But my anger stems from it being called an accident when it really isn’t. It was a disaster made and manifested in the “Sendirian Berhad” mindset of “Me, Myself, and I” above all else.
The “Sendirian Berhad” mindset, identified as such by a wise friend years ago, is alien to the spirit of civic consciousness or to mindfulness. Or to nation-building.
It’s a mindset anchored on a selfishness that is unlimited even in the face of religious and moral strictures, all proudly proclaimed.
Consciously or unconsciously, millions regard the Sendirian Berhad mindset as part of the natural order of things, while others regard the lack of it as a serious human failing.
And this obnoxious mindset is not the product of the “selfish gene” of Richard Dawkins or of “natural selection” as expounded by Charles Darwin.
It’s more ancient still, centred in the belief that...