Dr Mahathir

Quoted as the "SMARTEST reply/response I heard whole night". Not by me.

Mr. Mahathir. Left the building just-in-time. He's much more better precisioned than Toyota. Every single white elephant was raised by the all-holy-and-untouchable Mr. Mahathir. He was a smart man. Smartest within UMNO. And he is still the smartest of them all. He is the person whom has successfully divided Malaysians into what we know today as "Race". To further strengthen the position of UMNO, he further divide Malaysian into "Religion". With him, we have the "they" and "us" analogy. But, that was never enough for our beloved Tun Dr. Mahathir. To ensure everyone loves him more than everyone loves Raymond, he strengthens NEP, and also ISA, while defining what is termed "sensitive", and what is not.

Most people would say, "hey, at least while he was in office, Malaysia grew". Yes, Malaysia did grow. Now, consider that a country as a seed, and the government as the gardener. Put a seed in any land (as long as there's water), it will grow. How well the tree grows depends on the gardener. Even if the gardener doesn't even look at the tree, nor watering it, the tree will still survive (we still have rain). The tree will grow at its natural growth rate. If the gardener fertilizes the land, it'll grow faster, and better, because the gardener is doing his job.

Now, lets look back at Malaysia. Instead of comparing different gardeners and their respective trees, we look at countries and government, who grow at almost the same time as us, with also in similar state after WW2. Where are we today? Kill all the White Elephants, you'll see Malaysia is actually nothing. Malaysia grew not because of its government. It's because of its private sector, which mostly has nothing to do with the government other than giving bribe to them. Of course, we can't deny FDI during the 1980s. But, where were the FDIs during 1990s and 2000?

Summary: Mahathir it just one of the smart guy in UMNO. Leave the office early, so that he wouldn't look like he failed Malaysia/Malaysians.

Some guy pointed out that when he became PM during the early 1980s, Malaysia was economically equal to South Korea. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now. We're way behind them now.

Damn, I got to remember that repeating won't make your argument stronger.