How to bring down an Institution to its knees within a period of 5 years

Recently Malaysia concluded its general elections. The opposition managed to take 5 states, and did not allow the Ruling Coalition its two thirds majority. Everyone was shocked. Some cried, some died and some basically rejoiced. However, everyone of us became an unpaid political analyst; giving our opinions freely at coffeeshops, fast food restaurants, hotel lobbies, over the telephone and so forth. Times are a changin' as Dylan once wrote and so are most Malaysians. The biggest outcome was that Malaysians were indeed willing and unafraid to make changes. I suppose that as a nation gets more developed, things like this happen. What's there to be afraid of? In America, the supposed Land of the Free, Burgers and Fries things like this have been happening for ages. The Republicans and Democrats swap ruling that country every other term or so. The country hasn't burnt to the ground or suffered. With that statement, the big wheel will still keep on turning irregardless of who's behind the wheel.

We also noticed that somehow the people in power seem to have a tough time letting go or taking responsibility of such a bad showing at the elections. I mean, if you were a CEO of a public listed company which had RM100million worth of sales in each 14 states and areas over a period of 30 years, and suddenly you had close to zero sales in 5 states, 50% sales in some states and a drop in the states that never had a drop at all; what would the board of directors to do you? They would assuredly feed you to the sharks. Which is what the Ruling Coalition did not do to their General. Amazing. I suppose they still believe in the Hang Tuah theory of blindly following the ruler's arse even to certain doom. I think we need more Hang Jebats around, seriously.

Anyway, with people seemingly wanting the establishment or institution ruined, including by those in power we must note that the main reason for this is:

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a lack of commitment by the number 1 guy (slow decision making andpictures of him sleeping or supposedly " deep thought" give everyone the wrong idea no matter what reason is given and stories of him being late to official and unofficial functions give this reason more ammunition,
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listening to the wrong advisors (Oxford graduates that seem to be into self preservation tend to give bad advice),
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advisors not giving proper advise - usually for self preservation and benefit (usually guys who want to maintain as Ministers to reap in the profits),
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blindly going ahead with projects that the public does not want or have protested (lots of unnecessary hills and trees bulldozed amid protests; and
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basically ignoring the person on the street by increasing every basic necessity within a span of 3 years.

Any establishment or institution is bound to come crashing if you follow the above all within a short periood of 5 years from the date of comming into power.

Now if you remember, even Mercedes Benz did this to its own self and suffered dearly. They did the following:

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Did a cost cutting exercise because some smart alec executive read all the car reviews which basically said that Mercedes Benz were over engineered cars especially the W124 series and the W140 series of cars which until this day seems to last without any worries or hassles to their owners. The cars after that, especially the 2000 onwards C-class suffered with failing electrics and so forth. Of course these were corrected when the next facelift arrived. However the problem hit the whole range of Mercedes cars and the company suffered in terms of sales and warranty claims due to this. Sometimes you can't cost cut what's most important to you.

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They bought Chrysler. Why bother with an American car company? There is no benefit whatsoever. Chrysler would benefit from Mercedes technology but what could Chrysler offer? Outdated engines and chassis? Even the Dodge Viper had a pushrod 1950s style truck engine. Volume Sales? They are last among the three American car producers. They realised this and only last year sold off all shares. I mean here in Malaysia, what Chrysler vehicle have you seen recently? The Jeep Cherokee? It was a rubbish vehicle compared to the equivalent Toyota Land Cruiser or even a Land Rover Defender.

I suppose every large organisation needs a shakeup once in a while. I just hope that the people in the Ruling Coalition decide on things soon. Like giving someone the boot as soon as possible. It's not logical for anyone to be sitting in power after such a shocking round of defeats; even if you're still in control, or are they still in control in the first place?

However, the great thing about cars compared to politics is that you can correct the problems quickly. I mean look at Mercedes of today. It has got every sort of car for every kind of people. No one, not even BMW or even AUDI has a line up as comprehensive and as sublime as Mercedes. If you think I am lying I shall give you examples. If you are into a sporty sort of car, they have their AMG cars, if you're a captain of the industry they have their S-class and their Maybach. If you are just a manager you can buy the C-class or E-class. If you're not so rich or think that RM250K is too much money for just a car, a 1992 E230 would still garner you the respect at most hotel lobbies unlike a 1995 E34 bmw 520i. Somehow, Mercedes Benz age gracefully unlike other cars. This is why a Mercedes is an icon. You just can't beat joining an establishment or an institution like that.