Singaporeans surrendering to foreigners by default with more of such craps

 Workers used to strive for managerial titles, but millennials and Gen Zers are now going out of their way to avoid them. Ms Nicole Chan, a Gen Z manager, asks: Is it time for a new definition of success? CNA

A better question, is it time for Singapore to import more foreigners to be managers and CEOs when Singaporeans are opting out?

This is the kind of depressing remarks coming from Singaporeans. The same kind of remarks that said Singaporeans did not want to be CEOs of local banks, so hired more foreigners to be CEOs of Singaporean banks. Behind such remarks is a downward trend of defeatism, despair, resignation and haplessness among Singaporeans in the job market. Singaporeans have given up as more and more foreigners are brought in to replace them in top jobs. Wow, Singapore is ranking tops in hiring foreign talents. Should this be celebrated or should cry because of this? And comments like we need the foreigners, foreign talents, did not help but create more harm to the Singaporeans, that they are no good, not better than the foreigners, just accept the fate that foreigners will replace them eventually. Just be happy that there is a Singaporean core to talk about and be happy with your million dollar pigeonholes. Never mind that this core is shrinking and eroding. Just pretend that all is fine. Singaporeans can fall back as gig workers, very little stress.

As long as foreigners are not given citizenship, it is fine for statistical reasons. Can bring in millions of foreigners while keeping Singaporeans in a cage and be as happy as the Bhutanese, not allowed to know what is happening outside Bhutan, not allowed to have relations with other countries. The Indians are in charge of Bhutan's foreign affairs. Just make sure the canary is fed.

What happened to the days when hungry Singaporeans were all chasing their dreams of a better life, the 5 Cs? Where has the fighting spirit of the Singaporeans gone? Diluted by the foreigners and psychologically defeated, defeated by the prevailing narrative that foreigners are talented and needed for good and top jobs? It is quite distressing to work under foreigners in homeland Singapore when the foreigners came with unknown degrees and credentials, with many fakes and cheats to sit on top of Singaporeans and belittle over Singaporeans that have expensive world class degrees.

Not everything is bad. The parents are still fighting and striving for the best for their children, cheating to get them to the best schools risking being jailed, paying for everything to make sure that the young Singaporeans will be able to compete with the best in the real world. We have the best education system, the best universities, and the best results. But what happens? Why are young Singaporeans giving up?

Why is there this negative mindset, not wanting to be managers, not wanting to be CEOs? What are these telling us? If the defeatist attitude of Singaporean young continues to be the driving force, another form of lying flat without lying flat, Singapore will be handed to the foreigners on a silver platter by default.

Is this due to the erosion of the Singaporean core? Or the Singaporean core is too small, corroded, becoming irrelevant? Aren't the foreigners here to strengthen the Singaporean core, or would not affect the Singaporean core, or the Singaporean core is now a minority vis a vis the foreign core and would soon take on the characteristic of the foreign core? Or is it a case of Singaporeans giving up the fight, unable to fight because there are too many foreigners here and fighting is futile? Just throw them a few vouchers and all will be fine.

What are the real causes leading to this pathetic state of affair, no more drive be better, to want to be better? The media like to sneer at China for all their problems but forgot that we have more serious problems gnawing at our social fabric and a decaying national spirit to be the best we can. Let the foreigners in and be the best they can.

What do you think? This is the new normal? Nothing wrong with Singaporeans wanting to lie flat without lying flat when they are lying flat in their minds.