love Malaysia.
it is highly mistaken to blame Malaysia's performance in economy, education and social on its culture.
culture is actually an outcome of economic performance rather than the cause of development. it is the misconception that need to be corrected because i am sick hearing from fellow Malaysians that Malaysians are lazy, uneducated, dishonest, impolite and bad drivers.
most of those who like to complain and blame Malaysia's development problems to 'budaya orang kita' do not even realise that all those negative cultural traits used to describe Malaysians were in fact inherited from colonialism.
rich countries before their economic prowess transformation like Japan and German were too being described as mentally slow, dishonest, ruthless, lazy, laid back by the British in early 1900. the same stereotypes that 'rich' Malaysians like to describe 'working class' Malaysians for being economically handicap.
the list can go on and on, but the point is now the Germans are portrayed the exact opposite - highly skilled, rationale, law abiding citizen and efficient - and better than the British.
we (the so-called educated, rich Malaysians) love to derogatorily describe 'poor' Malaysians as having the third class mentality, those who do not flush their toilets (heh, even in MIT there are signage for people to make sure that that flush properly), lack of creativity and lazy bumps to be the reasons why our economy is stagnant.
why daisies, why would you use colonial words and prejudice against your own people?
i lived eight years in seoul, south korea from 2001 to 2009 and witnessed social and economy transformation from industrialization into K-economy and hallyu (korean wave - of k-pop, drama and culture). many Malaysians regard their success in economy was due to the 'right culture' and homogeneous society.
Korea in fact, had serious ethnic and other divisions. the southeast and southwest had a history of mutual hatred and distrust that they would not allow their children and relatives to marry someone from 'the other side'.
the above examples are to show that our 'cultural perceptive' and value towards ourselves is perpendicular to economic value. had we have higher purchasing power and higher ringgit value compared to major foreign currencies - maybe we will say good things about our fellow Malaysians.
all i can say about Malaysian culture is actually a political rather than a natural construction.
it is highly mistaken to blame Malaysia's performance in economy, education and social on its culture.
culture is actually an outcome of economic performance rather than the cause of development. it is the misconception that need to be corrected because i am sick hearing from fellow Malaysians that Malaysians are lazy, uneducated, dishonest, impolite and bad drivers.
most of those who like to complain and blame Malaysia's development problems to 'budaya orang kita' do not even realise that all those negative cultural traits used to describe Malaysians were in fact inherited from colonialism.
rich countries before their economic prowess transformation like Japan and German were too being described as mentally slow, dishonest, ruthless, lazy, laid back by the British in early 1900. the same stereotypes that 'rich' Malaysians like to describe 'working class' Malaysians for being economically handicap.
the list can go on and on, but the point is now the Germans are portrayed the exact opposite - highly skilled, rationale, law abiding citizen and efficient - and better than the British.
we (the so-called educated, rich Malaysians) love to derogatorily describe 'poor' Malaysians as having the third class mentality, those who do not flush their toilets (heh, even in MIT there are signage for people to make sure that that flush properly), lack of creativity and lazy bumps to be the reasons why our economy is stagnant.
why daisies, why would you use colonial words and prejudice against your own people?
i lived eight years in seoul, south korea from 2001 to 2009 and witnessed social and economy transformation from industrialization into K-economy and hallyu (korean wave - of k-pop, drama and culture). many Malaysians regard their success in economy was due to the 'right culture' and homogeneous society.
Korea in fact, had serious ethnic and other divisions. the southeast and southwest had a history of mutual hatred and distrust that they would not allow their children and relatives to marry someone from 'the other side'.
the above examples are to show that our 'cultural perceptive' and value towards ourselves is perpendicular to economic value. had we have higher purchasing power and higher ringgit value compared to major foreign currencies - maybe we will say good things about our fellow Malaysians.
all i can say about Malaysian culture is actually a political rather than a natural construction.
