Solitary, brutish and vicious umbrella. Contrarian essays no 10

1. I can't be 2 extremes simultaneously. I can't high praise and besmirch someone at the same. It's going to be an either or thing .

2. In this case , I can't talk the sky about Dr m and at the same time talk disparagingly about him .

3. The contributions of Dr m to the nation has been immense. He seems able to do impossible things .

4. For that I have called him as the man who can walk on water.

5. But his recent calls to form an umbrella where all the Malay supremacists, hegemonists, bigots and bullies unite, reverse a bit of his accomplishments.

6. It's just a call for a union of racist tribes. Groups that are moved by tribal interests .

7. It will be a spectre that is haunting Malaysia. An unholy union of Malay supremacists, bullies, Corruptors , thieves the worst of our society.

8. Don't tell people that it will fail. Some types will join it. It's more important to persuade most of us not to join it. Because a concentration of evil forces under 1 umbrella threatens the whole of society. That is why, we must oppose it.

9. Because most people think it's not good for society, the calls to unite under 1 reactionary umbrella, I am glad has not gained much traction.

10. Such a union is based on 2 false premises and promises. Such a union, it is said will stop the malays losing political power and such a union will strengthen Malay economics. Both are wrong and here are my reasons.

11. Have you heard of the expression, demography is destiny? By 2030, malays will constitute 80% of the population of Malaysia. It's impossible for a minority group to gain political power. If not Dr mahathirs group, it will be another Malay group. Losing political power means only Dr m's group losing power. The pm will always be Malay.

12. The desire to concentrate power in 1 group, indicates the mind of the fascist, the dictator, the absolute ruler. That time which M longs for, is over.

13. The importance of having a plurality of political groups is that their presence constitutes competition and offering us choices. Making choices is one important feature of democracy.

14. The mind wanting to accumulate all political power under one umbrella is undemocratic. The plurality of groups ensure choices are open to us and therefore , they are more democratic.

15. The call for malays to unite under 1 umbrella is just a ploy to unite all undemocratic malays under one roof. The crooks, corrupts, hegemonists, racists, despots, monopolists, dictatorial groups are to unite under 1 umbrella.

16. The cord that will bind them is the narrative that such a unity will ensure that tanah melayu will remain under melayu hands .

17. Such a narrative is patently false. Its logic flies in the face of demography is destiny argument. Soon malays will make up 80% of Malaysia's population . How could 80% be defeated by the 20%?

18. The malays losing power are the groups under the umbrella, not the rest of us .

19. Also, there is a big assumption that the 20% spend 24 hours thinking , plotting, conspire about ways to overthrow the malays .

20. That is the obsessive thinking of 1 Malaysian 'papa doc Duvalier'.

21. Doesn't it cross our mind that the 20% want to live peacefully, to be inclusive, tolerate each other and share prosperity? Instead of being in constant loggerheads with the Malays?

22. The state of being in constant animosity, tension, distrust and antagonism is a state dreamt of by a Malaysian 'papa doc Duvalier' .

23. All rational Malaysians must politely refuse the invitation to unite under 1 umbrella.

24. To unite against who? Against the yellow menace? Against Tamil tigers?

25. Malays- stop being a don quixote attacking a windmill, thinking is a dragon .

26 . The call to unite under 1 umbrella will also allow the bottom feeders, the crooks, the corrupts( as noun) to get in .

27. These are the people who will exploit, oppress and suppress ordinary malays .

28. As early as 1927 or earlier in the annals of Abdullah munsyi, the great thinker zaaba warned malays, that the ones oppressing and exploiting the most are leaders amongst them .

29. So, malays be wary and circumspect of the call by Dr Mahathir.

30. To malays who are Muslims , they should be aware that there maybe restrictions and constraints to come under such a group.

31. Part of Quran 5:2 established 2 principles. One, you cooperate, unite or come together to help in the pursuit of greater good and the elevation of taqwa. Second, don't help in the pursuit of rancour and evil .

32. There are both a positive and negative sanctions .

33. Don't ever think the presence of a religious character at the umbrella event, gives it a Islamic stamp of approval.

34. It only goes to show that because of political expediency, religious principles are conveniently ignored!

35. We must want and demand plurality of political groups. Because that would mean choices and more freedom leading to the formation of a freer political system. That is the basis of much economic progress .

36. Dr mahathirs umbrella arrangement is actually the formation of a central command system. He gets to determine who progresses and who stays behind. We have seen the results of his central command system.

37. The greatest of economic progress has been achieved under a freer political system and not under centralized control.

38. Hence, there is an economic reason to oppose Dr mahathirs umbrella arrangement.

38(b). Which brings us to the issue of believing that unity of Malay supremacists will lead to economic progress .

39. That belief is a load of BS. Economic progress is the result of studying hard, working hard, cooperating with other economic agents. Most of all creating a political system of freer market economics.

40. Dr mahathirs umbrella idea is to create a solitary and insular organisation which does nothing but faults non malays for the shortcomings of malays. Do we want to live under such regime?

41. UMNO of course does not want to join Dr mahathirs group. Because it believes only it nonoplises the narrative of what ails the malays. Dr mahathirs umbrella arrangement challenges umnos monopoly. So , it comes out with 1001 silly reasons to spurn Dr Mahathir .

42. Many of us do not believe in UMNO just as much as we don't believe Mahathir.