In Taiwan, these people are called 民主二代 (second generation of democracy), oftentimes in a derogatory way, referring to a generation that came of age after Taiwan’s democratization, sometimes seen as taking democracy for granted.
I kinda half don’t blame them, they suffer from the same issues that most liberal democracies face now:
horribly low pay and worker protections, in your first year working, expect to barely have 3 holiday days offered to you
never being able to buy property in Taiwan (Taiwanese property market is insane and I could talk at lengths about it)
In this context, Taiwanese politics is a hugely partisan-tribal affair with a lot of drama. A lot of people become apathetic and just go “you can’t eat democracy” (a dig at parties that keep pushing this as their campaign slogan rather than talking about kitchen-table political issues (housing, affordability, high cost of raising kids).
… politics is a hugely partisan-tribal affair with a lot of drama
This is a problem everywhere. In fact it may well be the definition of politics.
I know this isn’t particularly helpful in terms of this specific discussion (China, Taiwan, etc.), but that phrase leapt out at me and I had to call attention to it.
In Taiwan, these people are called 民主二代 (second generation of democracy), oftentimes in a derogatory way, referring to a generation that came of age after Taiwan’s democratization, sometimes seen as taking democracy for granted.
I kinda half don’t blame them, they suffer from the same issues that most liberal democracies face now:
In this context, Taiwanese politics is a hugely partisan-tribal affair with a lot of drama. A lot of people become apathetic and just go “you can’t eat democracy” (a dig at parties that keep pushing this as their campaign slogan rather than talking about kitchen-table political issues (housing, affordability, high cost of raising kids).
This is a problem everywhere. In fact it may well be the definition of politics.
I know this isn’t particularly helpful in terms of this specific discussion (China, Taiwan, etc.), but that phrase leapt out at me and I had to call attention to it.