We must confront the truth, that this generation, too, has failed to mainstream political sanity. We fault politicians because it is convenient, nay popular. Any meaningful change will have to begin from this base: The leaders we pick are the representation of the majority us.
Internalization of this truth is key to remedy. So far, the default African citizenry response has been to change leaders. We don't wish to change somethings about us, so we change the external: we hope to retain our corruption while enjoying the fruits of good leadership. .
That is why every time we came near salvation, it would be sold for pieces of coins. This is who we are. This is what we do at our workplaces, in the bars, in the dingy hotels. Each of us participates in robbing this continent. We are not its victims. We are its abusers.
Political change is not a matter of "how much/what we looking to gain", but "how much we are willing to lose". And if the answer is "to lose our own lives", then we will have change. It was so in Sobibor. It remains so today. That sacrifice has to be bigger than rhetoric.
Because no liberation rides on the back of rhetoric. Or sentiment. Or tire. All liberation rode on the shoulders of sacrifice. It begins with honesty: "This is who I am, this is what I'll have to lose, to get that". We won't vote our way into proper leaders: we must be them first
Can there be an unsullied political administration? No. But there can be enough food for people. There can be free education and responsive health care. There can be good roads & green forests. There can be basic decency, & basic services for the majority.
Political platform maketh not a leader, only his society. In a society of crabs, the leader is he who guards the entrance best. That others might not escape. Leaders are your uncles, aunts & friends. And they are good people, so what goes wrong? Definition of "good" must change.
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