Life just got a bit more complicated. Comments in italic are not mine!

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Someone commented on an article by Dennis Ignatius, and at the end of the comments, had mischeviously included "Copyright ©️ Hussein Hamid | STEADYAKU47. All rights reservedhq" indicating that the comments in italic were mine. The comments, in italics, are not mine. The following converstion enused between me and a friend who drew my attention to those comments.

YBK : 👆The above has been making its rounds. It is purportedly penned by you. True?

steadyaku47 : No not me. I agree with what Dennis wrote...most of the time. I do not know why my name is there.

YBK: 😎You are a selling point!

steadyaku47: For me...not that way. Thanks for sharing that with me...will read , digest and maybe comment.

Dennis Ignatius : What the floods tell us about the state of our nation. Part Two

What the floods tell us about the state of our nation | PartTwo

22SundayMay 2022

Posted by Dennis Ignatius in corruption, Economy, good governance, Malaysia, Politics

Ketuanan-Melayuism has also spawned a parasitic, politically driven, rentier-capitalist class of indolent individuals who live off the hard work of ordinary Malaysians. Through an elaborate, secretive and well-disguised system of licencing, cronies take a cut of everything we pay for – from the food we eat to the pharmaceuticals we rely on. It distorts prices and pushes up the cost of living for the rest of us. It is nothing more than a vast government-sanctioned extortion racket disguised as affirmative action. And it has flourished unchallenged for decades, enriching the few at the expense of the many. 

Dennis, so what ? U mean Malays not know these facts ?

It is nothing short of scandalous that after more than half a century of independence, after 11 Malaysia Plans, some 60 national budgets, the creation of hundreds of bumiputera empowerment agencies and trillions of ringgit spent, so many people in this land of ours – Bumiputeras especially – are still struggling to earn a living or to put aside enough money for their retirement. 

Dennis, Did u get the facts right ? If so, u think the males still vote UMNO ? Bumis r all happy n laughing to the banks since bumiputraism was born from the 70.

Only 3% of Malaysians, for example, have more than RM250,000 in their EPF account. Median savings of all EPF members below age 55 stands at just RM13,000; that translates into RM54 a month for their retirement years.[1] Going by these figures, the majority of Malaysians will spend their retirement in poverty. 

Dennis, why worry about poverty when bumis will get a lifeline so they can vote UMNO ? 

Is it not vulgar that so many people are struggling in a land overflowing with multimillion-ringgit apartments, Louis Vuitton stores and Porsches? Is it not obscene that the CEO of a failing corporation should earn a billion ringgit (over a ten-year period) while the average Malaysian takes home no more than RM2,500 per month?  

Dennis, do u know what is capitalism ? What obscene bullshit ? 

Look behind the glittering skyscrapers and cut through all the talk about becoming a developed country, and the reality of the social injustice in our nation will hit you like a ton of bricks. That too is one of the legacies of Ketuanan-Melayuism.

Dennis, so what ? Didn't u know such developed country rhetoric brought votes including non bumi wishful thinkers ?

If all the money that was plundered or misspent in the name of Ketuanan-Melayuism had been put to productive use, we would, by now, possess one of the finest most dynamic economies in the world. And our people would be enjoying one of the region’s highest standards of living. 

Dennis, r u a wishful thinker too ?

If Ketuanan-Melayuism-sanctioned racism and discrimination had not driven so many of our brightest and best abroad, Malaysia would today be a great hub of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, on the cutting edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 

Dennis, says who ? It was the opportunity available at that time for non bumis to leave. Didn't u know such opportunities r getting scarce ?

If Ketuanan-Melayuism had not destroyed our potential for national unity, respect and tolerance, we would be among the most harmonious nations in the world.

Dennis, says who ? The mixture of bumis n non bumis r the most racist of all with Malays showing greater unity due to the Sunni Islam. 

But all that is lost to us now. The floods are but a tolling of the bells, a requiem for a nation that might have been if not for the evil that was allowed to fester in our midst – the corrupt, indolent, self-centred, immoral, power-crazed men and women who seized control of our nation in the name of a fascist and racist ideology. 

Dennis, u r trying to propagate the greener pasture on the other side arguments.

None of this is, of course, secret or new. We see the injustice all around us. We bear the brunt of the distorted economic system whenever we go grocery shopping. We read the reports of scandal and corruption in the media. But still, we rush to kiss the hand of those who steal from us and bow and scrape before the ones who abuse us. We can’t complain about the sad state of our nation if we continue to vote for our tormentors, if we keep looking to convicted criminals, racists and extremists to save us.

Dennis, repetition. The majority of poor bumis r happy with their standard of living. The majority of votes comes from them n this is strong evidence to debunk your argument.

U r trying to cry foul for the non bumis. It's obvious n heavily flawed.

There’s no point grumbling about the sorry state of our nation if we allow them to manipulate and distract us with racist narratives or get us worked up by religious non-issues. It is not our fellow Malaysians who are the enemy; it is the Ketuanan Melayu politicians and their crony elites who are.

Dennis, when there r only crumbs to share by many, aren't u enemies of each other ?

By your own admission that Melayu politicians and their crony elites got unlimited privileges, power n cash, why would they care about enemies ? 

What has happened to our sense of right and wrong, our common decency that we should tolerate all the wrong that is being daily perpetuated against us? As a Filipino rights activist asked forlornly, upon learning that the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos was surging in the polls, “What has become of us? …. Our culture, our psyche has been perverted, to the point where many of us do not see reality, even when faced with fact”.[2]

Dennis, what bullshit facts r u talking about ? Hadn't u been tolerating all these craps for near 1/2 a century ? What is your point ? A failed state got right or wrong ?

It is a question that we too should be asking ourselves. Nations don’t go downhill because of bad leaders alone; they end up that way because its citizens don’t care enough to stop them.

Dennis, why stop them when I m uplifted from a driver to a PM ? Did u not know the Malays were shit poor b4 independence ? Non bumis got no say coz they were the minority.

Corrupt politicians keep on doing what they do because they are convinced that we have an infinite capacity to suffer the indignity, the floods, the rising costs, the inconvenience, the abuse of power. They know they can keep distracting the electorate with all that ‘bangsa, agama dan negara’ nonsense and get away with it.

Dennis, the bumis had not been distracting the electorate who were the bumis. It was the truth n now it's pay back time for non bumis who r just a fraction of the deciding electorate. Thus almost every constituency had a bumi winner. 

 And we continue to prove them right and, of course, kiss their hands for the handouts they throw at us. They have no honour; we have no dignity.

There’s a saying: if the people lead, the leaders will follow. In the end, we are the custodians of our nation. We must go to bat every time we see something egregious, morally wrong or unjust. It is tiresome. It is burdensome. It often seems like a futile battle.  But we must not give up because it has fallen to us – young and old, Malay and non-Malay, Muslim and non-Muslim – to fight this battle. 

Dennis, your constant rhetoric gathered zero support with the non bumis coz wishful thinking got u nowhere in mys. R u trying to inch in the bumis to c your convoluted if not implausible points ? Malays n mys Muslims got no battle in the 1st place.

To ask the non bumis to battle the bumis, your wishful thinking is near insanity given the deep state which had been the inner bumi shield to silence any dissent if the carrot worked not.

The judges must continue to judge wisely without fear or favour. The lawyers must stand to defend the constitution and march too when the judiciary is under attack. The writers, cartoonists and artists must stay the course no matter the intimidation. Good men and women must stand for election. The people must vote and vote wisely. 

And we must call out the corrupt politicians who have ruined our nation along with the racist ideology that they have crafted. If they insist on a divine right to rule, then we have every right to point our fingers at them for all the vile deeds that have been perpetrated in our land under their watch. 

Dennis, you had been pointing for the last 1/2 century. Any good ? Further the clowns u had mentioned, in a failed state, r there any good men or women including yourself ? 

Most of all, we must recognize that Ketuanan-Melayuism is a cancer that is gnawing away at the soul of our nation. It cannot be reformed or modified; it must be excised completely. Until we are ready to accept that, until we are ready to totally repudiate the obnoxious notion of a nation premised upon racial superiority and privilege, and the politicians who sustain it, there is no hope for Malaysia.

Dennis, your cancer diagnosis is a misdiagnosis to say the least. The bumis applauded their leaders year after year n their elevation of supremacy for their race. Go to the mirror n c if u r a true writer with any solution. If none, pack up n migrate your grievances elsewhere. 

Another election fast approaches. The days of evil men are upon us; it’s time for good men and women to renew themselves to the struggle for a better Malaysia. 

Dennis, enough craps u had put up year after year. U r a beacon for the mys non bumi wishful thinkers. But u r a trash of the bumis trying pretty hard to encourage bumis to screw themselves n their leaders. The uneducated bumis knew not your English while the educated bumis thought u r a menace to their civilization. 

Ha, I m waiting for his reply to my criticism of his grievances if any.

[Dennis Ignatius]

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Last words by steadyaku47 : Life is interesting. Every day, in many ways, you find yourself to be in the thoughts of others, for reasons you wish you were not! Me? I have my time full just trying to live my life the way that I want. This morning, I want to tell you guys that I have nothing to do with those comments on that article wrtten by Dennis. Keep writing Dennis! Life is good.