2026-09-13 at

Presentism and Originalism in Malaysia

Ah, this is a useful dichotomy. In governance and law there is presentism and orginalism

About Malaysian public policy, I am generally a presentist

Because Malaysian law is intrinsically tied up with theism, I have to also point out that I am a materialist ( compatiblist : in viewing all spiritual experience as a variety of material experience )

So in politics, broadly
- originalists view: presentists as shallow
- presentists view: originalists as delulu

Politics is the PRACTICAL consensus