As the world moves into unprecedented times, government around the world struggle to cope with the crisis and through the crisis it exposes a lot more cracks within the community where underlying unhappiness were amplified during these challenging times.

In most countries, the democratic way of governing and introducing of policies are through the election of politicians by the members of the public. Inorder for politicians to win the trusts of the public, they need to show their competency in addressing issues that the public are concern about as well as safeguarding the nation’s interest. They do so through proposing policies and engaging with the public on the grounds to understand issues that they face. In theory, these are all fine where politicians work for the interests of the public and in turn the public entrusts the politicians to act in their best interests and vote them into the government. However, as competition to gain the vote of the voters, politicians may deviate from long term thinking and engage in short term actions to win voters through policies that benefits them in the immediate future at the expense of long term sustainability.  Albeit the limitations of democracy, it works fine in times of peace, where the overall sentiment of the public is optimistic about the future, and feel that they have a chance to improve their lives through hard work and are treated fairly in the society.