The NEP is a Communist-inspired Policy
By blogger batsman
There is an old Chinese adage that goes something like “Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious …. (I paraphrase)” So while Lee Kuan Yew was a fierce anti-communist, he was not unwilling to learn from them. The PAP consequently is organized much like a communist party. In like manner, UMNO,although fierce anti-communists, has not been unwilling to learn from communist policies. The NEP is communist-inspired.
My arguments are as follows:
The Russian communists found themselves in charge of a largely peasant country. It was a struggle to win the peasants whom they looked down upon to their side so that it would be easier to achieve their communist aims. They did it by many means but chief of all was the tactic of placing communist cadres in every influential nook and cranny and in every position of power. This is the inevitable result of rule by political party rather than rule by class.
To compare, the western countries by contrast have their political parties, but individual capitalists are already ensconced at the head of every big and small business – hence in most influential nooks and crannies. The western countries are therefore ruled by default by the capitalist class which is tried and tested by the market (even if the market is highly biased in their favour).
In Malaysia, UMNO was originally of the Malay high classes (it is debatable whether it is high class now). To win the Malays over, after Malays voters showed that high class arrogance, self-interest and corruption was not compatible with low class aspirations in the General Election of 1969, it was necessary to come up with the NEP. Malays were offered all sorts of goodies, but this was not the main instrument of control. The main strength of UMNO is to place its die hard supporters in every influential nook and cranny and in every position of power.
Unfortunately, it did not have enough qualified people to fill all these positions. The net result was that mediocre and often stupidly boorish UMNO supporters were forcibly placed in high positions in education, judiciary, police and other civil service branches as well as GLCs. These people owe their positions to political power, not to skill or ability. They became outright racists and in time came to protect their positions against all comers including better trained and more capable Malays themselves.
The mediocrity of these “people in high places” has cost the country dear with rampant corruption, incredible wastage and loss of skilled manpower emigrating to other countries. Malays too, if they are intelligent, skilled and capable became the victims of the NEP. The suppression of capable Malays was even more severe than against the Chinese and Indians (how many Malays are in ISA detention against the number of Chinese and Indians?), especially if these Malays showed even a modicum of social conscience in protesting that the NEP has not benefited the Malay community in many different ways and especially in taking away their ability to compete and also in the NEP’s tendency to discriminate against the poor and marginalized Malays – the very people it was supposed to help.
So it is, that rule by political party will always lead to stupidly boorish people ensconced in power. This happened in communist countries and since the NEP is communist-inspired, it is happening in Malaysia as well.
Now, Rt Hon. Lim Kit Siang… isn’t this better than pandering to the misery of students and parents (both of those who were unable to get into universities as well as those who have been there and now unable to find jobs)? Explaining it and allowing people to understand is always better than pandering to emotions, don’t you think? Stop sabotaging the KT by-election.
By blogger batsman
There is an old Chinese adage that goes something like “Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious …. (I paraphrase)” So while Lee Kuan Yew was a fierce anti-communist, he was not unwilling to learn from them. The PAP consequently is organized much like a communist party. In like manner, UMNO,although fierce anti-communists, has not been unwilling to learn from communist policies. The NEP is communist-inspired.
My arguments are as follows:
The Russian communists found themselves in charge of a largely peasant country. It was a struggle to win the peasants whom they looked down upon to their side so that it would be easier to achieve their communist aims. They did it by many means but chief of all was the tactic of placing communist cadres in every influential nook and cranny and in every position of power. This is the inevitable result of rule by political party rather than rule by class.
To compare, the western countries by contrast have their political parties, but individual capitalists are already ensconced at the head of every big and small business – hence in most influential nooks and crannies. The western countries are therefore ruled by default by the capitalist class which is tried and tested by the market (even if the market is highly biased in their favour).
In Malaysia, UMNO was originally of the Malay high classes (it is debatable whether it is high class now). To win the Malays over, after Malays voters showed that high class arrogance, self-interest and corruption was not compatible with low class aspirations in the General Election of 1969, it was necessary to come up with the NEP. Malays were offered all sorts of goodies, but this was not the main instrument of control. The main strength of UMNO is to place its die hard supporters in every influential nook and cranny and in every position of power.
Unfortunately, it did not have enough qualified people to fill all these positions. The net result was that mediocre and often stupidly boorish UMNO supporters were forcibly placed in high positions in education, judiciary, police and other civil service branches as well as GLCs. These people owe their positions to political power, not to skill or ability. They became outright racists and in time came to protect their positions against all comers including better trained and more capable Malays themselves.
The mediocrity of these “people in high places” has cost the country dear with rampant corruption, incredible wastage and loss of skilled manpower emigrating to other countries. Malays too, if they are intelligent, skilled and capable became the victims of the NEP. The suppression of capable Malays was even more severe than against the Chinese and Indians (how many Malays are in ISA detention against the number of Chinese and Indians?), especially if these Malays showed even a modicum of social conscience in protesting that the NEP has not benefited the Malay community in many different ways and especially in taking away their ability to compete and also in the NEP’s tendency to discriminate against the poor and marginalized Malays – the very people it was supposed to help.
So it is, that rule by political party will always lead to stupidly boorish people ensconced in power. This happened in communist countries and since the NEP is communist-inspired, it is happening in Malaysia as well.
Now, Rt Hon. Lim Kit Siang… isn’t this better than pandering to the misery of students and parents (both of those who were unable to get into universities as well as those who have been there and now unable to find jobs)? Explaining it and allowing people to understand is always better than pandering to emotions, don’t you think? Stop sabotaging the KT by-election.
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