The NEP

Basically, the NEP, in a nutshell, the crux of it, is that it implies that Bumis are inferior, need cheat crutches in order to compete with other more capable races. How demeaning is that? You would think that the Govt would want to throw it away to reflect it is doing a good job, eliminating the need for it.

Long ago, it was promised that the NEP had a shelf life. That came and went. Again, it was extended in the late nineties. And then the 30% target was given. Each time we meet the condition, it is extended. Is it never going to go away? Why are the UMNOputras so gung ho about defending this and enforcing and upholding this? Why are they sooo bent on perpetuating this, above our many other important issues? Because it is in THEIR interest that this NEP goes on, and they continue to delude the non elite Malays into thinking it is necessary (by instilling fear/jealousy/dislike/ignorance etc towards other races) for their own survival or or else the Cina kui will encroach upon their land and steal their sleeping mat from under them. And they harp on the ketuanan Melayu and how they are the original sons of the soil. So people are fearful and think only UMNO can protect them, and the NEP is great. But seriously? Who does the NEP REALLLLLY benefit? Think about it.

Just study the gap between the haves and have nots between the rich UMNOputras [we shall not include deserving, honest, capable Malay professionals and businessmen] and the rural Malays in the kampongs. They are being deluded, and used, to enrich those at the top. The gap is widening, the top are getting fatter and richer while the poor are being marginalized, regardless of race. How many obscenely filthily UMNOputras do we see, living the high life which they definitely can't live using their drawn salary? How many politicians live in mansions? Look at our AP Kings!

The biggggest victim here is the poor rural Malay himself. He never benefits. I feel sorry for him. Nothing trickles down to him. At each level something goes into that guy's pocket. He doesn't get the govt contracts handed out by the fat cats to their cronies. He doesnt get the hot chick (sorry, this is more relevant to me heh). No sir, the rich ass politican's son will get those hot chicks. You can't blame the girl for choosing the richer guy - its a natural law. This guy has to settle for selling his kuih and layang-layang in Kelantan and perhaps marrying some nasi lemak seller lady's daughter, have a simple ceremony (no Siti Nurhaliza extravaganzas), and live a life of toil and hardship, and due to bad nutrition, probably suffer from diabetes in their old age, while not being able to see their kids as the kids have migrated to the big city to work at menial jobs (ala my factory) while suffering from malnutrition and the like. So the poor gets systematically and institutionally marginalized and disadvantaged, while clinging onto the UMNO perpetuated myth that they could be even WORSE off eithout UMNO. He doesnt SEE, at their expense, the rich corrupted ones sending their kids overseas, living the high life, chasing prostitutes, drugs, driving Porsches and fast cars (crashing it and buying another), drinking, spending a thousand pounds on strip shows in 1 night, owning bungalows, thousand pound shopping sprees...He thinks that his lot is the best that it can be, thanks to UMNO...he cannot see that his life would be much better if the natural laws of economics were left to be, and the free market controlled things. It is not perfect but at least the pie would be distributed slightly more equally - at least, not the current 90% direct into aforementione fatcats' accounts.

The sad thing about the NEP is that it taints the actually talented, capable, intelligent Malays with the brush that implies they got their positions not due to meritocracy. Now, I would be the first to defend these people. If they have shown they are capable, they should stay on, and ignore others' whispers. I believe in meritocracy - capability comes first. There are lots and lots of very successful Malays who have achieved a lot, without the help and crutches of the NEP, relying only on themselves. These have earned my respect. But it sucks that the NEP insinuates that they are somehow unable to compete on their own, that they are an inferior race, and needs unfair cheat advantage to play the game. Because this insinuation is a total fallacy - these are what I label 'Towering Malays', who can stand tall, hold their own, and outperform, anyone else in their respective fields.

But the bad part about the NEP is that it provides for and encourages shoddy shit quality production. Breeds incompetence, laziness, dependence on foreigners, bleeds the country to death, reduces our efficiency, reduces public funds going back into the system to improve our way of life, breeds complacency, and renders the country more ineffective as a whole.

Nobody has studied the NEP's effects on the rest of the population. So many half past 6 grads graduating with a degree in something unmarketable or relating to religion, ending up being unmarketable and unemployed, jacking up the unemployed grads numbers, and forcing the govt to dig deep yet again into its coffers to temporarily come up with a stop gap hare brained resource wasting scheme to engage these 90,000 unemployed grads. So many people from other races, due to the tremendous disadvantages and uphill battles EVERY step of the way, live it tough - the deserving denied a bright future by seeing his scholarship given to a less capable person. And he ends up taking over the family's pork noodle business. It is a grim time for us non bumis indeed. And the cheek, to ask the qualified ppl to come back and serve your country and reverse brain drain- when the country rejected them in the first place by denying them a scholarship, so these people had to apply for (and got) the Asean scholarship and ended up being educated in S'pore. So many Chinese & Indian families being broken, or having social issues.

Now don't get me wrong. I am not against Malays receiving help. All I am saying is, I don't care what race you are in. If you are poor, lets see what we can do to help you. It is no longer about giving it all to just one race. I think we should now divide ourselves into income gap. Those who fall below the poverty line (incidentally, it is mostly Malays. Now where did that money go? Glances at my friend's neighbour's mansion, he who owns Naza) should receive help. Regardless of race. Those who are standing on their own feet. Well done. Regardless of race. A country should be united, for we are only as strong as our weakest link.