IT IS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST….
M.S. Anwar
RB Article
January 30, 2013
It was always on my mind to write an article on this topic. But I could not find enough courage in me. Normally, when we quote this saying “the survival of the fittest,” people automatically attribute it to Charles Darwin, the founder of Evolution Theory. But what people fail to realize is that it was not Darwin who first put it forward but he used the wild nature in some human beings to defeat the weaker ones, fights, battles or wars in human history to justify his own imaginary theory of evolution. So, we are free to use it even though we are non-evolution theorists.
Fortunately, two recent things have prompted me and given me enough courage to write this article. Here are these two things: I recently happened to read a review by Ne Myo Win on RB and one of my seniors has used the same term in relating to what has been happening against Rohingyas and Kamans in Arakan, Burma. It has been moths that Rohingyas and Kamans have been being massacred, ousted from their houses, displaced, arbitrarily arrested, persecuted, boycotted and kept starved to death. Besides, their houses were burnt, their religious building locked down, women and under-age are being raped and their properties are looted on daily basis. In short, it is an out and out GENOCIDE of these ethnic people being carried both openly and silently.
Whatsoever, one cannot avoid thinking that Rohingyas and Kamans are being defeated and wiped out because they are weak and not the fittest. They have been struggling for their survival and can’t survive because they are not fitter than their oppressors are. So what to do to survive? They have to become stronger and the strongest than ever. In fact, human history is full of such incidents and tragedies, where innocent human beings were killed in mass and mercilessly.
Rohingyas say and are the descendants of aboriginal Proto-Australoid Negritos and Indo-Aryans of Arakan, mixed with other people settled later. But who believe and care what they utter even though it is the truth? They are weak and not mighty. After all, Might is Right!! If you have Might, you have everything. You have mass media in your favor. They can turn Black into White and vice versa for you. People are ready to believe it and act upon this. Look around the world, you will find the same things. Rich and Mighty are getting Richer and Mightier. And the Poor and Weak are getting Poorer and Weaker. The blood of the poor is being sucked by the rich. Yet, we are forgetful and forgiving. Why? The same thing is happening with Rohingyas and Kamans whether you believe or not.
Some people have invaded an Indian land known today as Arakan centuries ago. And those invaders are accusing back the aborigines as the invaders. Yet, you believe! They have blindfolded the international community by portraying a state-sponsored GENOCIDE cooperated by Marauding and Sea-Pirates Maghs (Rakhines) as Sectarian or Communal Clashes. Yet, you believe! They have crying out to save them. But you don’t give a second look at them. You don’t give a damn care. Why? Instead, you suspect this world’s most persecuted people for the possible future links up with the insurgents in your country. That is indeed out of the wit of anyone with right mind! What will they do for their survival if you good people don’t give shelter to them? The self-declared human rights champions in the west are externally sympathizing them but doing nothing to solve their root problems? Because they know that they cannot benefit anything from these weak and dying people. Instead, some of them are sponsoring those who are killing these weak people.
The world is full of self-centered hypocrites and they don’t have a sense of humanism. They portray something and do something else. That’s how the system of the world works. If you want to survive, you have to be fitter and stronger. There is no excuse for Rohingyas and Kamans either. The system of the world will not be changed for them. Rather, they need to follow the system of the world. They must not be naive and must come back stronger than any other people in Burma. But how will they do all these things to survive and get freedom.
As Ernesto Che Guevara rightly put it, “you don’t right to even believe that freedom can be won without a struggle.” What did he mean by STRUGGLE? People know him as a selfless revolutionary leader who sacrificed his life for the benefits of others. Obviously, he was not talking about the Diplomacy. In a recent review on RB, I was fascinated with the arguments (mentioned below in inverted commas) put forward by a person called Ne Myo Win.
“Diplomacy bears no fruits without the back-ups of arm struggling. Why will Burmese Tyrannical Regime and Rakhine terrorists bother to sit down and have a talk with Rohingya leaders, the poison-less snakes? Why will they hesitate to root out these Rohingyas who, according to them, are influx viruses? ----Yet, it will not to be surprised, if Rohingyas take up arms no matter it is for their fight for survival, they will be branded as terrorists. It is a common misconception about Muslims whether they are extremists or not. Karen, Kachins, Rakhine and Shans, all, have been carrying out arm resistances for decades and they are freedom fighters. Indeed, they are fighting for their freedoms. But why can’t the same logic can be applied to Rohingyas or others? George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were once branded as terrorists by the respective colonial governments. But what are their statuses now even though the former two passed away?”
He was quite truly put his arguments. But it doesn’t mean that we don’t have to work to get solutions diplomatically. In fact, both arm-struggling and diplomacy are needed to get solutions to the grave humanitarian disasters being faced by Rohingyas and Kamans. It doesn’t matter what others think of you, terrorists or whatsoever. But what matters is being honest to your-selves. It is for your survival and only the fittest will survive. And remember “Might is always Right.”
M.S. Anwar is an activist and Student in Malaysia. The writings here are of the author’s own and do not reflect the editorial policy of RB.
