Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice carries a weight shaped by history, and in one of his most talked-about messages, he drew a powerful line between his past and what he believes he is seeing in America today. Growing up in post-war Austria, he witnessed firsthand how propaganda, lies, and blind loyalty could damage families and societies. He has often spoken about how those experiences shaped his views on truth, responsibility, and leadership.
Following the Capitol riot, Schwarzenegger released a video that quickly spread across the world. In it, he didn’t hold back. He described Donald Trump as “a failed leader” and warned about the dangers of misinformation and division. By referencing Kristallnacht, he was not making a casual comparison—he was pointing to a moment in history that symbolized how unchecked hate and deception can escalate into something far more dangerous.
What made his message stand out was not just the criticism, but the perspective behind it. As a Republican and a former governor of California, Schwarzenegger’s words came from within the political sphere, not outside of it. He argued that misleading people for power crosses a line that can have lasting consequences for a nation. At the same time, he added that in his view, political figures who rely on division eventually lose relevance, saying Trump would become “as irrelevant as an old tweet.”
The video reached millions, sparking intense reactions from all sides. Some praised his willingness to speak out, while others strongly disagreed. But regardless of where people stood, the message reignited conversations about leadership, accountability, and the impact of rhetoric in politics.
Now, as political tensions in the United States remain high, his words are circulating once again. It highlights how certain moments don’t just pass—they come back, especially when the issues behind them are still unresolved. For many, this isn’t just about one leader or one event. It’s about how history repeats itself when warnings are ignored, and how voices shaped by experience can still influence the present.
In Africa we have been fighting our own wars, our failed leaders are using white colonial oppression to hide their failures and the people have swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker! Africa has suffered the ill effects of bad governance and it has been near impossible to address these problems because those in positions of power and authority have kept the populous fearful of the imagined white oppressors threatening to recolonise Africa.
In America the people can get rid of their failed leaders, in Africa we are stuck with them. Mnangagwa been in government since independence in 1980. In 2017 he became President on the cocktail of a military coup and has rigged 2018 and 2023 elections to stay in office. And now he is driving the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 to extend his stay in office beyond the stipulated two term limits!
https://www.facebook.com/wilbert.mukori.5/videos/1284078067033084
ReplyDeleteZimbabwe's political discourse has been marred by the culture of political violence, we saw this in the recent public hearing on Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3. (CAB3). Why has political violence remained part and parcel of our political discourse?
Answer: Both Zanu PF and MDC/CCC leaders have had many golden opportunities to end the curse of political violence and each wasted them all out of greed and breathtaking incompetency.
MDC/CCC leaders have participated in flawed and illegal elections out of greed. They knew that Zanu PF was rigging the process and that participating would give the regime legitimacy. Biti & co. are participating in CAB3 process knowing fully well that Zanu PF would rig (the violence and chaos of the public hearing stage has come as no surprise) and that participating would give Zanu PF legitimacy!
The only real surprise here is that the nation has once again been conned to participate in the flawed process even after 46 years of rigged elections. 46 years!
Zanu PF has failed to maintain the infrastructure it inherited from Smith and still many are supporting CAB3 because they are being conned into believing repair the damage the regime has caused these last 46 years in the remaining 4 years to 2030! We really are a naive and gullible lot!
ReplyDeleteCAB3 will give Zanu PF even more dictatorial powers, for one thing the bill will give the ruling elite 7, up from present 5, years to loot before the people recall them through elections. Whatever some people think the nation will save from having elections every 7 years instead of every 5 years it is nothing compared to what the nation will lose stuck with corrupt and utterly useless leaders for 7 years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kltpAscX2sk
ReplyDeleteAfrica politics are a dirty game because even the most basic rules such as having a verified voters' role are violated with impunity. The failure to demand free, fair and credible elections have only benefited those who have every thing to gain from rigged elections and their side kicks who get the few gravy train seats the regime offers as bait to entice the opposition to participate in the election no matter how flawed the process get.
It is insane to participate in flawed elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate one's own suffering, especially after 46 years and counting of rigged elections. The real idiots are those who will believe idiotic lies time and time again!
@ Comfort
ReplyDelete"Mukori wakagumbuka nhasi but unenge chigananda newewo iwe handikunzwisisi ini."
People like you have a personality cult mentality, you are so defensive of your leader you immediately conclude that any one who dared to hold Chamisa to account is a Zanu PF supporter. Do not blame me for who you are!
@ Mandy
ReplyDelete“Wilbert, dai wapota hako uchimbomira kuti nyorera those long and boring essays woitawo seldomly becoz what you write is poisonous as of yesteryear. Tinzwirewo tsitsi mekutimwisa huroyi kwauri kuita pagroup.”
So who has done the nation greater harm me or Chamisa? Chamisa lied about plugging vote rigging loop holes conning the nation to participate in flawed elections giving Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuating the dictatorship. Or me who is warning the nation against the sheer folly of believing Chamisa’s idiotic lies?
Only a nincompoop would argue that Chamisa has done the nation a great disservice. Not surprisingly only the nincompoop would clamour for me to be silence and let Chamisa go scot-free!
Of course, I will never be silence by a moron - he/she can fume and froth all day and all night! Chamisa is not just a mortal but a corrupt, incompetent, a liar and conman to boot. I will continue to say it from the roof top because it is true and the there 2 millions morons who need to hear it!
@ Mandy
Delete“My friend its wastege to compare you and Chamisa, you are known to this group and few newspapers unlike Chamisa who is known worldwide for being the person to lead Zimbabwe and being honest and more intelligent kudarika iwe musuki weMbwe home and abroad.
You talk to much to this group and you don't have anything to offer only shouting to the few who tells you the truth. On this group you were told to form your on party and lay it to the people and see who is bigger and better iwe mbwa iwe naChamisa. Go hang yourself.”
You did not answer the questions asked because even an idiot like you know Chamisa is a corrupt, incompetent, a liar and a conman.
The tragedy for Zimbabwe is that there are millions of morons just like you who think Chamisa is a demigod and, worst of all, the morons have the voice and a vote! Morons are not going to follow idiots like Chamisa blindly and hold the whole nation to ransom from henceforth!
@ Betheltech
ReplyDeleteThis is no surprise. You cannot deny that Chamisa is corrupt, incompetent, a liar and a conman but your personality cult mentality so deeply rooted you cannot accept that reality. Worse still, those who dare acknowledge the reality are “a danger to any society”!
The very fact that people like Betheltech continue to deny simple truths like Chamisa lied about plugging vote rigging loop holes speaks volumes of their intellectual deficiency. How anyone can be so shallow, thick and slow is bad enough but considering these people number in their millions is truly disheartening.
The nation is a failed state precisely because we have buffoons and sell out for leaders and it is none other than the morons voters who are electing these leaders. And the morons do not even see the sheer stupidity of deny the truth. Indeed, they even have the audacity to defend their stupidity!
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1NGarawVDodJj
ReplyDeleteZimbabwe's election process is "so flawed, so illegal, the only logical step is to withdraw". Opposition leaders have known this but have soldiered on and participated out of incompetency and greed. They have conned their brain dead supporters to participate again and again to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate the people's own suffering.
Tendai Biti & co. have conned millions to participate in the ongoing Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 with the usual lie that the opposition will block the amendment. Zanu is rigging the process and participating will give the process legitimacy. After 46 years of rigged elections we have yet to learn we cannot win the Joseph Stalin style rigged elections!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n0pItnZYfjU
ReplyDeleteZimbabwe Human Right Commission (ZHRC) reported that the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3) public hearing was flawed and many people were their right to a meaningful say. Frankly, many knew the process was going to flawed and so they are not surprised.
However, ZHRC's report was of no consequence; Zanu PF is pushing through CAB3 irrespective of the adverse report. The regime is confident of getting away with it thanks to Tendai Biti & co. who had conned the people to participate in the flawed process.
See the full video title: "ZHRC confirmed CAB3 hearings were flawed - we knew this would happen. What next?"
@ Fog
ReplyDelete“Just like in election time, Zanupf is soldiering on with an illegal constitutional amendment, you are not implementing even one of your great ideas. The bill will pass and you will still be on this platform blaming everyone for it. Why don't you put your boots on the ground and stop all the "so flawed and so illegal.”
So you think participating in the flawed elections is the solution? What a fcuken idiot! You have participated in the flawed elections for 46 years and counting. What has that accomplished other than perpetuate the dictatorship and the nation’s suffering and you do not even have the common sense to admit participating has no worked!
“Put your boots on the ground!” Is that what Chamisa and company have been doing lying about plugging the vote rigging loop holes and conning millions to participate in flawed elections to give give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate the dictatorship? I am sick and tired of a***holes who think leaders like Chamisa are demigods and will not accept the reality that he is not only a mere mortal but a corrupt, incompetent, a liar and a conman.
A liar and conman is dragging this nation deeper and deeper into the abyss and I am treated as the public enemy for no other reason than that I have dared call a spade and blood shovel!
Get this into your nincompoop head - I will say Chamisa is a corrupt, incompetent, a liar and a conman from the roof top because it is true. And I will never ever be silence by a moron, an a****hole! You must never ever forget WHO YOU ARE!
@ Moyo
ReplyDeleteAfrica is a continent of failed states because the people refuse to think!
Too true!
For the last 26 years the people of Zimbabwe have risked all to elect MDC/CCC leaders on the understanding they will bring about the necessary democratic changes to stop Zanu PF rigging elections. They have sold out on reforms and have been conning the people to participate in flawed elections with lies to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate the dictatorship. Millions do not even have the common sense to admit leaders like Chamisa have lied and that the nation is stuck. The treat Chamisa as a demigod who can do no wrong.
Of course, only a brain dead people would do this for 46 years and counting!
@ The Duke of Nhowe
ReplyDelete“You’re not helping the solution by denigrating opposition to CAB3 and by not suggesting “What’s next?” yourself.”
Address the issues raised! Will the opposition stop CAB3 as they promised or this was just another lie to con people to participate in a flawed process to give Zanu PF legitimacy? How many times have the opposition conned the nation to participate in flawed process on the basis of lies of the opposition winning rigged elections?
I ask the opposition to account for what they are doing. You can offer the answers to “What’s next?” I am not stopping you. The trouble with nincompoops (I am not saying you are a nincompoop) is they want every body to do what they want and everything else is irrelevant! “What’s next?” is relevant but not the only thing relevant!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iaht005f14c
ReplyDeleteWhat is going to happen after CAB3 is passed: vision 2030 will turn out to be a mirage and the nation's slid into the abyss will continue. People like Blessed "Bombshell" Geza called ED2030, the precursor of CAB3, "bulls**t!" Many are calling CAB3 bulls***t and many more will do so in future. And for good reasons too; passing of CAB3 will make the economic and political situation in Zimbabwe worse not better than it is today!
The full video is available on YouTube, FaceBook or X title "CAB3 passed: will vision 2030 be realised or Zimbabwe continue to sink even deeper into the abyss?"
He swayed to play a major part in Gukurahundi, swayed to play a leading role in 2008 Operation Mavhotera Papi and has been at the heart of Zanu PF’s vote rigging activities since 1980. If Mnangagwa was swayed to commit all these heinious and treasonous acts it is naive to believe he would lose a minute’s sleep over extending his stay in office!
ReplyDelete@ Chipeneti
ReplyDeleteNo one is asking Chamisa to do what is not within his power and authority to do and you should confine yourself to these issue and not let your imagination run away with you.
Chamisa was elected to implement the democratic reforms to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. After 26 years, including 5 GNU years, he and his MDC/CCC fiends have failed to implement even one token reform. Chamisa lied about plugging all Zanu PF vote rigging loop holes to con millions to participate in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate the nation’s suffering. WHY?
@ Beauty
ReplyDeleteHow many times do you have to prove the process is flawed especially when the whole world knows already that Zanu PF will rig the elections and has been warning against the folly of participating in flawed elections?