The illogicality of this song became evident to me a few weeks ago; why will I want to be a vice president when I have the power to make someone else president? Sadly many of us have fallen prey to this tactic used by many politicians.
Most of you might have noticed how the political arena is dominated by self seeking citizens whose political ambitions were not borne out of a deep patriotic sense but rather a poor bank balance. Those politicians were once like us; jobless or living from pay check to pay check. We easily identified with them on the campaign platform; after all who better to understand our plight than a fellow ‘broke man’.
They promise jobs, money in our pockets, good roads; affordable housing etc. the list is endless. But once elected into office, they rescind on these promises and the electorate is left disillusioned. The irony of it all is that they promised us jobs and we gave them jobs, they promised money in our pockets and we put money in their pockets, affordable housing and we gave them free accommodation with no utility bills.
Is this what they mean by democracy? Is this what; an ‘equal share in formal political power’ looks like? Is this what we queue for hours for? Could it be that we possess the power to change our destinies all along? Food for thought for the hungry man
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