so often i have heard of the saying that nothing last more than 3 generations - first generation to build, 2nd generation to maintain, 3rd generation to squander and to waste. from the values perspective, i see it as such - first generation - hungry, hardworking, strive to fulfil the need. second generation - best of both world, saw the need, but may not appreciate the hunger, built upon success of first generation. third generation - no longer about the need, but about the want. greed has set in. complacency too. demands for their "rights". sees the "wants" as their right to have.
looking at our local context - my grandparent's generation - the needful generation. my parent's generation - the sustaining generation. my generation and beyond - the greedy people.
and it seemed pretty true. everything about my generation is about greed. 3-room flats, want more, want bigger house, want car, want good life, want free education, want better health care, want better roads, want etc. jealous of minister's pay cos if the minister have this kinda pay, they also want... doesn't matter what kinda scope or responsibilities the ministers have to shoulder, simply jealous becos they have high pay (notice the word "want" and not "need"). and all these brings to mind a simple sentence i remember that gandhi spoke off - "in this world, there is enough to feed all the need, but not enough to feed all the greed". becos of greed, they see what they want to see. when they see reserves, they see money, it fuels the greed. it does not matter that reserves in value may not equal to reserve in dollar signs. ignore the fact that reserves in singapore is no different from oil in say brunei... just give me the money, the house, the car, etc... it is mine afterall. and when faced with foreigners, maintain the fact that foreigners are stealing the jobs, does not matter that the jobs were there in the first place, just that locals don't want to do it cos it is {fill in the blanks}.
ok, just me babbling... you may not agree with me. but don't start to flame me. we all have to agree to disagree. and i am writing this cos i am so tired of all the lines that reek so much of jealousy and greed i see everywhere... and no... i am not a white shirt supporter per se. i am a singapore supporter. whichever party that can be objective, takes a long term view, have policies that are pro-people, get the macro policies right and if people falls off the cracks, look after them at the micro-policy level (eg impose gst, but, give rebates to the poor, impose the erp but improve public transport, etc), i will vote for them.
then again, if they can get the macro and micro policies right, yet i have many other policies that i do not agree, i will simply spoil my vote - esp if there are no other credible party that i can vote for. and that, is the right thing to do. voting for a less than solid party will only mean destroying the country's future. and i am not ready to shoulder that responsibility or rather, burden. i do not vote for the sake of voting. and i do not oppose for the sake of opposing.
looking at our local context - my grandparent's generation - the needful generation. my parent's generation - the sustaining generation. my generation and beyond - the greedy people.
and it seemed pretty true. everything about my generation is about greed. 3-room flats, want more, want bigger house, want car, want good life, want free education, want better health care, want better roads, want etc. jealous of minister's pay cos if the minister have this kinda pay, they also want... doesn't matter what kinda scope or responsibilities the ministers have to shoulder, simply jealous becos they have high pay (notice the word "want" and not "need"). and all these brings to mind a simple sentence i remember that gandhi spoke off - "in this world, there is enough to feed all the need, but not enough to feed all the greed". becos of greed, they see what they want to see. when they see reserves, they see money, it fuels the greed. it does not matter that reserves in value may not equal to reserve in dollar signs. ignore the fact that reserves in singapore is no different from oil in say brunei... just give me the money, the house, the car, etc... it is mine afterall. and when faced with foreigners, maintain the fact that foreigners are stealing the jobs, does not matter that the jobs were there in the first place, just that locals don't want to do it cos it is {fill in the blanks}.
ok, just me babbling... you may not agree with me. but don't start to flame me. we all have to agree to disagree. and i am writing this cos i am so tired of all the lines that reek so much of jealousy and greed i see everywhere... and no... i am not a white shirt supporter per se. i am a singapore supporter. whichever party that can be objective, takes a long term view, have policies that are pro-people, get the macro policies right and if people falls off the cracks, look after them at the micro-policy level (eg impose gst, but, give rebates to the poor, impose the erp but improve public transport, etc), i will vote for them.
then again, if they can get the macro and micro policies right, yet i have many other policies that i do not agree, i will simply spoil my vote - esp if there are no other credible party that i can vote for. and that, is the right thing to do. voting for a less than solid party will only mean destroying the country's future. and i am not ready to shoulder that responsibility or rather, burden. i do not vote for the sake of voting. and i do not oppose for the sake of opposing.
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