after the demise of dear leader, it is predicted that the ruling party will fragment. this will complicate the political landscape of sg as already, there is so much fragmentation in vision, philosophies, strategies, tactics, personalities and priorities among local politicians and political thinkers.
sg is dominated by patriarchal politics, unlike few asian political systems and entities. whether it's left-leaning, rightist, communistic, capitalistic, liberal or conservative, a party, any party is dominated by a father figure. the father figure determines the strength, scope, survival and soul of the party. take away the father figure and the party either crumbles or fragment or morphs into a totally different entity even though it may establish a good for nothing in name only manifesto.
basically, with this argument, the life and flavor of the era of a party equates to the life and personality of the leader. for example, the wp may last longer than the current leader, but it is a fact that the wp under jbj was very different from the wp under ltk. the same will be with the sdp and pap. the problem is the leader is a mere mortal. the party is supposed to be immune from the life ending effects of mortality. succession and continuation of a vision, best laid plans, and their execution and fruition are important to a party's identity and winning formula among not only its supporters but voters in general as well.
the reality in sg is that a "tiger" is needed to secure discipline, fear and mastery in a party to get things going and plans moving. otherwise, it will be a party running amok with chimpanzees and baboons and buayas. zoo is another word to describe it. going forward, it's extremely difficult to have a consistent or improving quality of tiger generals in seamless succession. not only vision, strategy and tact are required of the tiger, but also wisdom, patience, knowledge and the gift of gap plus charisma and likeability at ground level. these exceptional "tiger" personalities come by every once in a lifetime, like signs from "heaven", comets and or ufo's. when they appear on the scene, their ascendance must not be squandered or hijacked into oblivion. for it would take another lifetime for the next tiger to manifest among lower mortals.
so, is there room in the sg mountain for not one but two or even multiple tigers? first of all, in nature and the wild, there are cases of two male tigers and two lions co-existing in the same geographic footprint. they are not gay, mind you. they are either father and son, or very good brothers, sometimes twins. and they share females and a common hunting ecosystem. any 3rd tiger partner in the midst is a myth. in the sg context, leaders of kitty parties claiming to be tiger generals are merely pawing to be heard like they roared, but in fact, they meowed!
ok. what's in the future?
tigers die. :o and the tribe is imperiled. going at the pappy rate, there's not a future tiger in sight.
fragmentation and de-tribalization are thus inevitable. in a decade or more, wp will be staring at the same inevitability. but what's currently unaccounted for is the possible appearance and rise of the baby dragon. why and what premise is this based on?
with the current ft policy of mass importation of ah tiongs and to a minor degree ah nehs and pinoy-pinay, the future political landscape of sg will change, possibly for the deep end. in politics, it's always a numbers' game. sinkies are not reproducing fast enough, coupled with the massive influx of 3rd rate foreigners, i.e. if critical mass of the major ethnic group of ah tiongs were to tip the scale, a new political entity and possible sinic-sympathetic party will arise. and a baby dragon will appear.
hate to say it, but the futuristic predicament expressed by ptader is right after all. the once unique sg identity of 60s and 70s kampong multi-culturalism which was not altogether perfect but livable and acceptable by many will be gone forever. the true natives will be a minority voice and will be marginalized, and they include not only malays, but also 3rd, 4th, 5th generation indians, chinese with english education and family backgrounds, peranakans, eurasians, etc. those proud of sinicisation and chinese dominance will likely bond with the dragon prince or princess, who will most likely be from china and has more allegiance to the prc than red tiny dot nanyang. the current "dragon" in name only will pale in comparison to the fiery oracle of the true dragon leader.
8 million is the number, and the new dragon prince/princess will command at least 4.1m ah tiongs and sympathetic china lovers, who will easily succumb to chinese pride in the heartlands. and don't ever, never forget the pinoy and their power of ethnic politics.
for me, my pet peeve will be that sg laksa will be marginalized by szechaun beef noodle soup. :o
sg is dominated by patriarchal politics, unlike few asian political systems and entities. whether it's left-leaning, rightist, communistic, capitalistic, liberal or conservative, a party, any party is dominated by a father figure. the father figure determines the strength, scope, survival and soul of the party. take away the father figure and the party either crumbles or fragment or morphs into a totally different entity even though it may establish a good for nothing in name only manifesto.
basically, with this argument, the life and flavor of the era of a party equates to the life and personality of the leader. for example, the wp may last longer than the current leader, but it is a fact that the wp under jbj was very different from the wp under ltk. the same will be with the sdp and pap. the problem is the leader is a mere mortal. the party is supposed to be immune from the life ending effects of mortality. succession and continuation of a vision, best laid plans, and their execution and fruition are important to a party's identity and winning formula among not only its supporters but voters in general as well.
the reality in sg is that a "tiger" is needed to secure discipline, fear and mastery in a party to get things going and plans moving. otherwise, it will be a party running amok with chimpanzees and baboons and buayas. zoo is another word to describe it. going forward, it's extremely difficult to have a consistent or improving quality of tiger generals in seamless succession. not only vision, strategy and tact are required of the tiger, but also wisdom, patience, knowledge and the gift of gap plus charisma and likeability at ground level. these exceptional "tiger" personalities come by every once in a lifetime, like signs from "heaven", comets and or ufo's. when they appear on the scene, their ascendance must not be squandered or hijacked into oblivion. for it would take another lifetime for the next tiger to manifest among lower mortals.
so, is there room in the sg mountain for not one but two or even multiple tigers? first of all, in nature and the wild, there are cases of two male tigers and two lions co-existing in the same geographic footprint. they are not gay, mind you. they are either father and son, or very good brothers, sometimes twins. and they share females and a common hunting ecosystem. any 3rd tiger partner in the midst is a myth. in the sg context, leaders of kitty parties claiming to be tiger generals are merely pawing to be heard like they roared, but in fact, they meowed!
ok. what's in the future?
tigers die. :o and the tribe is imperiled. going at the pappy rate, there's not a future tiger in sight.
fragmentation and de-tribalization are thus inevitable. in a decade or more, wp will be staring at the same inevitability. but what's currently unaccounted for is the possible appearance and rise of the baby dragon. why and what premise is this based on?with the current ft policy of mass importation of ah tiongs and to a minor degree ah nehs and pinoy-pinay, the future political landscape of sg will change, possibly for the deep end. in politics, it's always a numbers' game. sinkies are not reproducing fast enough, coupled with the massive influx of 3rd rate foreigners, i.e. if critical mass of the major ethnic group of ah tiongs were to tip the scale, a new political entity and possible sinic-sympathetic party will arise. and a baby dragon will appear.
hate to say it, but the futuristic predicament expressed by ptader is right after all. the once unique sg identity of 60s and 70s kampong multi-culturalism which was not altogether perfect but livable and acceptable by many will be gone forever. the true natives will be a minority voice and will be marginalized, and they include not only malays, but also 3rd, 4th, 5th generation indians, chinese with english education and family backgrounds, peranakans, eurasians, etc. those proud of sinicisation and chinese dominance will likely bond with the dragon prince or princess, who will most likely be from china and has more allegiance to the prc than red tiny dot nanyang. the current "dragon" in name only will pale in comparison to the fiery oracle of the true dragon leader.
8 million is the number, and the new dragon prince/princess will command at least 4.1m ah tiongs and sympathetic china lovers, who will easily succumb to chinese pride in the heartlands. and don't ever, never forget the pinoy and their power of ethnic politics.
for me, my pet peeve will be that sg laksa will be marginalized by szechaun beef noodle soup. :o
