American Election 2016

(ENG)

What does a Chinese university student in Australia know anything about American Politics?

Almost nothing, except all the news on the media and information from a fun community (9GAG, yes that's right). I know very clearly that if we are not someone with a political science degree or someone who studies history, we are not so qualified to discuss politics in an accurate sense and logical manner. Of course economists, journalists, or philosophers can bring in some colors into the conversation. But their knowledge is only applicable and not sufficient enough for the whole picture. However, everyone can talk about politics, and should talk about politics if it affects them. Then here comes the problem: we are often not equipped with the knowledge and bring way too much pseudo-wisdom and emotions into the topic. And that's ok. I am not interested in a topic that I do not fully understand. Only I want to share a few words.

My opinion holds no philosophical insight this time (and it is not needed as it is a political concern) , however, just some general thoughts. Trump is unfit to be a president of a super nation. "Trump is a racist, a misogynist, an authoritarian, and a narcissist "(Kirk, et al. 2016). He has offended way too much people in America. One day he was said to be the man who say it as it is, and the other he claimed he was only joking after offending someone. One day he was gonna kick Mexican people out and build a wall, and the other he was islamophobic. There are more bad things than good that I can think of him. Surely, I may not know all the good deeds that he did. I merely love to hate him, love to laugh at all the memes about him, and make fun of him. Ain't nothing is wrong about that. He is not the president of my country (fortunately). But I believe this is not the image of a proper president. As for his capability as a president, only time will tell.

(中文)

一個在澳洲學習的中國大學生懂得什麼美國政治？

幾乎什麼都不懂，除了媒體的新聞和娛樂論壇的訊息之外（9GAG，沒錯）。我很清楚，如果我們沒有一個政治科學的學位，或者不是研究歷史的人，我們就沒有能力去準確并有邏輯地討論政治。當然，經濟學者、 新聞工作者、或者哲學家可以帶更多元素進入一個對話中。但是他們的知識只適用于有限的政治題材，并無法包攬全景。可是，所有人都可以討論政治，也應該討論政治，特別是影響到他們的政治。然而這裡就是問題的起源：我們通常沒有掌握相應的知識，并且帶了太多的偽智慧和情緒進入話題當中。這是沒有問題的，因為我對不完全了解的話題沒有討論下去的興趣，只是想分享幾句話而已。

我對這次美國大選的看法沒有任何哲學的洞悉(也并不需要，因為這是一個政治問題），只有一些簡單基本的看法。特朗普并不是一個合適的超級強國的總統人選。“特朗普是一個種族主義者、一個厭惡女人的人、一個權力主義者、和一個自戀狂“ （Kirk, et al. 2016）。 他冒犯了美國裡面太多的人了。一天人們說他是實話實說的人，另一天他在冒犯了別人后聲稱自己只是開玩笑；一天他說他要把墨西哥人踢出國外然後建設一座墻，另一天他又發表排斥伊斯蘭教的言論；能夠想到關於他的東西是惡甚於善。當然，我可能不知道他做過的所有好事，我只是喜歡去討厭他、取樂于網上諷刺他的黑色幽默、和拿他開玩笑。這并沒有什麼是不對的，他並不是我的國家的總統（很慶幸）。但是我相信特朗普并沒有一個恰當的總統應有的形象。至於他是否具備總統的能力，那還有待下回分曉。

Kirk, C., Philbrick, I. P., & Roth, G. (2016, 1 August). 230 Things Donald Trump Has Said and Done That Make Him Unfit to Be President.

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