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If by now, you don’t get the analogy, the ‘vessel’ is the government establishment and the ‘driver’ is our government. The government we have now is nothing like the government we had in the 80’s – and this distinction is something the electorate needs to understand.
While it may have meant something once to have unfamiliar people wearing white easily replacing the more familiar ones wearing the same (i.e. an expectation of standards maintained over the transition), it is definitely not the case now. Wearing white alone no longer affords indication on the competency or capability – and it is truly sad that the ruling party has resorted to banking on the probability that the people will act on this habit of blindly accepting white-on-white replacement.
In GE2011, many were worried that their house values would drop and the economy would spiral downwards, among other bogeyman tales of fiction. So they did what they are most famous for – complain and complain until they reach the voting station, put a cross next to the lightning symbol, come out and continue to complain and complain.
They attended the opposition rallies, listened to the passionate individuals who stepped forward amidst the uncertainty and grumbled alongside the opposition supporters. But they chickened out when it really mattered – at the polling booth.
Perhaps four years ago at the last election, we could not be sure if the ‘vessel’ was damaged and the discussion revolved only around the best ‘driver’ to manage our journey. And we collectively chose to go with the current driver with the belief that a new driver was less able to manage this fine vessel. But today, we know that the vessel itself is being slowly damaged by the current driver – if not explicitly, then at least intuitively.
If by now, you don’t get the analogy, the ‘vessel’ is the government establishment and the ‘driver’ is our government. The government we have now is nothing like the government we had in the 80’s – and this distinction is something the electorate needs to understand.
While it may have meant something once to have unfamiliar people wearing white easily replacing the more familiar ones wearing the same (i.e. an expectation of standards maintained over the transition), it is definitely not the case now. Wearing white alone no longer affords indication on the competency or capability – and it is truly sad that the ruling party has resorted to banking on the probability that the people will act on this habit of blindly accepting white-on-white replacement.
In GE2011, many were worried that their house values would drop and the economy would spiral downwards, among other bogeyman tales of fiction. So they did what they are most famous for – complain and complain until they reach the voting station, put a cross next to the lightning symbol, come out and continue to complain and complain.
They attended the opposition rallies, listened to the passionate individuals who stepped forward amidst the uncertainty and grumbled alongside the opposition supporters. But they chickened out when it really mattered – at the polling booth.
Perhaps four years ago at the last election, we could not be sure if the ‘vessel’ was damaged and the discussion revolved only around the best ‘driver’ to manage our journey. And we collectively chose to go with the current driver with the belief that a new driver was less able to manage this fine vessel. But today, we know that the vessel itself is being slowly damaged by the current driver – if not explicitly, then at least intuitively.
