12/03/2014

Daft citizen mentality must go, not in the 21s Century


There are two aspects to this daft mentality of the people in a democratic country. On one hand, the daft masses must know their rights as citizens of a democratic country, that they are not slaves to the politicians. They are the masters and citizens of a democratic country. Can’t say this if it is a kingdom or mafiadom where the people have no choice but to elect thugs and gangsters to rule over them. In a democracy, any politician that the citizens don’t like, no matter how smart or how smug, they would be voted out, especially the arrogant ones, and those that talked cock and done nothing useful. This is what democracy is all about. The country belongs to the people and the people decide who they want to run the country every four years or whatever depending on the country concerned.
 

Why would citizens want to elect politicians to bully them, treat them like serfs, take control of their life savings and dictate terms to them, how to use their savings and not returning to them when they badly needed the money?
 

What about the mentality of the politicians? They must be reminded that they are also ordinary citizens in a democratic country. The people must remind them that they are elected to a fixed term of office, not for life, and to serve the people. Elected politicians must not think they could use public office to chart their personal career paths and how much money they could take from the public coffers, not in a democracy.
The politicians in a democracy must be told not to think that they are elected to decide what the people can say, can read, can see, and how to shut up the citizens. This is not their grandfather’s kingdom and they are not kings or royalties that can dictate to the people at their whims and fancies.
 

Politicians must be reminded that they should not abuse their power to make civil servants do their biddings, to brow beat the people. The civil servants are there to serve the people with pride and dignity, not the interests of political parties and politicians. The people and country’s interests come first, not the interests of the political parties. The civil servants and uniformed services must be reminded that it is their duty to serve and protect the people, to obey the constitution, the rule of law, to execute their responsibilities fairly and justly to the people without fear or prejudice.
 

It is so frightening to hear politicians talking so casually about how to control the people, what the people can say and cannot say, what they can read and cannot read as if it is their God damn right to do so. It is very frightening to imagine that politicians can abuse the civil servants, the uniformed services to serve their private interests and agenda, even against the people in a democracy.
 

How can the people of a democratic country allow this to happen? The ignorant and subservient citizens must stand up and say no to rogue politicians that behaved like gangsters and mafias to bully the people. This is not what a democracy should be, this is not democracy. In a democracy, the politicians listen to the people and serve the people, not the other way.
 

What kind of democracy do the people want? What kind of daft mentality is it that a people would vote politicians to rule over them and to screw them left and right, and they cannot do anything about it, and fearing every moment of their lives what the politicians will do next to them? What kind of people will do such things in a democratic election? What kind of mentality is it that a people fear the politicians, the same ordinary people they elected to represent them in Parliament and to form the govt?
 

The above is a generalization of how a stupid people in any supposedly democratic country could behave and how they could be ruled by democratically elected rogue politicians and become a helpless people after an election. Can such a thing happen? If it does, it is so pathetic, so unbelieveable. This is the 21st Century.

Kopi Level - Green

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

What kind of mentality is it that a people fear the politicians, the same ordinary people they elected to represent them in Parliament and to form the govt?
RB

Because there is no opposition ready to challenge and replace these politicians mah.

If you have no gun, of course you will fear when u meet the tiger lah, tio bo?

Anonymous said...

What politician in a democratic country can sue a citizen and get away with it? Isn't such a politician asking to be kicked out in the next democratic election? If the citizens are not daft, should they not kick him out asap?

Anonymous said...

But why is there no opposition ready to challenge and replace these politicians, u tell me lah?

Is it because no enough talented Sinkies want to join opposition?

If yes, then it is the Sinkies fault lah, tio bo?

Anonymous said...

"Isn't such a politician asking to be kicked out in the next democratic election?"
Anon 9:19 am

Before u ask this question, u should ask, or better still answer Anon 9:22 am question "...why is there no opposition ready to challenge and replace these politicians...?"

Anonymous said...

"But why is there no opposition ready to challenge and replace these politicians, u tell me lah?"
Anon 9:22 am

For the same reasons why RB did not join the opposition lah. So go and ask RB why.

Anonymous said...


Don't Waste Your Time!

you can kpkb all that you want....

but as long as any ruling
politicians can engage more than
half of the population and made
them rich and happy, their
political positions will be
nailed.....

there is really NO need to make
everyone happy......

What say U?

Anonymous said...

Any minute now Conchita Wurst is going to make an appearance.

Anonymous said...

The twisted logic of a masochist. That is what I say.

IMAGOD said...

@ redbean:

You ain't gonna get rid of human stupidity no matter what you try.

The best hope for "rationality" is when the AIs (Artificial Intelligence s) develop CONSCIOUSNESS and become better than humans. No doubt, our machines are getting smarter very quickly.

Check out IBM's Watson and Amelia. They can already do many "human activities" BETTER THAN even their human creators -- who are way smarter than the average Joe.

BTW Singapore is not a "democratic cuntry". It's a REPUBLIC which chooses a representative government by controlled democratic processes.

So if you are basing your arguments on the false premise that your mother cuntry is a democracy, any of your arguments and their conclusions are wrong.

Also, there are no "rogue politicians" in Singapore. There are representatives CHOSEN BY THEIR CONSTITUENTS who are of the exact same cultural stock. Using emotionally-charged language and gross exaggerations weakens your case (as you frequently display.)

Redbean is never one to disappoint in this area. His weak and fallacious arguments are a signature :-) :-)

The daft sheeple get the dictators they deserve. By fully constitutional democratic process, no less!

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Now who is smoking and saying there are rogue politicians in Singapore? Please lah, don't smoke too much grass. Or you have upgraded to MX or whatever solid stuff you can now afford to buy?

Getting stoned will make you think like a dunce, hallucinating and making up things and imagining that other people said things but actually all in between your ears.

IMAGOD said...

@ Historical and hysterical Redbean:

MX? Aiyoh uncle, what year do you think this is? 1976?

The days where we could eat 10¢ roti prata at sarabat stall opposite Botanical Gardens then take a slow smoking cigarettes walk to Junior Flying Club in Dempsey are long gone lah!

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

You want to know historical redbean go watch Ch 5 next Monday at 9pm.

1976, Junior Flying Club! This is modern history lah. To kids like you it is historical, maybe.

Anonymous said...

We need to educate the ignorant dafts who form 60% of our population to swing to other side.

The 40% are educated, successful, smart and kind hearted people. We do want the 60% to enjoy the good life too, like we do.

Anonymous said...

Hail the great transgender hero Conchita Wurst transformed from Monkey-man.

Anonymous said...

Very scary piece of news today. Daft Ah Pek left all his CPF money to PRC mei mei and nothing to his wife.

See lah, like that, give reasons to control your CPF money. So stupid Ah Pek. Set very bad example. Now will be used as reason to do you know what lah.

Anonymous said...

Man willed his CPF to his PRC Mei Mei.

Now Agongkia can tell You why he suggested CPF to be 'cheongkong' to provide free medicare to all.

Agongkia 'wu now' got brain. Btw, he got 'peidu mama' as spare tyre hoh.

b said...

First, we all have to accept that democracy is not perfect.

Second, we all have to accept that politics are dirty.

Third, we all have to pledge NO loyalty to any political party.

Last, we must always support the underdogs.

Only then, power will more or less reside with the people.

Anonymous said...

Actually hor parasites reside within the people. Mostly in the guts.

Anonymous said...

Same old same old. Every now and then, like the frustrated old man he is, RB must come up with a KPKB type article talking about how daft Singaporeans are, blah blah.

Then we will see the same comments about no opposition ready to challenge, blah blah.

Then maybe we see some of the usual comments mocking the 60%.

Then how? Got something new or not?

I think don't say 60%. They just need 50.1% is good enough. And for another 5 years, you guys will be banging balls here talking the same thing over and over.

Let me just say one thing, if by next GE no significant opp gains are made, it will be very hard in subsequent ones already.