Union Day ( Myanmar )

A friend once said that today is a day when ethnic minorities were deceived... Over 62 years have passed since Myanmar gained independence, but how has it truly benefited the ethnic people? Who even respects the agreements made at the Panglong Conference? Did they ever have the right to determine their own destiny as promised in that treaty?

Ethnic minorities should have the right to officially open schools and teach their own literature and languages... Their cultures should be protected and freely upheld under constitutional law... For these things, I pray.

When the socialists brought their ideology to Myanmar, they silently shifted from international socialism to national socialism... And if you look closely, that’s just the Nazi model.

The Nazi Party was national socialism. Myanmar’s socialists confiscated the assets of the wealthy and redistributed them to the poor, claiming fairness. But what happened? The rich became poor, and the poor remained poor. A rickshaw driver became a judge. A lazy, jobless man became the welfare minister. So, did the people really get the education, healthcare, and social security that the socialists promised? I don’t know... But in the capitalist countries they criticized, these things exist today—thriving. Do they lack jobs? No, there’s support. No money? Welfare covers it.

So, we must boldly examine whether the systems we’ve lived under have succeeded or failed. If they’re wrong, we must turn sharply in a new direction. I bring this up now because it’s relevant—it connects directly to Union Day.

Because of these socialists, ethnic groups endlessly lost their rightful entitlements. Now, perhaps realizing this, their rights are slowly being restored... I don’t know, but it makes you think.