politics are the dumbest things in this world.
politics brought about poverty. tres bien.
politics brought about distrust. excellent.
politics twisted science. so is global warming happening or not?
politics killed people.
politics made me self censor something that i was going to write.
isn't politics a damn pandora's box with nothing good with it at all?
for one moment someone blows you away with an amazing speech. he promises what no one else dared to promise. he gives you previews of the benefits of you vote for him.
the next moment he betrays your trust. you get nothing from voting for him.
the righteous person is oppressed, and he who is not as righteous wins the game.
isn't the world be better off with NO politics? with global politics come school politics. isn't this a place where we learn the values of righteousness, or trust, of everything good that is encompassed in the school philosophy?
why are being exposed to politics, something entirely about cheating, backstabbing and making false promises?
why do we even have classroom politics when there is nothing to fight for as well?
let us all come to our senses.
anyway I was thinking, what would happen if singapore had regular polls about the approval ratings of our gahmen people?
then I stopped thinking because it wouldn't matter at all.
i like my life, but i swear one day its gonna be more interesting than this.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
What happens when capitalism fails?
Is there anything that dares to take over from there?
Should there be a line drawn at how much more capitalist we can get?
Which are the capitalist societies doomed to failure?
I cannot answer the above questions, can you? Capitalism first started out as uh prostitution, which is the oldest industry ever. From then on people started adopting the "work hard, earn money, get stuff for yourself" attitude, which is capitalism in essence. From that moment, charity became obsolete. Everyone became capitalist. Everyone associated everything as an opportunity to earn money.
I can't really talk about the economic aspects of capitalism, because there are just way too many things to talk about and I confess I don't know a lot about it. So to simplify what I'm trying to say let's just refer to the best model of a capitalist society: Singapore.
You cannot possible deny that Singapore is inherently capitalist. Look at what we have: Income gaps, elitism, etc - the products of capitalism. Capitalism has been the best and the worst thing that has ever happened. It has made us more competent, more competitive and a lot more hardworking; yet it has made us a lot more selfish, a lot of us much more poorer, and produced a lot more bitches. This is what we have become. Can't do well in your studies? C'mon you still have a chance - true as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow unless you're really that imba. Do well in your studies? Go to a "good" school! We'll give you a scholarship! Donate some money to charity? Right dude show me some stunts first then I'll consider. Make sure the stunts are as cool as those done by circus animals. Do you know that people are suffering with illnesses, lack of food and lack of water? Oh my, that's just really bad. And what flavor of ice cream do you want?
These are the values that capitalism have taught us.
Trust people to ask teachers for ACE/OP points whenever possible, when we know that doing something is for our own good.
Other than the education system, Singapore has also made us the best capitalist example for others to follow worldwide. China are looking at us! Shopping centres springing up without regard as to whether there are even enough customers. We build the merlion, the third airport terminal, the IRs, and all that expensive crap when we could have used all that hoards of money to help the poor people in Singapore - which are more than substantial, if you didn't know. Instead of spending all that, why not just send like another 5 billion to Haiti if you have the capacity to build so many buildings, give so much money to your ministers and have so much in your reserves? Why not just fork out a "mere" one million to help just a small are in Africa, which will be more than enough? We all know why - these countries including haiti can't give nuts to us. We have been steel coated by capitalism into hard-cold mercenary robots.
And its too late to turn back. Because I myself am capitalist.
When Mr Tan PT talked to us about the spirit of giving, I suppose few of us could understand what he said about the dilemma of charity in this capitalist world of ours.
Anyway to answer my first 2 questions at the start, there must be a point in which capitalism will start to implode; I'll find some time to explain this somewhere later. And, very very sadly, there isn't much that is capable of replacing capitalism. Because communism was an epic failure.
To everyone: I'm sorry if I had succeeded in bruising or crushing your ego by either making a derogatory remark or grilling you during your presentation. You were just unlucky to cross my path when I was feeling angsty. The best way to recover from it is to just forget about it. My ego gets bruised easily too, but you don't see it because I don't show it and I forget about it. And for those who are pretending that your egos are not broken by me, then I swear I will take every chance to grab your ego by force and rip it and burn it and reduce it to stuff less significant than ashes.
To everyone: Don't be elitist, and don't think you're better than other people. You may seem to be, but you aren't. Stop being so commanding because you're so good in math or science and you;ve got a 1.00 MSG to show off to.
Its time to stop, let's all pray for a more innocent world which lives by the Michael Jackson quote I posted before.
Is there anything that dares to take over from there?
Should there be a line drawn at how much more capitalist we can get?
Which are the capitalist societies doomed to failure?
I cannot answer the above questions, can you? Capitalism first started out as uh prostitution, which is the oldest industry ever. From then on people started adopting the "work hard, earn money, get stuff for yourself" attitude, which is capitalism in essence. From that moment, charity became obsolete. Everyone became capitalist. Everyone associated everything as an opportunity to earn money.
I can't really talk about the economic aspects of capitalism, because there are just way too many things to talk about and I confess I don't know a lot about it. So to simplify what I'm trying to say let's just refer to the best model of a capitalist society: Singapore.
You cannot possible deny that Singapore is inherently capitalist. Look at what we have: Income gaps, elitism, etc - the products of capitalism. Capitalism has been the best and the worst thing that has ever happened. It has made us more competent, more competitive and a lot more hardworking; yet it has made us a lot more selfish, a lot of us much more poorer, and produced a lot more bitches. This is what we have become. Can't do well in your studies? C'mon you still have a chance - true as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow unless you're really that imba. Do well in your studies? Go to a "good" school! We'll give you a scholarship! Donate some money to charity? Right dude show me some stunts first then I'll consider. Make sure the stunts are as cool as those done by circus animals. Do you know that people are suffering with illnesses, lack of food and lack of water? Oh my, that's just really bad. And what flavor of ice cream do you want?
These are the values that capitalism have taught us.
Trust people to ask teachers for ACE/OP points whenever possible, when we know that doing something is for our own good.
Other than the education system, Singapore has also made us the best capitalist example for others to follow worldwide. China are looking at us! Shopping centres springing up without regard as to whether there are even enough customers. We build the merlion, the third airport terminal, the IRs, and all that expensive crap when we could have used all that hoards of money to help the poor people in Singapore - which are more than substantial, if you didn't know. Instead of spending all that, why not just send like another 5 billion to Haiti if you have the capacity to build so many buildings, give so much money to your ministers and have so much in your reserves? Why not just fork out a "mere" one million to help just a small are in Africa, which will be more than enough? We all know why - these countries including haiti can't give nuts to us. We have been steel coated by capitalism into hard-cold mercenary robots.
And its too late to turn back. Because I myself am capitalist.
When Mr Tan PT talked to us about the spirit of giving, I suppose few of us could understand what he said about the dilemma of charity in this capitalist world of ours.
Anyway to answer my first 2 questions at the start, there must be a point in which capitalism will start to implode; I'll find some time to explain this somewhere later. And, very very sadly, there isn't much that is capable of replacing capitalism. Because communism was an epic failure.
To everyone: I'm sorry if I had succeeded in bruising or crushing your ego by either making a derogatory remark or grilling you during your presentation. You were just unlucky to cross my path when I was feeling angsty. The best way to recover from it is to just forget about it. My ego gets bruised easily too, but you don't see it because I don't show it and I forget about it. And for those who are pretending that your egos are not broken by me, then I swear I will take every chance to grab your ego by force and rip it and burn it and reduce it to stuff less significant than ashes.
To everyone: Don't be elitist, and don't think you're better than other people. You may seem to be, but you aren't. Stop being so commanding because you're so good in math or science and you;ve got a 1.00 MSG to show off to.
Its time to stop, let's all pray for a more innocent world which lives by the Michael Jackson quote I posted before.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
2010
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”
Going into secondary 2 I have gained a better perspective of the world, and how maybe it's true that 99% of the world are actually idiots.
I have also discovered that life may very well suck.
Before the class blog policy is being drafted I shall blog as I like, which means I'll follow my own policy. Which has just one clause - No flaming.
Now as a first post I shall not bother to do any introductions, because they are time wasting and you won't know much about me anyway. Perhaps you can look at the description at my profile which was written when my God Complex was running really high, so don't really bother about it.
Apparently I'm supposed to blog about something that interests me and that something only, so I shall choose: Occasional philosophy, ironies, politics, even though p0liticians are utterly hypocritical idiots, and so on. Don't bother tracking my blog if you want to find out about my life; I'm not a narcissist who posts photos.
Anyway before this entire blog post goes to waste, I shall attempt to revive it. The quote above was by MJ(obviously), and this is the quote that makes me feel... sad. We can no longer live our life by those words. When can we trust someone? When can we know for real that any person is not a fake person(literally)? When can we do that in this world where siblings dare to kill each other?
I don't even trust you.
Apple computer users often say that their computers are cool for a few reason:
- It's cool
- It looks good
- Its cool
- Can't play games, hey!
- Its ghey
- Its just darn cool
Mac is just another capitalist thing. Hey maybe I'm wrong; it is the perfect symbol of capitalism.
Now we're conforming to Mac. We're conforming to the Mac's characteristics; we chanting about how good it is when those words didn't even come out of Steven's own mouth.
Why are we saying that certain things "are cool" when we don't even know whether they are? Why are we joining facebook groups that don't make sense? "For those who have pushed a pull door" - Thanks for letting me know you're either blind or retarded. "I'm giving away free iPods" - yeah, thanks, give me 10 if you have that many!
C'mon dudes we all have to wake up.
Our no-lifeness have manifested into something that is more than senseless.
It may just be too late.
I think I'll blog about capitalism and talk about a certain country the next time I post.
http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2010/01/singapore-government-donates-whopping-us50000-for-haiti-relief-efforts.html - That's an enormous amount. For a country with I-have-no-idea-how-many billion in their reserves.
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