It suggests that the social prestige of the state is beginning to decline. There are several factors that help explain why. First, there is the daily news of corruption in government. It is overwhelming. And after a while, that begins to take a toll on the status of public service generally.
People are deeply disappointed with politics.
The young understand the new technologies, so they are paid a premium for private-sector work. At the same time, Salin warns that as young people continue to lose faith in the system, the bureaucrats and their media counterparts are becoming more vehement in their defense of the old order. The battle between the forces of genuine liberalism and the centralized administrative state is far from over. We may only see the barest outlines of this vision now, but it is beautiful to behold.