{"id":5381,"date":"2026-04-22T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:33:45","slug":"full-version-of-myanmar-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2026\/04\/22\/full-version-of-myanmar-animal-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Version of Myanmar Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adapted from my own post written with the pseudonym, “Shwe Ba” (Burma Digest), revised and updated<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favourite books is Animal Farm<\/em> by George Orwell.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long ago, there was a farm called Burma, filled with many kinds of animals. Their instincts were strong\u2014and even today, one may feel that some habits have not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The farm was ruled by a master known as “The Empire.” He was not the original owner, but had taken control by force. To maintain power, he practised the classic tactic: divide and rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told the Bama animals they were the true natives, while others were outsiders\u2014”Kalars” and “wild hill animals.” He imported labouring animals from neighbouring lands and kept them separated, ensuring distrust instead of unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, “The Empire” also educated a select group of animals\u2014teaching them language, administration, and governance. But this backfired. The animals became aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why not run the farm ourselves?” they asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animals revolted. Nationalist animals declared themselves “Thakin,” or masters. With help from eastern “Rising Sun” animals, they briefly pushed out “The Empire”\u2014only to discover that new masters could be just as cruel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best leader all the animals loved, the Good White Elephant King (called Saddan Sin Min, DASSK’s father), was assassinated by a big Galon bird (Garuda, Galon U Saw) even before he was officially crowned. The plot was said to have been incited by the deputy of the Sin Min, White Big Boar Master Shoe Maung (Thakin Shu Mg, later General Ne Win), before his vision could be realised. Power struggles followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, after the great 2nd Animal World War, “The Empire” withdrew. The animals finally owned the farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But freedom did not bring equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the animals owned the farm and “The Empire” no longer ruled over them. But not all animals are clever. Some animals simply follow the herd as normal animals do, while some are manipulative and use other animals for their own gain. So the cleverer animals got together and plotted how they could now become just like “The Empire”\u2014getting the other animals to work for them while they rested and enjoyed the fruits of their labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the different animals began quarrelling over their own territories. Some ethnic minority tigers started urinating on tree trunks to mark their own territories. Other ethnic minority lions, foxes, and wolves followed the same practice to mark their own ethnic minority territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous animal politicians appeared, but they were all corrupt, continuing to use divide and rule according to animals’ appearances, origins, and beliefs. At last, so-called wild hill nationals wished to divide the country according to their agreement with the founding Saddan Elephant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came the Green Boars. Led by the cunning Wild Boar (Ne Win), they seized control, claiming to “save the farm.” They introduced the “Burmese Animal Way of Socialism”\u2014nationalising everything and concentrating wealth into the hooves of the military pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the Burma Farm’s Democratic Authority was forcefully taken over. White Wild Boar Master Shoe Maung was very clever and declared a vision for all the animals: “Our Animal’s Belief” and “Burmese Animal’s Way of Socialism.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Burmese Animal’s Way of Socialism” <\/strong>was actually a very clever idea. All animals must work hard and they would all receive the same profit. Rich animals’ shops, factories, and properties were “animal-nationalised” and put into the Boar-pigs’ Army pockets. All the animal banks, animal training schools, and animal movie cinemas were taken over by the Wild Boar’s pig association of the army. Because of the cruel Big Animal Socialist Association’s mismanagement, the whole farm became poor\u2014not enough food, no leisure, no luxuries\u2014and there were sporadic outbreaks of animal diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result?<\/p>\n\n\n\n