I am only in chapter two, in which the contributor discusses about Singapore. You know what? It made me realize that 1Mesia is sort of emulating S'pores current system, in which every race is treated as equal and the common values (like budi bahasa) dijadikan basis to promote cultural identity. The thing is, Spore, like Mesia is a multiracial country. Ada banyak kaum kan, so it is quite unfair to only champion one kaum. Masa negara tu baru saja keluar dari malaysia, it was searching for an identity. the majority of kaum yang duduk di spore are chinese. but, since spore is situated in the midst of mostly 'malay' based countries, it would deem impossible for these countries to accept a Chinese country. tapi..nak bagi kat Melayu pulak..melayu minoriti. india lagilah....bilangannya lagi sket. so, what they ols thought of was, capitalism was the way to go! economy was seen as a way to pull people together.
And, i only realised how the s'pore government banked in on capitalism to get its rakyat to bersatupadu. that was how it could quickly become one of the fastest growing nation (bawah japan). it places importance on kiasu-ness competitiveness, mutual trust and co-operation, and meritocracy.
so now u ols tahu la kan why org cakap sporeans adalah kiasu (no offense to sporeans...this is based on the book). because that sifat has been instilled in them. that is their national identity. to always be first, to be able to earn to buy a flat. gittew.
sangat menarik for me. sebab apa..now i see that 1 malaysia juga katanya tak nak assimilate cultures but nak celebrate the masyarakat berbilang kaum by practicing some common values (which was what spore did lah kan.)adakah ini salah satu usaha untuk mem-flourishkan economy? I just hope it won't supress ethnic identities in our country.
ok..enough rambling. now to chapter 3.
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