Is this the year we realise we don’t need a government?

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It has been a tough year for Malaysia, and in fact, for the whole world, really.

But for us here, it’s been a combination of the pandemic, the economic fallout stemming from it, fissures in our already fragile race relations, a dreadful disaster with the recent floods, and significantly, a shambolic and unreliable government.

This convergence of a multitude of woes has made it a terribly hard year for Malaysians.

Perhaps the one epiphanous moment for me, this past year, was when I realised that our government is literally surplus to requirements. We seem to manage perfectly well without any involvement from them.

For example, in this recent flooding crisis, rather than being useful to us and acting fast to quell the spread of the calamity, collectively they actually got in the way and fudged things up.

The litany of blunders and missteps made by our somewhat inept politicians over the past two weeks, during this full-blown national crisis is public knowledge and made excellent fodder for meme-makers.

Our bloated cabinet is simply choc-a-block with gaffe prone ministers.

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