Trump,the new world order and it's impact on local politics. Part 2. Sontoloyo series no 32.

1. Let me try to frame the issue more simply .

2. The old world system is where one power dictates the destiny of other countries.

3. The central power decides how other countries should developed. How the economic system- what to produce, how much to produce, how the produce is to be shared .

4. How the terms of trade and tariffs are to be set and so forth .

5. The one power dominates the client states as it were.

6. The purpose of dominance is to make sure the client states serve the economic interests of the central power .

7. For example, trump weaponises the use of tariffs .

8. He uses tariffs as the caveman uses clubs to submits and subjugates others .

9. Countries that capitulate to the tariffs he sets, are good boys 10. Other countries work like clocks and are good to the old system.

11. People who subscribed to the old world system are alarmed, fearful and get jittery when there are suggestions, we don't follow the system.

12. Suggestions like, cancel the invitation. 13. Horrors say those who subscribed to old world system. That would result in dire economic repercussions.

14. We must not offend Mr Trump. We must kiss his ass.

15. Well sirs, the world isn't structured that way any longer.

16. A world system based on control by a single power like USA, is on the way out .

17. This system which relied on colonial like relationship has outgrown it's usefulness.

18. Trump, Marco Rubio and others may have forgotten about this .

19. Instead we are witnessing a world system structured by the existence of multiple number of centres of strength.

20. These centres provide alternative pathways to shared prosperity and respectful cooperation.

21. The transition of a world order, structured along this lines, offer insights into our own domestic politics .

22. Our politics in which one political party behaves like a single power is on the way out.

23. UMNO which behaves like imperial USA determining the fate of the people is no longer pensable relevant and indispensable.

24. Its a Charles Darwin's adapt or perish.

25. UMNO which still cling to the old world system, will perish.

26. Why then still support and cling to it?

27. It uses the big club to impose it's will onto others.

28. MCA and MIC , fellow travelers have found it the hard way.

29. Yet, MIC ever the brickfields hustler, is still trying to lick UMNO's ass.

30. It's still hoping UMNO will throw them a few bottles of cheap toddy.

31. Vigneswaran is probably hoping Zahid will throw some morsels over. Then MIC says it doesn't really mean exiting BN.

32. These people behaved like the unfortunate souls fearful of Trump's adverse economic repercussions, they on the other hand,think the world revolves around UMNO.

33. UMNO is like the one power that has outgrown it's purpose .

34. UMNO thinks it's tri-version of nationalism, religionism and pompous loyalty is the big club it can use to plonk others on the head and impose it's will onto the others.

35. The best way to deal with a petulant UMNO, is to stay away from UMNO and stop supporting UMNO.

36. Go support other political parties that you fancy.

37. These parties may be competing with UMNO not for hegemonism but for cooperation and working together.

38. They may treat you with respect and dignity

39. UMNO treats you as mere digits to plus and minus at elections.

40. That kind of conceited and hubristic attitude come along with believing that you are the 1 centre determining the fate and destiny of others.

41. It's time for UMNO to realize that the world it inhabits where it is the 1 centre that determines the fate and destiny of others, is fading.

42. The actual world coming into being, is one where there several centres of excellence. UMNO is one choice. It is a poor one at that.