Zaabanomics vs UMNOnomics. Devil's advocate series 77.

1. In the late 1920s , a young thought about the way of progress of the Malays. 

2. His name was Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad. Popularly known as Zaaba. 

3. He was born in Batu kikir, N9. He was the earliest batches of graduates from SITC, perak. Batu kikir jambotan bosi Masak gulai sebelango Tidak kah warih pilu dihati Melihat bangsa hidup Merano Ayer dalam bosi Api dalam kaco Janganlah warih berhiba hati Den ada bui caranyo 

4. He's basically a man of literature. But he wrote a few pieces about economic progress for Malays 

5. 2 of these articles, which a think are seminal are kemiskinan orang melayu and jalan keselamatan orang melayu. 

6. Knowing that he had no formal training in economics, the pieces he wrote were quite startling 

7. But his core ideas found resonance with the thinking of people like von mises,Hayek and Friedman . They could even be traced back to the thinking of Adam Smith 

8. His 2 revolutionary ideas were, malays must cultivate a compendium of productive values internally, skills set, competencies. 

9. All of which are necessary and are at minimum sufficient to move malays forward, 

10. All of which are necessary too to make them robust , industrious and emboldened and willing to compete openly on a level playing field. 

11. I termed his ideas as Zaabanomics. 

12. I became acquainted with the thinking of Zaaba after reading a book written by prof Ungku Aziz . 

13. The book was jejak2 di pantai zaman 14. There are 4 pillars in Zaabanomics. 

15. Cultivate a compendium of values, skills set, competencies . 

16. Compete freely on a level playing field. 

17. Committed to free market economics. Everyone responsible for himself and picks himself up by his own bootstraps. 

18. Social welfare is for the old and infirmed 

19. We must understand that for most of us, our lot is not designed by nature 20. Our lot is designed by man. By political arrangements and by the system. 

21. For over 60 years that system and political arrangements were designed by UMNO 

22. It's Zaabanomics vs UMNOnomics.

23 . Whatever reasons UMNO attributes as reasons for Malay poverty, colonialism, victims of zero sum economics etc, all are BS. 

24. UMNO's answer are:-confer on them preferential treatment and protect them by affirmative policies and dictate economic activities through central economic institutions. 

25. It's simply totalitarian economics vs free market economics. 

26. Zaabanomics vs UMNOnomics. 

27. UMNOnomics result in poverty for the many, prosperity for the few. Impoverishment for the many, enrichment for the few. 

28. It's UMNOnomics that is holding back the malays, keeping them in shackles, making them dependants to be manipulated and gaslighted. 

29. UMNO is telling malays - beware brother, you are under constant siege, victims of zero sum mentality. You must be protected and defended under UMNO hegemony 

30. Everywhere and anywhere, UMNO is the scourge. 

31. Do you want to vote UMNO? 

32. There are therefore perfectly rational reasons to stay clear of UMNO . The reasons all this while hidden behind shouts of bangsa, agama dan Negara. 

33. Its all catshit.