Big Brother says so

Staying at the Top

When someone either struggles to get to the top or was placed there by a powerful faction, the desire to hang on to this power (after tasting it sweetness) undoubtedly becomes paramount. This is the nature of the beast and humans are at the apex of the animal kingdom. We call it human nature as a distinction from the rest of the living creatures.

When this person is challenged, his (or her) automatic reactions are to fight back. When his position is being questioned, he will hit back hard at those whom he deems it “kurang ajar” to doubt his status and his caliber. Additionally, he will find comfort and reassurances when those that positioned him there come to his rescue. Neither does he cares if these people redeems a pound of flesh from him at a later stage or possess another agenda in their overall scheme of things. Neither will he care if his precarious position will not last or the actions sustaining him by these third parties will eventually destroy the nation.

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When the populace baulks at such preferential treatment and opportunities being accorded a group of such “chosen” people, those that have been entrusted the role and responsibilities of governing a nation of diverse races and religions, simply alter their strategies. They made it a law and introduce other supporting legislations to back it up. No questioning permitted, as it is illegal. No alterations allowed, as it is illegal. Non-accountability as provided by these statutes. Non-requirement of judicial oversight.

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No referendum required, period.Henceforth the initiation of a mentality that places one certain race above all. They call it “Supremacy”. And from this racial group comes the Chosen Ones.

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Those that have been tested for their undying and unfailing faithfulness to the top of the hierarchy and those related to them. This forms the crux of the power brokers that rule havoc all over the Promised Land. No dissention tolerated but certainly no supporting words and deeds going un-rewarded. The sharing of the pie amongst the membership of this elitist gang with the crusts being awarded to those of other races who have proven their loyalty and the falling crumbs for the groveling populace.

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By serving out minute portions of the uneaten pie at certain pre-calculated intervals, these “protected” (by law) people controls the masses and manipulate each and every situation to their personal advantage. They assume overall command of the media and the supposedly independent enforcement agencies. Even the hereditary rulers are not exempt from this. Those they are unable to coerce, they incarcerate them. Those that manage to escape from this dragnet, they exile them permanently or attempt to extradite them back to face the consequences of their wrath and to be made an example of.

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So what is incarceration? Look at Nelson Mandela and his years behind bars before being triumphant at the end. Here, it is made to look as if it is the most dire of consequences but unfortunately that is not the last card that can be played. Treason against an elected government in times of conflict has a mandatory death sentence. It is the same here as it is in many countries around the world. One can safely assume that our nation is not at war and henceforth this does not apply. Wrong, our country is still under the declaration of emergency and it is akin to being in a war, and yes, the government here can legally execute a person for treason. Remember, it is the law and what better method to permanently and effectively shut someone up for good other than having this “thorn” effectively removed from the living?

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Can’t do that? Well, this might serve to be educational to the readers but our country’s rulers have proclaimed a total of five emergencies since its independence with only one being retracted.

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That means that there are still four “states of emergency” being effective here and among one of these is one that was proclaimed during the confrontation with Indonesia. Our country (as it is) is still at war with Indonesia and the rules of engagement regarding treason by a citizen is still summary execution by firing squad.Will the leaders of our country go to that extreme in order to protect their interests? Will the people on top subject their populace to such corporeal punishment to safeguard their positions? Will the judicial permit such harsh treatment of the denizens of this nation? Are these severe actions justified and are those affording it remain non accountable?

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No, there is no such thing in a non-communist country where religion is an essential aspect of life. If we are not made responsible for our actions when we are still breathing, we will be ultimately answerable to our Maker after we stop breathing. It is as simple as that. But what of the living? Fortunately (or unfortunately), our countrymen are not as politically willed as our neighbors up north where the “power of people” is so very commanding that it is capable of shutting down international airports and disrupting the economic progress of a nation. Reality check: In this nation of ours, one can have the whole cake and get away with it, subjected to politics, race and religion of course. Those already having reached the top will do anything to stay there. Those fighting to reach the top had better be correctly politically aligned and those of us at the bottom will get stampeded. The worst insult is not dying but that nobody in the international community cares about it.
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Hakim Joe

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