tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403271464346533256.post4016152438946342726..comments2023-02-28T18:55:20.579+08:00Comments on A Voice of Truth & Reason: The Mirage of Democracy: The Elected and The ElectorateJonas Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10786108344875757153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403271464346533256.post-56605113391745578902012-04-04T15:19:52.157+08:002012-04-04T15:19:52.157+08:00Dr Sun Yat Sen, one of the founders of modern Chin...Dr Sun Yat Sen, one of the founders of modern China said: the foundation of a nation should be based on a change of the heart.<br /><br />Unless the heart of man changes and reforms from evil to good, from self-centredness to a supernatural nobility endowed from God, the citizen of the world will struggle with himself, his fellowman and with God.<br /><br />Your call for citizens to raise their expectations on their appointed leaders and government is well and good. But the real question is what is the heart of man, where is the common ground of human values which truly connects people in a nation divided by race, class and privilege? <br /><br />Politics can never change the human heart but democratic institutions and excellent schools and universities as well as a thriving intellectual ecosphere will provide the conducive conditions for man to reform himself internally and spiritually.<br /><br />This is why freedom of faith and religion combined with a free, but sensitive press are essential to the true transformation of Malaysia. Not the tunnel vision of the Economic Transformation Program, which deals with symptoms and not the root causes of national social diseases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403271464346533256.post-52188662623853438222012-04-03T09:44:54.258+08:002012-04-03T09:44:54.258+08:00So where would the four-time elected Tun Mahathir ...So where would the four-time elected Tun Mahathir stand with regard to the voter incompentecy risk, chameleon risk and execution risk?<br /><br />I would not say that he was incompetent as he had big visions and some policies were good (e.g. the laws to reing in the power of the royalty, the English medium for Science and Maths).<br /><br />He had some execution risk problems with cyberjaya which failed to take off.<br /><br />But his record in raising the standards of living of Malaysians<br />is still questionable: many other peer nations have leap-frogged Malaysia (Indonesia, Thailand, Korea)and even Singapore's GDP has exceeded Malaysia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com