During a period when I had to teach new monks, I was amazed that they had no understanding. But they loved exorcists, and the belief in superstition and magic was still there. The older people say there is no time. The younger say they are just not interested anymore. Partly it's the appeal of the fast life.
Television reinforces little kids' greed and impatience.
Those traditionally were things you tried to stamp out in a kid. But advertising teaches you to want this thing and get it now. There are over 275,000 monks and thirty thousand temples. Sacred pointed pagodas dot the countryside. Glittering temples adorn Bangkok and every city and town.