Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The unravelling of the fabric of society... what is Gen Y's motivations?

  1. There is no real point when discussing society nowadays, except that individualism has created a soulless society, unable to see beyond ourselves, and without faith, has nothing to look forward to. It’s very depressing, but, there is some semblance of truth to it, and it’s something to take heed.
  2. Internet, PS2, Cable TV. Accessible porn. Free newspaper. Gazillions of songs to suit your mood and reinforce your attitude to any given issue. What else is there for a Gen Y to need outside of these? Generally, wealth – even for middle-class families – ensures there’s food on the table, a school to go to no matter how reluctant you may feel as there is inadequate equitable return to the child’s feelings relative to the emotional sacrifice to attend it, so really there are no basic human necessities to ponder over.
  3. Society’s needs should be handled and managed well by the Government of the day, failing which we shall change them as it is now our democratic right.
  4. A bit hedonistic these values if I may say so. But the thing about values is the relativeness of it all. What’s right for you isn’t right for me. Might is right, and hence political power determines who decides on societal values.
  5. At the end of the day, these are all driven by values. And judging by headlines of babies chucked in refuse chutes or flushed down toilets, Mongolian models being blown up, illegal racin

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