Malaysia - Talented people of other races have no chance in the Government

 Progress is a big problem for Malaysia. With race holding the political system hostage, no leader can unravel that knot and hope to stay in power. Not even for a Malay like Anwar Ibrahim.

Race is a political hot potato in any country, not just in Malaysia. But is a useful tool for ruling parties to garner support, in the short term, but not good for the longer term. It is up to the voters to make that decision of settling for short term gain and having to suffer long term pains. We have seen enough of that in Malaysia. Rich in resources, it should never have fallen behind so drastically compared to Singapore.

Malaysia is not without talented people. The problem is that talented people of other races have no chance of rising through the ranks of Government, when race is the sole determining factor. And that is causing the brain drain, with the talented moving out to other places, leaving the corrupted and dim-witted to run the country. Why blame Singapore for benefitting from Malaysia's brain drain issues when it is their own Government that is the culprit?

We saw this present scenario developing almost seventy years ago, when Lee Kuan Yew's 'Malaysian Malaysia' struck at the nerve of UMNO and was declared a threat to the dominance of UMNO in Malaysia. Meritocracy never had any chance in Malaysia, more so with the rise of Mahathir. He was to use the racial card to great advantage with his New Economic Policy, openly favoring the Malays, that until today is impossible to be removed. He single-handedly destroyed Malaysia's future generations. 

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