There is a difference between a political party and the government.

The people elect a political party to form the government which in turn will make policies for the betterment of the people.

A political party does not own the government or the infrastructure, nor does it own the people. Everything belongs to the people. The political party in charge is merely a representative, a caretaker elected by the people, to serve the people. When the ruling political party screws up, the people have the right to overthrow it in favour of others who can serve them better.

Similar to a public-listed company, a board of directors is elected by the shareholders to represent their interest. If these BODs do not perform to their expectations, the shareholders will elect to throw them out of the window, figuratively speaking, and find others more capable.

The government works very much like a public-listed company, except that everyone has the same amount of 'shares' at stake. So if the political party, i.e. the board of directors, cannot perform, the people will throw it out of the window, figuratively speaking again.

Objecting to the ruling political party is different from objecting to the government. The ruling party can come and go, the government will always be here to stay.

Lastly, there is also a difference between affirmative action to help certain sections of people, and paying RM8 for a RM4 share just to bail out one.