The Rights of Power

Today, during one of our usual "whats wrong in Malaysia" session with a few friends, I came to realize a important thing, that most problems bewildering Malaysians today are not caused by the Goverment but by the people themselves. Of cause, that doesn't mean that the Barisan Nasional government are an example of excellent practice of the democracy but so isn't the Opposition.The point being,politics is dirty and all politicians are self centered, crazy for power individuals, who have the thought and actions that will lead to self benefit/profit.Whether it being from UMNO,KeADILan,PAS,PBRS,PPP or an independent candidate.

The difference is and will always be the Rakyat. The people and their actions mirror the sort of government that will rule, and the sort of treatment they will get. If the people of Malaysia, keep playing possum and agreeing for the sake of being friendly/Malaysian, any party that comes to power, will act just the same the way the current Barisan goverment has.The behaviour and response the people give, in long term, will affect the way they will be treated.Take into account how for the past 55 years, our fore-fathers and later our fathers generation has come about in terms of electing the goverment. There was never much fuss about why we should change.If it ain't broken,dont fix it-that was their motto.The mind set of our previous generation was deeply attached to the feeling of grattitude, that has been manipulated by the Barisan Nasional goverment.

For example,since the Malays make up to 62% of the Malaysians, the easiest way to garner votes from this section of the people would be via :-

 A) Ketuanan Melayu-Speak about their heritage,culture and rights for Malays to be in power and how "the others" are ruining the Ketuanan Melayu rights they have and how the Barisan goverment will MAKE SURE it is preserved.WALLA!BRILLIANT MANIPULATION TECHNIQUE I MUST SAY. 

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 B)Emotional manipulation-With all due respect to the Malays, in my personal opinion, they are one of the most mild mannered,polite and humble people in the country, who's culture defines being humble,not greedy and grateful as highly admirable characteristics.It's not the being humble or being less greedy that Im concerned with here, but with the element of "having to be grateful".For the past 56 years, the Malays have been emotionally manipulated to BE GRATEFUL to the Goverment that has provided so much for them, and up till today, when the powers of the Barisan is fast waning, the slogan remains one that Emotionally manipulates-Janji Ditepati (Promised kept)-a subtle way of informing that the Goverment has DONE SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE,and its time for them to repay it with votes.

So?

You might be wondering, since for the past 55 years things were fine, and people were never unrest at such a heights as  they are right now,what happened suddenly? 
(Kenapa tiba-tiba nak tukar Kerajaan pulak?)

The latest generation of Malaysians are generally mostly Tertiary level educated and have unlimited access to the free media, the internet-is what happened.Since it's obvious the only form of media that has been all this while in the country has been manipulated extremely to suit the best interest of the Barisan Nasional party and its goverment, previous generations never really knew where things went or were going wrong.This only undermines the importance of free press in any country.Anyway, back to the topic of the sudden uprise of young Malaysians demanding for a change, it has largely got to do with the internet and information that can be pertained from it adding up to the rising number of intellectuals in the country.These two are one of the few major signs of an  imminent,inevitable revolution that will soon sweep the nation.

Though the signs are good, let us not forget what is important here, for the future of our country, we Malaysians must have the mentality that sets us apart from our previous generations.Cukup kita ditipu (Enough times we have been fooled).We the young Malaysians are the future of the country and we have to have the ability to gather information,and more importantly rationalize whats the right information from the wrong, make our mind,stay affirm and demand practically from the future goverment for our rights, and never have the Tidak Apa (Its okay) attitude when it comes to serious matters such as human rights,education system,safety,law and many others.We have to stand firm and demand the future goverment to ensure their promises are fulfilled and if it isn't, we, THE RAKYAT OF MALAYSIA, will not hesitate to strip them of the power and give it to others, who can lead us to a better future.

In short, I will say, the power has to be in the people of the goverment and the only way to do that is to vote for a change, so that it will be a mark of proof, that if we Malaysians have decided, we can CHANGE the future of the country.

People shouldn't be afraid of the Goverment.Goverments should be afraid of the people.

The power is in the hands of the Rakyat.

“A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!”

― Thomas Jefferson