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Of all the issues that all of you have written about, the top two most
contentious issues are Meritocracy & Globalisation.
Definition:
Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the
interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of
culture.
Technological progress has meant that the path of maximum benefit for
countries of the world is to integrate major aspects of the national
agenda between countries and share the resulting benefits fairly.
But first, at the values level, how do you integrate fairly and share the
benefits fairly?
What is your definition of fair? Each has to present his values and the
team has to agree on one definition.
Secondly, what happens to national independence?
6.1.2 Meritocracy
Definition:
Meritocracy is governance by elites who deserve to wield power because
they possess merit (defined as 'intelligence plus effort) instead of by
those who merely possess wealth or belong to privileged classes.
Now compare that scenario with our familiar comfort zone of Hak
istimewa orang Melayu dan Bumiputera (Special privileges).
It is our Constitutional Right, and the Constitution is not in any danger
of being amended to remove that article.
But what has happened to Malaysia that we are supposed to have
Hak Istimewa in?
Your generation, and the generations to come, can continue to have
your Hak Istimewa under the Constitution, only for as long as Malaysia
remains istimewa.
A quick fact-check reveals the following:
It seems that the way we have been doing things so far cannot guarantee
that Malaysia remains istimewa, and by extension, cannot guarantee
that future generations get Hak istimewa orang Melayu & Bumiputera,
even though it remains in the Constitution.
Besides the Conservative Globalists, there are also other groups
promoting different ideas on how to change.
Some calls for re-establishment of historical rights of Malays, eg Tanah
Melayu was the land of the Malays and the other races are
penceroboh since they came here not under the permission of the
Malay sultans but either as workers brought in by British colonialists, or
outright economic migrants.
Some ended up being sued in court.
Let us call them Defensive Nationalists
Whether they are right or wrong, history has proven that the world just
stood idly by while the rights of the Palestinians are being trampled to
the ground.
The prophet was sent to correct by force the wrongs that cannot be
corrected by truth. Do we have the power of force?
6.3 DEFENCE PACT IS HERE