10/11/2013

We are Singaporeans, not opposition

In an article posted in TRE, a blogger by the name of Albert posted this…
 

‘ Honestly, I see so much hypocrisy in the PAP. While I applaud the courage of Tan Chuan Jin to be willing to stick out his neck to listen and then do something, but I don’t think he alone is able and is enough to save face for the ruling party. I think the damage is done and the trust in the PAP among many professionals in Singapore that I know has long been broken.
 

I am also beginning to think that if the 6.9 million population resulted in Singaporeans becoming the minority, does it really make sense for our children to serve national service in future. Just to clarify, I was a proud national serviceman before who was willing to serve and defend the people of Singapore because I know the leaders like LKY, GKS, and Rajaratnam then truly believed in building a nation for the good of Singaporeans.
 

I really have a lot of doubts today because the policies and practices of the current leaders do not seem to point in this direction, unfortunately!....’
 

This is the kind of sentiment that is gaining momentum in a nation divided, a people feeling unwanted and rejected. Oops, can’t say this about the top 20% that are getting richer every day and joining the list of multi millionaires. But there are 80% of the losers whose views and interests may not mean anything or can be ignored, so some may think so. For a supposedly very rich country, if the majority of the people are feeling this way, it cannot be good and the well being of the country cannot last long.
 

This Albert is saying what the silent majority may not say or could not say, but feeling the same way. The people are disillusioned and are crying in silence, in alternative or social media. And sadly, these cries are seen as ‘OPPOSITION’. But these people are Singaporeans who want a better life for themselves and their children. They are not OPPOSITION, for goodness sake. They are falling victims to a society that is getting richer but running away from them. They are trying to catch up but gasping for air. And to make matter worse, they seen themselves being replaced by foreigners who are here having a good time taking over good paying jobs from the citizens.
 

And more sad, or sadderer, the people who are falling behind see a govt that is not doing anything or not doing enough while their good lives are petering away. Is this a myth or real? If it is real, it is very dangerous as the govt will be bungled out without knowing why unless the govt has a secret formula to keep winning elections. If it is a myth, that the lives of the people are really getting better, it is still bad as the govt will still be bungled out at the next election, cause the people don’t think so. The govt can only hope that the whole thing is not real, and the kpkb is only a minority, from the opposition and trying to stir unhappiness. The noise can be ignored as it is not important.
 

Are these people OPPOSITION or just ordinary citizens that are unhappy with their plight, and unhappy with the govt? The govt can ignore the opposition but it cannot ignore the citizens. Unfortunately the 6.9m population issue and the influx of foreigners to replace Singaporeans in good jobs say that the govt is not interested in what the people are saying.
 

So be it. Never mind if NS men do not feel proud about being NS men and the duty to serve NS.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

RB, I think it's only the minority that kpkb including me lar. The number of votes is the best indicator of the mandate of a government. So it's not just the top 20% that is doing well but 60% that have benefited from the policies. For the other 40%, too bad lor

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Think you are right. Luckily I did not kpkb.

Anonymous said...

'The number of votes is the best indicator of the mandate of a government."
@ October 11, 2013 8:47 am

Hell!
Eat shit!
20 trillion flies can't be wrong either.

Anonymous said...

I agree with you that the damage is done and the trust in the PAP among many professionals in Singapore has long been broken.

If I may add, many singaporeans among the lower and middle working classes are also very disillusioned and demoralised.

Many find it increasing difficult to cope with the rising cost of living here.

Many are struggling, many are crying, many are left behind while the society surge ahead.

What should we do as a NATION ?

Anonymous said...

Actually hor, PAP knows better lah.

Things are not really as bad as those bloggers and netizens have painted.

I mean, with 60% mandate, how bad can things be?

And if it is really bad, opposition will also have become very strong and ready to be govt already.

Even if not ready, PAP would also have lost its deposit in a by election!

But nothing of that sort happen, tio bo?

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Almost total rubbish, but I'll address a few points:

>> This is the kind of sentiment that is gaining momentum in a nation divided, a people feeling unwanted and rejected.

This kind of "sentiment" is the sentiment of unrealistic fools who want to stand in the way of positive change for the betterment of the nation and its society as a whole.

No one can make you feel bad without your permission. The "division" is a choice -- it takes place in the brains of those idiots who can't see or refuse to see the benefits; the (sorry for the hackneyed phrase) "bigger picture".

>> And more sad, or sadderer, the people who are falling behind see a govt that is not doing anything or not doing enough while their good lives are petering away.

Absolute nonsense. This is all SELF INFLICTED. This nation has its roots in immigration. The best government is no government -- therefore they are wise to "leave people alone" aka FREEDOM so that individuals are FREE TO CHOOSE (Milton Friedman) what is best for themselves.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

I must support Matilah and be on the side of intelligent fools. We should open the flood gate and bring in all the talented foreigners here to replace the not so talented Sinkies. Then we will have a whole new blood of bright foreigners working here.

The daft Sinkies can all shift out to JB, Batam and Bintang. Those who cannot can be culled like the wild boars of MacRitchie. Singapore will be the crown jewel of the region, like the one it is building at Changi. All young, beautiful and talented.

See, I am behind you for once, Matilah.

Anonymous said...

RB you are not wrong to say many people are disillusion as 40% of the population is a big number numbering over a million people but unfortunately not large enough no. Of people cause the other side of the coin is the happy 60%

Anonymous said...

Readbean,

Albert is clueless! "I am also beginning to think that if the 6.9 million..."

So he begin to feel the pain at 5.4millions as of June 2013, even before reaching that 6.9millions. Where was Albert while being "proud national serviceman", he was a fool and still is. He may feel "..there are 80% of the losers whose views and interests may not mean anything.." We the less than 20% oready feel much earlier. He belongs the >20% formally PAP die-hard supporters and still is.

It's too late to voice his views. There are no ways once the genie out of the bottle. I honestly do not believe anyone can remove the PAP, regardless how hard he cry.

Learn to live with it as me and the >20%, while you he was a "proud national serviceman."

JC

Anonymous said...

@October 11, 2013 9:03 am

"..Many are struggling, many are crying, many are left behind while the society surge ahead..."

Too late to cry, better learn to live with it as I have when >80% keep on voting for the PAP.

"What should we do as a NATION ?"

Keep quiet and move on as I have. And dun call me a PAP lapdog or whatever.

Yam Seng!

JC

Anonymous said...

Readbean,

"See, I am behind you for once, Matilah.
October 11, 2013 10:38 am"

Can I join you and Matilah?


Yam Seng!
JC

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Heheh, you opportunist.

Anonymous said...

@ redbean "See, I am behind you for once, Matilah."
October 11, 2013 10:38 am

Don't just stand behind matilah,
Stick it in !!
Heh! Heh!

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

redbean,

I am very uneasy with you standing behind me. If I hear your zipper being undone, I will run away very quickly to protect my virgin asshole ;-)

Frankly, I don't know why this is still a topic for discussion. Singapore has to grow. Singaporeans are not producing enough babies and the population is aging. Therefore foreign influx of "new DNA" is required to boost population numbers.

Also, nations around the world are competing for talent. Singapore is doing what it can to attract talent, in order to stay economically relevant to the world's systems of production.

The world is increasing in population -- therefore everywhere will get more crowded. Our species has always been nomadic. Now with cheap travel and global logistics and transport infrastructure, you can essentially work and live anywhere you choose.

15% + of the world is Chinese, about another 15% is Indian. Indians and Chinese collectively make up more than 30% of the global population -- therefore it is LOGICAL to PRESUME that in an OPEN ECONOMY, you will see plenty of Indian and Chinese nationals, educated, trained and ready for BUSINESS.

What more is there to say? It is a globalised world. You will eventually have to compete, and looking at the math, chances are your competition will be Indian or Chinese in origin.

What is it about this that people don't understand? Change is afoot and is likely to continue UNABATED for several decades yet.

Seriously folks, there is no point in complaining. Whatever old-fashioned nationalistic ideas you hold about protecting your "society" do not apply anymore. The world is becoming a mixing bowl for cultures. National borders are losing their importance.

Since cuntrees like the USA can enter any cuntry for any reason, the sacrosanct idea of "sovereignty" is wide open to question and re-definition, with every drone strike Obama orders on some hapless village in Pakistan. Give it up lah, there's no such thing as "sovereignty" (as a state or cuntree) anymore.

So complaining is just a waste of time and energy. Voting the PAP out won't change the big picture lah. You are all living in the future (2016 is long way off) for something you think will "save you" -- like bullshit religion looks to the future for the arrival of a "messiah" to "save" the helpless. Please lah, that is just purely ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Let's celebrate selling out the people and country. Let's celebrate traitors to people and country.

b said...

' I know the leaders like LKY, GKS, and Rajaratnam then truly believed in building a nation for the good of Singaporeans. '

- I think he suffered severe brain damage inflicted during his NS period. None of those elites are there for the good of sinkies, they are there for their own good, accumulating vast amounts of wealth and assets for them and their future generations. It is useless to cry mother and father, the only way is to venture out just like any immigrants who came over. Since we are immigrants descents, we are very adaptable and make friends easily everywhere with everyone compare to others. We will emerge better, stronger, wiser.

天无绝人之路.

Anonymous said...

You asking Sinkies to 跑路 and leave the homes/country they built to new immigrants?

b said...

>404pm

Not 跑路 but look for 出路. 此处不留人,自有留人处.

Do you really think those immigrants will stay? They are only here to springboard to other better places.

b said...

This world should not have so many borders in the first place. Everyone should be free to go to better places if they meet certain qualities. Every country will then strive to be a better place since more people = more taxpayers = more money.

Anonymous said...

I tot S377A is to prevent ppl like u guys?

RB, JC and Matilah,
You guy will be held responsible for what you have written, bringing false information to the good ppl here, telling them they will be cull if they dun move to JB, pls set it right, for heaven sake, the culling began years ago, and will cont, the 6.9 is not meant for figures, its to replace (cull) the daft Sinkies.....

The many to you that is crying, that you have quoted JC, is incorrect as you'll ever get, 60%, says it all, they dun mind the million dollar hdb bird houses, they dun mind the expensive cars, the pay as you die deal, the coe's, erp's, they're loving it dude, period.

As for Matilah....have you not read what they do to our children, the leg breaking, the plastic over their head, the burning with "COFFEEEE", man the kids are getting all the attention nowadays, and you still want the worm to go into the egg????, if they actually bother they should do a france and let the parents go back without worries......but of course we have to pay, that's the living truth. If the mama'a and papa's stop working or one stop working....the baby would be like what someone did, thrown out the window by his own mother, and the recent spade of commercial sex says it all dude.....they rather do it outside than inside, if you get my drift.

The millionares have increased, 938, says it all, "How to get them to give to the poor", half the calls in say, you should not do that, they give when they want, one went on to say,"you should not abused the rich, for they have work their ass off ". HELLO!, SO DID EVERYONE OF US, IN CASE HE DON'T KNOW.

So to the 3 musk-it-teers, dun daft the daft Sinkies, please, they are already daft as they are.

Laugh it off dudes.

Anonymous said...

"We are Singaporeans, not opposition."

So?
As long as you are not PAP, you are the enemy tio bo?
Is this true or not?
You tell me lah!

Anonymous said...

"What should we do as a NATION ?"

Vote them out lah!
This also I must say.

Anonymous said...

人算不如天算, 时限总是会到未到, 好好的活着看结局

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

@614 (complaining grandmother type uptight asshole):

>> As for Matilah....have you not read what they do to our children, the leg breaking, the plastic over their head, the burning with "COFFEEEE", man the kids are getting all the attention nowadays, and you still want the worm to go into the egg????

Fuck your children. They deserve it :-) They're probably as dumb as you are if they carry your genes.

Singapore is awesome lah. Stop complaining like senile grand mother!

Anonymous said...

matilar, pls arrange for your wife, sisters and daughters pus u to bend over, cause I wanted to...."haha siok man!

Anonymous said...

Dear Redbean, your blog has been flooded by Internet Brigade.

Want to know all the lies propagated by mainstream media? Just read all the junk posted by Matilah.