Who
is complaining that Sinkies are ungrateful? I will not be surprised if the
views were expressed in the MSM. But for such views to be expressed in the social
media it means a lot. Social media is always seen as anti establishment, anti
govt, anti PAP and of course anti Lee Kuan Yew. It is thus very surprising to
read so many positive views about how disrespectful it was to make LKY an MP.
It is also very heartening to hear that many people sincerely believed that
paying him anything, any amount, is not enough for all the good he has done for
Singapore. How can the Govt be
paying him a miserable $16,000 as an MP? Disgusting! And such views are
expressed in TRE, would you believe it?
No
amount of money is enough to pay him for bringing Singapore from 3rd world
to 1st world and for making almost every Sinkie a millionaire, with
many becoming billionaires. So what is the big deal for LKY to be sitting in
the Istana as an MP? Nobody could see anything wrong with it except maybe Tan
Cheng Bock.
Tan
Cheng Bock knows what democracy is all about and what democratic practices
should be. It is called 民主,
by the people, of the people, and for the people, not a dynasty or monarchy, 皇朝, where one is a monarch
for life. In a democracy, you are elected or not elected. You are the elected
President, PM or just an MP and you must know your place. And your position and
status as a political leader ends the day you are not elected by the people. It
is not a never ending position.
From
the praises and adoration and reverence expressed by the people in social
media, democracy or western democracy does not mean anything to a deserving
leader. The people are blind, or could or would turn a blind eye to such
formalities and protocol. There is nothing wrong for a deserving MP like LKY
sitting in the Istana forever. And they felt aggrieved and hurt that the Govt
is paying him a miserable $16,000 pm. LKY should be very pleased to know that
he is so highly looked up to by the people who are grateful for what he had
done for them.
Perhaps
dynastic rule is in the blood of the people even though they are descendants of
migrants from China with thousands of years
of dynastic rule. Not sure if the other racial groups share this attachment and
sentiment. Given a choice, I think these people would not mind changing our
democratic system to a Constitutional Monarchy to perpetuate the rule of LKY.
To them, this country is like belonging to him. And he is deserving of it in
every sense of the word. I think there will be very little resistance if
someone would to propose a change of the democratic constitution to one of
Constitutional Monarchy.
The
people seem willing and have a penchant for it when there is a deserving ruler.
I don’t think there will be another deserving leader in the future. This kind
of thing doesn’t happen too often, definitely not every 50 years. And 50 years
of democracy, or was it democracy, would not change the ancient mindset of
deference to power and the mandate of heaven.
Many Singaporeans still do not know what is democracy and why monarchy
is obsolete.
What
do you think?
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