昨日の自民党総裁選挙
ネットでチラチラ見ていましたが
面白かったですね。
１回目の投票では高市早苗が党員票でも議員票でもトップでしたから
これでほぼ決まり
そう思っていたら
決戦投票では
議員票でも都道府県票でも
石破茂が取ってまさかの逆転劇でした。
これ何でそうなったんでしょうかね？
議員には人気が無くてこれまでも負け続けてた石破茂が
今回の決戦投票で初めて議員票でトップになった訳ですが
不思議ですよね。
まぁ私は議員ではありませんから本当の事は分かりませんが
私の想像では
決戦投票の寸前に高市早苗と石破茂に与えられた最後のスピーチ
これに理由があると思います。
私が感じたのは
内容的にも石破茂が勝っていましたが
一番の理由は声のデカさだと思います。
多分これから総選挙が控えてる皆さんは
高市早苗の力のない声で選挙応援に来られても
いまいち迫力が無くて
心もとない
そんな気持ちだったんだと思います。
この声のデカさ
実際に選挙では本当に大切ですよね。
私が一番印象に残ってるのは田中角栄です。
あの迫力のあるダミ声で
自らは小学校しか出て無いのに
数いる東大出身のライバルを蹴散らかしました。
これはアメリカ大統領選挙でも同じですよね。
バイデンさんは加齢で声が小さくなり
トランプとの討論会では明らかに力不足
そんな印象を国民に与えてしまい
結局撤退しました。
その後を継いだハリスさんは
若いだけあって声が大きいので
トランプも弱弱しく見えて
支持率が逆転しています。
こうやって見ると
政策だとかなんだとか言いますが
選挙に勝つには一番は声のデカさ
そんな気もしてきます。
動物の世界では
メスを奪い合ってオス同士が喧嘩しますが
その前にまずはお互いに吠え合って
声のデカさで勝負を決めますよね。
そのデカさが拮抗してると
実際に力で決めよう
って事になるのです。
ですから
順位を決めて群れが安定する動物は
戦う前に声のデカさで決める
多分そうやって無用な争いを避けてきたんだと思います
ですから
デカい声は動物が優位に立つ本能
そんな風にも思います
しかし選挙はともかく
今の時代に人間社会でその本能だけで通用すると思ったら大間違いですね。
と言うよりむしろ逆効果
そんな可能性が高くなります。
今日本中で起こってるパワハラ問題はほとんど大声がからんでいます。
兵庫県知事もそれで辞職しました。
ですから
私たち人間に限らず動物は
声のデカさで群れの優位な位置を確保してきましたが
今ここに来て初めて
それが大きな弊害になる
そんな時代になったって事です。
最近はすっかり居なくなりましたが
少し前までは
お客様にも大声で恫喝する人はたまにいました。
その対応も私たちはすっかり心得ています。
録音を取って
“脅迫ですから警察に行ってきます”
この一言で
相手はすっかり大人しくなる
何度も経験しました。
ですから
もうこれからは大声は選挙だけけしか通由しない
これを心に刻みましょう。
兵庫県の斎藤知事も
出直し選挙に出馬を決めたようですが
もう選挙が終わったら
そのデカい声は封印
是非意識してくださいね。
マスコミからは袋叩きですが
私自身は一生懸命仕事をしてたと思って評価してますから
できれば
しっかり反省して
また県庁に戻って来てほしい
そう思っています。
I watched the LDP presidential election yesterday on the internet and it was interesting.
In the first round of voting,
Takaichi Sanae was at the top of both party member and parliamentary votes,
so I thought that she will win
But then in the final round of voting,
Ishiba Shigeru won both parliamentary votes and prefecture votes,
which was an unexpected reversal.
I wonder why this happened?
Ishiba Shigeru is not popular with parliament members and has been losing up until now,
but in this final round of voting,
he has come to the top of parliamentary votes for the first time.
It's strange, isn't it?
Well, I'm not a parliament member so I don't know the truth,
but I think the reason is in the final speech given to Takaichi Sanae and Ishiba Shigeru just before the final round of voting.
I felt that Ishiba Shigeru won in terms of content as well,
but I think the main reason was the loudness of his voice.
I think that people who are facing the general election in the future are feeling uneasy that Takaichi Sanae's weak voice will be negatively affect their election
This loudness of voice is really important in elections, isn't it?
The person who made the biggest impression on me was Kakuei Tanaka.
With that powerful, husky voice
Although he had only graduated elementary school
he crushed many rivals who graduated from Tokyo University.
It's the same in the US presidential election, isn't it?
Biden's voice has gotten quieter with age
and he was clearly weak in the debate with Trump
which left the public with that impression,
and he ended up withdrawing.
His successor, Harris, is young and has a loud voice
so Trump looks weak
and her approval rating has reversed.
When you look at it this way
Although they talk about policies
but it seems like the loudness of their voice is the most important thing to win an election.
In the animal world
males fight over females,
but before that they first bark at each other and decide the winner by the loudness of their voices.
When the loudness is comparable
it actually comes down to deciding by force.
Therefore,
animals that decide their rank and keep their group stable
decide by the loudness of their voice before fighting
I think that's how they avoid unnecessary conflicts
so
I think that loud voices are an instinct that animals have to be dominant
But, aside from elections,
it's a big mistake to think that this instinct alone will work in human society in this day and age.
Or rather, it's more likely to have the opposite effect
That's the case.
Most of the power harassment issues happening in Japan right now involve loud voices.
The governor of Hyogo Prefecture also resigned because of this.
So,
not only us humans, but animals have secured their dominant position in the group by the loudness of their voices
it's the first time that this has become a major problem in human society
They've completely disappeared recently,
but until recently there were people who yelled at us and intimidate
We know how to deal with that too.
We record the conversation and say,
"This big voice is a intimidation
so I'm going to the police."
With just these words,
those person became completely docile
I've experienced this many times.
So, from now on, loud voices will only be accepted in elections.
Let's keep this in mind.
Hyogo Governor Saito has also decided to run in the re-election,
but once the election is over,
please keep that loud voice under wraps.
He's been criticized by the media,
but I personally think he was working hard,
so I hope he will come back to the prefectural office.
