THE NATURE OF A FAILED SOCIETY
When asked the Russian writer Anton Chekhov about the nature of failed societies, he replied:
"In failed societies, there are a thousand fools for each successful brain and a thousand clumsy words to counter each good advice.
"The majority are always dumb, ill-informed, egoistic and constantly dominating the rational and intelligent ones.
"They love trivializing important issues to distract them from facing their reality.
"They love holding meeting upon meetings but ensuring that each meeting is turned to throwing banters and cracking jokes to prevent diligent scrutiny of issues.
"They are led by cliques, cabals and a few unserious individuals, while the majority are disenchanted, disgruntled and uninterested.
"They're like a cult group where the gangsters are the majority.
"They thrive on extorting from a few among them who have overbloated egos and always seeking for public attention, without knowing they're being used. It's called a society of pacifiers and nonentities.
"Trivial matters are always at centre stage, and any attempt to make them face their real challenges are opposed and vehemently resisted. They're constantly living in denial.
"An example of a failed society is where, millions of people crowd themselves together every time, dancing and repeating meaningless songs and words to themselves, and turning that to a societal culture.
"In failed societies, everyone have their own opinions, which are never articulated. It's a society where constructive, sound, and workable ideas are constantly being suppressed for the mischievous cabal to keep being the dominant force.
"In failed societies, it's favoritism and rewards for patronage that's popular, while merit is sabotaged. Also, it's characterized by injustices and praise singing.
"Such societies thrive on information hoarding and secret keeping as leadership accountability is regarded as a privilege and not a right. Open conversations are frowned at and regarded as an attack against leadership. Demanding for leadership accountability is forbidden.
"Gang leaders love to quote laws in the society that's actually lawless and governed through caucus decisions. The minority are always pretending to be the majority.
"Divide and rule, rumour mongering, emotional blackmail, are the readily tools for governance. Those with honest intentions for promoting the culture of common good are quickly labelled as saboteurs and isolated, so they don't corrupt the dormant majority.
"Genuine contributors and solution providers are not known and no one gives them credit for their efforts. Failed societies lack the attitude of gratitude.
"Since the crowd love pettiness and mundane things, they love those telling them it's okay not to use their own brains to think for themselves, and prefer comedian that make them laugh with meaningless jokes, than the poet who is waking them up to reality and telling them the truth that temporarily hurts.
"Therefore, the caucus leadership called ’democracy' is not an ideal leadership model for ignorant people and unenlightened societies, because the corrupt minority will keep deciding their fate. The people must seek their own salvation and redemption from within themselves before yielding to leadership. In constructive leadership, one is not above the others, one is a member from within the body."
How true!
There is nothing wrong with universal suffrage, every one must have the right to a meaningful say in the governance of their country. The operative phrase here is "meaningful say". How can you have a meaningful say on matters you do not understand?
The ancient Greeks, who gave mankind democracy - government of the people, for the people and by the people - all these 2 500 years ago; were right, democracy only works if the people are educated, knowledgeable, objective and diligent in their sacred duty of holding leaders to account.
In Zimbabwe the populous are ignorant, naive and gullible and, no wonder, they have failed in their duty to hold leaders to account. The ruling elite have deliberately kept the masses ignorant and naive for the selfish purpose of conning the masses and avoid accountability.
Like it or not, in a country whose founding fathers only cared about absolute power and personal glory and did not care about democracy and good governance, universal suffrage has been a curse and not a blessing! And once established a failed state is hard to uproot; after 45 years, Zimbabwe's autocracy is deep rooted.
@ SaMaka
ReplyDelete“You honestly think reforms can stop zanu from rigging, you think reforms can stop people from supporting Nelson Chamisa....let's be serious.”
If you want Zanu PF to go and yet do not need democratic reforms to stop Zanu PF rigging the elections, then tell us how you will achieve this objective?
Tsvangirai and company called their party MDC, Movement for Democratic Change, what democratic changes were they talking about? And how many of those changes have they brought in 25 years?
When the Russian play writer Anton Chekhov was asked about the nature of failed societies, he replied:
"In failed societies, there are a thousand fools for each successful brain and a thousand clumsy words to counter each good advice.
"The majority are always dumb, ill-informed, egoistic and constantly dominating the rational and intelligent ones.
"Trivial matters are always at centre stage, and any attempt to make them face their real challenges are opposed and vehemently resisted. They're constantly living in denial.”
Zimbabwe is a failed state and we certainly have our one million village idiots to one sane and rational mind!
Even now, with the benefit of hindsight, you still have no clue what the democratic reforms are much less that the 2008 to 2013 GNU was the golden opportunity to implement the reforms and MDC leaders sold out.
“You think reforms can stop people from supporting Nelson Chamisa....let's be serious!” These people believed Chamisa’s idiotic lie that he had “plugged all the vote rigging loop holes!” and participated in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate their own suffering. Proof they are idiots! And you think it proves otherwise!
@ Nhlefuzani
ReplyDeleteThe GNU included writing a new constitution and implementing democratic reforms. MDC leaders failed to to write a democratic constitution and and to implement any reforms in five years. These are historic facts and how anyone can deny historic facts beggars belief!
Dubai vs Harare
ReplyDeleteIf you are not laughing, you must be crying! This is one of those pictures that a worth a thousand words. Those who comprehend the tragedy of the story, they will cry, and those who do not get the full import, they laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUHHy0oDp_w
ReplyDeleteSouth Africa's ANC played a key role in making sure Zanu PF was not denied political legitimacy although SADC and AU condemned Zimbabwe's 2023 election as flawed. ANC promised the party would not accept regime change in Zimbabwe - a green light to Zanu PF to rig the elections.
One of these fine days the full story of how ANC has undermined efforts to hold free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe will be known. Meanwhile it should be noted that the ordinary people have paid dearly for ANC's blatant betrayal.
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BdGYqdeqqAGX
ReplyDeleteBotswana is an upper middle income nation and has enjoyed 40 years of economic growth. The country has rich mineral resources, notably diamonds, plus good governance.
Zimbabwe WAS an upper middle income nation in 1980 and has had 45 years of economic decline. The country has vast mineral resources but, alas, cursed with bad governance. Both the ruling party and opposition leaders are corrupt and incompetent a situation made worse by having one of the most ignorant and gullible electorate on earth. Both Zanu PF and MDC/CCC leaders have taken advantage of the ignorant populous to con them to do their dirty bidding.
Zimbabweans have participated in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and to win a few gravy train seats for CCC at the expense of perpetuating the dictatorship their own suffering. Zimbabweans DO NOT deserve good governance and are paying dearly for their folly of failing to ensure free and fair elections.