The days of old-style power politics when "the emperor's mood was beyond prediction, and it was safe neither to praise nor criticize" are gone. In today's democratic society, every trade or profession has to market itself to win public support.
「天威難測，不容褒貶」式的威權政治已成過去；現在民主社會，各行各業，靠的都是促銷自己，以爭取大眾認同。