successful businessmen

we are always in awe regarding success stories of people making it big in business.
but, what galls me is that we never stopped to pause, and examine how they make it big.

how many people they sacrificed to gain their wealth? a logging tycoon in sarawak, for example, surely makes it big. at what cost? thousands of displaced native. logging contractors molesting and raping native girls.

what about companies engaged in dam buildings? for example again, over half a million natives will be displaced to make way for this megaproject.

at the risk of sounding cynical, each time i see a rich man, i tend to think of how many sufferings did he inflict to others to enrich himself, whether he has a mistress or not, whether he paid lots of under the table money to win major government contracts.

so what if he drives a big car and lives in a big house and wear expensive clothings, shoes and watches?

i am utterly unimpressed.

personally, there are 4 types of people i distrust. businessman, politicians, lawyers and pastors. the burden of proof is on them to prove me wrong..

we should not admire successful businessmen and entrepreneurs until we are certain that the method that they used to gain their wealth is fair and transparent.

WAKE UP PEOPLE AND SMELL THE EXCREMENT THAT IS CALLED THE MALAYSIAN RICH ELITES!