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Monday, July 07, 2025

US Future Political Building: Constructing from Within, Not from the Periphery.


In this cartoon, you'll see young people working collaboratively inside a grand building representing the Democratic and Republican parties. They are using tools and plans to renovate and improve the interior. Outside, a smaller group struggles to construct a new building, appearing discouraged. This visually reinforces the article's argument that building political power from within the existing system is more effective than attempting to create a new one from scratch.


US Future Political Building: Constructing from Within, Not from the Periphery

The enduring architecture of American politics is undeniably dominated by the two towering edifices of the Democratic and Republican parties. While the allure of erecting a new structure – a viable third party – persists in the national consciousness, the bedrock of the US constitutional and electoral framework renders such an undertaking a monumental, if not Sisyphean, task. Both established parties, intimately familiar with this terrain, understand the near-impossibility of fundamentally altering this deeply entrenched duopoly.

For the upcoming generation of politically engaged US citizens, this reality necessitates a strategic recalibration. The energy and ambition to shape the nation's future must be channeled effectively. Rather than expending resources on the arduous and often fruitless endeavor of constructing a political force from the outside, the more pragmatic and potentially impactful path lies in building from within these existing structures.

The obstacles facing third-party movements in the United States are not mere inconveniences; they are systemic barriers woven into the fabric of the political system. Archaic ballot access laws often impose prohibitive financial and logistical hurdles, effectively gatekeeping access to the ballot box. The pervasive winner-take-all electoral system, a cornerstone of American elections, inherently disadvantages smaller parties, where a plurality, not necessarily a majority, secures victory. Coupled with the vast financial and organizational advantages wielded by the Democrats and Republicans, the prospects for a nascent party to gain significant traction are exceedingly slim.

Acknowledging this challenging landscape, a more strategic imperative emerges: to cultivate a new cohort of skilled and principled leaders who can rise through the ranks of the existing Democratic and Republican parties. This approach recognizes the inherent power and reach of these established organizations and seeks to leverage their infrastructure to achieve meaningful political influence.

To facilitate this internal ascent, the formation of a dedicated association focused on leadership development is crucial. Envision an institution, perhaps named "The Internal Builders' Academy" or "The Progressive Ascent Initiative," dedicated to equipping aspiring politicians with the essential tools for success within the existing party system.

The core pillars of this academy would encompass:

  • Mastering the Political Landscape: In-depth study of the US Constitution, electoral laws, party structures, and the intricacies of legislative processes.
  • Strategic Campaigning and Organization: Hands-on training in campaign management, fundraising, voter mobilization, and digital engagement strategies tailored to navigating party primaries and general elections.
  • The Art of Political Communication: Cultivating exceptional public speaking, debate, and media relations skills to effectively articulate ideas and connect with diverse audiences within the party and the broader electorate.
  • Policy Expertise and Economic Understanding: Developing a comprehensive grasp of key policy issues and economic principles to inform sound governance and policy formulation.
  • Ethical Foundation and Collaborative Leadership: Instilling a strong ethical compass and fostering the ability to build coalitions and navigate the complexities of party politics with integrity.

By investing in this kind of comprehensive training, the association would empower a new generation to strategically engage with the Democratic and Republican parties, contributing fresh perspectives and driving policy from within. This approach acknowledges that meaningful change often requires navigating and ultimately leading within established systems.

While both the Democratic and Republican parties have their own mechanisms for cultivating future leaders, an independent and dedicated association can provide a more focused and potentially non-partisan foundation for aspiring politicians across the spectrum. By equipping young individuals with the skills to succeed within the existing framework, this initiative offers a more direct and pragmatic pathway to shaping the future of American politics.

The path to political influence in the United States is undoubtedly complex. However, by strategically focusing on building from within the established political structures, the next generation can move beyond the limitations of external challenges and actively construct the future of American governance. The most effective way to shape the edifice of American politics may not be to build a new one next door, but to skillfully and strategically renovate from the inside out.


Saturday, July 05, 2025

Who eat my chese ? ( မြန်မာလိုပါသည်)

Saturday, June 19, 2010
Who eat my chese ?
Because it's Independence Day today, I went outside for some peace of mind and relaxation. But there is no freedom. This road is closed, that road is closed, and I cannot reach my destination... Oh, the saying that "one only knows the taste of freedom after being in confinement" can't be true... I came to know it right on Independence Day. I don't know if they have forgotten that it's Independence Day. Some people are saying... I hardly even saw any flags. I do not know what they are afraid of.
Being afraid is not strange. Every person is afraid of loss and failure, of poverty, of being in pain. If I have to confess bravely, without being afraid, I too get scared. Every person has fear, more or less. But there is also "shame." When a person's human dignity is lowered and insulted, they feel shame. At that time, it kicks at fear... Whatever happens, I think that fear has a limit.
It has been 62 years since the Burmese people got independence. Ask yourself, are you free or not free. Ask yourself, do you know the value of independence? When the Burmese were servants to the English, it must be said we were servants on our own land, our own water, with our own families, like an egg in an undisturbed nest. At that time, Indians came to our country to work... Now, what is happening today? Think for yourself.
While our country is facing difficulties, what are the Asian countries doing? In my view, they are happy. They are getting Burmese people as low-level staff for cheap prices. They work them like slaves. They can buy the nation's treasures from across the border at a bottom price... This is a loss for the entire populace.
Regarding Independence Day, from what I understand, it shouldn't just be a memorial day anymore. I think it would be good if the idea of "work" were linked in our minds with Independence Day.
In a life of servitude, our biggest loss was "work." The Burmese had to work for the English. They took and grabbed our labor power. We did not get the labor value we should have received. At this point, I will not speak of the other losses... Since we are free, on Independence Day, we must know "work."
"Work" is something everyone knows... It's clear, work is work... But are the values of work not also included in our thinking? In some countries, one hour of work gets 15 dollars, let's say 1600 in Myanmar money.
Where was the value of our work left behind, without coming along with our independence?
Please, find it. Today, when a job opportunity appears, people call it a "gwin." As for me, I don't know the meaning of this modern word "gwin" for sure. So I searched on the internet and saw that "gwin" is what they call it when you get something not through a correct method, but by getting it the easy way ("achawng"). Hike! If so, it has become like we regard "work" as an easy-way-out. Please, think about this as well.
at June 19, 2010
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Who eat my chese ?
Because it's Independence Day today, I went outside for some peace of mind and relaxation. But there is no freedom. This road is closed, that road is closed, and I cannot reach my destination... Oh, the saying that "one only knows the taste of freedom after being in confinement" can't be true... I came to know it right on Independence Day. I don't know if they have forgotten that it's Independence Day. Some people are saying... I hardly even saw any flags. I do not know what they are afraid of.
Being afraid is not strange. Every person is afraid of loss and failure, of poverty, of being in pain. If I have to confess bravely, without being afraid, I too get scared. Every person has fear, more or less. But there is also "shame." When a person's human dignity is lowered and insulted, they feel shame. At that time, it kicks at fear... Whatever happens, I think that fear has a limit.
It has been 62 years since the Burmese people got independence. Ask yourself, are you free or not free. Ask yourself, do you know the value of independence? When the Burmese were servants to the English, it must be said we were servants on our own land, our own water, with our own families, like an egg in an undisturbed nest. At that time, Indians came to our country to work... Now, what is happening today? Think for yourself.
While our country is facing difficulties, what are the Asian countries doing? In my view, they are happy. They are getting Burmese people as low-level staff for cheap prices. They work them like slaves. They can buy the nation's treasures from across the border at a bottom price... This is a loss for the entire populace.
Regarding Independence Day, from what I understand, it shouldn't just be a memorial day anymore. I think it would be good if the idea of "work" were linked in our minds with Independence Day.
In a life of servitude, our biggest loss was "work." The Burmese had to work for the English. They took and grabbed our labor power. We did not get the labor value we should have received. At this point, I will not speak of the other losses... Since we are free, on Independence Day, we must know "work."
"Work" is something everyone knows... It's clear, work is work... But are the values of work not also included in our thinking? In some countries, one hour of work gets 15 dollars, let's say 1600 in Myanmar money.
Where was the value of our work left behind, without coming along with our independence?
Please, find it. Today, when a job opportunity appears, people call it a "gwin." As for me, I don't know the meaning of this modern word "gwin" for sure. So I searched on the internet and saw that "gwin" is what they call it when you get something not through a correct method, but by getting it the easy way ("achawng"). Hike! If so, it has become like we regard "work" as an easy-way-out. Please, think about this as well.
at June 19, 2010
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1948

မြန်မာလိုပူးတွဲ ပါရှိသည်
It’s a great source of pride that in 1948, when our country, Myanmar, gained its independence, the United Nations also issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this sense, Myanmar's independence was born at the very same time as this global declaration.
The inherent rights people are born with include the right to life, as well as the freedom to believe in and pursue health, education, religion, and politics. We also have the right to freely write, speak, express ourselves, and be heard. The United Nations is tasked with protecting the sovereignty and human rights of every nation. In turn, the governments of each country are responsible for safeguarding the rights of their citizens, alongside fundamental human rights. This declaration was unanimously approved and signed without exception by a diverse group of experts, politicians, and religious leaders from all over the world within the UN. Myanmar's representatives were present, as were those from all across Asia and Southeast Asia.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains nothing that contradicts the teachings of any religion—be it Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism. Likewise, it does not conflict with the cultural values and traditions of any region, whether it be America, Africa, Asia, Europe, or Australia. So, when some Asian leaders, whose own cultures and traditions are not at odds with the declaration, are confronted by their people demanding these very human rights, what do you suppose they do?
On that note, it’s fitting to mention the Kalama Sutta, a teaching from the Buddha in the predominantly Buddhist country of Myanmar. The teaching says (and I paraphrase): "Do not follow blindly, even if it is the righteous path. Do not believe something just because I said it, or because it is written in scripture, or because an elder said so."
Isn't this teaching the very essence of democracy?
Source: "What is it, Maung Swan Yi," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
June 19, 

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၁၉၄၈ ခုနှစ်မှာ ဒိုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လွတ်လပ်ရေးရတယ် ကုလသမဂ္ဂ က လည် ၁၉၄၈ ခုနှစ် မှာ ကမ္ဘာ့လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကြေညာစာတန်းကြီးကို ကြေငြာခဲ့တယ် ဒီတော့ ကျွန်တော်တို့မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ
လွတ်လပ်ရေးဟာ ကမ္ဘာ့လူ့ အခွင့်အရေး ကြေငြာ စာတန်းကြီးနဲ့ တူဖွားမြင့်ခဲ့တယ်လို့ ဂုဏ်ယူစရာကောင်းတယ်။
လူတွေမှာ မွေးရာပါ အခွင့်အရေးဖြစ်တဲ့ အသက်ရှင်သန်ခွင့်နဲ့ အတူ ကျန်းမာရေး၊ ပညာရေး၊ ဘာသာရေးနဲ့ နိုင်ငံရေးတို့ကို လွတ်လပ်စွားယုံကြည်ခွင့်ဆိုတာတွေလည်းပါတယ်၊ လွတ်လပ်စွား ရေးသား၊ ပြောဆို၊ ဖေါ်ထုတ်ခွင့်နဲ့ ကြားနာခွင့် တွေလည်းရှိတယ်၊ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ကြီးက နိုင်ငံ အသီးသီးရဲ့ အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ တည်တံ့ရေး နဲ့ လူ့အခွင့်အရေး တို့ကို ကာကွယ် စောင့်ရပါတယ်၊ နိုင်ငံအသီးသီးရဲ့ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ အစည်းတွေကလဲ နိုင်ငံသား အခွင့်အရေး နဲ့ အတူ လူ့အခွင့်အရေး တို့ကို စောင့်ရှောက် ကားကွယ်ပေးရပါတယ်၊ ဒါတွေကို ကုလ အဖွဲ့မှာ နိုင်ငံပေါင်းစုံက ပညာရှင်ကြီးတွေ၊ နိုင်ငံရေး သမားတွေ၊ ဘာသာရေး သမားတွေ ပါဝင်ပြီး အများ သဘေားတူ ခြွင်းချက်မရှိ အတည်ပြု လက်မှတ် ရေးထိုးထားခဲ့တယ်.. အဲ့ဒီမှာ မြန်မာ ကိုယ်စာလှယ် တွေလည်း ပါဝင်ခဲ့တယ် အာရှနဲ့ အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ အားလုံးပါဝင်ခဲ့တယ်။ လူ့အခွင့် အရေးကြေငြာစာတမ်းကြီးမှာ ခရစ်ယာန်၊ မွတ်စလင်၊ ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ စတဲ့ သာသာအာလုံး နဲ့ ဆန့်ကျင်တာ တစ်ခု မှာမပါသလို အမေရိက၊ အာဖရိက၊အာရှ၊ ဥရောပ၊ သြစတြေးလျ ဒေသ အသီးသီး က ယဉ်ကျေးမှု့ ဓလေ့ထုံစံတွေနဲ့လည်း ဆန့်ကျင်တာ လုံးဝမပါဘူး၊ နိုင်ငံအသီးသီးက တန်ဖိုးထားတဲ့ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု့ဓလေ့ ထုံးစံတွေနဲ့ ဝိရောဓိဖြစ်စရာ ဘားမှ ပါဘဲနဲ့ အာရှခေါင်းဆောင် တချို့ဟာ ပြည်သူလူထုက လူ့အခွင့်အရေး တွေနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး ဖေါ်ထုတ်တောင်ဆိုလာတော့ ဘာလုပ်လည်း တွေးကြည့်။
ဒီနေရာမှာ အလျင်းသင့်လို့ ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ အများစု မှီတင်းနေထိုင်တဲ့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ ဗုဒ္ဓဟောခဲ့တဲ့ ကာလမသုတ် ကို ထုတ်နှုတ်တင်ပြလိုတယ် ( မှန်ကန်တဲ့တရားမြတ် လမ်းစဉ်ကိုတောင် မျက်စိမှိတ်လိုက်နာဖိုက မလို၊ ငါပြောတိုင်းလဲ မယုံနဲ့ ၊ ကျမ်းဂန်လာဆိုပြီးလဲ မယုံနဲ့ ၊ လူကြီးစကားဆိုပြီးလဲ မယုံနဲ့တဲ့ ) ဒီလိုဟောခဲ့တာဟာ ဒီမိုကရေစီတရားမဟုတ်ပေဘူးလာ .......မှီး ( ဘာလဲဟဲ့ မောင်စွမ်းရည် ၊ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights )
at June 19, 2010 
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