Malaysians voted for money in GE14
The lesson here is Malaysia’s GE14 was won and lost because of money. The people believe that the economic hardship they are facing is because of Najib Tun Razak’s bad management of the economy. They believe the 6% GST is making the cost of living too high and if Pakatan Harapan were to take over they would abolish the GST and everything will become cheaper and the people will end up with more money in their pockets.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Why did the Germans vote for Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party in 1933? Well, it was because Hitler promised the Germans he would solve Germany’s economic problems.
The Great Depression started in 1929 and ended ten years later in 1939. In 1933, the Germans had enough of the Weimar government and decided to give a chance to Hitler to deliver the promises he had been making since February 1920. One major promise was to end the economic hardship of the German people.
And Hitler did this by colonising Germany’s neighbours, and eventually the whole of Europe, so that they could plunder the wealth of those countries for the benefit of Germany.
Hitler promised the Germans a great life so they gave him the government in 1933
The French Revolution in 1789 was triggered because of economic hardship. The people were hungry while the elite ate well. Even the church, which owned 20% of the land all over Europe, grew rich at the expense of the peasants.
The French Revolution was born on an empty stomach.
The English Civil War between 1642 and 1651 was also triggered by economic hardship. England was practically bankrupt and to raise money King Charles I increased the taxes. This was a most unpopular move resulting in King Charles I being the first king in English history to get beheaded, after which England became a republic for a short while.
After executing Charles I and turning England into a republic, life did not become better, so they brought back Charles II
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was also because of money. Russia was bankrupt and could not afford to pay the salaries of the army. After six months of no pay, the soldiers began to revolt, mainly because they and their families were hungry. As soon as the first revolt started, the politicians quickly hijacked it and turned it into a party revolution. Thereafter the revolution spread to the general workers on the exploitation of the politicians.
Yes, as Pakatan Harapan supporters are fond of telling me: who cares about the past? The past is not important. Why keep talking about history?
Contrary to what these Pakatan Harapan people may think, the past or history is important. It teaches us about the mistakes of the past so that we do not repeat those mistakes. They say we must learn from our mistakes. Why not we learn for other peoples’ mistakes instead? That may prove less painful.
The Tsar was ousted and then executed but the lives of the Russians became even worse and it took them 70 years to become free again
The lesson here is Malaysia’s GE14 was won and lost because of money. The people believe that the economic hardship they are facing is because of Najib Tun Razak’s bad management of the economy. They believe the 6% GST is making the cost of living too high and if Pakatan Harapan were to take over they would abolish the GST and everything will become cheaper and the people will end up with more money in their pockets.
They also believe that Najib stole billions of the rakyat’s money, 1MDB being one example of many, and that once the government is changed all this robbery will end and the people will become richer.
Furthermore, the new government will recover all that stolen money and will end corruption at all levels. And with this savings of RM50-100 billion a year, the government can manage the country without burdening the people with taxes, the GST being just one of those many taxes that would end.
Pakatan Harapan is not able to deliver its promises so it is distracting Malaysians from that truth by persecuting Najib Razak and Zahid Hamidi
Yes, GE14, just like all those other changes over the last hundreds of years all over the world, World War 1 and World War 2 included, is about money. Pakatan Harapan promised the voters a good life and the voters bought that promise by voting Pakatan Harapan.
So now Pakatan Harapan needs to deliver that promise. Pakatan Harapan asked for 100 days and the voters agreed. Then Pakatan Harapan said 100 days is not enough after all and asked for more time and the voters also agreed. But will the voters also agree when Pakatan Harapan tells them that five years is not enough and they need a second term of five years so that Pakatan Harapan can give them that good life they promised before GE14?
The English discovered that after turning England into a republic their lives did not become any better. So, nine years later they restored the monarchy and gave the throne to Charles II. The French discovered that the Revolution of 1789 did not make their lives any better. So, 50 years later they had the Second French Revolution. The Russians, of course, discovered too late that replacing the Tsar with the Bolsheviks just made the whole thing worse and it took them 70 years before the next change would happen.
