![The picture above was widely used to mass-tag people on Facebook, followed by, you guess it, lot’s of hate comments. It reads “You burn [the country], we will put the fire out. We will rebuild the country. Thailand will not lose” It was never even proved that the red-shirt demonstrators were responsible. In fact, most evidences point that the government and the invisible power is responsible.
Remember last time I summarized a few interesting traits of Gen Y? The generation (ahem—my generation) came to my attention again when it comes to their opinion and responses regarding the Thai politics. Sadly, I have to say that I am greatly disappointed by them. Of all the hopes I have had by myself, these people who a lot may claim are the future of our country, in fact aren’t anything else but tools.
Why do I call them tools? Because they are, unfortunately, victims of the “band-wagon effect.” They think that it is cool to be agreeing with the majority. They think what the majority thinks is right is right. What’s the sad part? What is being portrayed as majority by the mainstream is not just greatly exaggerated but is mandated by the mainstream media—propaganda 101 right there.
This is proven to be true times and times over. Remember campaigns ran by the government “Together We Can”? A campaign that is supposed to encourage rebuild, harmony and unity but then turned out to create so much hatred and division in the country.
So what are Gen Ys like in Thailand? They want stability of their materialistic lives. They want their Instagram to be working. They want to go shopping at Siam Paragon and Central World. They dream to become celebrities or anything that is the center of attention. And to be so, they have to be accepted by the majority (as portrayed by the mainstream). What’s the next thing you see? New norms of “social taboo” are established. What comes after? Witch hunts; hunts for those who have committed these social taboos.
It is just stunning and sad to see how our generation can be so easily convinced (I explicitly write: convince, not persuade), shallow in terms of reasoning and hollow in terms of trying to educate oneself. Not many Thai Gen Ys reason anymore when it comes to their political ideology and opinion vis-à-vis the social institution. If things don’t go the way they want, then the world is wrong. If they (I’m afraid I have to say.. we) were to be the future… then the future will suck bad.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6cw5J7A41qbk760o1_1280.png)
The picture above was widely used to mass-tag people on Facebook, followed by, you guess it, lot’s of hate comments. It reads “You burn [the country], we will put the fire out. We will rebuild the country. Thailand will not lose” It was never even proved that the red-shirt demonstrators were responsible. In fact, most evidences point that the government and the invisible power is responsible.
Remember last time I summarized a few interesting traits of Gen Y? The generation (ahem—my generation) came to my attention again when it comes to their opinion and responses regarding the Thai politics. Sadly, I have to say that I am greatly disappointed by them. Of all the hopes I have had by myself, these people who a lot may claim are the future of our country, in fact aren’t anything else but tools.
Why do I call them tools? Because they are, unfortunately, victims of the “band-wagon effect.” They think that it is cool to be agreeing with the majority. They think what the majority thinks is right is right. What’s the sad part? What is being portrayed as majority by the mainstream is not just greatly exaggerated but is mandated by the mainstream media—propaganda 101 right there.
This is proven to be true times and times over. Remember campaigns ran by the government “Together We Can”? A campaign that is supposed to encourage rebuild, harmony and unity but then turned out to create so much hatred and division in the country.
So what are Gen Ys like in Thailand? They want stability of their materialistic lives. They want their Instagram to be working. They want to go shopping at Siam Paragon and Central World. They dream to become celebrities or anything that is the center of attention. And to be so, they have to be accepted by the majority (as portrayed by the mainstream). What’s the next thing you see? New norms of “social taboo” are established. What comes after? Witch hunts; hunts for those who have committed these social taboos.
It is just stunning and sad to see how our generation can be so easily convinced (I explicitly write: convince, not persuade), shallow in terms of reasoning and hollow in terms of trying to educate oneself. Not many Thai Gen Ys reason anymore when it comes to their political ideology and opinion vis-à-vis the social institution. If things don’t go the way they want, then the world is wrong. If they (I’m afraid I have to say.. we) were to be the future… then the future will suck bad.
