Well Sir, Umno Shares A Common Delusion

 

Daim denounced Umno as out of touch with political realities, self-serving, delusional

• he said party lost its appeal with common people 
• failed to offer anything new or of substance
• not learnt from history 

leaders still act as if they are in charge as warlords 

rakyat mature enough to see through their agenda of self-preservation

I do not believe  Umno, presently has any appeal for most people

he said Umno seemed to be thinking it was the strongest.

It thinks it is the strongest political party in the country at the moment

Umno confident it could win a general election if one was called now

Maybe it will do better than in the last general election

• disunity in Umno, different factions had different reasons 
• These reasons have nothing to do with the welfare of the country
• all are based on individual leaders’ personal agendas.

many Umno ministers in PN - How are they performing? 

My comments :

I think there is a bit more to it.  

The Malay people are upset with the present crop of Umno leaders because they are self serving, looking out for their own self preservation and their own personal agendas. If you add up these words it also becomes "corrupt" - not necessarily money corruption but a party that has corrupted ideas, corrupted ideals and a corrupted philosophy. 

The Malays are unhappy with UMNO only because of the self serving leaders and the corruption among them.  

Hence Tun Daim says Umno is delusional if Umno thinks they still command support from the Malays. 

This is only partially true. The Malays who will support Umno are delusional too. 

The chicken did come before the egg. The Malays who support Umno are delusional and that is how the party also became delusional.

Replace the self serving leaders and the Malay support for Umno will return.

Despite saying Umno is delusional, Tun Daim still says :  Maybe it will do better (in the next elections) than in the last general election

So Umno can still win big - delusions and all. 

This is proof that the chicken came before the egg.

If Umno can still win big, it means that it is the Malays who support Umno who are delusional. From them the  Delusional Virus then spread into the party. 

What does this mean? It means the delusion will not go away? Not likely.

Malaysia is a country where a large part of its society has lost its way. 

And this lost society is perfectly represented in UMNO. 

There are others who are already in the mental asylum. They support the lebai fellows.

Have we lost our way or no? Lets ask some Yes or No questions.

What is Malaysia? Is it a capitalist country? No. 

Is it a free market economy? Not really. 

Is it a socialist country? Yes but mostly for the Malays / bumiputras. The government takes care of them cradle to grave. 

Is Malaysia a socialist country for the non-Malays? No.

Is it a communist style command economy where the government controls huge sectors of the economy ?  Yes it certainly is.

Is it an Islamic theocracy ? Informally (or unofficially) yes, but only for the Malays and Muslims.

Is it a liberal democracy for the Malays? No.

Is it a liberal democracy for the non-Malays? Yes to an extent.

Is Malay / Muslim society secular ? No.

Is non-Malay / non-Muslim society secular? Yes to a very large extent. 

So what exactly is Malaysia? 

Malaysia is very confused.

Considering that Malaysia has been under the firm thumbprint of Umno for 64 years we can safely blame 'Confused Malaysia' on Umno and its Malay supporters.  

Since the chicken came before the egg, it is Umno's supporters who are delusional. And they gave birth to a delusional Umno.  

They are upset with present set of Umno leaders because they are corrupt and also stupid. Once you replace these corrupt leaders with others (hopefully less corrupt or not corrupt) then the common delusions will pull together.

The Common Denominator in UMNO is indeed delusion. 

Umno represents the delusional. 

So any repairs or fix to Umno will only be temporary. 

The default setting in Umno is 'DELUSIONAL'.

Over in the Lebai Party the default setting is worse.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.