Will the time come when Malaysians refuse to go out to vote? I suppose that is a very American question as it entails one’s understanding of the ridiculousness of politics and the believe that voting has become a meaningless act, although one may quote Plato who might say that the punishment for not going out to vote will be to be governed by inferiors.

But Malaysians are beginning to think like cynics, hopeless romantics, couldn't care-less citizens, and people having enough of lies and empty promises fed to them by their elected representatives.

Maybe the young and the urban dwellers are beginning to feel that political life is hopeless and the future is bleak as we feel the country turning totalitarian. Maybe fear is also a factor, at a time when the government in power are threatening with arrests and jail those speaking about injustices, corruption, and abuse of power.