With a rich literary tradition of 100 million people, this is an intellectual & cultural rock-bottom yet to be reached. I’m however not surprised, as such primitive worship for oligarchy, capitalism & billionaires have infested deeply across Vietnam’s policy & elite spheres.
It’s Vietnam’s national high school exam season. One essay question in literature praised Elon Musk, Steven & Mark Zuckerberg as ‘technological innovators’ and asked students to respond how a ‘Vietnamese Steve Jobs’ can be made. Such primitive worship for oligarchy & capitalism.