National reset tough because of ‘ketuanan’ elephant

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MS: A veritable Gordian knot of socio-economic and political problems which have their roots in a toxic "master race-master religion" ideology will continue to slowly disable and kill the nation because the poison has leached into anything and everything considered Malaysian.

The latest ‘Keluarga Malaysia’ budget which unashamedly discriminates against the minorities offers the best evidence as to how blatant (and normalised) it has become - the tabling of which is not known to have raised as much as a muted whimper from the signatories of this proposal.

For all we know, they may well have (privately) felt some unease but given their status, they opted not to raise any dust by voicing anything that could come across as disapproval. If that were so, it would simply reconfirm their political acumen, their survival instincts and their ability to gloss over injustice and wrongdoing even when it happens right before their eyes.

But now that they have agreed to assemble, ostensibly to right the wrongs they witnessed, worked with, enabled and immensely profited from - ordinary Malaysians are supposed to heave a collective sigh of relief... Finally!

But personalities aside, something else is also troubling. The two euphemisms they have used in this proposal - "social contract" and "affirmative action" - are euphemisms which have been bandied about by bigoted politicians and their functionaries to justify and rationalise the imposition of unjust rules and laws which in turn have pushed the country into the hole it is in now.

By referring to those notions the way they did, are they in fact legitimising them and putting it out that no "reset" will in fact question them? I don't know... but it does appear to be so.

So, no. A "national reset" is not possible because the ‘ketuanan’ elephant prancing about the corridors in Putrajaya will remain unmentionable while those attempting to do so simply have not earned the reputation to do what is right even if it hurts them.

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