tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post6129168369194962297..comments2023-10-29T15:18:25.355+08:00Comments on de minimis: MCA: No future without a multiracial platform?de minimishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-66882053133859262492008-08-01T02:27:00.000+08:002008-08-01T02:27:00.000+08:00I do not think there is a problem with Barisan Nas...I do not think there is a problem with Barisan Nasional spirit. It is a beautiful esprit de corp.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the BN spirit has been spoilt by bad management - just like the NEP.<BR/><BR/>Do you agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-70295095558517592752008-07-02T06:27:00.000+08:002008-07-02T06:27:00.000+08:00I agree that democracy is about giving different g...I agree that democracy is about giving different groups space to voice alternate views. A 2-party or 3-party system sounds good. Such a system has worked well for the U.S., U.K. and Australia.<BR/><BR/>Your point on the new group that advocates "justice" and whether another even newer group with a mercantilist outlook is interesting.<BR/><BR/>My feeling is that at this stage of M'sia's development as a sovereign nation, the choice will be between a communal coalition versus a multiracial coalition. In either case, both coalitions have Keynesian leanings in having govt intervention to steer fiscal policies. Both coalitions are centrist with the communal coalition being right-of-centre and the multiracial coalition being left-of-centre.<BR/><BR/>If we keep to this trajectory, maybe in another 3 more elections (about 15 years) we may witness a 2-party system where one party is mercantilist and pro-business while the other party is into social justice. That will an era where communal parties have faded into M'sia's past.<BR/><BR/>Which band and which song was it that goes, "...that'll be the day..."?de minimishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-50264510548966095932008-07-02T01:53:00.000+08:002008-07-02T01:53:00.000+08:00We should simply dismiss the existing racial group...We should simply dismiss the existing racial groupings from our considerations in thinking about the future of Malaysia.<BR/><BR/>Instead, we should be think of a two or three party system.<BR/><BR/>We now have a new group ostensibly fighting for "justice" on the back of popular disatisfaction. How this group can run the economy is quite another matter.<BR/><BR/>Could it therefore mean that we should be thinking about a "new" group that champions businesses and investments, almost mercantilist in nature - as the anti-thesis to "justice."<BR/><BR/>The democractic process is about a good fight, and exercising our right to do so, isn't it?etheoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412913576145631384noreply@blogger.com