GE 14

这个大概是一个月前写的
目前为止还对政府的方向满意
不说这么多了，期望更好的马来西亚  :)

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我们来说说第14季全国大选
我本身不是一个很爱国的人，也很缺少对国家系统的基本认识
直到这次大选之前，我对各号有名政治人物也只是略知一二
只是因为今年开始爱上 The Edge Malaysia，所以有一直读到关于大选的新闻

一向来我都是觉得那无论国政还是希盟胜出，都与我要达到财务自由的最终目的无关，所以我对政治这种东西也是兴致缺缺
因为我的想法是要改善自己的生活，那还是要靠自己而不是靠政府
那就算我们活在一个廉洁的国家，你是个烂人还是个烂人
我的确是个很自私的人，就算国家再烂，我只要自己好就行了

纳吉贪了26亿？
北韩腐败了多少年？美国的武器卖给谁，手上有多少血？谁给叙利亚难民一个公道？
我早就接受了这是个要关着眼睛，做个好人，但别想帮助全部人的世界
我国民的本分只是在投票那天做了，我就能心安理得

以上这是我在大选前的想法，国阵赢了的话，那生活照旧，希盟赢了的话，那也没什么因为我相信一个进步的国家是因为人民也因为政府
直到投票当晚，我在社交网络看到了各种国阵的奸诈骗票招数，我才有那种绝对不要让你赢的想法，因为我很不屑把人当傻仔的政府

老实说我是挺感动的，因为看到大家团结一致地跟警察斗智斗勇，真的感到大家都希望更好改变的感觉
我本身的天性是个大事化无的怕事人，所以其实我很欣赏能身体力行愤抗恶权的大家
原来大家都这么 semangat 啊，我怎么不知道 XD
终于我们马来西亚换了政府
新政府的行动，目前为止也实在让人放心
时常我看着还没褪色的食指，我有少少骄傲自己为这次历史性的大选尽了一点力 :)

好啦，现在要进入重点，也是我想要写这个 GE14 文的原因
可能我是一个非常不看好人性的人，我觉得有部分人只是跟潮跟 hype，并不是真正地爱国？
怎么说，好啦只是我觉得平时都没有看到平时你们做了什么东西，忽然间那一天你们就成了超级狂热爱国分子？
只是想说，我知道我一向来也不 care，所以我只做了我的本分，投了一票就好，我不忽然间用社交网络告诉全世界我爱大马之类之类
我也不突然间告诉全世界什么 "Don't call me Chinese, call me Malaysian"，因为我的确是个主动不和其他种族沟通的人(原因只是因为语言不通，不浪费大家时间，I am still friendly la)

那可能大家都是爱国分子，我也不知都，我也不要一棍子打翻一船人，因为我认识有些很有国家意识的朋友
可能我只是反感了大家通过社交网络来塑造自己形象这件事了

离题一下
我去到任何神庙，我都不烧香拜佛，我通常会看着神像然后点头示意
我点头表示尊重，也表示我每天都尽其所能地做一个最好的人，我不需要靠烧香拜佛来证明这一点
尤其是我看过太多太多烧香念经但是却没有什么涵养的人
太多人只有在烧香拜佛的一瞬间虔诚

要讲的是，你是个爱国的人的话，你就是
你要告诉全世界的话，那就让你的行动不是你的嘴巴（手指）来说
不需要告诉全世界

让我更加肚烂的是， Tun Dr Mahathir 忽然间成为了国家的英雄
My God，你能想象反对党成员的心情吗？
的确，没有他的话，我们不可能达成变天之举
可是你想一想，林吉祥在反对党卖力了这么多年，受了这么多的委屈还是坚持地做下去
还有一直以来在反对党的忠诚廉洁官员
你可以把 Tun Dr Mahathir 想象成在纳吉之前的超级大反派
受了若干年苦的反对党们为了国家，抛开之前的怨恨和表面上目前是改邪归正的前超级大反派 Tun Dr Mahathir 联手对抗敌人
成功了，全部的镁光灯只打在 Tun Dr Mahathir 身上
你想象一下这么多年反对党们尽心尽力，就算被对付也毫无怨言地干，只为了一个更好的国家
反之 Tun Dr Mahathir 享受了22 年的霸权，打压华小，撕裂族群，直到年老享受够了，忽然觉得自己以前干的事好像不太对就出来跑个4，5年，忽然间一大堆人（至少我的某些朋友）就封他为救国英雄
我的天啊，我不看政治，我连林吉祥是谁我也不太懂，可是就我也知道 Tun Dr Mahathir 不是英雄好吗？我们国家的烂摊子和一切腐败不就是他开始的吗？
比起反对党的各位，这个93岁享受了半辈子荣华富贵的尝了什么苦？受了什么委屈？
就因为他93岁了还出来卖命？
(可能反对党的也很荣华富贵，我不知道啦，but you get my point)

我实在对各位封 Tun Dr Mahathir 为英雄的人无言
我只是衷心对他说
“谢谢你肯愿意出来收拾你自己以前搞出来的烂摊子，谢谢你让我们国家看到希望，希望你没有 Hidden Agenda“

那么以下是我师傅转帖的一个文，实在实在很中肯
希望无论谁在读这篇文的，可以读一下，就知道我的想法
然后我也没有想要得罪真心爱国的孩子，你自己是不是你自己知道，不需要我的认同，也不需要证明给全世界看 :)

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<<Written by a well-respected friend of mine>>

Yup, apparently Rafizi is the bad guy now, and Mahathir is the visionary and legendary hero now, according to the comments in MalaysiaKini at least. Mahathir being Mahathir I guess, for making decisions unilaterally (if what Rafizi said is true).

And how come I'm not surprised that people who are overnight Mahathir converts will blindly defend Mahathir for whatever he does now cause he apparently just 'saved' the country. Any voice of criticism about Mahathir now will be met with disdain, contempt, and possibly online public shaming. No doubt the people has come forward to overthrow BN against impossible odds, and we all have earned the right to rejoice, but at the same time it is also a time of vigilance. If people begin to silence any opposition or voice of dissent, we won't get a new Malaysia or Malaysia 2.0. We'll get a new BN or BN 2.0 instead.

I cannot stress this enough. Freedom of speech within democracy means hearing things that we might not like to hear. Judging from the comments from the past few days, I think the country still has a very long way to go to have the political maturity that it so deserves.

People in this country need to read history. Like proper history, not some glorified history about Mahathir propagated by some local history textbooks in high schools. Start reading from the 1960s, not from 2018.

To say that Mahathir saved the country is itself a sign of ignorance. Let's not forget who put Anwar, Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng etc in jail in the first place. Who was the one who threatens everyone with ISA? Don't even get me started to comment about his economy policies during his previous reign. Who was the one who enable the spawning of people like Najib, by abolishing the Agong's power to declare emergency dissolution of the parliament in order to put more power into his office and hence 10 years later, no one was able to bring down Najib by any means until 3 days ago?

To say that Mahathir is no saint (which is often seen in some FB comments, I wonder why) is an understatement. To me , Mahathir did not save the country, he is just cleaning up his own mess that he created in the first place. While he does seem to showcase better charm, sarcastic witty remarks and friendly banters during the victory press conference (a very good sign of change), it doesn't turn him into a hero out of nowhere overnight, although I must admit he sounded very different from who he was few years back, for better or worse.

I'm so done with some morons who never read a single page of news (exaggeration, but you get my point) become political experts overnight just because Pakatan won. The level of ignorance of these people are close to the impossibru level.

To me at least, a better analogy of Mahathir would be Darth Vader. Darth Vader redeemed himself at the end of the day. But for what he did, would you call Darth Vader a hero or a saint?