The topic of Si Manan's speech is the reason and feelings of an idealist, but the actual content seems to have little to do with the topic. There is something wrong with his remarks, mainly because the existing political system is better, and the existing political system is also a better form of realizing democracy in China. Although the existing system is not perfect, there is no better substitute in the short term. In a word, to put it bluntly, everyone is required to obey the people, which makes students very disgusted. No matter what Si Manan says, everyone is against it. There should be a video on the internet now, so you can watch the next process.
You have a vested interest mentality. Even if there is really nothing better in the short term, don't stop craving for perfection, otherwise it will violate dialectics. Old things always die. Whether Si Manan is right or not, let's judge with our own conscience!
Regarding Si Manan's statement that Socrates was executed by democracy, my view is this: Socrates was killed by tyranny that stole the name of democracy, just like some regimes that stole democracy now. This is not what Socrates advocated and wanted to achieve. Si Manan used this confusing statement to prove that democracy is a bad thing, and he knew it very well. If it is true democracy, do you think Socrates will die?
In fact, at the beginning of Si Manan's speech, he asked his students to throw shoes, but none of them threw shoes at that time, because all the students were confused by the newspaper and praised him as an anti-pseudoscience fighter! The students listened with great respect, but after listening, they thought it was not a taste. How can this so-called scientist be like a fake and shoddy parallel product? How can he listen to everything in the name of democracy and science? When students didn't want to be cheated and started asking questions, Si Manan played a rogue, and the shoe throwing incident happened.