Imperialism

The system creates an illusion of possible success of becoming millionaires. The Wall Street Journal introduced these “paper” billionaires, whose worth is measured in stock instead of profits. A high-valued Internet enterprises on the stock market doesn’t mean they have the equitable profitability. The people who are considered success, often just sell their stocks and turn them into real estates or money. Corporates are willing to change the rule in any field but the financial one, as they hugely benefited or wanted to be benefited from the system. And the further those companies sell their stocks to the markets, the more centralise# the financial capital is. Once the money was bet in the stock market, it tends to sit there indefinitely.

Capitalism will inevitable faces its own downfall even if it has developed #its highest form. Its own expansion# or development will bring three effects: the growing anarchy of capitalism (creates further antagonism within the system), the socialisation of process of production (which lay down the foundation for a socialist state) and the increasing organisation and class consciousness of proletariat#.

Selangor Civil War or Klang War (1867-74) involves several Malay, 202206272053# elites and major figures of both dominant Chinese kongsi Ghee Hin and Hai San. At the later stage of the war, it also involves major power in the region such as British, Kedah, Pahang and Johor.

Salafism is a Sunni reform movement that born in the period when the Mongols invaded the Mesopotamia and later gained traction when #western imperialism dominated in Arab World and Indian subcontinent.

Even though they have some differences in their identities, Irish servants and Black slaves often work together to rebel the repressive colonial rule by the English. The English officials then start to segregate servants and slaves to quell the rebellions. They categorised them into two groups: “Christian” and “Negro”. Overtime, the label “Christian” becomes more vague and eventually the label “White” replace its function.

The capitalists use the state in order to exploit the workers and maximise their profits. They refine it in a way that workers could not comprehend and participate, so they could rule in obscurity rather in transparency where they could choose freely on the so-called representatives among them. Furthermore, as long as the rule of capital, that is the justification of the private ownership on means of production, still imposed on the working class, the capitalists can still oppress the working class by making them poor without passing any legislation. Any reform on such state is the same as any passed laws in order to oppress the working class or #strengthen itself, which is merely an extension of itself to serve only the capitalists’ interests. Even if those reforms are #benefiting the working class, it is just a coincidence that capitalist interests are aligned with society interests.

Within the capitalist state, the antagonism between the capitalist development and capitalist interests grow when capitalist means of production has developed to a certain stage. As the state is increasingly intervened in societal matters, thus bring the increasing fusion of the state and the society, its function as the tool of the ruling class prevent such complete fusion. This could be seen the introduction of the #tariff barriers and militarism. The capitalist state has set up the #preconditions for the working class to take over it are that they have imposed universal literacy, trained disciplined workers from large, complex and highly socialised apparatuses, and advanced the 202205211156# in such that it is easy to operate. Only revolution, or the working class rises up to be the ruling class with the complete destruction of the state apparatus, could then truly come up with a #political system that can represent every member in the society.

National Self-Determination which means one #202203011147 should be able to determine their own destine or fortune without the #intervention from the other powers.

We could see copyright laws as the attempt of capitalists to further concentrate capital#. They are tying to relinquish the freedom of what we could see and believe. They are not satisfied what they have owned, instead they are interested in owning our personal property.

After the failed siege of 202205102217 Melaka in 1784 due to the death of the Yamtuan Muda, Raja Haji, Duct East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) expelled all Bugis in Riau, resulted in the declination of the Bugis influence in the Johor Sultanate’s court as no Bugis can ever again to be in the position of Yamtuan Muda (reverted in 1804). Selangor was briefly fell into the hand of Dutch, but soon reclaimed by Sultan Ibrahim (1782-1826) with his followers from Pahang. Although Bugis had reasserted their position in the Johor court in the affairs of royal succession (supporting Sultan Abdul Rahman) following the declining power projection of VOC, they failed to compete to the power of Temenggung Daeng Ibrahim (supporting Sultan Hussain in Riau), with the support of local Malay chiefs, in the future.