中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
台湾教师热心两岸文创设计交流 让文创漫画设计在广西萌芽******
中新网玉林12月14日电(记者 蒋雪林)“台湾的文创漫画设计方面发展较早,早期在台湾也陆续培养出一些具有台湾文创设计风格的漫画家,在广西,这一领域的人才欠缺,通过在玉林师范学院的教学,让当地的年轻世代在这一领域有所创新。”广西玉林师范学院台湾教师蔡尚德14日接受记者采访时表示。
“2022漫画故事设计作品展”近日在广西玉林市群众艺术馆展出。该展览由玉林师范学院商学院与玉林市群众艺术馆主办。本次展出的设计作品,主要由玉林师范学院商学院20级电子商务专业学生所设计。本次展览的指导老师即是蔡尚德教授。
蔡尚德介绍,作品展设计内容包括,学生的真人漫画角色演出、漫画场景分镜设计、漫画对白表情设计、漫画创作剧本设计等,内容主要以大学生的生活故事为主。
藉由此次活动,蔡尚德带领商学院学生将陆续开发设计“原创漫画设计分享平台系统”,主要为整合AI数据分析技术、词句分析以及图像分析等算法,协助漫画故事创作者设计原创漫画故事作品,未来将不定期地在该系统平台更新分享大学生的原创漫画故事设计作品。
图为学生的真人漫画角色演出现场。 被访者供图据介绍,漫画故事设计是新媒体内容制作的一部分,在抖音、快手等影音直播平台,可常见自媒体创作者所制作的短篇漫画故事或单元漫画故事等以短视频模式展现,目前漫画故事设计在市场上有较多需求量。
蔡尚德教授具有设计学硕士与管理学博士学位,主要研究方向为多媒体内容设计创作与系统开发、动画剧情脚本设计创作、漫画角色设计、产品设计、故事行销、电子商务系统设计开发、云计算协同创作环境设计,大数据分析与应用、Linux系统平台环境架设与整合、行动App程序设计等跨领域研究。
蔡尚德教授曾主持多项国际学术研讨会议,目前于国内外共发表二十余篇研讨会议论文以及SCI、SSCI、EI国际期刊论文。他在台湾创立“台湾数位文化创意发展协会”,同时出任会长一职。蔡尚德热心于两岸文创设计交流活动。2018年在澳门组织举办了“两岸文化创意设计交流展”,2021年在广西举办了“台湾文创漫画设计交流展”。
蔡尚德指出,藉由本次漫画故事设计展活动,可将台湾的文创漫画设计经验,逐步提供给学生学习,并提供给学生一个分享设计作品的交流平台,让学生体验学习漫画作品从无到有的创作过程,由一个抽象的故事情境联想,再到以漫画分镜形式的具象创作过程,将漫画的趣味性结合学生年轻世代的创意,让学生的原创真人漫画设计更具有可看性,也可以藉此提高学生创作的兴趣,培养更多元的创意想法。(完)
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