because i can't vote, here's my 2 cents worth:

i want to be proud of my country. i don't want to feel embarrassed about our ministers getting so much money while the average person struggles with rising costs, and then gets chided for ingratitude and bad attitude, alongside the poor justification that without the govt., the country will turn corrupt. where is the integrity or transparency in that? i don't want to feel bad talking about the heavy censorship laws and political repression, or about how many young people (i was once like that!) are passive and apathetic, reduced or conditioned to a mindset that as long as they have a comfortable life, anything goes. most of all, it's irksome and frustrating when you feel increasingly alienated from your own country, when you become unquestioningly dependent on the govt., and when you have to face a bunch of coffee shop people who complain without end but do nothing about it when it really matters. we need an alternative voice that listens and speaks for the people. not a 'us' vs 'you' one-party state.