Escapist mentality ? lol !!  I am not escaping from anything dood !!  I think I am real and practical. There is no such thing as HAVE TO in this world.  There is always a choice.  Just don't want to pick another loser to fail the country.  Everyone that came through the pipeline have not been any different from the one before.  If you want to stagnate the country's growth and developement then keep chosing the same old same old and we as a country will never progress. 
You need to think outside the box and not follow the herd.