Democracy is Dead
Technorati tags: Police State, Barisan Nasional, Protes, Price Hike Protest, Death of Democracy
Walski woke up this morning with the realization that democracy is really, truly dead in Malaysia. In fact, as Walski reveals later on, there's even no such country called Malaysia anymore.
Welcome to Malaysia Barisan Nasional...
(hat-tip to Zorro, video by MediaRakyat)
When citizens are arbitrarily hauled up, and arrested for no other reason than to voice out their dissatisfaction against unending escallation of the cost of living, particularly in the last 4 years, call it whatever the fuck else you may want to - Parliamentary Somnambulistic but Totalitarian Police State comes to mind.
But it sure as Hell ain't democracy.
Coupled with the obsession for the glorification of our current leaders, rivalling the most fervent of communist countries, not to mention the same kind of Leninist stranglehold on the press, Malaysia has become more communist than anything else - a (somewhat) free-market communist state.
Elizabeth Wong has a photo-essay on yesterday's police show of force. There were initially over 50 persons detained - including journalists - and who were denied legal counsel during their detention. As of the time of Eli's posting, 10 persons were still yet to be released. What a great way to utilize police resources...
Crime? Fuck crime - mobilize the police to terrorize the people. That's the real job of the police these days. As pit-bulls at the beck and call of the BN masters. More than ever, right this moment, Walski really hates these motherfuckers, who serve even bigger motherfuckers in the BN-led government.
Welcome to the Totalitarian State of Barisan Nasional...
(Malaysia has changed its name, and more, in the full post)
You are probably wondering by now why Walski didn't say "Totalitarian State of Malaysia", aren't you? Well, take a gander at this picture below.
Picture taken somewhere in Kuala Lumpur, capital city of Barisan Nasional
When even the Government thinks that it's not the Government of Malaysia, but Government of Barisan Nasional (which is what Kerajaan Barisan Nasional can also mean), the conclusion that Walski makes is that our country changed its name on the sly. But this name changed happened many years ago in Dr. M's time - Fuck Pak Lah merely inherited it... and has gone to town with it.
Rocky, not too long ago, reported that larger than life images of political leaders were being projected onto the side of KL City Hall tower. It's a typical tool of the communists to portray their leaders as being larger than life - Mao, Stalin, Lenin...
All Hail our gigantic leader...
(pix taken from Rocky's Bru)
... Pak Lah the size of Godzilla... minus the lizard scales, and breath of fire... now that's an interesting thought. But the propagandist imagery that Walski caught on film was a lot smaller - and included Najib - but lined almost the entire length of Jalan Jelatek, between the Enggang-Keramat intersection and the Setiawangsa 4-way traffic light junction.
Another term of Somnambulistic Totalitarianism? Walski says, "Tak Nak!"
And it's not even election time yet - these banners were for the purpose of telling the tax-payers and voters that the government of Barisan Nasional's election machinery is prepared. The tax-payers may not have paid for these posters, banners and flags, but guess who foots the fucking bill for RTM?
RTM - Radio Telivisyen Malaysia - the biggest, most blatant propaganda tool of the Barisan Nasional Government. Funded by tax-payers, for the benefit making glorious Government of Barisan Nasional. And televising crap that passes off as info-tainment.
And you fuckers still think we live in a democracy? When citizens are denied the rights of free speech, free assembly and freedom to associate, without encumbrance from the state, only morons would still think we live in a democratic system. Democracy is a lot, lot more than just being given the privilege to vote every four or five years.
Democracy is Dead... Malaysia is Dead... Long Live the Totalitarian State of Barisan Nasional!
8 comments:
I'll have to agree there.
Maybe someday, when the public, the people of Malaysia grow some balls and fight for their own rights and fight for what they want instead of merely staying in the safe little huts of theirs hoping that their bowl of rice is never cracked, will we see a change.
Meanwhile, I'm migrating.
Thank you Hindraf nevertheless. It's one movement which has actually made a difference in this nation.
democracy means majority rule AND minority rights.
'minority' includes the minority of ONE, whose liberty n rights could NOT b denied even by THE WHOLE COUNTRY ganging up against that ONE person.
but look at what AAB n the BN politicians have said when they commented on Bersih n Hindraf demos:
"y protest? we HAVE democracy - they can VOTE! so y protest?" (sadly, i think even his highness the sultan of selangor also said that...)
so, the definition of democracy is, according to BN, a very NARROW one: the MECHANICAL ACT OF CASTING VOTE, period. doesnt matter if the election is clean n fair. so long as u can CAST VOTE, u have 'democracy'!
VOTING = DEMOCRACY.
not happy about corruption? vote lah.
lina joy n revathi not happy? vote lah.
not happy about judicial corruption? vote lah.
not happy about lack of press freedom? vote lah.
(the flip side is, if we BN r 'elected by the people', then that means we r given a BLANK CHEQUE - we can do WHATEVER WE WANT.)
if VOTING (BN's definition of 'democracy') IS THE ONLY answer, then we might as well abolish the aca, our courts, n all the institutions we have. just vote once in 4/5 years, n SHUT THE FUCK UP for the rest of the time.
so, walski, i think the problem lies in:
1, our 'leaders' have a SIMPLISTIC understanding of what 'democracy' means, OR they just play dumb; AND
2, OUR PEOPLE let them get away with that simplicity/playing dumb. (i wont b surprised if raja zakaria, close-1-eye jasin mp n orang utan bung mokhtar would b re-elected this time by their constituencies.)
if u have been thru the education system in this country, ask yourself what kind of 'civic education' u've received on this sort of topics. 99% of our form 5 students would b hard pressed to explain y do we still need 'constitutional rights' given that we have the right to vote (aka 'democracy').
education n mentality of our people - that's y we r in such a sorry state.
Perhaps we can say that Barisan Nasional as founded by Abdul Razak has been degraded to Barisan Najis.......
Democracy is dead? Oh man, Walski, where have you been? Rigor Mortis has set in...
Perhaps the existing education system is designed to maintain "harmony" (eat shit served on the silver platter), so good they claim that when a bunch of Australian education specialist concluded that the amount homework for our kids is not helping them at all, Hisyamudin (the mr smeagol who have problem within himself to make a decision)protested saying that it had worked wonderfully for the malaysians hitherto.
Yeah rite. Anyone of you guys recall having a minister's child as your classmates, when you were in the government school? JeeZ, they don't go to public school. They go to private school, then off to prestigious colleges overseas, probably under NEP program too...(talk about buy malaysian).
It's a frustrating situation. But I know I will not migrate,(unless PAS rules coz that would mean a progress towards the dark ages of Islam where tudung is more important than not blasting people into bits and pieces and using Allah's name to justify it..)even though I can, because I love malaysia too much. The only thing we need is a good government and at present, a less than 2/3 of BN may justget the job done. And that may remind them that elected government works for US, their employer are the rakyat, God dammit!!!!
correct correct correct! correct that democracy is dead. over 2 months ago i had also put up a post with similar heading.
but of course it had been dead ages ago.
to me, the very first main point i like to use to show that democracy is dead is to do with the media - why can't the opposition have a paper of their own that can be sold publicly to all? why can't the opposition have a slot on national tv/radio? or better still their own tv/radio station (of course which can be freely broadcasted to all)?
no, never. long time already never at all. yes, long time already democracy is dead and already rotting. we are smelling the stink and we will forever smell the stink.
..The tax-payers may not have paid for these posters, banners and flags, but..
Like hell. Whatever belongs to the country belongs to BN. Whatever belongs to BN however, belongs to a select few.
I'm sure I paid for those f***ing campaign materials!!
kirksie boi - believe you me, the thoughts of packing and leaving haven't been as intense as they have the past year...
juslo - I don't know if they're being simplistic, or being conveniently simplistic... or a case of believing their own spin. And yes, our education regime (I would hesitate to even call it a system, per se) is partly to blame. So is the trigger-happy censorship strategy... and the prohibition on this, that and the other... we're becoming more communist by the day, it sometimes feels like.
fair - Yes, the BN of yesteryear is definitely of a higher stature than what it has devolved into...
Unspun - you got a point there... it's been dying the long death for the last decade, at least... And hey... thanks for dropping by!
pah nur - I actually went to school at a time when the Malaysian education system was still semi-functional and you actually learned stuff. And I do have friends who've had Ministerial brats as classmates, although I don't remember having any myself. But today is a totally different kettle of fish. The education regime has been tampered with and adultrated, almost to the point of being unrepairable. All this, however, started with when Anwar Ibrahim was the Education Minister, way back when (which was when I was in school, actually), as far as I can remember. And it's gone downhill from there - changes over changes done ad hoc, simply for political mileage, and not much else... and we're seeing the aftermath today.
lucia - the Sci-Fi fan in me kept thinking of those re-animator films while reading your comment... But with the advances in science these days, all you need is some DNA... I am hopefull, however, that one day, the animal called Democracy will be resurrected, God willing.
crankshaft - and it wouldn't surprise me if what you said is true... As it is, taxpayers $$ go to fund RTM - it's primary mission? To prop up BN as the best thing to happen to Malaysia... makes me feel like not paying taxes sometimes...
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