–adjective 1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2. pleasant; complaisant
Recently, the most talked about word is 'COMPLACENCY'. MM Lee Kwan Yee mentioned it.
“Complacency sets in when a people have not suffered any shock or setback for a long time, as in Singapore without jihadist terror attacks, although we have ceaselessly talked about it and prepared out (sic) defence.”
The Goverment matter-of-factly brought it up.
“People’s Action Party MP Lim Wee Kiak called complacency a ’side-effect’ of an overly successful Government and civil service.
‘This has bred a dependency mentality in our population who will blame the civil service and Government if any of their needs are not met,’ he noted.”
Newspaper published it. Netcitizens quoted it. A friend of mine told me she is loving her current state - complacency.
Seriously, how did this word get to be in such a state of popularity? I think it is more used than our favourite "Wah Kao" nowadays. I reckon the Mas Selamat Kastari case which had hit the headlines for weeks kickstarted the whole thing.
So are we Singaporeans complacent? Have we become self-satisfied? Have we become less aware of potential defects? Or had this word become the replacement for "tai-ching" blame? How did the blame get shifted from you-know-who to us?
Well, of cos you know the existence of Mas Selamat before he got this famous isn't it? If not, shame on you, shame on us. Cos Wah Kao, ignorance is not a bliss here, so stop being complacent !
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