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In any election, there are two factors which decide the destiny of the future of the government after the voting day is done with. The collective unity and wisdom of the voters and the candidates who offers themselves as people's representative. If the voters are foolish and if the candidates on the poll are of poor quality to serve the people. democracy as practice here is an exercise in futility.

Why bother to vote at all? If the candidate is deficient in mental and intellectual capacity, how can he serve the people properly? If the voters are voting based on emotional feeling and political propaganda it is a total waste of money to hold an election, to choose an unworthy people's representative.

Government comes and goes. Have we not learn what happen to USA the so call bright light and star of democracy? There are more prisoners in the jail across the country. there are more crime daily, there are serious poverty and homelessness all across the USA, the public institutions are corrupted to the core, the elites dictate the directions and policies of the government. The public officials such as the president and his cabinet are mere puppets to obey the instruction of the Hugh corporations

The China model of choosing its leaders are so much better than any so called democratic process. Meritocracy is any time better than democracy.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”

― H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy

The trouble and blunder that plagued this nation for so many decades are the lack of vision for the government in power to see further than the next election, and the mental handicap to groom the next layer of young leaders to succeed the next government. Singapore at least has some basic understanding and appreciation of a stable government.

Our blind leaders are as expressed by Antonio Gramsci " that a crisis occurs when the old is dying but refuses to allow the new to be born."

After 6 decades, this nation has still no ideas of how to groom and nurture leadership for the progress and stability of the nation in the long term. China at least has a 50 years plan for the nation.

While the past leaders of this pathetic nation fight each other over corruption and abuse of power while in office. whoso ever wins the coming state election the country will still remain a failed state for the world to lament and shaking their heads over a nation that has so much, and yet squander its rich resources in people, ln talent and other hidden wealth.

A nation of illiterate can never advance. A people who cannot govern their emotion and cultivate their reason is destined for collapse.

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

Sir William Drummond (26 Sept 1769-29 March 1828)

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”

― Alvin Toffler (4 Oct 1928- 27 June 2016)

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FULLY...

DISAGREE

Too long in the tooth

Too thin.on the head.

Too long in.Malaysian.Politics.

We need PMX to clean up.the Crooks.

Who never expect to be "disturbed"

Fate of the country ,must not be influenced by covert efforts by those who are desperate to maintain status quo...

And using Foreign Knows All ...from their pigeon hole homes...to opine...

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Watch as 8 pahang bossku elected state rep jump to pas and mca dun chenderiang of perak leave ph coalition govt.

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HOW PN MAY WIN A 'WALKOVER' IN ALL SIX STATES IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

The best way for PN to win all the six states in this upcoming election is to ensure there is no PH-BN coalition to vote for on election day itself.

For this to happen, first step is to break up BN (after all the candidates including theirs are nominated on july 29th 2023).

To do this, mca, mic, pbrs, mp of bera, simpang renggam, sembrong and two of annuar musa's bn sitting parliamentarians will have to leave BN coalition one by one. This will snowball with more BN parliamentarians leaving the coalition.

Without BN around, GPS and GRS coalition will not support PH. They are enemies at state election level.

PH will be left alone.

Now PN coalition can win all six states election on Aug 12th 2023.

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Yusof Ishak Research

Singapore Urbanite..strolling along Malls and Public places, which they are so used to in City Singapore...interview 1200 urbanites...and conclude..

Wonder whether they know where Sekincan,Banting,Tg Karang, are.

Anyway...its fun reading findings of these foreign experts..

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Lol..not true.

They surveyed by asking about 30 malay voters in each of the 39 malay majority state seats.

Given that mca,mic and pbrs will leave bn, the ph - bn coalition also appears to be disintegrating.

A ex bn warlord, ie anwar musa is also having two of his bn parliamentarian leaving the coalition after the naming of the candidates on the 29th of july.

The mp of bera,sembrong,simpang renggam are almost certain to leave bn by 1st week of august.

Gps will not stay in the coalition if BN collapse.they do not get along with dap,pkr and amanah at sarawak state level.

Of course most of the non malay voters are upset about having to vote for umno and umno having to vote for dap.

Anwar has not delivered the promised lowering cost of living.

His effort to be close to the students has been mitigated by socmedia such as ybviral and papaberry who deploys narrative that shape opinion against anwar.

Given that ph-bn coalition are going to disintegrate once the naming of the candidates is announced, it is likely that no one will vote for PH-BN as they cease to exist.

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