First of, sorry for the huge delay between posts. I will return to the one post every two days format soon. Also, I have been busy with exams and I was at a debate tournament in Chennai, India, called Worlds University Debate Championship (Extremely controversial, google it). However, this blog isn't to talk or comment about the high and falls of an event. This is a blog about rock music, it's message, it's impact and it's bastard children.
Now moving on to that bastard child. This song is for all the messiah wannabes; messiah complexes who think who can fix everything by the time they get power. We hear this echoed in candidate races, in political races where so-called-do-gooders declare a policy that seeks to address an extremely populist issue. Politicians declare that by the time they get into power, they will fix every single issue possible on the face of the earth. Then the masses vote for them based on that political promise rather than ideological line.
The country that I'm from, Malaysia is trapped in the message of this exact song. Political parties, both government and opposition promise extremely specific & populist acts they will do when they get into power. One person promises that price for object X will go down while another person promises to remove student loans that has left the populace in debt lethargy. Some go all to the extreme and claim to be able to magically remove racism & corruption in one night. If only more of them show exactly the specifics on how they handle the issue and leave people worshiping them like an idol. If only more candidates say specifically what their ideology, stance or views are rather than this game of strategic ambiguity. If only more stand on ideology, rather than populism.
Now moving on to that bastard child. This song is for all the messiah wannabes; messiah complexes who think who can fix everything by the time they get power. We hear this echoed in candidate races, in political races where so-called-do-gooders declare a policy that seeks to address an extremely populist issue. Politicians declare that by the time they get into power, they will fix every single issue possible on the face of the earth. Then the masses vote for them based on that political promise rather than ideological line.
The country that I'm from, Malaysia is trapped in the message of this exact song. Political parties, both government and opposition promise extremely specific & populist acts they will do when they get into power. One person promises that price for object X will go down while another person promises to remove student loans that has left the populace in debt lethargy. Some go all to the extreme and claim to be able to magically remove racism & corruption in one night. If only more of them show exactly the specifics on how they handle the issue and leave people worshiping them like an idol. If only more candidates say specifically what their ideology, stance or views are rather than this game of strategic ambiguity. If only more stand on ideology, rather than populism.
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