Why #Democracy is flawed by its very nature
#SanSuuKyi silent on #RohingyaCrisis to secure #Buddhist votes
#SanSuuKyi silent on #RohingyaCrisis to secure #Buddhist votes
Brilliant article by the BBC - for once - on why San Suu Kyi remains silent on the Rohingyan ethnic cleansing. A democratic leader would be against the persecution of ethnic minorities usually but due to this call for stopping the persecution on Muslims would not really give her any votes (As the Rohingyan can't vote anyway), she decides to remain silent on the issue to appease the Buddhist majority who will be most likely putting her to power on the next elections.
This article by the BBC highlights how democracy is flawed by its very nature. When mankind is allowed to legislate they naturally are biased towards the 'societal norm' and not what is correct.
Her democracy (power for the people by the people) tells her that the Rohingya are not humans, they are animals to be slaughtered and eaten, driven out and raped - because this is what the majority believe and therefore it is democratic of her to believe in this too. It also makes her a 'good' political leader as politics is looking after the affairs of the people. The affairs of the Buddhist majority would like to ethnically cleanse their land of Muslims as they believe them to be taking all the jobs, over populating and raping Buddhist girls (propaganda as a pretext).
We should take lessons from such democratic leaders that have been put in place by the West. Lessons on how democracy does not bring justice but is formed on the basis of public opinion, societal norms, biases and corruption. Whereas Islam is based on fixed principles that do not change over time.
Read my blog post on proofs that Aung San Suu Kyi is a Western puppet - its out in the open that the US back her and fund her heavily.
Here's the BBC article top points if you don't want to read the entire thing.
"Now at liberty, living in the same Yangon house but in a much-changed country, Aung San Suu Kyi is free to speak her mind. But she's selective about her causes."
"In parliament, where she sits as an opposition MP, the 69-year-old frequently criticises the government for the slow pace of reform, and restates her increasingly forlorn demands for constitutional change.
But on the persecution of Myanmar's most famously forgotten minority Ms Suu Kyi is silent."
But on the persecution of Myanmar's most famously forgotten minority Ms Suu Kyi is silent."
"From a simple human rights perspective it's a continuing outrage that should shame us all.
So why, despite the calls from around the world is Ms Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, reluctant to raise her voice?"
So why, despite the calls from around the world is Ms Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, reluctant to raise her voice?"
"The simplest explanation, voiced repeatedly over the last few weeks, is that she's always been a pragmatic politician not a human rights activist.
By defending the Rohingya, Ms Suu Kyi would immediately put herself at odds with powerful Buddhist nationalist groups, potentially changing the dynamics of this year's all important general election.
An already unpredictable vote would become super-charged with religious and ethnic tensions."
By defending the Rohingya, Ms Suu Kyi would immediately put herself at odds with powerful Buddhist nationalist groups, potentially changing the dynamics of this year's all important general election.
An already unpredictable vote would become super-charged with religious and ethnic tensions."
"There was some evidence of Ms Suu Kyi's extreme caution earlier this year when United Nations envoy Yanghee Lee visited.
After Ms Lee highlighted the plight of the Rohingya, the monk Ashin Wirathu delivered a vulgar speech describing the South Korean in derogatory terms."
After Ms Lee highlighted the plight of the Rohingya, the monk Ashin Wirathu delivered a vulgar speech describing the South Korean in derogatory terms."
"It was demeaning and outrageous and the UN's human rights chief in Geneva soon called on all of Myanmar's leaders to condemn the monk.
Opposition leader Ms Suu Kyi remained silent."
"That's despite Yanghee Lee being Asian, female, a human rights advocate and being described in the most misogynistic language possible in Ms Suu Kyi's home town. It didn't look good."
(Basically Wirathu called the UN envoy Yanghee Lee a 'whore' in a public speech)
"Giving a strong quote on the Rohingya or Yanghee Lee might hand out a bloody nose or two and satisfy the human rights lobby, but it won't actually change anything on the ground."
"With ethnic minority parties likely to pick up a chunk of the seats, and a quarter automatically allocated to the army, Ms Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), needs to dominate the ethnically Bamar constituencies."
"To do that she'll need the support of the monks and a solid claim to be patriotically defending the Buddhist state. Sadly there are only votes to be lost in Rohingya rights."
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