x9200 wrote:I had a pretty long conversation with a cabbie the other day and he was complaining about his son's and his son's generation attitude towards the gov and the said father figure. What he said was that the young generation sees the freedom enjoyed by Western people and thinks they are lacking it here.
Too true. However, the cultural deference here is quite strong so rebellion does not come naturally, but I do think that awkward questions will begin to be asked about NS ie Why ? and what does it achieve ? and the 'official' opposition in government will grow over time.
At the moment - life is generally good so most people are mostly happy but there will come a time when that changes - it has to and it will be the younger elements of society / 2nd, 3rd generation immigrants who will feel more alienated in the country they call home.
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone gets to dance with the grim reaper.