uncovering the representation of the rampant praise of microblogging democracy andthe cheering of the decentration and reset of discourse, another deep-rooted scene is digged up:the power and interests are intertwined. Under the inequality quo of economic, social andpolitical status, the elite status of the opinion leaders in microblogging has not beendecentrated, but strengthened; the gap between Elite and Grassroots has not been filled, butexpanded in the microblogging field; the serious disparities between rich and poor lead topopulists yearns to voice; the lack of channels for expressing results microblogging to becomethe choice for ordinary people to speak out. In the noisy environment of the network, with themeans of stirring up consensus, microblogging provide the public temporary pathway to voice;as a result, it may trigger continuous reaction, or even be able to make certain demands tomeet benign public will. However, with the political intervention and commercial nature, as asimple tool for democracy, the microblogging’s hypocrisy and narrow-mind of is alreadyclear to the public. Under the dual pressures of the politics and business, the distinction of theelite and grassroots is sneering at the democratic discourse flaunted by microblogging.