FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.
According to the Greeks there are three types of people on earth,
- the idiots ,
- the tribesmen , and
- the citizens .
Studies show only 10% of Africans are citizens.
The remaining 90% are either tribesmen or idiots .
1. When the Greeks used the word "idiot", they did not use it as a curse word.
Idiots are people who just don’t care.
If they write exams, they will cheat.
If they are in government they will steal.
An idiot does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.
IDIOTS won't attend monthly neighborhood meetings. They won't pay security dues. They won't contribute to community development. Even when they see or know about something that will harm others in the community they won't report it . When they see/know/have something that will benefit their community they won't share. Infact, Idiots don't care to register for or vote in an election yet they complain the most. If they register to vote, IDIOTS will sell their votes for peanuts.
According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots than tribesmen and citizens .
2. The next set of people are tribesmen , these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.
These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe.
It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.
When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion, gang membership, group membership, party membership and even cult membership as a tribe.
A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen , because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes.
They trust only their tribesmen .
3. The last group are citizens.
These are people that like to do things the right way.
They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.
They drive within speed limits.
They respect the laws, won’t cheat in exams.
In government they won’t steal.
They are compassionate and give to others to promote their wellbeing.
Citizens often promote projects that benefit everyone.
The Greeks called this group the citizens .
Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots .
Others have so many idiots .
A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation.
And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law.
But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead you if he has not been reformed.
Where do you belong?
Are you an idiot , a tribesman or a citizen ?
Reflect about your life.
REFLECT ABOUT YOUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, CITY, STATE & NATION.
So help us God !
The ancient Greeks were very clever!
Those ancient Greeks, who bequeathed democracy to mankind those 2 500 years ago, were right in saying the system only works when the people are educated, knowledgeable and are diligent in holding those in public office to account.
In Zimbabwe most of the voters are ignorant, naive and gullible and so both Zanu PF and MDC/CCC have taken full advantage of this to frighten and/or con the voters into doing the politician’s bidding even when it is not in the voters’ interest. It is no exaggeration to it is the politicians who hold the voters to account - the tail is wagging the dog!
We 2 500 years later only have to adopt the wheel and use it and yet we are failing to do so! 43 years after independence, 2 500 after the Greeks, we are still failing to hold free, fair and credible elections! Fcuk me!
@ Blue Train
ReplyDelete“…………and in which bracket do we find you, the "frightened" bracket, or the "conned" one?
...........and again, since you're up there North, always sitting, or holed comfortably in the luxury of your cosy apartment, do you ever think of coming back home to cast your "X" and liberate us the "uneducated, unknowledgeable, and the undiligent" ........ do you ever think of coming back home and rescue the "ignorant, naive and gullible" voters from both Zanu Pf and MDC/CCC who "frighten and con" the poor soul?
Wiribheti, you need to be told the blunt and stubborn truth: ....... you're a spoiled and coward brat who makes some shrieking and irritating noise whilst being holed up in some far away dungeon in the UK. I wish my number 1 enemy (Zanu Pf) could come there and pull you out of your stenchy hole crush your brainless skull 💀. Honestly speaking, I will jump three metres above the ground with happiness 😊 like the Australian kangaroo 🦘. You're an irritating thorn in our flesh Wiribheti.”
You are one of those who were conned into believing Chamisa’s idiotic nonsense that CCC would win “big” the 2023 elections because he had plugged Zanu PF’s vote rigging loop holes. You were warned this was a lie to justifying why CCC were he’ll bent on participating in the flawed elections and to hide the real reason to participate was greed.
I even quoted David Coltart confessing the reason for participating was greed.
“The (2013) electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility,” confessed David Coltart in his Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe.
It is sad to note that even now with the benefit of hindsight, Zanu PF blatantly rigged the elections and participating only gave the regime legitimacy, the penny has not dropped. I am not surprised; you are just one of those individuals whose brain has completely ossified into fat for whatever reasons. You are beyond the pale!
The tragedy for Zimbabwe is that we have many braindead individuals like you and, to crown it, you have the vote. Give a monkey the vote and you are asking for trouble, especially one that that is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of corrupt and incompetent buffoons like Mnangagwa and Chamisa.
@ Joel Mukusha
ReplyDelete“I think it is now a mere waste of time to talk about the elections as rigged and illegitimate government because internationally the President is being recognised even when USA put him on those sanctions they recognised as as the President of Zimbabwe as well as his wife the First Lady. It is better to talk about areas in need of serious attentions such as corruption and the devaluation of the Zimbabwe dollar than the issue of legitimacy what what. The President of Zimbabwe is Cde Dr ED Mnangagwa known internationally, hence, it is water under the bridge colleagues.”
You are not the first you to think you can resolve the problems of corruption, mismanagement, etc., without having to deal with the problem of rigged elections. As long as Zanu PF continues to enjoy absolute political power the regime will always do as it damn well pleases on any subject.
After 44 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule, I must admit I am surprised that anyone would still be that naive to think they can end corruption when the godfathers of corruption are Mnangagwa and his cronies.
Watch the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia documentary again, it is there on google. “Number One!” is none other than Mnangagwa himself. Why do you think none of those named in the documentary have not been arrested?
@ Darlington
ReplyDelete“Your shortfall is that you do not answer follow up questions. Let us say CCC had boycotted elections, what do you figure out was going to be the outcome given the fact that ana Mwonzora, Madhuku, Linda, Machona etc had already been lined up I case of a CCC boycott.”
I have answered this point many times!
Mnangagwa got 52%, Chamisa 44% and the remaining 9 candidate shared the 4%. Of course the boycotting one with 44% will be notice and cannot be compared with those with 4%. that should be obvious!
Chamisa and company participated in these elections out of greed the same reason they failed to implement even one token reform during the GNU.
Chamisa and company are corrupt and incompetent and there is overwhelming evidence to prove it. Some people will never accept the historic facts either because the genuinely do not have the intellectual capacity to comprehend and/or the disposition to do so.
Some people consider Chamisa as an infallible God who must not the held to account by a mere mortal. Of course, it is nonsense. How anyone can subscribe to such hogwash beggars belief. But it explains why Zimbabwe is a failed state.