8/6/2019 Fixing the Leaking Roof
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Dr De Bono also mentioned that, In human affairs we have to
solve the underlying problem but
we also have to solve the situation. The situation we are in
Burma, as Dr Maung Myint already must
have been aware of, is that in spite of the countrys richness in
natural resources, the sale of those
resources to various neighbouring countries, the fate of the
common people in Burma areas poor as
a church mouse. In addition to this, we also have the underlying
problem corruption has spread
to every strata of our society. This is not the type of cancer
that just appeared out of the blue. Eversince Burma gained
independence in 1948, corruption had inflicted on Burmese society
in the form
of political kickbacks and pork barreling. It gets worse and
worse with Brigadier Aung Gyis BEDC
and U Ne Wins Socialist Government of which Dr Maung Myint cut
his teeth as an economic
adviser and the director of the Economic Division in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
If we are to believe that what Dr Maung Myint is calling for is
a kind of problem solving to alleviate
poverty in Burma then we have to ask ourselves, Is he talking
about the elephant in the room? Or
he just ignores the fact that there is an elephant in the room.
When he ignores the fact that the
problem of corruption in Burma spreads into the society from the
top just as the tentacles of the
octopus spreads from the top. He must have forgotten the saying
as described by Angelo M.
Codevilla in his book that, The hallmark of the politics and
economics of tyranny is cronyism.Wealth is just another of the
privileges that flow from connection to the tyrant. The
differences
between modern party dictatorships and ancient tyrannies lie
primarily in the much greater size of
the retinues that society is compelled to support and obey
today, as well as in the modern
dictatorships intentional degradation of family and spiritual
lives. In military matters, tyrannical
regimes are marked by special units with privileges far superior
to those of the (usually very large)
regular armed forces.
If one does not fix the leaking roof, one is bound to get wet.
If one is ignorant of the underlying
cause of a problem then one might need to get his or her brain
check. END
