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Before I go into the topic, let’s make clear the definition of the term
towards political events and movements. Sad to say, this term that is coined
are those who are born in the 1980s, of age 20 and above currently. Though
undeniable fact, the political apathy will still be different in one way or
is, to put it simply, to earn as much bucks as you can, and climb the ladder
success. Politics? Where does that fit into the jigsaw puzzle? Nowhere. So,
rather than devoting that one hour just to catch up with the daily news
happenings.
A few years back, there has been a widespread commotion over a
video that has been spread online all over the world, which depicted
question like “Where does the President reside in?” receives a variety of
Viewers from all over the world are literally laughing hard at
Americans took another blow. But, that’s not the main point. The point is
that due to the higher standards of living, people just do not care that much
anymore. Affluence is breeding political apathy: The status quo is fine, why
Obama was elected as the first Black President, do we see a positive change
in this political apathy. This improvement is most likely due to the glaring
fact that the Bush administration had indeed screwed up big time, and the
people really want to see a “change”. And to see that “change” happen,
America’s, while still similar in terms of neglect due to the higher standards
people. Like most of the Americans, earning money is the aim of Chinese
youths as well, and indeed, they have earned loads of it over the past few
years. Now, along the bustling streets of China, it is not uncommon to find
Having all this material wealth seems to have satisfied these youths,
and as pragmatic as they are, why would they be the least bothered with
balance of power in the political arena. Unlike their parents who lived
through Mao’s reign, they now taste success in their careers and lives, and to
keep it that way, they will just have to be less upfront in the political scene.
Who knows, starting a revolution to fight for democracy might just trigger
off yet another tragedy similar to those of the past? It’s just not worth the
risk.
However, it would still be unfair to be over-generalising Chinese
China participate actively in online forums regarding the policies that the Hu
affairs than Americans and Singaporeans. Furthermore, since there has been
much corruption and limited freedom, majority of Chinese have yet to enjoy
the kind of life they desire, making it only logical to not be apathetic toward
politics. Who would not be eager to see the eradication of the rich-poor gap
Last but not least, let’s shift the perspective back to our little red dot.
Singaporean youths have spent most of their lives, if not entirely, in peace
the occasion and take over the reins from our political leaders. Most youths
do not even know who their ministers are, let alone have the passion to take
Frankly speaking, we are not too concerned over present and future
political issues, nor are we very critical of the governmental system (set in
our strong belief in the ruling party). As long as our standard of life does not
drop too much, we are pretty much contented. However, it is impossible that
such political apathy would create suitable conditions for training future
politicians.
Thus, this political apathy among our youths is still something to fret
over, and it is of paramount importance that we rack our brains over this and
come up with a solution to save the day and our future. But that, will be