Why Malaysia is still (kinda) poor?

[@Ritolou]

Fun fact: Malaysia is this guy’s home country. 🇲🇾

[@muhdhusni9227]

Are you sure?

[@JohanBautista-fm9xy]

Yes check his bio

[@ahmedhasan4966]

​@muhdhusni9227 Yes, just check his channel description.

[@thanakunjamboo3842]

Oh, is it? Sure about it? If so, Cheers fellow Malaysian. The videos are quite accurate, even the voiceover suits the sarcastic tone

[@thanakunjamboo3842]

​@@JohanBautista-fm9xybut the info page can be according to how we want it. Does anyone know him personally

[@widodoakrom3938]

Finally he discuss his own country

[@muhammadfaleqzuanmohdrushd7785]

I thought he is from Singapore?

[@owlyon]

I didnt know he was from malaysia himself! (im just a casual watcher of the channel). I like his content though.

[@ahmedhasan4966]

​@@muhammadfaleqzuanmohdrushd7785Just look at the channel description.

[@yinh4514]

@@herokiryu2652Bro you a parrot? I see you in every comment saying the same thing

[@some_dude2218]

Your country is better off than most of your neighbours Greetings from Thailand, wish Southeast Asia prosperity!

[@Hamburger_SV]

​@@herokiryu2652what does that have to do with the comment?

[@silentboomber]

because Malaysia can be 20 times better if it's managed by Chinese, just look at Singapore, a tiny island without any natural resource Malaysia is better off than most of our neighbours because Chinese is way superior than Asean ethnics in terms of developing country and Malaysia contains 20%+ Chinese in the population

[@dukeofdepressed3980]

@@herokiryu2652malaysia kicked singapore out for being too chinese and then had to sit back and watch it become successful while they sat in the toilet, i think you’re just coping

[@ameeraaisya8430]

We love you Thailand ❤

[@Broker_xd]

Oh well that means Malaysia is better than your country lmao

[@hailexiao2770]

So basically, a story of technocracy vs ethno-populism

[@oooshafiqooo]

Exactly

[@herokiryu2652]

He is chinese so hence his bitterness. Malay bad, Chinese is just surviving, he downplayed the Chinese communist insurgency.

[@oooshafiqooo]

@@herokiryu2652 DAP is not communist! Its an offshoot of PAP which is the party of LKY

[@adamniefael5546]

@@herokiryu2652Tell me you don't understand communism without telling me you don't understand communistm in a comment:

[@Ahriman1700]

​@@herokiryu2652 I'm a Malay atheist and I can confirm that people like you not only destroy the reputation of our race you also giving bad name to your religion. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[@Nasrul260]

So basically, West Malaysia is conservative while East Malaysia is not? Guess that Rice Wine really does do some funky stuff when you drink it lol

[@bangscutter]

Many reasons. One being that in West Malaysia, Malays form the majority (>60%) while in East Malaysia, the ethnic composition is more evened out (roughly 1/3 Malay, 1/3 Dayak, 1/4 Chinese, and others making up the rest). Second, there were no conservative political parties in East Malaysia to stir the pot. In East Malaysia, there is pride of identifying oneself as Sarawakian / Sabahan more than ethnic identity, while the opposite is the case in West Malaysia (ethnic identity comes first before national identity).

[@Panpan3435-i7x]

​@@bangscutterRegarding the ethnic identity crisis in west Malaysia, it is more prominent in the southern states while the north and east coast states already have a strong state identity

[@Panpan3435-i7x]

​​​@@bangscutterthe ethnic identity crisis in the west is more common in the Southern states and Penang as all of the former non federated Malay states which is the north, east coast and Johor has already established a strong community identity

[@herokiryu2652]

He is chinese so hence his bitterness. Malay bad, Chinese is just surviving, he downplayed the Chinese communist insurgency.

[@makchot3263]

​@@herokiryu2652womp womp cry about it

[@yoongzy]

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes. As a Malaysian (Chinese ethnicity to be specific), this is so true.

[@ahmedhasan4966]

The person who created the video is also Malaysian.

[@InsertHandleHereYo]

Betul betul betul

[@Miourekkai]

​​@@herokiryu2652He didn't mention much about the Communist in Malaysia which makes his video not really being fair. But at the same time, he did explained accurately about those quotas and previleges that the Malays have while they still want to restrict other races' rights (To be specific, the extremist and certain MPs) So don't be salty, you still have the power and rights, which makes Malaysia develop slowly xD

[@quayuh]

As a malaysian malay yeah i agree

[@luisfilipe2023]

@@herokiryu2652congratulations for proving the video’s point. Malaysia’s ethnicities would rather fight then work together for a better country

[@Cessar-]

MALAYSIA MENTIONNNNNN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐯🐯🐅🐅🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@zrpcompagnieofficial]

Cough *Mentioned.

[@bringbackthedislikecount6767]

He said it himself he is Malaysian himself

[@neried]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@herokiryu2652He is Chinese so hence his bitterness. Malay bad, Chinese is just surviving, he downplayed the chinese communist insurgency.

[@abbadullreee3298]

I AM LITERALLY MALAYTIONING RN FR FR!!!!!!!!!

[@richardyong535]

My country malaysia, if only the government has the willpower to reform everything to become an advanced country

[@oooshafiqooo]

We need to keep fighting ig (politically, dont ever think of radicalising)

[@Grunt423]

If only unity in politics would be a thing

[@oooshafiqooo]

@Grunt423 it is, in time of crisis like 4 years ago

[@foxley95]

They tried to increase, introduce new tax and reduce subsidies and what the gov get? Hates and disdain. Btw Malaysia are one of the most highly subsidized and lowest tax country and the Malaysian don't even realized they had it easy

[@jamesleigh6166]

Nah bro, its culture. Ask yourself, can the average Malaysian (70% Bumi) become as productive as the average Korean or Japanese or even Singaporean? Because you cannot build a brick house out of manure. Now is as good as it gets, Malaysia wont become a developed country anytime soon.

[@MegaB1tez]

We are racist in a bad way and good way

[@BasicallyaToast]

lol ngl I’m a malaysia but I as a cina, im also racist to my own race for no reason lol

[@MegaB1tez]

@BasicallyaToast I don't like mainland Chinese because they are assholes on games

[@shivamsolanke4660]

Even if a country has all the right ingredients and huge potential to be rich if the national policies are not aligned the country ultimately will not become rich. As an Indian I feel personally attacked.

[@runajain5773]

Although india progress but still some politicians they rather care own seat than nation this video literally giving me india vibes

[@adambinzainulabidin4425]

Malaysia mentioned raghhhh!!! 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@Miourekkai]

​@@herokiryu2652Bro copying his useless comments in every reply to show his ignorance lmao

[@buddyzf]

If Malaysia is considered poor, imagine being rest of South East Asian.

[@marvinsulzer8258]

You mean Singapore and Thailand? Much rather livening Thailand or Singapore than Malaysia. Even KL still feels third world v Bangkok

[@Johorballeditz2011]

​@@marvinsulzer8258 you said KL third world? If KL is third world why people like coming to KL. Bangkok is chaotic and the wiring cable is a mess to expensive

[@Johorballeditz2011]

​@@marvinsulzer8258i bet your not a Malaysian at all

[@ameeraaisya8430]

​@@marvinsulzer8258I'm sorry but you do realise that Malaysia has the second tallest skycrapper in the world next to the Burj Khalifa eh? I love Thailand and Singapore but you're being incredibly biased here.

[@hmstransit909]

it's like calling Greece a poor country lol

[@gerrardjones28]

My gf is half Malaysian so this is very interesting too learn, also met a lot of her family from there and they seem very friendly and have an interesting culture, they said they'll help me try learn Malaysian and hopefully cam visit at some point in the future, so this is good to know, great vid as always

[@exploshaun]

Every time I go to Malaysia, I swear I heard more Malaysians speak English and Chinese to each other than Malay. Thailand has a larger ethnic Chinese population than Malaysia, but the descendants actually speak Thai instead of Chinese, making the country feel united despite different ethnic backgrounds.

[@travelpackgamerz]

True

[@kamilazman2943]

Yeah, Malaysia is pretty divided. I guess too much freedom is not good.

[@Andy0770]

​@@kamilazman2943too much freedom? When you become Afghanistan you will know.

[@mrnobody8128]

Hence why some malay malaysian doesn't feel satisfied with the others malaysian that refuses to learn their own national languages

[@Andy0770]

@@mrnobody8128 What refuse to learn? ALL MALAYSIA SCHOOL HAS NATIONAL LANGUAGE CLASS. EVERYBODY BORN SINCE 1980s ARE ABLE TO SPREAK NATIONAL LANGUAGE. WTF ARE U TRY TO IMPLY?

[@eggbo1]

as a chinese malaysian, i agree

[@eggbo1]

@@herokiryu2652 bro stop replying in every single comment

[@adiirfan1838]

@@herokiryu2652 bro stop spreading this comment u just proof the video

[@AavenTan44-X-Plane]

Same here

[@Malaysian07091]

Malays, Chinese and Indian aren't bad they just keep blaming each other and never realize. Coming from a Malay i think most Malay old folks are very dumb thinking this country only for Malay and that is very dumb.

[@noayebeardo9688]

yea same (although im half chinese malaysian)

[@noayebeardo9688]

Hi! Malaysian here. This is very accurate but a few more details: - on 13 may 1969, opposition parties did very well in the election a few days prior. It is unsure what started it (but probably something to do with malaysian-chinese parties doing well), but there were clashes between Malays and Malaysian-chinese mobs, leading to the death of ~800 people. This widened the racial divide - The university quota system caused many malaysian-chinese and malaysian-indians to study abroad (typically financed by parents taking out a mortgage), creating a brain drain. - From 1957 to 2018, a party called UMNO (United Malays National Organisation, malay nationalists) were in charge. They were defeated in 2018 (even though they were gerrymandering lol) 2018-2022 saw two succesive coalition governments collapse, but now the current government is stable. - Currentlty, malaysia is the most democratic country in Southeast Asia, and the third longest running Asian democracy Great video!

[@mrnobody8128]

On 13 may 1969, isn't the start caused by the malaysian-chinese parties that started to hurl racial insults and mock the losing opposition at that time? Not to mention the massacre in the cinema and a few other places by the chinese mob.

[@noayebeardo9688]

@mrnobody8128 Unsure who started it but - there were both Malay and malaysian-chinese mobs - more malaysian-chinese died than malays - sectarianism was rife

[@noayebeardo9688]

idk what started it but - there were both malaysian-chinese mobs and Malay mobs - more malaysian-chinese died than malays - there was racism on both sides

[@nuurulbasarmohdbaki6046]

Wrong from Feb 1948 to 1990 we were under attack by Parti Komunis Malaya. Guess who is the dominant in PKM and how many massacres PKM conducted against the Malay starting from September 1945. Hence the grudge is well established by the 60's and in the 60's PKM was killing Malay civilians nationwide.

[@noayebeardo9688]

@@nuurulbasarmohdbaki6046 During the Emergency, mostly police and British troops were killed. In the second phase, mostly Malaysian polica and army were killed. The MCP was predominantly malaysian-chinese, but had Malay figures, most notably Abdullah CD. Furthermore, they did not target people because of their race, and attacked security forces instead.

[@chootanf]

me, an indonesian who watches this: 😶

[@Kane_2001]

Tidak bersyukur

[@YosukeHigashida]

Lack of Upin Ipin references 😶

[@Broker_xd]

@@Kane_2001Give back your mom phone and learn to be patience

[@santiagoguarin8953]

I love your content. Merry christmas. 🎉

[@HuatChowC9]

The issue isn't as simple as this video suggests. Malaysia's post-independence policies need to be understood in the context of demographics - the British brought in massive numbers of immigrants, creating a situation where indigenous populations risked becoming a minority in their own land. In a democracy, being a minority means losing political control since majority votes shape the country's direction. That's why many policies were created - not out of racism, but as necessary measures for cultural and political survival. Also worth noting - most English content about Malaysian history tends to come from urban, English-educated perspectives that often miss crucial context. If you look at similar situations in other former colonies, you'll see how complex these issues really are. The separation with Singapore wasn't about "racism" - it was about preventing deeper conflicts over fundamental questions of sovereignty. This isn't about being "poor" or "rich" - it's about maintaining cultural and political autonomy in our ancestral lands while balancing modernization. Easy to criticize from one perspective, but reality is way more nuanced than this video suggests.

[@Ghenouveau]

Makes sense that people get upset when you try to force different cultures to become one artificial "unified" culture. Malaysia got it right by letting everyone keep their own identity and traditions instead of forcing everyone to assimilate. Real unity is about respect for differences, not erasing them.

[@90taetaeya]

Malaysia is not a democracy though.

[@re-fm1et]

I actually have a simple answer when it comes to you guys my malay neighbor's issue with race and unity, that answer is indonesia, race and nationality is completely separated, you can be javanese, batak, minang, melayu, chinese, indian, etc. as long as your nationality is indonesia, then you are indonesian, the end, no more conflict

[@CoolBird69]

you're literally saying the definition of racism

[@moralisoppression2837]

​@@CoolBird69nothing wrong with wanting to keep their country for their own people. Even now people in the west realise they dont like illegal alien.

[@howwow1885]

my mom cousin become singaporean when they separate from malaysia and everytime they visit us they always tell us how lucky we are ,can afford to own a land and many car and most important can choose your lifestyle they said singapore is just a city like hongkong,tokyo etc.. you are force to be city person,living in a block apartment and imposible to own land many malaysian don't realised how well balanced malaysia is, manly because diffrent state and federal dont have absolute power

[@luisfilipe2023]

Im pretty sure it has more to do with geography (Malaysia is an actual country with diverse landscapes and tens of millions of people while Singapore is literally just a city with millions of people living in a small area) than politics. Go to any big city (New York Shanghai London etc) and it’s the same

[@of1564]

And apparently Malaysia enjoys more press freedom than Singapore, to the point that Singapore is a police state in which even being naked or suspected of being naked, in your own house, can get you in prison.

[@90taetaeya]

@@of1564in malaysia being gay is still illegal, a rainbow watch will send u to 3 years in prison, PDA illegal, muslims banned from converting or being atheist, certain states men n women sit seperate at stadiums n cinemas. Malaysia is more of the police state. Singapore now ranks higher than Malaysia in personal & civil freedom fyi.

[@ZhukFazry]

@@of1564 that bullshit right?

[@Ammarsafwan7]

@@of1564 wow,whoever thought of that idea must be insane,privacy is privacy

[@FrostWing-k5u]

Malaysia is an upper middle income country that is set to become a high income country in the next few years as stated by World bank. If Malaysians are considered poor, then Indonesians are living in hardcore poverty.

[@rizaldorizkyramadhan5850]

😂As Indonesian i cant deny. We lack behind in EVERYTHING. Be it lije wealth,education,corruption index,blablabla. What a beautiful country. but at least our culinary superior than any other nation (according to me)

[@taichiwinchester1102]

​@@rizaldorizkyramadhan5850No, not true. Malaysia is a food heaven. There's no comparison between Indonesian food and the fusion of Malay, Chinese, Indian and to some extent Thai. Malaysian cuisine is just superior.

[@morth1315]

@@rizaldorizkyramadhan5850 sorry to say but the food in malaysia is too diverse, we have indian cooking indian food, indonesian cooking indo food, chinese cooking chinese food, japanese cooking japanese food, thai and cambodian cooking thai food, malay cooking malay foods, sarawakian sabahan cooking borneon food, nigerian cooking nigerian food, yemeni cooking yemeni food, syrian cooking syrian food, pakistani cooking pakistani food and many more, all authentic chef cooking their own traditional food in malaysia, yes we dont have chinese cooking arab food here lmao

[@FF-ch9nr]

Malaysia is poor compared to Singapore, several times poorer in fact. But in the context of every country, Malaysia is apparently in top 35 to 30 percentile (by metrics like GDP PPP per capita etc) and is like the 35th biggest economy out of almost 200 countries (still rising). It just goes to show how bad 70% of the rest of the world is doing…but ofc Malaysia is lucky in terms of resources, location etc

[@FrostWing-k5u]

@@FF-ch9nr Just because Singapore is richer than Malaysia now doesn't mean it will remain rich or competitive in the future. The world is fragmenting into different fractions, mainly West vs the rest. In a multipolar world, Singapore's position as a financial hub is uncertain as countries de-dollarize and move towards alternative payment systems, and Singapore cannot be a part of BRICS system because it unilaterally sanctioned Russia against international laws.

[@bocchi-therock]

Malaysia poor because we got corrupted government without future plan how to advance and develop the country especially in technology and failed how to help people to increase their earning wage especially malay except their own pocket money.

[@waynechng]

This is exactly the reason.

[@Tanxiachen]

Malaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙊🙈🙈💸

[@dood52751]

Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, India, and along the rest of other southern hemisphere country beside SG, AUS, NW, "First time?"

[@Papercubing]

i feel like he is the only person on youtube that actually explain Malaysian history most honest way possible witout skipping some of the minority history

[@SyabilMohar817]

MY, hate it or love it, one of the countries that have the most unique street foods. Keropk Lekor all day.

[@SyabilMohar817]

I see, but I was referring the streets food tbh.

[@Crackkka]

@@herokiryu2652It seems like you’re very bitter about this too spamming your reply on every unrelated comment

[@elkingoh4543]

Nah, karipap is better

[@ReviveHF]

Hope the government will not take this down, because almost everything this video says is true.

[@kasrakhatir]

Malaysia is still in a much better state than Indonesia IMO

[@Miourekkai]

We got lots of great advantages to make Malaysia developed But the lack of education and stupid politicians ruined it, who knows in the future Malaysia will become much worse xD

[@Malaysian07091]

​@@Miourekkaiif we keep The PH government (The lesser bad compared to Dumb Far Right PN) we might be a developed nation.

[@Johorballeditz2011]

​@@Malaysian07091always blame the politics why don't blame the people that aren't educated Enough and the corruption?

[@re-fm1et]

serawak isnt that much better than indonesia tbh, we technically could make jakarta super advanced, but that would risk revolt over inequal treatment compared to other islands so everything has to be done slowly

[@Naraku19899]

Here In Indonesia, our government want to Raise value added taxes to 12% by next year. While everyone is lower

[@Space_borgor114]

Well as a malaysian, this is true. My father even can't afford legos for me.

[@magnumXI]

Corruption...Corruption everywhere

[@ahmedhasan4966]

​@herokiryu2652 Why are spamming this.

[@ziyatzubaidi3134]

@@herokiryu2652 bro copypaste his comment everywhere lmao

[@sharjiljafric-3184]

Alongside mismanagement.

[@b4li7]

Just like in the phillipines & indonesia

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

That's basically just SEA in a nutshell excluding Singapore perhaps

[@ahmedhasan4966]

He has finally talked about his own country!

[@CSGhostAnimation]

7:02 Can I get a list of these laws formally? I want to know exactly what laws and sources you have for this information. (IPOs must have 30% malay, 30% of houses are reserved for Malays, and race quotas for universities)

[@CSGhostAnimation]

particularly in the 60s - 80s

[@TingTong2568]

@@CSGhostAnimation more correctly in the 70's till the 90's and extended till today

[@oooshafiqooo]

30%? Wow that is fairly conservative considering there are many more Malays (50+%)

[@herokiryu2652]

He is chinese so hence his bitterness. Malay bad, Chinese is just surviving, he downplayed the Chinese communist insurgency.

[@sarthak.yeager]

​@@herokiryu2652how you know he is chinese?

[@warriorman1708]

Can you also make: - Why Hungary and Romania hate each other? - Why Greece and Albania love/hate each other? - Why Spain and England/Britain hate each other? - Why Russia and Turkey hate each other? - Why Louxemburg exist? - Why Andorra exist? - Why Monaco exist? - Who are the BalticCountries? - Why are Germany and the Netherlands not together? - Why are Cannada and USA not together? - How did Japan become powerful?

[@Broker_xd]

1. Hungary still has beef with Romania because they wanted they past land 2. Idk 3. Idk 4. Wait wat so why turkey is in brics than? 5. Got independent by Belgium I guess and after both WW Luxembourg being a country 6. Idk but Andorra is pretty old country and both French and Spain doesnt anex them 7. Same as andorra 8. A trio country in eastern europe(Latvia,Lithuania,Estonia) 9. Got their independent from Holy Roman Empire(or Napolean French) 10. So Canada got their independent from britain after NATO establish and NATO cant invade member each other 11. They are very futuristic country Well not 100% right

[@hantun570]

I wish you a nice and peaceful Merry christmas 2024 buddy, thanks you so much for enlightening me and all of us about knowledge of country, peoples, cultures ,economy, political policies, history and dramas of each countries and continents and as a whole, and for understanding the things happens surrounding too, yours work of video by many years, and for their quality of valuable education contents, please keep it up and us will be pleasing to have you back , With gratitude from a citizen of a former capital city of South Vietnam, Saigon !

[@RLF1949]

Short answer: Still run with a neo colonial economy that naturally create bureaucracy and endless racial conflict.

[@worldview2888]

More than anything - msians need to be grateful to the champ behind this channel. Cold truth hurts, but it is the way forward. PROBLEM with MY is the love to blow bubbles. dreaming about beautiful day dreaming bubbles - no action no progress everytime one step forward THREE steps BACK. Always "mega project" to become ASEAN "number 1". Until today 1-Melaka still does not exist after 30 years.

[@AavenTan44-X-Plane]

As a Malaysian, I can confirm this is what’s happening in Malaysia

[@MarcoC.130]

Its all Britain's fault

[@jiyakuches220]

Not 100% Britain's fault, it's their policy towards different ethnicities

[@Panpan3435-i7x]

​@@jiyakuches220 still their divide and rule policy and influence on the elites malay and chinese during the colonial period pretty much kick start the whole ethnocentric policy in the present

[@oooshafiqooo]

Nope, sadly its Tunku himself 😔

[@alex_ho]

Malaya was already incredibly diverse before the British came, it was ultimately certain groups who chose the poison of supremacy over meritocracy

[@oooshafiqooo]

@@alex_ho supremacy got Malaysia to where it is today, with 50% Malays 👼

[@wuthichaiauomsin6237]

and despite of these , malaysia still climb the semiconductor industry value ladder compare to my country even we start from the same time as malaysia.

[@Nasrul260]

i find it ironic that the only reason Malaysia is so poor is that they kicked Singapore out of their country. Obviously there are A LOT more reasons why, but this specific one is more memorable because of how rich Singapore became today.

[@farhanayub267]

Ah yess. Lets focus only on the race issues and ignore all the absurd singapore demand on the federal government

[@ardantop132na6]

In my opinion, I feel the reason why Singapore is rich is because Singapore left Malaysia (or Malaya Federation before the inclusion of Sabah & Sarawak). Since Singapore had lost the connection with Malaysia's natural resources while they're lacking them, Singapore decided to play with a different game; High acccesible trade, kinda like how Malacca/Melaka used to do. Kinda watched Soup Emporium's video so TL;DR, Singapore is IRL New Vegas.

[@scarymonster5541]

Malaysia kick singapore because of ethnic tension and i don't think regret it

[@darianfyh]

​​@@farhanayub267if equal rights is an absurd demand then i dont know what isnt💀

[@taichiwinchester1102]

​@@scarymonster5541Malaysia would be better off economically if it followed the same policies. Maybe still not as rich as Singapore is because Singapore is basically one city with no small towns and rural areas. But I can see it being on par with South Korea and Taiwan.

[@MunichGear]

As a Malay who lives is Germany,this perfectly described why I leave,since I used to live in the island of penang which was ethnically chinese dominant,so it was quite hard living there since we were looked down upon,I wish someday the politicians and citizens can get together and live in harmony

[@nonameforyou-m8i]

It is poor, but it is the third richest country in ASEAN after Brunei and Singapore in terms of GDP per capita with around 13,000 USD, ahead of Indonesia and Thailand. Thanks to our PMX, the foreign investment is rising like a rocket, companies like Google, AWS and Oracle investing and building data centers here, GDP is rising 5% this year, unlike last year. But the problem is the opposition leaders were always blamming and slandering the current government for stupid reasons, which can affect Malaysia's stable politics, and corruption between the opposition when they governed Malaysia since covid-19 pandemic era.

[@joebagel9715]

>Malaysia is still (kinda) poor >7 Malaysian states are richer in GDP per capita than the capital of Philippines >Kuala Lumpur is richer per capita than other SEA cities(except Singapore). My man, you need to travel around SEA more to call Malaysia "poor".

[@vincent_dr]

Our own history already explained why the laws exist to protect Malay race. Back then, during British era, Malay was purposely being kept poor and not knowledgeable. they being separated from working at place that provides more money, and school only being given to a select few. This is the main goal of British to make the Malay weak so they can control the country. If not because of that case, do we really think the laws of wanting to protect Malay exist? This video simplified a main historical events that led to WHY the laws existed.

[@Ikahhikah]

Malaysia could easily become a successful if they make everyone equal..islam prioritize equality, why cant we follow that??? So confusing lahhh😕

[@owlyon]

7:00 some of these policies in the video may not be the same today but its still very sad that a multi-cultural country can enact such racist and discriminatory policies towards its minorities. Also the minorities (mainly cantonese speaking chinese and indians) were like 40% of the population when malaysia got independence. It is sad :(

[@darianfyh]

actually it's still mostly the same, this is very much still happening in present times

[@mayonotes9849]

They are still ongoing. These crooked politicians and rural people (predominantly Malays that were exploited by their own Malay politicians) will make sure such racist policies continue on so they can benefit themselves (even though the rural people only get pennies while the politicians get millions).

[@owlyon]

Edited time stamp for people who don't pause the video. It is now 7:00 instead of 7:03 which goes to next slide in 1 second. Also I do read your replies. I still think its a sad situation and hope Malaysia can do better for everyone in the future. As @mayonotes mentioned, the rural Malays also don't have much help from the government and don't see much of the benefits compared to politicians and their friends. Malaysia for Malaysians should be the way, not just for malays (or any specific race).

[@owlyon]

​@@herokiryu2652 I don't like to argue over things like this. Rather be positive. He also had no mention of the infamous killings on May 13th. There is also no mention of this in the textbooks that reflect reality. The reality is why the 40% minority population went down is because of that day (they died or left the country afterwards). A lot of people mainly minorities died that day. All sides of the situation will blame the other side for things and history gets lost to time or buried intentionally. The communist insurgency happened as a result of this massacre / killing where the military opened fire with guns on civilian minorities which had nothing or only knives. The racist policies, the political opposition, the May 13th killings, the communist insurgency (listed in order). Its a tip for tap where nobody wins and the country becomes poorer and everyone suffers as a result.

[@owlyon]

@@herokiryu2652 Also you can stop spamming this everywhere in the comments section. If you are human and read this youtube will flag you as a bot and you will be banned / shadowbanned. Its also very obvious you are trying to bait people into arguements.

[@farhanayub267]

Malaysia is a federal country, quite unique system and different system than the rest of the world. From our pov, every state in Malaysia is a sovereign state.The only entity that hold us together is the federal gov. Thats why there are so many different administrative systems( oligarch, monarchy, theocracy, etc..) in a single country. The problem with Singapore is they demand too much like, no involvement from the federal gov in singapore, they manage them self their economy and many more. Basically, " your money is our money, mine is mine" while we just gone through ww2, japanese invasion, indonesian confrontation, communists insugency and many more. Dont forget Singapore is the favourite child of the British. They got all the infra, port, and money while 80 % of other state still had no paved road. Im tired of Singapore narative that they kicked out of Malaysia just because of racial issue( peneng, sabah and sarawak also majority non-malay and didn't kicked out) while amnesiac about all of those absurd demand. Our 1st Prime Minister said Singapore is like " duri dalam daging" or thorn in your meat. It will eat your from the inside.

[@kgdangar2]

interesting perspective which is very true in the essence

[@alantew4355]

From what I understand, PAP wanted a Malaysian Malaysia, whereas UMNO and the Malay ultras wanted Malay supremacy over other races. This difference in opinion led to Singapore being kicked out.

[@farhanayub267]

@alantew4355 one of the reaseon. But somehow Singapore amnesiac about all of other ubsurd demand. Like i said Peneng, Sabah & Sarawak majority non-malay where UMNO has no strong hold there. The funniest thing is race riot 1964 happens in Singapore out of any Malaysian State. So who has the racial problem here?

[@Firestorm1243]

i wonder malaysia would be like without the one it has today

[@photographer.com_sg]

Love the casual SG-malaysia rivalry 😂, ❤ to all my Malaysian homies (those with common sense) (I'm Singaporean 😂)

[@aimantactics]

At list we don't take someone water(like some little island that take our water

[@dasi2957]

Malaysians like you that have this sort of mentality, are the very reason why Malaysia is being held back. Sure sure, go blame your more successful neighbour down south and ignore all of your own country's problems. Once the Water Agreement expires, Singapore won't even need your water anymore. We would have already expanded of water technologies to the point that u buy water from us

[@morth1315]

dont forget to mentione dour cheap oil and cost of living lmao

[@alexfengerson7982]

As list we don't have to wake up at 4am to drive across the border to earn better currency

[@Kburn1985]

Singapore not even using your water. They refine and send back to Johor. If you cut water, sg will still be fine, but the whole of johor will have dysentery

[@morth1315]

@@Kburn1985 where did u grasp this rubbish information from?, and even if its true it will only affect johor bharu not the whole johor

[@YALLAHELLA-pk1gh]

I actually went to malaysia with my family when I was 5 in 2013 I think it was the capital Nice country I would recommend it It’s kinda sad to see racial issues in a country with diversity (I didn’t see that when I went to malaysia)

[@kgdangar2]

This video kind of a bit racist tbh.... we malaysians are blessed to be able to live together harmoniously despite our differences of which this video has failed to highlight

[@YALLAHELLA-pk1gh]

@ yeah I guess and the guy is Malaysian

[@alexfengerson7982]

@@kgdangar2 did you even read the video's title?

[@Tanxiachen]

Malaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙊🙈🙈

[@fictional_function_]

@@kgdangar2 have you watched the video till the end?

[@brandonchan4537]

should discuss about Brooke Sarawak Kingdom and the anti secession movement lol . But maybe not that much thing to say but its interesting.

[@mrnobody8128]

It requires a both side to cooperate. If thenon malay refuses to practice and be fluent in the National Language, it begs the question on whether they are truly part of that nationalities. To say the chinese contribute to higher tax income in Malaysia is pure myth. Based on Inland review board (IRB), 63% of income tax are contributed by the malays, followed by chinese 13%. (Old data : 2015-2018). Malay contribute in major areas of income and economy in Malaysia, so let's be fair and don't downplay each races role. Regarding economic policies, there are few initiative by government to aid the poor non malay compared to the aid to the native (malay included). Albeit lower, there's an increase in effort to cover all poor income families regardless of race. Not enough, but it's a work in progress. There's also an issues of the non malay (non native) that refuses to join government offices due to it being perceive as lower valued job, menial job etc. every year the amount of applicant by non malay(non native) are very very low. 😅

[@Evan8787]

Parameswara drinking teh tarik got me 😂

[@jasperobinson]

Popcorns for sale! Get one bucket for $15 to watch the comments

[@VickyMonstrum]

15 whole bucks? tf? is this the damn movie theater?

[@ALz25prime]

I came into this video thinking it would be another Singapore hit piece but it was a (mostly) balanced look at Malaysia. I am not sure why people are talking about race , but as a mix-race person (and therefore objective) I will add the following to the conversation: (i) Its easy to label Malays’s as being racist for what happened with Singapore but this is done based on today’s moral standards and lens. The Malay’s at the time had just gained independence after centuries of colonisation. Statements of Malaysian Malaysia at the time would look to them, like neo-colonialism. (ii) Brain drain has nothing to do with racism but perceived low wages in Malaysia. Saying brain drain is due to racism overlooks the fact that Malays also leave Malaysia for greener pastures and that racism is also prevalent in the UK, US and Australia, where Malaysian diaspora usually are. Nice touch at @6:47 , the “unofficially dominated by ethnic Chinese” is crossed out in reference to Singapore oppressive censorship of freedom of speech.

[@Ajazio.Hernandez.]

Video idea: What are the 50 states, 1 capital district, & 5 territories of the USA🇺🇲?

[@zhcultivator]

I hope Nigeria, the Philippines and Argentina become high-income advanced rich economies one day.***

[@d3r3kyasmar]

At least its better than Philippines. The scariest part of SouthEast Asian countries, is its religious people. Religious people scares me. I respect them.

[@xistyx7096]

I mean, GDPPC, maybe But GDP, PH is higher 😅

[@Kburn1985]

​@@xistyx7096India has a high gdp, but one of the lowest per capita where people live in superstition and squalor. Per capita is much more important

[@Tanxiachen]

Malaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙈🙊🙊🙊🙊

[@Jose-xh5qb]

The Philippines is stable and It's economic outlook is positive in spite of its politicians and unfortunate geography. They have made the best of what was given.

[@yuk4z3]

As a Malaysian, I'm impressed by the accuracy

[@farez1577]

Calling Malaysia ‘poor’ with a GDP per capita of $13,000 doesn’t make sense. If that’s considered poor, what about other Southeast Asian countries with even lower GDP per capita?

[@alexfengerson7982]

Imagine comparing yourself against nations that is less better. No wonder the country is not improving much

[@moonmoonStar]

@@alexfengerson7982 just answer la.. if 13k is poor, then what do you call other SEA countries ? super poor ? extremely poor ? eat rumput poor ? no wonder the country is not improving much, ask something else answer something else. LMAO

[@alexfengerson7982]

@@moonmoonStar are you ignorant or what? The statements I made is meant to calling out the flaw of question itself. When a person ask you does your parents know you are this ignorant? Should you answer yes/no or calling out the flaw of the question itself? Understanding skills are something that you seriously lack of

[@Tanxiachen]

Malaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙊🙈🙈🙈

[@Tanxiachen]

​@@moonmoonStarMalaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙊

[@MalaysianCountrybaII]

0:00 WHAT That's ME

[@nazibbugiso5853]

Trying to change Malay culture. Just look at the ARab countries fighting among themselves for years. There is no hope for them to change. Same goes to malay culture.

[@moralisoppression2837]

No need to change, its their culture

[@moonmoonStar]

so Country Ball is just a one sided Chinese perspective ? first and foremost burst your own bubble too haiyaaa. sincerely a Malaysian.

[@malayaballanimations5056]

In chinese, some people say it is not malays malaysia, it is malaysia's malays

[@Cavabko]

Malaysia chinese =22% Singapore chinese =70% Fun fact, when your divide this , you can get the currency rates

[@ilovewagner]

Title : Malaysia still(kinda) poor Meanwhile Malaysia uni cost : and thats your life time debt

[@AllDesign4U]

Our current minister of education is generally screwed, no improvement and clearly not qualified to be leading the education system in Malaysia.

[@headsink]

If we can export Ketum, Malaysia will be number ONE! 🍵🍵🍵

[@striker7469]

Let's modernised together as Malaysian. ✊✊ Look forward and be rich together. That's the reality.

[@Kerguelen.Mapping]

Doraemon reference??!!

[@aidapex71]

He finally made a video about his own country(our food is great)

[@manooxi327]

a story about Malaysian coming up with no mention of Mahathir Mohamad is null

[@arthurmoran4951]

as a latinamerican m i find this very interesting

[@ironboy3245]

Malaysia will never advance if they cannot eliminate corruption, anyone remember the 1mdb scandal

[@Vysair]

7:21 Some error here. Most public universities (IPTA) and chinese highschool (SMJKC) uses English fully for education.

[@dasgerbil5189]

So much exaggerated or inflated story. Good to sell, but not reflect the reality. Example, Chinese claim to be minority under oppression. Reality, top millionaire in Malaysia is Chinese. Temple, churches is fluorishing in the city centre. Chinese ethnic has luxury secondary schools to the point obtained ministry helps to build elevator.

[@Crackkka]

The fact that Chinese can still achieve this level of success while being a minority and facing a lot more obstacles is a testament on how important hardwork is. Besides, those Chinese millionaires are only a small percentage of the Chinese population. There are a lot of Chinese who live paycheck to paycheck.

[@moralisoppression2837]

​@@Crackkkathey should stay in china and become billionaires there. Why invade other country?

[@Habzinsch]

@@dasgerbil5189 The Chinese use individual racism against Indians and Malays; preference of light skin colour which is prominent in the entire world due to Euro-centric and East Asian criteria of “beauty”, and is now often amplified by media. The Malay elites use systematic racism against any Malaysian national that isn’t Bumiputera, and use the racism that the lighter skinned races project as a card of “hey, you do it too” in an attempt to blur the line of systematic and individual racism so they could pit the darker races against the lighter ones (gain pity points from darker skinned peoples, even when those darker than Malays are still no less discriminated than the much lighter in skin Chinese).

[@Andy0770]

The top 1% of UMNO elites are richer than Chinese and Malay combined. Your Malays are poor all because your Malay "saviours" namely Mahathir screw you inside out feed his cronies circle. Your Malay politicians had weoponize Islam to "zombified" your brain by impoverished your ability to progress other than being obedient to their greed's.

[@CoolBird69]

​​@@moralisoppression2837 They are borned in Malaysia Malaysian, you ok Mr.Rasis? Did your school focus on teaching you rasis dan fitnah?

[@mdshaukijoestar1584]

6:57 Ironically, as a Malay, Chinese vernakular school are more advance compared than Regular one at least in my area. Because these school got lot of funds from rich chinese family/association/organization etc meanwhile my regular school have to beg for fund. Our principal admit that school administration have to ration money for school activities. They dont even have money to fix toilet door😂😂😂.

[@adab1259]

Oh here's a not so fun fact. If you're a small to medium size private company want to contest in project tender with government, say goodbye to your chances because 99 percent of the time you're gonna fail even if your team can deliver better than them or you're all malay team.

[@UnoAniki]

I never think Malaysia is poor, in fact it is very very rich in mineral sources and what not. Malaysians tho, that is another story.

[@kushine_]

Huh wow this is accurate. The class divide is a larger problem here as compared to racial. Should be shown in sivik class

[@30_years.ago-]

That special rights isn't just for Malay you know but also for other Bumiputera like Orang Asli, Siamese and Borneo

[@alexfengerson7982]

Yes but the one that afraid the abolishment of the rights to most is them. Remember right UMNO's emphasis on Malay privileges is against the ideology of LKY

[@30_years.ago-]

@alexfengerson7982 Because Malays are majority, I even see Orang Asli, Sabahan and Sarawakian speak up about special rights

[@alexfengerson7982]

@@30_years.ago- ya I also heard them mention about this where they called out the needs of demolishing the acceptance of uitm of bumi only but ended up getting bashed by the malays.

[@30_years.ago-]

@@alexfengerson7982 Isn't UiTM is under MARA ? Which is the reason why they only accept Bumi, but at least other government University, college or any academy still accept everyone even non Bumi

[@alexfengerson7982]

@ 2 questions you need to answer. Does Uitm funded by tax payers’ money? Does non bumi pay taxes?

[@Pencilscontext]

History lesson gang👇🏿

[@zhcultivator]

Please make a video explaining African civilizations.

[@donlodtonku]

I'm not sure if we can call ourselves poor. We are not forced to work until we become very old and our children can't afford to take care of us. We are able to afford cars, home and land. We can choose to settle down in kampung and still connected to modern world. We don't have a group of rakyat surviving on garbage. Calling ourselves poor is kinda lowkey disrespecting our people and neighbors. But I agree if we say we are not as rich as we could be. Too many wasted opportunities, due to the culture of cronyism and briberies. Yes, racism is not really an issue, cronyism is.

[@chieftanke]

the country is rich af, great ports, fertile lands, oil & gas everywhere. Somehow, people there is still poor af

[@Evan8787]

That's what colonialism does to a nation.

[@Tanxiachen]

Malaysia has a population of 30 million but many are poor... Vidio me...slums in malysia🙈🙊🙊🙊

[@ianchen9217]

I went to Penang. Pretty good place. Everything so cheap. Way cheaper than neighbouring Phucket, Thailand.

[@DAngelChavezM]

3:50 "Whatever, your problems now…" -Britain when gain independence to somebody else. PS: Merry Christmas, everyone.

[@cjkhoomobile5830]

AFAIK Singapore is the only country to get "independenced" 😅 Edit: Loving that infographic at 7:25

[@YLFNFB]

It's more of a foreigners' fault for making us giving bad impressions to the other warganegara (in other words, being racist), being ill-prepared with informations before visiting. And since 2008 (the first Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix was held), Malaysia doesn't recieve much tourists from the sports part (they only came for MotoGP), though we do still have our beloved FIA Grade 1 (until 2020 due to COVID-19) Sepang International Circuit.

[@ghakindye736]

The Chinese and Indians migrated in large numbers and outnumbered the local population. Imagine forcing the natives to speak English as the common language instead of their own language in their own land. Do you see how problematic this is? The separation of Malaysia and Singapore was necessary to prevent a domestic conflict similar to the Bosnian War. Any narratives about Malaysia in English are often biased towards the Chinese, as they tend to write more in English and present their own version of history, which often portrays the Malays as racists and the Chinese as infallible.

[@Zepoz]

The region has hundreds of languages tbf

[@vroomer_KW]

you don't need that many words to say that you're racist

[@Crackkka]

Nah

[@Adam-mv4fw]

Remember that one time nearly every country in the UN signed an equal rights act? Which race was outraged at the potential of Malaysia having equal rights?

[@moralisoppression2837]

​@@Adam-mv4fwequal right is, if malay can have right in china and india.

[@Japans]

It is true👍 compared to other multicultural countries, Malaysia is doing pretty good. I really hope that our country will be improved in the future

[@KLBall]

8:04 “Banana banana” 😂

[@HACKERZ-x1i]

Singapore and other rich country funded this video.

[@CoemsMaster-iy4zn]

Malayans was at one time poor, now being Malaysians stills remains poor, however you see some become very rich selling their own lands and claims it was donations from some rich country!,

[@oooshafiqooo]

Meanwhile Sultan Johor profiteering out of Chinese failed megaproject (i recall the state govt gonna take over the project)

[@zhcultivator]

Please create a video explaining African civilizations*

[@kalvon]

I think England would be a better representative for The Brooke's than the UK itself. Because he's just a mere sailor from England and decided to create his own country in Asia.

[@luman8850]

singpore is just a small country, how long are the roads, how many hospitals, schools, universities need to be built etc. It's not an apples to apples comparison. compare it to vietnam korea philippines or even taiwan. still acceptable if we need more to improve. but singapore? just compare it to Luxembourg lol.

[@alexfengerson7982]

If you are claiming an apples to apples comparison is needed in terms of land size, shouldn't Malaysia be comparing itself to Norway?

[@jaydrexdapul4351]

As a Filipino. That stings since we have a circus aka politics, restrictive ecomony and more corruption.

[@prakharchaudhary9797]

Same situation here in india

[@ziisk7895]

Watch our politics its literally a circus for public to watch😂 most of us give up with our gov and watch politics live in yt just for its comedy

[@DNLwasTaken]

Title is misleading, it's not even that bad if you compare to other south east Asian countries

[@alexfengerson7982]

Did you even watch the video actually? The author already mentioned comparing Malaysia with Korea, Singapore etc which previously having the similar economy starting point with Malaysia

[@DNLwasTaken]

@alexfengerson7982 I did his issues are valid but the title is kinda misleading, you could do the exact same shit with "Why Indonesia is so poor" and it would literally end up the same. Dudes an actual Indon nationalists ☠️

[@Johorballeditz2011]

Of course malaysia is poor compared to Singapore, south korea and japan why dont you look indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and others asean countries they struggle more with corruption, income inequality and others problem

[@leponpon6935]

If trapped in middle income trap whatever is right next to increasing abject poverty on one end and unchecked inequality and corruption then yeah, Malaysia is in this "middle income trap".