COMMENT | Who is more powerful? An 18-year-old or an MP like the youthful Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman?

The teenager, of course!

The 18-year-old, like most boys his age, is probably a charming young man, who is polite to you, although he does appear clueless some of the time.

He learns life’s lessons from TikTok and social media. If he is Malay, his spiritual needs are provided by clerics who make life and decision-making very simple for him. To be fast-tracked to heaven, just vote PAS or any Malay from Perikatan Nasional. If he is a failure in life, he's told that DAP is responsible.

The teenager is not bogged down unnecessarily by career choices, what to wear, responsibility and nation-building. He has absolute faith in the cleric, only because he is ignorant and does not know his religion.

As an individual, the 18-year-old wields no power, but as a...