The Great Capitalism vs Communism Debate
It appears that the new home minister Hishamuddin Hussein, who happens to be a first cousin of crime minister Najib Razak, has come up with a new political strategy. He wants to associate the Chinese-dominated Democratic Action Party (DAP) with the creeping return of communism.
Indeed, this vile strategy is laced with the usual Umno brand of racist arsenic. It seeks to create – or, rather, resurrect – the illusion that all Chinese are actual or potential communists. Which is patently an infantile, stupid and shallow notion easily rebutted.
Russia and Cuba are known to be communist nations – yet there aren't too many Chinese to be found in either country. Of course, this has never occurred to the rabidly racist editors of Utusan Malaysia, Umno's propaganda rag.
Communism as a political ideology transcends race – just like its Siamese twin, capitalism.
Being infantile, stupid and shallow is par for the course when it comes to Umno politics. To anyone outside Umno it must be clear as crystal that Umno isn't really interested in anything apart from ferociously clinging onto the political dominance the party has enjoyed – or, rather, abused – since 1957. Nothing else matters to Umno: certainly not issues of justice, human rights, fair play, accountable government, and democratic space (without which no healthy mental, moral or social development can occur).
