The Washington Post is a typical American patriotic propaganda film. The film is a small but a big one, proving the greatness of American values by telling the story of the growth of the Washington Post, a small newspaper. This film is very ordinary, the story is very short, the narrative is very straightforward, and even the bridge to the climax is actually quite cliché. But it was read in this flat tone: we won, but it was so simple and powerful that it brought tears to my eyes.
Sometimes the arguments on both sides are so close that it is difficult to argue pros and cons with just the arguments. The founding fathers of the United States established the separation of powers in order to check and balance power. They set up a model and an external framework to make the people inside check and balance each other. Just like "the market economy is neither capital nor social," this separation of powers is just a model. Similar to the US court system and freedom of speech, they are only a model method and need to be used by human beings. And their designers hope that people will use this model to achieve their goals: equality and freedom. None of the patterns themselves have any color.
But there are flaws in any design. America's Founding Fathers were like a debate match, laying out the arguments and letting anyone else organize the logic. In the process of following such a pattern, there must be unexpected occurrences, and this pattern will also bring a lot of costs. The status quo of the United States deserves an objective look at it. It cannot be denied from the beginning, but it must survive in development.
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