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The 'revolutionary',  in much the same way as the 'conservative', the 'conformist' and the 'reformist' is just as prone to become corrupted by their addiction to power, and/or their fear of losing it It is probably understandable that the leaders of liberation movements should think that they have a legitimate right to rule the countries which they have 'liberated.'  That the country now becomes 'theirs.' Though it clearly is not 'theirs.' But what happens when they are clearly incapable, not only of competently ruling or governing it, but also do not have the prerequisites to learn to do so?   Which is something which has occurred so often. As I have noted above, there can be the world of difference between leading a 'liberation army' in the field, and leading/governing a country.   Of managing a situation where you do not see the politicians, the ordinary people who do not agree with your perspectiv

Carles Puigdemont and his Catalan pro-independence supporters are currently finding it difficult to remain grounded.  In fact, if they do not try to contain themselves more, they could find themselves drifting out of Catalunya and being deposited into the rest of Spain.  And what is it that has led to this unparalleled outbreak of euphoria in Catalan?  Well, I surmise that it is all a matter of feeling that the honour, the integrity of Catalan and its people, have been impugned by the Spanish central government.  Many Catalans, I suspected, and including those who oppose Catalan becoming independent from the rest of Spain, have been outraged by the manner in which the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy.   Has gone about trying to correct the wrong which Puigdemont has committed. By illegally holding a referendum on whether Catalan should become an independent nation, by seceding from the rest of Spain.  Whether, in effect, Catalan should be allowed to begin the disinte

'The tendency is for the powerful minority, sometimes they will be the elite, to set the trend and change the majority. And only on rare occasions for the majority to change the minority.  Which is why, at any given time, it can be very damaging for the majority to become silent, probably through fear.   And ignore or choose not to confront, what the powerful and/or potentially very powerful minority is doing.  In taking the initiative and leading society on a path which is, ultimately, to prove more societally demental than they had, or might have thought likely.  Which is why it might be prudent to consider whether the world, in particular, the western hemisphere, is under attack from misandrogynous tendencies?' Adolph Hitler and his Nazis were not a powerful force when they began their insidious conspiracy to try to seize power in Germany and transform Germany into a fascist State.  They might not have known it at the time, but Hitler was able to p

That might not be something which a desperate and angry section of the population will want to hear.  But it is one which should be impressed upon them, while they are provided with effective relief.   To keep them motivated to make the necessary sacrifices. During the rebuilding period. On temporary relief measure, could be for some of the large white-owned businesses to do more philantrophic or give-back projects.  They could do this by making annual contribution of lands and/or money to help set up and fund low income and rented housing projects. And charitable health care and education projects, and training and employment schemes.  It could be argued that it behoves the privileged section of the South African white elites to do alot more.   Since it is clearly the case that not all the white population, in common with all countries, who are amongst the elites of their society.   The elites need to visibly and vocally demonstrate that they are making a proportion

Look to Nicaragua, to Venezuela, to Zimbabwe, to Angola, to some extent, Cuba, et al. And you are confronted with examples of how things should not have been, instead of what they should have been.  The world is repleted with failure and betrayal of the people by the leaders of the liberation movements.  Why, because there is so much more to nation building than 'freeing' the people from the current oppressive elites.  Too often the people find that they have, indeed, apparently been 'freed' from one oppressor.   Only for the elites of the liberation movement to secrete themselves into the now vacant positions and seats of the previous oppressors.  And, for all intents and purposes, as the saying goes, continue with the business of the elites keeping themselves in power and making massive amounted of money, by oppressing and exploiting the people.  Power, political power, does not only corrupt its incumbents into making money.  But also in sed

If, I sometimes ask myself, I continue to retreat from these agreements and play less of a role in the regional, international and global organisations which have become an essential part of international affairs.  Will other nations, yes, such as the rising giant of the East, China, not advance and occupy the economic, trade and commercial grounds from which I have retreated?  Of course they probably will do so. Although, in the case of the Chinese, it is my fear that they will overtake us, regardless of whether America retreats, or whether they have to engage and displace us. It probably is a sign of greatness, that I, Donald J Trump, should have invented the concept of 'greatness through disunity and division.'  Although our 'mother country', that formerly Great Britain', has also, by embarking upon the process of Brexiting from the European Union.  Also declared its intention to become 'great again', by, as it were, breaking away from the

Yes, it is the case that South Africans of Indian and White backgrounds did join the ANC. So, we not have the ANC leading this potentially, yes, let us say, great nation, supposedly towards realising its 'greatness.' But it is being bogged down in its and the country's own internal contradictions. The ANC is not sufficiently equipping itself for the on going struggle which needs to be fought in South Africa, by all South Africans.  Too many of its elites are already indulging in plundering the nation's 'treasury.'  For them, they have now assumed power, and their current objectives are those of enriching themselves and holding on to the 'golden goose.'  And, if they have to be machiavellianistic in doing so, by exploiting the tensions between the different ethnic populations, then, so be it. Which their incompetence and reneging on the ANC's former vision for South Africa, risk starving to death. As ZANU-PF's elites in Z

And then there are the challenges of unemployment, lack of and/or poor housing, and the health of the people.  All of these basic needs have a tendency to coalesce into acute and chronic social and political discontent, giving rise to mindless occasional and even regular outbreaks of violence.  All of it arising from and feeding on increasing despair. Having no employment, and with no social security to help the people until they acquire such employment, they are unable to feed, clothed and housed themselves.  Neither can they have their health care needs met. And then, they look around them, and they can see the disconnect between their desperate circumstances, and those of the 'haves', both the black ones and the white ones.  And they look for a convenient target. And the find the first one. 'It is the white people', they declare. It is they who had benefited from oppressing us and keeping us down, before we were 'free.' 'Down with the white p