Modern Life is Rubbish

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage and kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” ~ Howard Zinn.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

We have become the very people we despised

Dammit, i am sick and tired of the reading the news already. Everyday there is something "good" which came up. All those ministers elected by us the people, of course, screwing up our beloved country. The latest, a minister who purportedly wanted to create our very own "beef valley". Now doesn't that sounds great. In fact it sounds wonderfully great. A beef valley where everyone could get our own beef without depending on other nations to serve us.

How many times have i read people who commented or wrote that we will not vote for the
present government in the next GE. How many times have i read or heard of the Auditor-General's report year after year of all the preposterous bollocks happening with our government's ministries and departments. i have lost count of them all.

As a modern slave myself, i understand that if my work is not up to par, i would be very afraid. Afraid of not only my future but my immediate 'rice bowl'. i would give my utmost care to my work not only because my work is my livelihood. But it is also part of my life.

Not only me, but my boss is also working hard to make sure his company is making profits so that he would be able to pay his staff and his other commitments. He would also want to expand his business if possible. In addition, he would also be able to reward his staff by paying incentives or bonuses.

This is what is called responsibility. Now isn't every responsible person suppose to act this way?

Now these people who are doing business. These government servants actually. Do they care whether their companies are profitable? No, let me rephrase that. Do they care if the money they get for running their business will make profit in the end? When in fact the money for their capital are not their own money but the taxpayers money, from you and me.

No, they don't care if the companies or the business they run make profit. They only care if they themselves make 'profit'. And when we think harder, it just simpy means that these ministers aka government servants don't care at all about the people they served.

If they do care they would not treat our money in so 'cincai' a manner and not take great care in using them. If they do care, they would not be involved in any business in the first place.

Who the hell gives them the right to be involved in business when their job is supposed to be serving the people. Who the hell gives them the right to use the people's hard-earned money to invest in businesses that make huge losses. And who the hell gives them the right to appoint their family members to high position and get paid highly for it even when these businesses are making huge losses.

And highfalutin words like "Blue Ocean Strategy" to sound respectable are being used to confuse ordinary people that these very people who are cheating us are 'respectable' people who knows what they are doing. They certainly know what they are doing alright. Cheating us and our children of a bright future, that is.

In the end, all i know are people seemed to have become 'immune' to these kind of news. They will exclaimed "Wah!" or "What the ***k!". All sorts of expletives would be coming out of their mouths. But at the end of the day, what will happen? Absolutely nothing. Do we take any action? Absolutely not. We have become the very people we despised.

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