In a democracy, voting is a
common keyword. This is whereby politicians are voted into office by the
general population to become leaders of the country. This process has not
changed since the beginning. However, the voters are evolving in terms of
perception and mindset as the decades and centuries begin to pile in. There
have been many definition of a generation ranging from X to Y. As a result of
this, the landscape of a democracy has changed radically.
During the early times, the general
population is basically more respectful to their leaders to the point of
worshipping them as divine beings without any questions asked. The leaders are
generally able to control the masses by enforcing laws and regulations whereby
will be followed by the people without many questions asked. Leaders are in a better
position in terms of subjugation to a certain extent by controlling the
information available to the public and limiting knowledge transfer.
In the new century, this is not
applicable anymore. Information is being shared via information corridors with exceptional
speed and the barrier for freedom of knowledge has crumbled dramatically. Suddenly
the comfort level of the old-school leaders vanishes in the blink of an eye. From
used to be worshipped to being berated and ridiculed in public certainly takes
a toll on those leaders. Leaders are castigating the younger generation of
being immature and lacking common decency and respect to the elders. What truly
happens here? Has the younger generation turn into hooligans?
Let’s do a simple analysis on the
difference between the voters today compared to yesteryears. The new generation
of voters today have unlimited information on the happenings surrounding them. A
politician with some wrongdoings exposed is immediately made known to them via
the online media. Whereas during the olden days, this information would not
have travelled that fast and might even be filtered by the ruling government to
protect the politician. If you know that this particular person have been stealing
from you, will you still embrace him with open arms and kisses? Generally
speaking, no matter from what generation you’re from, you will definitely whack
the person sky high. This is common human behavior. Therefore, if a person or a
leader commits any wrongdoings, he should reflect on himself rather than
castigating the people for berating him.
A group of new generation voters
has emerged and the leaders should just accept the inevitable and make the best
of it. One should understand that respect is given and never taken. God bless
our country.
