Transcipt: An Outsized Influence (Emergency Edition)
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Host 0:22
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Brad 1:58
And welcome back. I'm joined today by an online Myanmar activist who is going to give us some insight into the realities on the ground for the people who are dealing with the military's cruelty and the consequences, social, economic, and of course, the more recent development of the conscription law, so little activist is the only name I know you buy, I'd like to thank you very much for for joining us. And I'd like you to introduce yourself for our audience so that they have an idea of who you are and what you do. All
Little Activist 2:31
right. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Yes, my nickname is Slater at EVIC of Fort Dix, submarine mass print revolution. I started mine democracy at divisi. And things 21 February went the first day of military coup. Honestly, I have no idea at the time, because as a SSU. As a teenager. I have no experience about the military. But I'm I have to learn many things about the history and the military. And then I started the activism, through Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, and some others social media platforms. As for me, I work on I work especially on paperwork, like tricks, open open talks and knowledge sharings and data collecting about the crimes of my military Hunter. Yeah, military terrorists, and daily. Daily crimes like how many people were killed? How many people were attacked that Yeah. I work on this
Brad 3:48
interesting stuff. And so so your, you would say it's more about reporting is what you do not so much. Sharing propaganda, not so much sort of pushing people and motivating people but more just about getting information out to the people so that they know the truth? Yeah,
Little Activist 4:08
I don't I don't do propaganda because I'm just sharing the real situation, the real condition of our country member to the wall through social media platforms. Honestly, the wall don't know our country. It is said that this is real thing. No one knows better than almost everyone don't know, Myanmar that they know, Thailand, Singapore. These countries are very close to us is our neighboring country that they don't know Myanmar. So we need to we have to try to a threat, our voice our Frieling our conditioning to the wall. So I collect the Daily News Daily effect from the local soaks local media outputs and I rewrite into English And then I make some trees. Sam Facebook's I like that sent information sharing
Brad 5:08
that the rest of that reminds me of me I used to do something similar I used to translate the the memes and the protest signs from Burmese into English on a Facebook page. Yeah, so people could could understand that. So I, I do see great value in what you do because you're right. The international community does not know about Myanmar and does not have the information from Myanmar. And and without the translation. There's there's no way to connect the Myanmar situation to the international community. So it's it's excellent what you're doing. But let's then let's then sort of jump in because I know you don't have too much time. Yes, let's let's look at the conscription law first. So can you can you talk us through? What will odd is the conscription law? And can you tell us? How did people react to this in Myanmar?
Little Activist 6:03
It is very white to a thread that I always thought out the most important factors for this moment. The mandatory military service that constitution law is it's like they're hunters less cap, because the fight between them and our revolutionary folks is intense. Day by day is a revolutionary movement around the world, including Myanmar, stronger devotees, so they have no more energy to resist the pepex revolution. I think so. So they went they went to make people more heter more difficult in daily life. So they make some psychological things like mandatory military service when the law I don't I don't I don't want to use this as a law. This is just a joke. Yeah. So when these jokes is out, and almost everyone in Myanmar is free, like nothing special, because we already know that, you know, the hunter is making every possible way to make X hedger in daily life. So we we already cast that bet. When when we fix actually the little effects on us. I'm all my opinion only on my opinion. The law is nothing but it is just a it's just a thinks of crime under the under the name or law. Yes. They want to make more crimes. Yeah. And with the cover of the law, because they do a mandatory military service to everyone in the Myanmar bed. The only reason that they're reason to make this law is the went to collect many Gen people. Because they are soldiers. They are terrorists. Followers are dying day by day is hundreds of 1000s of their soldiers. Jamar tomorrow soldiers hear their names, but I want to mention them SM Myanmar military terrorists are dying day by days hundreds of 1000s of terrorists are dying. So they want to make people as a like human she you know, you mentioned they went they went to make as die. There is the only reason and so a crowd or citizen respond in a very loud voice. We make many, many letters many wise many expression through the internet, social media platform like Twitter, Facebook, and then bad bet. As I mentioned above, almost everyone don't know Myanmar. So it is very hard to express our feeling that we will never fall. We never give it we'll try every possible will to extract our freedom.
Brad 9:16
Absolutely. But the question here with with the conscription is the military able to take people for conscription because we heard rumors. I was receiving rumors even in December that the military was abducting young people. So is the military able to force people to join the military or do people just ignore this? Yes
Little Activist 9:41
or no no, no, we we have no power to ignore them because there are many restrictions in our country Myanmar. Some I want to mention some facts like Oh, yeah. Now in the last few days I got a news athlete news when People when when a percent when a person went to make a passport, you need to make an ID an online IG. Yeah, first, without that owner ID they cannot get passport for now. This ID is like tracking, tracking GPS, when, when making when a person make the diskette every information, every detail facts, everything about his whole heart is on this case. So the security of the paper of Myanmar are not safe anymore.
Brad 10:43
Interesting. Yeah. But so, but the question is, what does this look like?
Little Activist 10:47
Yeah, yeah. Let me keep this. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So we have no honestly we have no power to deny them their laws. As you said, the rumors are real things that happen in Myanmar. Didik a lot of same things in things many years ago before coup adept at many youths, they did take a hostage as many is taken hostage as many people in rural areas, because there are no internet connections and they want to make the dig everyone they want to make. So there is no surprise things because they did get in a very long time ago. So they they attempt that they kill on sorry. They rate for Manx children's, they killed poem. So every crimes, every crimes against humanity, they take it, they do get they're doing and they will do. Yeah. So I have said, I certainly we have no power. Honestly, I have no idea how to answer this for this moment. Yeah.
Brad 12:04
Absolutely. So the question then is, do they have like, recruiting offices? Are they sending letters to people's homes and saying, Well, you have to come to the recruiting office? Or are they just going on to the street and taking people?
Little Activist 12:17
Oh, you're not yet. Yeah, not yet. But this will be in few weeks few Max.
Brad 12:25
Okay. So that that is the plan. Yeah, yeah, they are plan to God. And so I heard I heard rumors that in some cases, young children or youths were taken by the military and the families would go to the military and the military would say we will return your children to you if you pay us I don't know how like how am I like 20 lakh or something something enormous. So they 2 million Myanmar chat. Is there truth to this?
Little Activist 12:53
Yeah, of course at salary. As I said above, there is no new things surprising nor a surprise since the ticket before it is called a Myanmar like Porter. So Eddie Yeah, it's like is recruiting military subjects like we we mentioned export as well. Because there are a lot of educated children's and UK's in our country, it is said things so they firstly collect these educated and index people with no family here says these are us. They're fat stuck at fault them. So they call up then as and then they makes them as a soldier. And they make stand time in the front line. So for this moment, yeah. They went to make they want to make money from attempting to use Yeah, it is a truth and not a rumor.
Brad 13:59
So that but then they're not so they're not taking these people to put them in the military. Sometimes they're just taking them for money.
Little Activist 14:07
You're off course. Yeah. Everything they take everything they want to do. Yeah. They sometimes on in Burmese we see less Sorry. It's like corruption. Yeah, they didn't know no corruption. They did a lot of corruption in every possible way. They adapted and is not adapted. It's like hostages. Yeah. The hostages. They make hostages young people and took money from their family. It is an normal thing and Brahma Myanmar.
Brad 14:40
That's okay. So the response to this has been that a lot of people want to want to flee. I even I have seen on Facebook advertising from immigration lawyers, immigration companies saying we will help you avoid military conscription Myanmar. So a lot of people are trying to leave now I've been told that the military has now put a limit on the number of visa applications that are processed per day and 1000s of people are going to the office to get a visa to Thailand. Is that also something that you've seen?
Little Activist 15:16
Yes. Yes. It's also a true things. I have no exact clear information, but I have I have sent a look at our books. So on there are hundreds or 1000s of Myanmar paper in front of the foreign embassies like Thailand, Korean, South Korean on Japanese, Indonesia, Malaysia and Juhi so are the Han term Myanmar military terrorists make a restriction about the visa application? Is like 400 people party Yeah, so all there are loads of people in front of the talent agency but only about 400 people can get daily visa so it's like a chaos
Brad 16:12
so what does this mean that I assume people are going to try and cross the border here is here is our visa
Little Activist 16:20
Yes, there is also I don't want to say that but it is a sad thing these poor these poor people are very I'm very sorry for them. Honestly and no. Also very okay but I feel very sorry for them on the get adapted they get arrested by Forry police like Thailand police Yeah. As for me, I don't I don't like Thailand. So much. Because you know time is honestly tight should be tight should be tight should be welcome Nemo. Immigrant. So as a humanitarian things talent should accept the Myanmar immigrant Bad Juju will know that talent may very restricted on that. There are a lot of Myanmar me Frank's illegally, are arrested day by days. So it's it's very sad things to mention. It's
Brad 17:26
a terrible thing I actually recently interviewed Kasit Piromya was the former Foreign Minister of Thailand. And his sentiment was exactly what you're saying that Thailand should be helping and welcoming Myanmar, Myanmar refugees. Yes. But unfortunately, the the Thai government is currently not very friendly. To the Myanmar people. This is very sad situation.
Little Activist 17:49
But so yes, because Myanmar Myanmar is for this. The reason?
Brad 17:55
I there's an interesting thing I really, I always hated it. When someone said Myanmar is poor. Yeah. Because it's not true. Myanmar is rich. It has poor people. Because the military stole all the money. Yes,
Little Activist 18:09
yes, of course. Of course. That is, you know, the, the top military tier. Yeah, they they talk to each other. They don't look on the city's in the people of a country. So they don't care about us. Yeah, of course.
Brad 18:26
Why would they? It's a sad story, but it never changes. Yes. So so let's go a little bit broad here. The conscription situation is terrible. But it's not often that we get this insight from a person who knows what things look like, in in Myanmar on the streets. So let's let's look at what does what does life look like under the military rule during the Civil War During the spring revolution? So is it looking at the economy in the country currently? What is what how have the costs changed? Aha, yeah.
Little Activist 19:10
Yeah, I got it. As you will know, believe that that there are a lot of there are huge changes in our country. You I will give you some ace numbers. So there is a fair mix. Yeah, more traditional foot like this name is Mohinga. Yeah. A plate of winger a pool of Mohinga is about 500 checks in the last two years before 500 Only 500 checks. Now, the initial price the list price of Moringa. A bore of my anger is stemmed from when Tom sent a machete Yeah, so doubled. Yeah, double double n is only no topping in this way. knew if you went to accent hoping like, there's more x more frights and sand vegetables, you need to pay you have to pay more money. So when we got a poor off Moringa will cost you 1000 to 3000? Yeah. marchex. Yeah, is the current situation? Yeah. Many inflation in our country is very, very bad condition. But vice versa. With the basics salary, the basic income, daily income of Myanmar people is about 1500 checks to 3000 checks is that the daily basic salary of a man named mermen? MRP. is only 3000. So how can we say my 1000? Yes, yes, it is. It's almost a sort of sorry, is this even more that as a construction worker, as a garbage worker, like? The basics worker, the blue worker, the blue collar worker, only get about one to 2000s a t. So how can they survive in this current situation? Yeah, it just, is this the amount of when doing?
Brad 21:21
So okay, so let's, let's focus on this a little bit. When when I was there, I left in 2020. Right before COVID. When I was there, I went to Ruby mod, and the people working at Ruby mod, were being paid 3600 per day for a nine hour shift. Yeah, the salary, you're telling me the salary has actually gone down significantly? Yes.
Little Activist 21:49
Just the papers you saw are not the very physics of our country. Yeah, there are a lot of layers in our country. There are a lot of poor layer in our country. Send only gets 1000 a day for doing cabbage thing and center like construction basics warm. Yeah. Is the life of young people.
Brad 22:14
What about like a ticket? Like a bus ticket? How much is that these days?
Little Activist 22:18
Yeah, recently the best stickers price is also increased. There, there are, there are two types of best ticket. At first, we have to pay 300 checks for samples and 400. Check for sent upgrade the best with air quotes. Yeah, that now 400 Jack best 10 to find red and 300 share expenses tend to 400. Everything Is Everything is increasing a set salary to income.
Brad 22:53
That's an A What about the other one that we keep hearing about is fuel for cars? Is there? Is it still possible to get fuel for cars? Or is it are people finding it difficult to even access fuel?
Little Activist 23:05
Yeah, honestly, I don't know clearly because I have no car. I do generalising for things three years ago. So I have some information about that. Basically, this is the trick. There is a plug plug tricks of military Hunter and they're businessmen, because they bought a lot of fuel and CNG gas and stole so this is also a politics of military Hunter and business. They are follow up businessmen, because they bought a lot of fuel for the country, but they don't sell to the people. They just hold it until the price of the fuel is very high. So when the price the cost of the puree is so high. They resent it. Yeah, so people very people are very hard to get the children and makeup. waiting waiting for the viewer. Wow.
Brad 24:14
And how is the electricity situation? I hear that the blackouts are getting worse and worse. Yeah,
Little Activist 24:19
of course. Yeah. Now, it is. Six 6:20pm Our time? Yeah. 6:20pm Myanmar time. You're the light came. The light came at 3pm Yeah, today at 3pm is only two hour with light here. The whole day was blackout.
Brad 24:40
That's That's insane. So, is the cost of electricity also increasing or is that the same? Ah
Little Activist 24:46
yeah, a little bit increase not not too bad. Let me mention it. There are also a lot of corruption in the electrical meters because On a when when a home costs 20 1000s. And electric bills are meant that they make fruit, they make a sense through a calculation and count to 30,000 40,000. You know, you know what I mean? Yeah, they make fun, they make a wrong equation. And yeah, so when we get to information, when we went when we asked them to make a calculation to remake the calculation, check the calculation. Yeah. So everything is corrupted in Burma, Myanmar.
Brad 25:38
And so, one very important thing because this is this is what we depend on to be able to get information from Myanmar. That's the internet. How is how is the data for for phone and for Wi Fi? Has the price gone up? Is it more difficult to get it? Is it more restricted? Has it changed?
Little Activist 25:57
Yeah, it is also like Moringa the price goes to devil Wow. Yeah. On to get to get when I get off Internet data, you need to pill about 2000 Myanmar chip is only 1000 in the past 1000 winkin when keep our internet data in the past that now or when k equal to one, keep our internet equate to 2000 and above. And then there are a lot of internet Catone internet shut down in the rural areas like Sockeye milkweed and Inari Ching chi Ching. The worst part is honestly Rakhine. They make Rakhine like a country like digit Rakhine like another country, you know, because Rakhi o x o Amador, II are Academy. So there are a lot of intensive between them. So the frets there can be broken region, so much pressure.
Brad 27:07
Just terrible. But so, so So then the question becomes, how are the people functioning? How? Because if if the prices are this high, people have to find a way to eat food they have to find somewhere to live. And businesses still need work? Yes. So what do people do? Are they are they using other forms of currency? Besides Myanmar chat? Are people trying to exchange one type of product for another type of product? Or are people using US dollars? Or what are people doing to survive? Yeah,
Little Activist 27:38
honestly, there are there Assembleia I don't know. So it's like a dislike, some talk to you later. So the country is getting four d by d. Because of the military Hunter, the economic, the education, the healthcare sector, everything is fallen bed. They're all sent some rich men in town. So um, I will give you an example. So they they have $100 perfects, you know, yeah, they take the $100 profit every day, only for breakfast. So, as you can guess, when they give a party, how many US dollar Warren spends. So that leaves a difference. We're very much in our country. So the rich man who follows the military hunters are getting rich day by day in this condition, because the country is fallen. And the black man terrorists followers happy because they can get a lot of money through the exaggeration,
Brad 28:55
huh? I mean, that this is not surprising. I mean, the cronyism of the land like they do, of course, they're going to profit and make money from the situation. But yes, I'm still shocked at what you're telling me because I have heard similar things. I've heard that the price of an egg has increased from 100 for an egg to like 300 Chat
Little Activist 29:17
costs. Yeah, you got the real information. Yeah. And
Brad 29:20
so like, if the price of you know if the price of import products of foreign products goes up, nobody cares. But if the price of of eggs of milk of rice of oil if these go up,
Little Activist 29:35
it has gone extinct to survive. Yeah, yes. So that this is this
Brad 29:42
is this is the question of like, how can the can the people continue this or other people running out of time before they simply say we don't have any food left?
Little Activist 29:56
I don't want to think about that. It can be in the future. Oh, yeah, it's like, it's like a zombie movie. So this can be happen in the future. Because the products of the folks who have Kevin was getting hyped day by day bet their salary in Canada basic income of x, number of people are the same. So that the gap between the income and how can be a big problem in the future. So as you mentioned, there will be a Oddish cooks outage in the future, if the gender of the Hunter is still if if we cannot make them out? Yeah, that situation will be all Steve it is. It's honest, honestly, the truth.
Brad 30:52
I mean, this is, this is horrifying to hear, although the positive news is that all of the information we've received is that the military is losing everywhere, and that they cannot survive for much longer. But that's it. I remember when I called a friend of mine in Yangon. And I told her, you know, be be optimistic that the military will lose in six months. And she replied to me, and she said, I don't care. There are more bombings in my part of Yangon. And I don't know how I can get food. Not in six months, but tomorrow, you know, and so it made me realize the difficulties of the people every day. Yes, yes.
Little Activist 31:41
There is also another true information about as Myanmar as you said, the politicians and the experience and IVIG said that Myanmar military is falling in, within six months when here, blah, blah, blah. But as for me, only for me, in my opinion. I don't tread on the steps because it is already three and more year, you know, the three year is not a joke, it is very much time, everything is stopped, everything is horrible in this situation. So I don't care about the step by experience. And if is an politician that I focus on my daily basics, I treat every day i i spread our freedom our twice every day, I make a lot of clips, you do not click so you we make click to get a friend through a link to it's like charity organization. So an organization make a link and people Myanmar CTC click on it and the organization collect the money through the links, and then they collect money, and they spread the index Area Index area. So I do everything I can do on my daily visit. So I don't care. I don't really care about exploitation and stakes. And the only the only thing I can say is I will never give up. I will never stop till we win. Yeah. Same like me. There are a lot of pro democracy, Myanmar people who is trying on a daily basis for our current teaching.
Brad 33:42
And that's, that's excellent to hear. But on the negative side of this while you are fighting, and this is something that I saw a lot of when I was translating the protest signs and the protest memes that so many people like you were angry that you are fighting to protect Myanmar when you should be at a university at a school, receiving your education, you know, becoming more skilled and you you have lost that opportunity now. Office Yeah. And I just wonder like, can you as someone who was a student, can you tell us what it was like for you getting doing your study and then the coup happens and the military starts taking over the universities what what was that like for you? What was that like for the other students?
Little Activist 34:34
So for this question, I want to say that is it is depends on the person on the paper. As for me, I don't like Myanmar military terrorists. So I quit my university. And I took I took pet and I'm still taking pet in 70. So video movements EDM, um, so as for me, I don't care about the Educate issue of Myanmar military terrorists Hunter bet on other people's, you know, they have their their own thinking and they will take them in they might think no one will no one will can. No one will not help them when you have not bachelor and master a doctor degree, and when when you don't have these, you cannot get good jobs, good opportunities, and they think like that. So in my friends, close friends, there are a lot of people retrying the University of the center otter. So, it is depend on the paper. So people like me, people like x will never rejoin the university controlled by Mr. Military terrorists, that on the other side, there are a lot of pupils who only look on their sites. This arrogance, pepper, this arrogant students retrying the university their school enter control of their Myanmar military terrorists Hunter. So is only depend on the paper. Yeah.
Brad 36:17
Interesting. But so where does this leave Myanmar for for the future? Because what this means is that we now have people growing up in Myanmar people who might be you know, 16 1718 years old, maybe early 20s. And the possibility of getting a good education is not there. Because the military controlled universities are propaganda factories, they're not teaching, not teaching properly. The possibility of getting work, getting getting a salary is not there. And I think there are probably very few people in Myanmar right now who are thinking about getting married and having children because who, who would want to do that? So where does this leave Myanmar a country that that is going to look at a three year maybe four year five year we don't know, period of time, where no new graduates from universities were being created, or very few families were not being started. Businesses were not being started. careers were not being started. What does the future of Myanmar look like to you? Know,
Little Activist 37:27
there are a lot of things to mention. When we talk about the future of Myanmar, that I will mention with when Vox Myanmar is like a death row with no doors. Yeah, we are like in a dark very dark room with no doors. We don't know. We have no idea. We have no opportunities to left X arrow can countries not arrogance that country is good. That military is arrogance. This military terrorists.
Brad 38:06
We don't selfish I think that they're selfish. Yeah.
Little Activist 38:09
Yeah. Sure. Honestly, there is more than selfish. They are. There is no walks to mention them. Honestly. There are also more than terrorists. Because, yeah, not even. So this only my opinion is a tourist. A real terrorists cannot do could not do the same thing like that. They are more than terrorists. The terrorists Promax like an app. They are terrorists. Promax they are. I agree everything. Yeah. So sometimes you can imagine what they do recently, hot new employment, you will know that to revolutionary books were bent to death. You know that?
Brad 38:59
I hear these stories. Yeah.
Little Activist 39:02
How can how can a man can kill other other human beings and they are only children's about 20 Teenagers and pen to death? So I have no idea. What what are they? Are they a terrorist? Promax? Yeah. They're psychopaths. But yeah, to me, you know,
Brad 39:23
it reminds me of like a child. You know, from the like at the school ground, like the bully, who feels that everyone should respect him. Everyone should do what he says. And if someone disagrees, then he will punch them. And it feels like that bully didn't actually mature and he's now an entire army. And we gave them weapons. And they are doing the same thing that they were doing as children because they feel that they deserve everybody respecting them. Yeah,
Little Activist 39:57
that is the main problem. Have 10 Because they think they are, they are another level, you know, in our world, everyone is precious everyone is important in this ecosystem, because I'm an engineer. So I'm also important in our feedback on medication fee. Now drugs are important, you know, so in transportation drivers in this next, the shopkeepers, the transporters, sort of So, every person, every people is important in their role in their life, that in their opening or in their talks, they are the only important things of the country, Myanmar. So they think that people need to pay respect have to pay respect, and they are liking Yeah, there. Is there a psychological problem it So
Brad 40:53
absolutely, yeah, it's this. I've I cannot find the correct word to describe this level of entitlement. We will say when you feel you deserve something, but this is, this is more than that. This is I don't just feel that I deserve it. But I get angry and furious when you don't give it to me. And I will kill you for it like this is it's such an extreme level that I wish we had better vocabulary to describe this. Yeah. But it's horrible. Horrible to see.
Little Activist 41:30
Yes, yes, of course.
Brad 41:34
But anyway, I wanted to bring the conversation back to where we were, we're beginning with the conscription. Because you mentioned to me that the military has now said that the conscription law that they they brought in, actually is a very old conscription law that they're just using originally was going to bring in women. And now they have said that they will not be bringing in women. Is that
Little Activist 41:59
the case? Yeah. Did they say why? In the last few days, and update news was out on at first, both men and woman are included in their mandatory military service. But then, after some days, I think is about two weeks after the No, no, no, sorry. It's about one weeks. After one week, they said again, they mentioned again, women's and girls are not included in their mandatory military service. So for now, only Gen men, only youth and men's are included in their plan.
Brad 42:44
So did they give a justification for the is this because the people were angry? Or? Or is there sexism? Or like why? Oh,
Little Activist 42:53
yeah. Six can be because of manufacturers. It's like, it can be also a justification to make come down the angry Myanmar paper. But I don't think so. In my opinion, it is. They have no they have no enough angst, you should know their brain level is so high. So this force may be very childish. But yes, there is freest condition. Let me let me tell you some interesting facts. The educational level of a general in Myanmar military terrorists Temodar is only for great. You're not 1234 Only four great, are they the only land for great grateful? And then how did they rule the rule of the people with six crimes, crimes against humanity? So they have to do not get a good education. So they they cannot make a good technician? And they have no How can I say that? So they have no empathy. They have no empathy, and they don't feel sorry for their movement, their crimes. So they take on their kings? Yeah, they are privileged, so they can do everything they want. So they're just their main problems. And this is
Brad 44:29
this is ridiculous. So I mean, I mean, the situation in the country is just deteriorating, but one thing that also doesn't seem to be clear to us. What is the difference between the cities and the country because we hear these reports of the military being pushed back when they're fighting in Shan state. You know, kutchan Maguey. All the stuff in the cities, Yangon, Mandalay big cities like this. How strong long as the military presence or
Little Activist 45:04
on their 14 main regions, 14 main regions in the country, you will also know that a man then Branko Jango, and mentally is like a privileged regions like privileged region, the military don't touch these two regions easily because mentally and Django is the center of the economic system. Yeah, I think so. So, they make the control with soft power. How can I mention the the open a lot of power nightclubs and alcohol show and illegal things, you know, like casino and did the make GNP per two not too interested in the politic in the revolutionary movement? Yeah, they did. They are not educated, but they are very good at making people. Yeah, they are very bad at that. They are not educated, but they are very good at people. Its own people. Hot. So I think Jenko and mentally is the leg. So next place of their plan. Yeah, they will not touch before getting the site a reelection Rakhi and in Dari, Sakai, McQuade and so on.
Brad 46:36
Okay, so currently, you if you were to walk down the street in Yangon, or walk down the street in Mandalay, you would not see soldiers? Of
Little Activist 46:45
course, there are no soldiers, please. There are. Yeah, yeah. There are a lot of I will tell you. So. There are many. There are many military tracks in the town of in the city of Yangon. And they are making their kids stand by the pointing out to the people. Can you believe it? Okay, yeah. Why? Why? Why? Riding through the matrix, the uprising, with the price of the people with the gangs? Yeah, well, they're also in the ready, standby position. Their fingers are on the bed and click. Wow. Yeah. So this is the condition and Myanmar. So everything is collapse. And let me mention everything is dead. So we don't know how to get out of this condition. There are no doors, because no one cares. Myanmar is nothing. Myanmar is not a special country for for the world. So we have, we have no future. But as I mentioned before, we don't give up. Yeah, we don't give up we will try everything we can do. Excellent. Excellent.
Brad 48:08
So I know that you're pressed for time. So we will sort of conclude the interview. And I want to thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.
Little Activist 48:17
Honestly, there are a lot of things to mention. But I will sort out the most important things. Firstly, I am an online bass Edifis pro democracy activist. So there are a lot of difficulty in my Delhi busy job. The first thing is internet connection on we have to use VPN to make set your condition because the military terrorists can detect our real location. So we have to use VPN for our safety. And the second thing is we have no security. The military terrorists can invade your house. Every time that they went, when you sleep, they knock on your doors. And they pointed out to you with their gangs. They can do everything. Yeah, this is what happened in in Myanmar. The authors? Yeah. The other problem is the education or it is already three years entered them military coup. So the educational system is totally fallen. And the hunter is certainly the hunter is almost 100% control on education asserts that there are a lot of rich white students in school and university. But at the same time, there are also CDM students like me, and we don't give up on this condition. So the education assessment is totally fallen at the same time. Originally, the economics also getting worse day by day. As I mentioned before, the income and outcome gaps is very big day by day, the price went to double triple bap, the basic income of Myanmar people, the basic income of younger people is same, like pecs 10 years. So, there's also a big problem. And another thing is honestly, we need reaction from the international communities and countries and organization like un and something like that. But you know, the the only share with their walks on paper, they are very concerning, they are very worrying. They are very sorry. And then they they talk the military terrorists to stop the crimes. So the Teach Yourself terrorists can be can terrorists be stopped, there are crimes with a walks of the United Nations, it will never terrorists don't kill the walk through international community. So the only thing we need is free action. And RIA supports many for their for the Myanmar supreme revolution movements. Yeah, there are a lot of things to mention, but according to the time restriction, so these are the main things I want to talk.
Host 51:43
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