Political Naivety!

Def: Naivety: is the state of being naive - having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication, often in a context where one neglects pragmatism in favor of moral idealism.

The political naivety of the masses comes largely from a lack of circumspection and a focus on people/events rather than deep analysis of issues. The political mass therefore are easily programmed by half-truths and outright falsehood repeatedly fed through the media and other channels of propaganda.

One of the biggest indicators of political naivety amongst the masses is the whole concept of the North/South or Muslim/Christian divide. This is a division that politicians have promoted and so far succeeded in entrenching in the minds of a majority of Ghanaians primarily to remain relevant.

We are naive to believe or even tolerate politicians that fan such embers of division in a country that so badly needs unity to move ahead. I do not see why we should get carried away by the tribe or religion of our leaders.

Another politically naive believe is this utopian search for the "saint leader". The truth is saint leaders are more likely to be found in fairy tales and it is only by a stroke of extreme good luck (aha...did I hear not again) would we encounter them in the political space especially one as underdeveloped as ours. Pragmatically, we should seek and be happy to get "sain" (sane) leaders or at least saner leaders than the ones we are replacing.