But the restiveness did not only restrict itself to the camp of the power elite, it took firm hold of the different segments of the general elite, even infiltrating the otherwise ascetic spiritual and intellectual wings, and helping to push a
To each, its own basis of restiveness and dislike for the emergent era. For the corruption-engineered ecosystem, it was pretty straightforward. It was a fight-back by direct and indirect beneficiaries of the laissez-faire
But then, there was another face of the clap-back, situated more on the back of hubris – conceit on the part of some more interested in optics than substance,with a haughty assumption that it is only that which they prescribe that is good
But then,there are also bystanders,many genuine aspirants for a different approach or mind-set for fixing things. Even when naivety or a lack of the understanding of the architecture of governance renders some of their prescriptions and
So,while the displaced power elite,yearning for a return of power,found itself in an easy alliance with the restive new money and the beneficiaries of the corruption-oiled ecosystem on the need for a change of guard, fashioning an acceptable narrative became a challenge