Dr. Mahathir bin Mohmad, who can be called one of the senior wise elders of the world, having celebrated his 100th birthday on July 10, 2025, can speak with some authority about justice and injustice. On July 12, two days after his birthday, Mahathir released a scathing statement, “The Collapse of Civilization,” which denounces the Israeli genocide in Gaza, which, he says, “is being perpetrated before our own eyes. Worse, still, the genocide is actually being promoted and defended.”
(Dr. Mahathir wrote this piece as individual points; for reasons of space, we have placed them into paragraphs, without changing any words).
Mahathir—twice the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1981-2003, and 2018-20—in 1997-98, opposed the financial attack by George Soros, the City of London and Wall Street, which was intended to destroy the Malaysian currency, the ringgit, as a stepping stone to destroying the Malaysian economy. By using capital controls and exchange controls, Mahathir courageously defeated Soros et al., and defended the sovereignty of not just Malaysia, but of every country in the Global South.
In his July 12, 2025 piece, Mahathir writes,
“1. Something has gone wrong with the world, with human civilization. For centuries we have been ridding ourselves of barbarism in human society, of injustices, of the oppression of men by men.
“2. We have been promoting more human values, the sanctity of life, honor and respect for institutions, protecting the weak against the strong. 3. We have designed laws to ensure justice for all, abolished absolute monarchies and dictatorship, and all kinds of abuses of power….
“4. We promoted the Rule of Law not only in nations but also between nations.
“5. We pride ourselves in the high moral values we uphold. …
“6. We consider ourselves civilized, being creatures of high moral values. We are more human and humane.
“7. But can we say we are still civilized now? Over the last three decades especially, we have destroyed most of the ethical values that we had built up.
“8. Now we are seeing an orgy of killing. We are seeing genocide being perpetrated before our own eyes. Worse still, the genocide is actually being promoted and defended.
