Suppose I told you that the government was going to ban all independently owned media websites.

Even without verifying the information with a primary source, chances are these allegations would go viral on Facebook within a matter of hours, if not minutes. Singaporeans would start raising their pitchforks and spewing their objection to an authoritarian regime on social media.

It’s just so easy to tap into the ever-growing anti-establishment sentiment and allow emotions to trump common sense.

It’s even considered hip to hop on the hate bandwagon and slam anything and everything that the government has done because hey, lambasting the establishment shows that you are a perceptive citizen who does not take things at face value.

Today, agreeing with the government makes you look like a dimwit, a sheep blindly following the herd. (There’s a reason why it’s called the ‘silent majority’.)

But standing up to the government and calling its bullshit shows political awakening. You’re a rebel fighting for the greater good.