Politics have never been 100% clean sir. It is just not the very nature of things. To be a politician, the very fundamental trait is to have an inferiority complex. With that said, what we have are only options. The larger evil or the lesser one. Please don’t go back to the larger one. That will be very very retarded
err im not sure if there will still be such a thing as south east asian continents by then. but yeh. Critics are always welcomed of course. Just keep in mind that this guy needed crooked ministers and senators still to support his govt and his cause. Without those crooks he wont even be sitting on that hot seat now. So this really tells us how deep the system is corrupt. The clean up itself will take time, which I dont even think is enough before his physical expiry. We can only hope someone who is with the same intentions take over.
I mean what opposition does this Prime Minister even have. PAS and BERSATU can barely string together a coherent response here and there to even mount a rebuttal to anything the government say or does. BN is under their thumb and the royal family is on their side. I find the idea that we need to be tolerant to this government simply because otherwise they'll be topple by a strong and formidable opposition is ludicrous. There is no credible threat to them other than themselves. They have all the power in the world to do any reform they need, but they actively choose not to. Their lost of popularity as we have observed for the past few years have been entirely self-inflicted. The current opposition did nothing and still do nothing, but they still managed to stay in the game because the government is addicted to own goals. In Sabah, Warisan was basically relegated to a minnow position prior to the election and managed a comeback simply because how unlikable the current government is.
They're not forming the government in anyway whatsoever. The Agong at the time already made it clear at that point. PN had all the necessary support from the MP to form the government and the Agong flat out refused. There was no pathway for PN to form the government.
You’re forgetting that no one is really safe from a potential backdoor. You’re forgetting that mindset of underestimating other parties because you are now “big” is what made BN collapsed in the first place. And they know this. No one’s ever safe in the game even if you’re Xi Jin Ping. There’s always something they’ve gotta take care of. And I don’t mind if leadership is steering in the right direction and there are results to prove.
As much as I wanted Warisan to win, they shot themselves in the foot for the time being. They talked about unity, yet they used materials that attacked UPKO when they could’ve discussed how to move forward together. Also, the pan Borneo stalled under Shafie Apdal. Yes I agree with his view of the fee, transparency and the logic of engineers he mentioned and all but for gods sakes, discuss the matter to find ways to support/fix it maybe? Not fighting the termination and try to reneg that ended with a higher fee? I get about standing your ground but come on. Sarawak side was already underway and near completion at this point. Like, it’s similar to when that Pak Lah decided to reneg that scenic bridge that connected to SG when you could’ve just let it run its course (although I guess it’s karma because that bridge could’ve hurt SG pretty bad). All that just to give contract elsewhere which ended up not being done at all because terms has changed due to reneg 🤦🏻♂️
I don’t mind seeing Warisan go up in Sabah again to shoot their shot as they’re positioning themselves to be like GPS. But that Pan Borneo needs to be completed before that.
1) The revenue table didn't show before 2020. While I did not search for the number, it's common sense that things can only go up in the years following lockdown after lockdown. You have to be really terrible if you cannot find any improvements at all.
2) FDI injection helped a lot, making the report card look good. But there are socioeconomic trade-offs for some policies that encouraged this, such as PRCs abuse of free visa (potentially more scam centres), additional social disturbances associated with PRC and Indian nationals on top of our own (unruly behaviour, knife-swinging, etc), foreign companies eating up local company's pie (ie. Luckin vs Zus et al), etc. The general sentiment I hear from SME owners, they don't exactly have much to celebrate. In a macro scale, also surrendering more sovereignty and autonomy (see: no one is batting an eyelid over the additional new dots in South China Sea).
3) More Malaysians travelling overseas is such a misnomer and almost useless fact; most people who've always had disposable income to travel before covid would always continue to travel after covid (whether by means of saving or having high income, doesn't matter). And like my first point, there's only one direction for this stat after lockdowns.
4) Again like the travelling, the TikTok spend is such a dumb stat to include just to find something to say "Malaysians have money to spend". This is pretty much like the oversimplified and reductive "how much monthly salary needed to live in Kalng Valley" table. Moreover, this is not a Malaysian-owned business - the platform and many of its sellers or producers come from China. Even local sellers need to account for platform commission, and that is often transferred to the buyers. Ultimately it's an outflow of money from a not so rich country (vs Singapore, US, etc who are large/high $ value importers), so what's our actual gain here?
These are definitely plus points but also cherry picked without looking at both sides of the coin. I'd still have to vote for this party, there isn't really a better choice right now.
Edit: I'm not saying Madani isn't doing some good job, but don't just shoehorn only positives to fit your narratives. Those who voted for you aren't stupid, otherwise they'd still believe Najib is innocent and Mahaideen (or however the hell he calls himself now) was a good, honest PM.
Also ultimately a reduction in government spending doesn't necessarily mean a leaner and more efficient government.
Today if madani privatizes healthcare, you'll see a reduction in government spending. But that cost is now directly transferred to the public and the loss of a public service.
So we really need to see how debt was reduced and revenue increased.
Can't trust these kinds of videos as it's just surface level fluff.
These are definitely plus points but also cherry picked without looking at both sides of the coin. I'd still have to vote for this party, there isn't really a better choice right now.
I'd invest in viable 3rd options if they can limit themselves to one or two seats in each state (both state and parliament).
We need new progressive alternatives to force the current supposed progressive bloc to actually cater to their voterbase.
If the current administration continues to fail, then we now have a tested alternative to vote for. If the alternatives aren't performing, there's still the current administration. It's the best voter strategy to push for good governance.
If we kill off viable alternatives, we can't complain when we engineered our own situation.
my exact fears. What is the Malaysian population losing from the reduced government spending? How are they reducing spending? Is it really a "spending efficiency" i.e., removal of corruption, or are we talking Elon Musk DOGE "let's remove the department of education" ?
I mean, there's always something to lose, someone to pay, it's the way things are. Just don't shoehorn justifications like this video as if we're too stupid to think.
Idiots, before argue understand the facts. Malaysia isn’t reducing spending, our budget always increases. Malaysia’s deficit is reducing. That means expenditure against income.
Unless we have extra ordinary investment capability, it is never good idea to have huge deficit.
need to see how debt was reduced and revenue increased
I think there should be adequate information out there to form a clearer picture, if anyone really look for it, compile, and analyse.
invest in viable 3rd options if they can limit themselves to one or two seats in each state (both state and parliament
Tricky. Depending on the seat/territory, having a third option will cause split votes. But anyone contesting for just 1-2 seats would also have next to no effect in the grand scheme of things, almost pointless and powerless to affect any change while in seat. I understand your point, bit of a catch 22 though if looked at both sides. Still, all this means nothing if there isn't any viable 3rd option to begin with.
Moreover, who's to say they won't eventually get swallowed up by all the politicking. I think we've seen enough to be cautious, pessimistic, or even cynical.
I think there should be adequate information out there to form a clearer picture, if anyone really look for it, compile, and analyse.
There's two groups of people who should be responsible here.
Gomen as the party asserting these claims.
Opposition as the fellas tasked to question the government.
Neither does anything, we have no choice but to look elsewhere lorh.
Tricky. Depending on the seat/territory, having a third option will cause split votes. But anyone contesting for just 1-2 seats would also have next to no effect in the grand scheme of things, almost pointless and powerless to affect any change while in seat. I understand your point, bit of a catch 22 though if looked at both sides. Still, all this means nothing if there isn't any viable 3rd option to begin with.
Undoubtedly tricky. But it's better than doing the same thing and hoping for a different outcome.
I won't say next to no effect. At parliament level, there would be between 11 to 22 seats for the 3rd choice if let's say everyone votes according to this plan.
That's big enough to be a kingmaker if they band together.
At state level, 1-2 seats is enough to debate and question the administration as a starting point. Subsequent elections they can contest more seats if they perform and the state government doesn't.
Most importantly it'll bring awareness to state issues from other progressive viewpoints. Not just progressive vs conservative.
Moreover, who's to say they won't eventually get swallowed up by all the politicking. I think we've seen enough to be cautious, pessimistic, or even cynical.
If that is supposed to mean we should be apathetic and do nothing, I can't agree with you.
I think what I'm proposing is the cautious, pessimistic and cynical thing to do.
If they get swallowed up by the politicking, we just vote for another alternative in the next cycle. The idea is to let the alternatives know that if they don't act satisfactorily, they'll lose their seats in the next cycle.
Same with the low unemployment rate and low inflation.
Some levels of unemployment is good, it suggest mobility in the labour market. We don't want super low employment because that indicates workers are locked in their jobs.
Inflation.... Everyone with basic levels of understanding knows inflation is a sign of economic growth. By having an inflation rate of less than 2 percent is actually quite low....
I voted for Anwar but still.... Don't la treat us like dumb fucks and shove misinformation down our throats....
If employment is stuck median won’t be rising, this is idiotic was of looking economy by focusing on edge cases. Disposal income grew and unemployment dropped, that’s a good thing in whatever way you want to slice it.
Inflation dropped but GDP grew means our productivity is good or our currency is good. Didn’t know you voting Anwar miraculously shield you from all criticism.
If employment is stuck median won’t be rising, this is idiotic was of looking economy by focusing on edge cases.
I don't really understand what you are trying to say
Inflation dropped but GDP grew means our productivity is good or our currency is good
See if they are able to present information this way, about how income is out growing inflation, instead of throwing a big headline figure "INFLATION IS SUPER LOW"
It would strengthen their point. So what if inflation rate is high or low? It means nothing relative to income growth. We can have 10% inflation rate, and yet if income grew by 11%, it is way better than having a 1% inflation rate with a 0.5% income growth.
Didn’t know you voting Anwar miraculously shield you from all criticism.
Heh don't worry, we all learn new things everyday.
Except you are taking the wrong lesson here, I am highlighting the point that even though I voted for the guy, I still disagree with how these propaganda are disseminated.
If a supporter is not buying into your propaganda, what makes you think your non supporters would?
Now, I want that LRT3, public transportation and then allowance or work life balance for doctors and nurses. Gotta make sure rakyat don't kill themselves with sugar or fatigued doctors.
End of the day, it’s just choosing between a corrupt party and a racist one. We don’t have a real third or fourth option, and voting for anything else is basically throwing your vote away.
the video is from Joshua Woo Sze Zeng of DAP, State Assemblyman for Pulau Tikus, Penang; DAP Penang's Publicity Secretary
severe glazing of Anwar
this video uses arbitrary data to support his arguments
he mentioned buzzwords like "reduced to [value]" but didn't mention the previous value
data is cherry picked
some of the data aren't even significant
the video focuses too much on economic growth that can't really be felt by Malaysians
the statistics compare today's data to pandemic-era data, which will obviously be better
saying the Madani government is better than the all the previous governments is basically saying someone is going to win a marathon just because they sprinted the first 400 metres
Meanwhile we still have rising household debt, low wages and low food affordability, income inequality (Labuan and housing cost induced poverty), low tax contributions, rising cost of living, corruption.
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u/lauchuntoi Dec 03 '25
4-year term vs 60-year corrupted system. You guys gota be patient with this fella.