Delusions of a Common Man

I am feeling very different this time at this moment. Feeling of delusion, if you were to ask me. I am very blur and felt very funny at this moment.


Why?


Reading and feeling how our fellow common men aka our friends, our countrymen and all that we know, are suffering from the situation right now. The sufferings and the complainings of the daily livelihood. The rise in the daily expenses, the rise of fuel prices, their low income monthly. I know it and i can feel it.

Even i believe our government is suffering from it too. The control is not within them. We are all at mercy of the world situation now and i believe those who will reap the benefits (not reward) will be those oil barons, oil traders in the America and those in the Middle Easts. You think that our Petronas is huge? It is tiny and its a public knowledge that our oil in the state of Terengganu is going to run out unless our dear Petronas go and compete internationally to find more oils. Go check out Petrobras, CNOOC, ExxonMobil and the rest of these oil companies to know and understand better. Our small little Petronas is just a small player in the market. Talk about the grandeur of fellow Malaysians.

Back to our Malaysia. You see, our government is elected through our citizens, in short, our rakyats, every 4 years once. Fellow Malaysians elect their representative from their area and from there, those who are elected, will represent them (in their political parties) to form a government. Hence, BN (Barisan Nasional in Malaysia) in the parliament.

The logic is simple. Democratic parties needs support from citizens to vote for them in order to become a government and by logic, 80% of our citizens in Malaysia are poor and struggling given their status in life. Only a handful, 20% of the populations are rich, well off above their fellow men. This 20 / 80 rules applies and is refered as rule of pareto.

Now, back to the main point, if you were to be given a choice, which one do you want to be?


The 20% or the 80% of the population?


20% are those who are born rich and wealthy, and they will not have much of a complain due to the excessive amount of money and assets they have with them. Even their interests from banks, cash flows from businesses and money coming in from assets is so abundance and so exuberance, that they will be mostly, disconnected with the rest of the society.

Meanwhile, 80% of the population, will ever continue to suffer from their class of society and their lack of wealth. Struggling everyday to make ends meet, scratchin here and there and hope that government will be able to help them. Voicing their opinions and complaining and whining are the only channel available. Some of them have choices and opportunities in the path of their lives. Some take the challenge and make a change, like me. And majority of them resists it, due to the fear of change, i believe.

These categories of people are so blur and so used to their life, that they fear the word change. They are comfortable being poor and struggling that they will find reasons NOT TO GET RICH. Its real. Go and ask them. They will give you 1000 reasons why they cannot do it. All they need is 1 reason powerful enough to make them realised the truth (truely realise) and their life will change. Sadly few men will do it.

But, on the positive note, its good for individuals like me, coz of these, i will have fewer competitions and more opportunities! Damn! Feels good to be the cream of the crop!

No doubt about it. Government need these 80% of the people to vote for them every 4 years. But of course, given the lack of choices to choose from, more than often, the people will suffer all the time for their choices. Perhaps it boils down to the narrow view, the lack of the big picture understanding.

Give these families of poor who lives in the hut in a kampung next to the jungle RM50 and a pack of rice and sugar, they will vote for them. Don't you agree? Those small little ass politicians will of course, mostly, pocket their benefits 1st. Then of course, to their family and circle of friends. And of course, lastly those left over benefits to the people who vote for them. Talk about the system.

Common men and middle class will still, need to keep a job, make end meets and carry out their daily responsibilities. While carry on hoping and have a picture of Horatio Alger in them. The hope that one day, they will become rich. Or their kids will, if they were to fail. Hoping. The Horatio Alger or the story of the rag to riches story will happen to them.

But understand this. No changes to your action, no changes to your results. No rich mindset, no money in your pocket. No sacrifice, no victory. Its simple. Buts is hard.

Newton Law of Motions, "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"

Meaning, for everything to happen in your life, please make and do some action.

I think i need to do some reflection today and make my next step. A drastic change to my mindset, my activity and my action. I believe. To those who thinks a same wavelength as i do, perhaps we need to focus and discuss more.

Au Revoir!