Friday, August 25, 2023

AWR10:TTMO.

Everyone wants to blame the bad guy when things go wrong, every story has a villain and the more sensational the better. Let's meet Gerald, the bad guy in our vignette. Gerald is the villain of South Africa, he's exactly what you expect. Gerald is everything, everyone, all at once, always. Gerald has zero redeemable qualities to him, he's stolen from you, lied to you and about you, cheated you out of many things. But here's the real nuts and bolts of the matter, you trust Gerald. You admire him, exonerate his deeds, seek his council and console but you neither trust him nor respect him and when conditions are favorable you betray him for another Gerald. Africa has no memory, none can remember what happen the day after yesterday. History is mystery and life is an endless circle because nobody learns from the same mistakes being made. Gerald knows this, he knows how and when to use it. Gerald can turn friends into enemies, a crowd into a mob, good people indifferent. He conquers by division, dissention and desertion. He controls with chaos fueled by controversy, he feeds on the social disruption. I sniffed around social media for an honest state of the nation, well done. Every thread unraveling to opinionated mud slinging, to my frustration it's not worth the effort to post a comment. I quietly pursue my rebellion of one, immigration.

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