This present Singapore government is a self-destructive conglomerate (like a business organisation) run by academics who have no clues on how to make a successful business deal.
As each year advances, you can see more and more flaws, mishaps and blunders appearing. When those became a trend, you know that the conglomerate is running on autopilot mode by remote controls. Why?
Because in the past, the old guards were holding their hands and walking them around, like going for a stroll in the botanic gardens. Things were so easy and rosy to them. Things worked like clockwork. All they had to do was press a button here and make a phone call there and all the running dogs and work horses would obey and ensure that nothing goes wrong.
After the old guards were gone, they
had already acquired the habit of autopilot modus operandi and continued to operate on autopilot, assuming things would be as easy and rosy. They forgot something very important.
They forgot that things and people worked like clockwork because the old guards had fought against all odds and worked very hard for the people, and earned the respect of the people. That's why people obeyed and trusted the old guards' instructions and directions. These young birdies, coming out with silver spoons in their mouths and golden plates served on their tables, without having to fight for their lives, think they can earn the respect of the people simply because they are from the privileged class, the elites, the natural aristocrats?
So, as time goes on, things started to look bad - mistakes, errors, blunders started to surface, bigger and bigger, serious and more serious....
Just look at the recent policies, starting from the birth of the highly controversial and stupid CECA agreement with India, all of them have not be thoroughly thought out and tested first before implementation. All of them have flaws that would cause long-term negative consequences affecting the people seriously. Why?
Answer: Because there are no good thinkers like Dr Goh Keng Swee who could think deeply, widely and far ahead of time. There are no good motivators like Lee Kuan Yew who could mobilize the whole country into a united front to tackle any critical life and death survival threat. None. Zilch. Why?
Answer: Because money cannot buy real talents. Money can attract many loyalists who are willing to go all out to please the Paymaster so that they can keep their jobs. That's all. That's what obscene monetary rewards have bought. Loyalists, not nationalists.
Nationalists rise out of the ashes like a Phoenix due to their passion, courage and beauty of heart and brain. They don't work for money. They work for the people, not themselves. They don't derive from spoilt brats with silver spoons and golden plates, nor with those who can be bought by money.
LIPS
6 comments:
The obscene pay is the main and critical cause of PAP's downfall.
CECA is the other killer. They are in a state of denial, that CECA is sooooo good.
Pappies are on the way down. No matter how hard it tries, the ghosts of their anti-people policies are haunting them. There is no way they can explain away the issues because the issues hurt deep into the bones of many voters.
The "living with Covid coronavirus" is a case in point of self-destruction caused by over a zealous zealot who aims by hook or crook, or certain deaths of old folks, to get to the top post of PM.
Such ruthless and deadly cruel traitor of the people must not be allowed to become the next PM.
It was a simpler world that LKY and GKS had to deal with. They had more stability and less disruptive change to allow for long term planning. Not possible today.
Virgo - The 1st 3 years (65-67) were stable enough to plan economically. Also you are starting from a low base, so economic and social deliverables and expectations were also low - A simple job, basic food, shelter. You didn't need a university degree to join 2 parts.
These things were relatively easy to plan and organize. We still had a large market around us.
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