I come from a culture where older people are supposed to be respected. They are supposed to have gained a lot of respect from young people through a display of courage, honesty, selflessness, sevitude and democracy. Older people do not ask for this respect as it is accorded to them by a generation younger than them in appreciation for what they will have done for their society.
However we are presently confronted with a situation where the elders have a created a tricky environment for the younger generation. This generation is growing up in an environment of corruption, broad daylight thieft of public goods, nepotism, lazyness, dishonesty and violent. All these promoted and perpetrated by the elders.
In my culture you do not fight your father. But what do we do when they slap us and push us against the wall? What do we do when they play with our minds and distort our lives?
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