Why are the Twin Towers still standing?
July 9th, 2008 by MM2H
You most likely have been following the news hour by hour these days about what’s happening between the mud fight concerning Anwar Ibrahim and DPM Najib.
Maybe they didn’t feel like fighting but like Kung Fu Panda says: "there are no accidents"… Now let’s not guide our decisions by a Panda…
Not only is this mud fight dirty, it’s wasting our valuable free time. We all are living in an economical crisis where wasting time is becoming a luxury. So do we really want to fill it with the game of "who is going to be the leader of Malaysia"?
Do we forget there is already a leader in place chosen by the democratic rules? And if we forget, why is our memory suddenly so bad?
What is the most important thing in life?
It would be ideal to have a leader of a country saying his country is the most important thing in his life. These are people like Nelson Mandela who are ready to sacrifice all in order to gain something bigger or loose everything.
It is more human like you and me to say things like: "the most important are my children". This is exactly what P Balasubramaniam said after his first statutory declaration on July 1 and his second changed statutory declaration yesterday.
It shows that P Balasubramaniam is taking care of his children. He should be an example to all people responsible for the future of the children in Malaysia.
What does this have to do with the Twin Towers?
You know that the tallest twin towers are built in a swamp? Why they had to be built in a swamp is debatable, but with the right vision, measurements, people and money they managed to built these 2 gigantic towers on a muddy, swampy base. Congratulations to everyone involved!
So why can’t we built Malaysia like we built the twin towers? What are the basic problems?
Independence comes with a price
Although people are happy when they finally get rid of their colonizers, these colonizers still make sure that their profits are still looked after. Why you have a Sadam Hussein in power in a country where his "tribe’ is in the minority? Thanks to the colonizers who put him there, the same colonizers that claim democracy is important.
Colonizers are also good in drawing borders where they are doomed for conflicts. I mean, why are there Malaysian-like people living on the south borders of Thailand? Just have a look at the map of Africa and you will see lines drawn only to divide 1 tribe in more than 1 country. A recipe for instability.
The World Bank is not there to help nations. It’s there to colonize nations. Borrow money from an AhLong and you know you are in trouble. AhLong makes the rules, just like the World Bank makes the rules. Your choice is: not to have any money or take money and be at the mercy of whomever gave you the money.
Who knows best
Being an expat I have no clear view on what happened here in the past. I came here because people speak English, politics were stable, the country was prosperous and if a taxi driver wanted to charge me $10 for a 1 minute ride to KLCC, I couldn’t be bothered.
Things are different now: my bag of rice costs twice as much as 6 months ago, and that’s not because I am an expat, it’s the same price for everyone.
So what is it that causes prices to double in 6 months?
Chedet draws a part of the picture: how money comes into Malaysia but not quite where Malaysia spends money. Who can draw the complete picture? Like Abdullah says: criticizing is one thing, how to give constructive feedback?
Is it that Malaysians never learned how to queue?
Go to neighbour Singapore, and you will notice queues which you don’t find in Singapore’s ancestor: Malaysia.
Is this jumping the queue the reason why:
- in 1998 Anwar who was DPM and ready to become PM never made it?
- a few days after the last elections people want to know who will succeed Abdullah, when he is still PM by a majority of votes?
- Anwar cannot wait until the next round of elections?
The problem with democracy is that it is a very, very slow process. If you have the same person in power for 22 years, you can go in his direction, whether you like it or not.
But when there is a new person in power and everybody is shouting which direction he has to steer and who should take over the wheel…
So let’s all do what made the twin towers still standing:
- get the best architects to draw a plan
- agree on a plan
- execute the plan until the towers are standing
The important word here is:
PLAN
The problem with democracy is that the timeframe of a decent plan for a nation is much longer than the timeframe of 1 leader’s term. Something the Americans suffer hard from and Italy with statistically 1 new government a year suffers even more from…
You can only have a 20/20 vision when the leader of that plan keeps in power until the plan is executed. Or making sure that the next leader keeps on executing the plan “according to plan”…
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