zero accountability

Zero accountability is the word I've been looking for and guess where I found it; in all the places...a movie called Iron-Man which I watched just because it stars one of my favorite actors Robert Downey Jr. aka Sherlock Holmes. And by chance, it figures as the word that aptly describes US these days.
You're all going to shake your heads and say there she goes again. And, the best one is who is she to question us or preach? She doesn't practice what she preaches.
Actually, yes I'm as guilty as all of you. We've collectively, the hope of India, the shining India (coined by the BJP which miserably backfired) have just calmly taken a back seat because we are all so cushioned and cocooned in our little worlds where the sun rises and sets according to our whims and fancies. We complain the most about rising temperatures, power cuts, fall in the water table, NREGA and its impact, rising costs, inflation, corruption (the deadliest of all) and the one which hurts me the most lack of national pride. Why is that we all would love to escape to countries which a) our not our own , b)would always treat us as second-class citizens and lastly ,where we would work our butts off but still come back to India to show our monetary wealth off??Who better than the Punjabis who flaunt their wealth with bigger houses and flashier cars?
This increasing dis -enchantenment , lack of pride in being Indian and finding fault in everything from the sewerage to the road conditions ( deplorable the Page 3 babes will say,’ the M1 in England is so smooth , just like a baby’s bottom.. I wonder when the last time she actually touched a baby’s bottom: the maids are meant to do that!!) And yes, the favorite line there is so much mitti here …
I mean get real folks.
We all have our grouses; we all can write paeans and have long-winding discussions about what is wrong in this system and our country. But have we ever held ourselves accountable for any of this? We all coolly pass the buck to the politicians who we choose, vote for, and give funds so as to cushion our lives for the next 5 yrs. It’s amazing how we nonchalantly pass the buck to our leaders and distance ourselves. Is it because we are cushioned by wealth, status or we are connected to someone who knows someone who can help when a problem arises. This increasing rot I feel is passing to our children (I think we all have the national avg. of 2.1 kids here!!) Around me kids or teenagers would rather leave the country to study abroad or just shift pass ‘n parcel as that somehow, automatically guarantees success. Why has this transition come about? How did we fail as a generation? Are we confused? And more still, why can’t we choose plain old vanilla over the chocolate?
All our failures can be traced back to ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.
Just pause, ponder and think if you can come up with solutions and please don’t say ‘Kucchh nahin ho sakta”. I’m not into quotes but here I think if we borrow from someone who borrowed from India……Yes, We can! (Obama).