Playing the blame game is a reflection of self-guilt and the lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. It suggests the inability to act for the welfare of the common good. It degrades your political conviction, commitment and action. In other words, it is basically a game of your political irresponsibility!
It is human nature to blame someone when things go wrong. Sometimes, you blame correctly. Sometimes, you blame wrongly. But most of the time, you seldom or never will blame your good selves.
Actually, this blame game has been with us since God created man. God blamed Adam for eating the God Forsaken Forbidden Fruit of Knowledge (GFFFK). Adam blamed his Eve for influencing him to eat the GFFFK. Eve in turn blamed the Serpent for instigating her to eat that GFFFK. The cunning Serpent blamed God for creating the Tree that produced the GFFFK and for purposely labeling its fruits as "Forbidden". Taking the cue from the Serpent, Adam and Eve blamed God for creating the Serpent, the Tree of Knowledge and themselves. In addition, Eve also blamed God for his lack of foresight, carelessness and total negligence by putting them near the two highly dangerous creations of His. God got so angry with Eve that he cursed all women to be afraid of serpents and to suffer the pain of childbirth forever.
From the illustration, who was at fault? Actually, all were at fault and all were not at fault. It depends on who you are and how you perceive and interprete things. It depends on your up-bringing and how you were taught. It also depends on many other factors, e.g. cultural background, historical precedence and personal belief.
Singaporeans are also good in the blame game, without exception.
Blaming the Majority Voters
In the last 4 to 5 years, some people kept blaming the 69.9% who gave the PAP a super majority mandate in GE2015, mainly due to the passing of the 1st Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew..
Prior to GE2015, some people blamed the majority voters who "voted" to return the PAP again and again without fail.
For next 5 years, some people are bound to blame the 61% of voters who supported the PAP again. In fact, it has already started the moment the results for GE2020 were announced!
Maybe, you have been blaming the wrong people, barking up the wrong tree? That's why it won't work? Maybe you should be blaming someone else?
1. Blame that someone who masterminded the whole political system?
2. Blame that someone masterminded the whole election process?
3. Blame that someone who wield so much power that a climate of subtle fear of being "sodomize" or sued has existed to deter anyone from speaking out?
4. Blame that someone who keep shifting the the goal posts of the number of constituencies and candidates?
5. Blame that someone who kept increasing the candidacy deposits.
6. Blame that someone who engineered the Group Representation Constituencies?
7. Blame that someone who engineered the redrawing of constituencies boundaries?
8. Blame that someone who took away your right to vote if you chose not to vote or absented yourself from voting? And also penalized you with a fine if you want to be reinstated into the eligible voters register. The right to vote must be a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. The choice to vote should also be a fundamental right. No government people or organization should deny any citizen these fundamental rights to vote and to choose not to vote.
9. Blame that someone who monopolized the use of the People's Association and its grassroots organizations for his own selfish political aim and objectives?
10. Blame that someone who monopolized the trade unions and mobilised them for own political interests?
11. Blame that someone who made use of taxpayers' money as carrots to dangle in front of voters just before the elections were called in order to entice and "bribe" them for own political gains?
12. Blame that someone who engineered the whole legal system that is "subordinated to" the Ministry for Law and also "subordinated by" the Parliament?
13. Blame that someone who engineered the whole educational system to discourage students from political awareness, from participation in political activism and political activities?
Maybe, blaming that someone else is counter-productive? How about blaming yourself for a change?Blaming Your Good Self
1. Blame yourself for not cultivating an inquisitive mind with discernment and political awareness?
2. Blame yourself for not supporting the Opposition/Alternative Parties enough, wholeheartedly, actively?
3. Blame yourself for not influencing others to support the Opposition/Alternative Parties?
4. Blame yourself for not participating actively and strongly as Opposition activists, moral, financial and Logistics sipporters, and backers?
5. Blame yourself for not coming out to be counted - to stand for elections?
6. Blame yourself for being Kiasu and kiasi to offend the PAP in order to safeguard your businesses and livelihood?
7. Blame yourself for being too greedy for the carrots thrown at you, for that chicken wings dished out to you to buy your hearts just in time for the GE?
8. Blame yourself for having kpkb one way but voted the other way?
9. Blame yourself for behaving like a well-trained obedient dog, oops sorry, I mean obedient soldier?
10. Blame yourself for not thinking for your children's future and future generations?
11. Blame yourself for not speaking out when it is your duty and responsibility to do so inside and outside Parliament?
12. Blame yourself for not protesting when needed but prefer to suffer in silence as a coward would be?
13. Blame yourself for thinking that it is none of your business to meddle with the political equation, and the status quo, because you were having a good time making money and enjoying life?
Conclusion
Every citizen has the individual as well as collective responsibility to ensure that there is fair play in the country's political system. Why? Because the political system curves out the political leaders who will govern the country and these leaders' decisions directly influence your life and livelihood. Not only to you. But also to your loved ones and to your future generations.
The state of affairs in Singapore's political culture today is a direct result of the political irresponsibility of most Singaporeans - those in power, those with power and those without power alike.
It's time to do a thorough and deep soul-searching. It's time to take responsibility. It is time to stop blaming others but yourselves. This game of political irresponsibility must stop!
Wishing all Singaporeans a bright and progressive future!
End.
SSO - 25 July 2020.-
Postedon behalf of SSO
SSO I agreed with your sodomy part but u must be careful else u may really kena sodomized jialat jialat
ReplyDeleteU left out 1 group that surely must be the root cause n must surely be responsible for what Singapore society is today..
ReplyDeleteBLAME THE OLD GUARDS
for all their brilliance in growing Singapore..they gave up the game at a very young age n left Singapore to be sequestered by lky. Why did they all leave at the pinnacle of their power n influence n left it all to lky who at best was the front man of a very very awesome Cabinet. Didn't they know that lky would have subverted the very democratic process from which he grew n prospered n prospered. After the old guards left look at the plunder that set in.. wholesale village of Lee's n their hanger on controlled the length n breadth of the Singapore economy n legal system..
Can carry on n on..but go figure..look at the structure of Singapore 's glcs..temasek..dbs etc etc
Find out why.. SIA need a hangout of 15 billion to fund a loss of $210 million.. covid budget 91 billion.. singaporeans received less than 20 billion.. the rape continues.. BLAME WHO?
SM Tharman also talked about the hardships in the next few months to a year, saying that the National Jobs Council, which he heads, aims to create 100,000 new jobs.
ReplyDelete“It’s going to get more difficult in the next six to 12 months, we have no doubt about it. And that’s why we are working intensively on this whole set of arrangements to re-skill people, put them back into firms or traineeships or attachments – even if they don’t yet have a permanent job – and try to make that a pathway to a new permanent job.” —/TISG
No need to work so hard, Tharman. Just send the foreigners working in the ministries, stats boards and GLCs home and their jobs be given to the Singaporeans will do the trick. It would be so much easier and meaningful and responsible to do so.
Mr RB.
DeleteThey said retain the Singapore Core.
But foreigners with special skills and talents to be retained.
Must transfer their expertise to locals.
They been harping this long long time ago.
Transfers of expertise.
While everyone is trying to dissect the election results, analysing and talking about it, I only see one trend, Singapore is slipping away from the original Singaporeans. We are losing our country to the foreigners. They are here and are staying, not much different from the story of the Trojan Horse. You know what happened after the Greeks crept out of the Trojan Horse, actually a Greek Horse, but the daft Trojans could not see the difference and welcome the Trojan Horse as theirs and everything inside the Greek Horse. The rest is history.
ReplyDeleteHistory is in the making in Singapore, with a new Trojan Horse in our midst. It is so innocent, so handsome to look at....
14. Blame that someone who engineered the sinister CECA scam of importing Indian nationals to displace, misplace and replace Singaporeans across all sectors of employment (217 categories to be exact) under the guise of the need for foreign talents.
ReplyDelete15. Blame that someone who failed to protect and safeguard Singaporeans' RICE bowls and livelihoods.
16. Blame that someone who selected, nurtured and promoted a group of scholarship receivers to their level of incompetence while sitting on various musical chairs in rotation and collecting $millions salaries without conscience.
RB@1001
ReplyDeleteYour simple plan doomed to failure
#1..doesn't involve sale of large tracts of leasehold land so that SLA can reap billions
#2 doesn't grow GDP so that stakeholders can reap billions
#3 doesn't place Singapore as poster boy with cutting edge expertise..
#4 your plan is too simple to fail..can we have more complicated stuff please..so that we can grow by failing 😊😊
Sinkies
ReplyDeletelove
to be sodomised
jialat jialat want.
All are sadists in Sin leh.
Agree
ReplyDeleteSinkies like to screw
each others.
Hi jjgg,
ReplyDeleteMy plan is simple and very innocent. Sell the land piece by piece and without anyone knowing it, eventually sell the whole island. It is like boiling the frog, bit by bit and the frog would not even know that it is being cooked.
Then take the money and run road. With all the money, who needs a country?
Wrong! Sooner or later somboli discover it & u be brought to justice ( like wat Ah Jib did, he tried run road but too late being caught), ur conscious can't run away & hide, the old man said I can run but cannot hide will get u, worse u when kena caught will need to payback everything with compound interest, so PCK said don't play play lah.
DeleteThere is no need to do the blaming. We r all in this Together call Karma or Universal Law of Cause & Effect, What goes around will comes around, or simply u reap what u sow. So juz stay cool, stay healthy & stay happy, treasure what we hv now.
ReplyDeleteThe selling already started. For those who have been reading the local propagandist newspapers only, you may not know. For those who read the foreign news outlets, you should have known long ago. Even strategic assets have been sold.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how much Reserves Singaporeans are supposed to have accumulated over the last 55 years of savings?
In official reports, Temasek and GIC, our two sovereign wealth funds have been making lots and lots of money. Making as much as 11% to 12% per annum on the average. If that is so, then why CPF interest rate given to CPF savers has been only 2.5% for donkey years? What about the losses in the tune of $billions, hundreds of $billions, during each major crisis?
ReplyDeleteIt seems for a long time for the sake of saving money all or most government jobs are on contract basis of 3 years, 5 years, or eight years. Most or all private commercial entities are following the government footsteps. So how to start a family for young people with no security of tenure. It all started with the stupid policy of 'Stop at two'whereby Chinese couples really obediently stop at two or one or even none whereas others told the government to go and fly kites and they stopped at any number they want, usually four to eight as they might be special perhaps with government subsidies.
We need firm constant policy apply equally to all and not a flipping divisive one.
Well, stupidity can clearly be seen in the face of most politicians everywhere they go.
ReplyDeleteThe habitual behavior of "Buying High and Selling Low" is something that should arouse suspicions.
Example:
U sold to T one million shares for $5 billion.
Two years later, U was about to declare bankrupt because of global financial crisis. For the same reason, T sold the same one million shares to B at $3 $billion, trying to cut losses.
One year later, U's shares rose up to its original high three years ago, by magic or by luck. So B made $2 billion by selling the one million shares at $5 billion to G.
Actually, B was the organization that established U under a different name, managed by a different set of management staff and in a different country. No evidence whatsoever could be deduced that U belonged to B.
Who were B,U,T and G? Can you ever guess that they all belonged to the same organization? The organization called George Sovereignty, a disciple of George Sorrows?