haha faith tan mentioned that somebody my age says that the PAP is God too, just like me.

except he's serious.

can't blame him, actually. faith said that he hails from a neighbourhood school, and it's likely that there the culture would tend to be more conformist towards the politics of the country, so he internalised these ideas.

like it or not, we are all products of society, products of culture. my own class in secondary school was a hotbed of dissent, disillusionment, cynicism and of questioning authorities and assumptions, that's why i turned out like this. and what right do i have to assert that my way of thinking is superior to this PAP-worshipping guy's?

Absolutely none.

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On another note, it takes a really strong minded guy to not be a product of culture, and of society. I think it's nearly impossible. Either one accepts culture, or he rebels against it, thereby making him counter-cultural. I doubt anyone can be a truly independent thinker. Human ideas were developed over centuries of bouncing ideas off each other, anyway.