A society is probably composed of the people, the government, and the merchants.
Among them, the people and the officials are easy to understand - the people respect the officials, and the officials love and protect the people - the relationship between the two sides is clear at a glance, so I will not repeat it here.
And this "businessman" is very interesting, to say that he is an official, it is not enough, but to say that he is a citizen, it seems that it is not right - many times, officials and businessmen are too close, or even one.
The people and business, of course, can not talk about how much respect, nor how much love, business is very profitable, and so is the people, so everyone calculates the interests clearly, exchanges reasonably and legally, and is happy. However, if people don't think like this, especially businessmen, disguise themselves as officials, take advantage of information asymmetry, and grab profits, this is against the norm.
Of course, it is difficult to see whether a person is a citizen, an official, or a businessman from the outside, but it depends on his essence, words and deeds, as well as the interests he represents.
Take the ban on online car-hailing at Pudong Airport as an example, the person who issued this kind of regulation must be an "official" in the eyes of most people.
But in fact, as long as you understand its motives and interests, you will find that its essence is just "business".
But most of the people don't know, everyone still thinks that the government in order to love the people, and the policy formulated, but it turns out that it is actually for their own interests, and its essence has nothing to do with the official, it is the business behavior of Chiguoguo, which hurts the people's hearts.
That's how our society's problems come about.
The lack of distinction between officials and businessmen has led to an extremely large number of "officials" in a broad sense, and the interests involved are extremely huge, making any small matter become an official act, which also makes the people at a loss and difficult to handle.
Trust is disappearing little by little.
What I am afraid of is that there will be a day when it will be exhausted.