The gods of our time!

In my land, Presidents, ministers, and all of the army of political apparatchiks are gods. Yes, they are. When they misbehave or commit unthinkable atrocities, they get away with it and are never brought to justice.

To the people who voted them into power they are untouchable, unreachable, inaccessible, inexplicable, inscrutable, intricate, complex, very high-handed, overbearing, overreaching, over the top in their dealings, and ridiculously superfluous. They are gods. At least they think they are.

When they travel, roads are shut down, when they fly out, the airports are cordoned off. They will never travel except in a motorcade and convoy, because they are gods who don’t travel solo.

When they speak, it is loaded with haughtiness and pride, when they dress; it’s very far from being modest. Nobody works WITH them, people work FOR them, if you know what that means. When you work WITH them you are perceived a team member, when you work FOR them, you are a hungry slave. Ask those who work FOR them, and they will tell you that many of these gods are control-freaks, and most of their spouses rule their states and parastatals.

With all of these audacious attitudes and amassing madness, these gods are still afraid! They can’t go places by themselves, can’t travel by themselves, and can’t even sleep by themselves without some form of bodily company or companies who may not necessarily be their spouses. Oh, what a life! These people believe they are gods. But to my consternation, these gods are afraid! What are they afraid of?

In my land, many of these elected officials hate to lose. They hate to lose elections, hate to lose authority and power, hate to lose support, hate to lose their voices in the mix of things, and are always afraid to lose their lives. And by every means necessary, these interests are guarded aggressively. But the ferociously aggressive guard of the plums that come from being a government official, minister, MCE/DCE , et al in my land directly hits the heart of the nation’s economy and is drowning it.

Have you checked out the security votes in each regions of our country? That much money in the hands of homo sapiens? They will definitely feel like gods who can never die! 

As a behavioral scientist, I understand the human drive not to want to lose. Humans don’t cherish losing money, losing honey, losing power, losing position, losing control, and of course losing life. But the reality is that in the game of life, you win some and lose some, and eventually all you win will be lost.

But our politicians want to win it all, and all the time, and forever. This will never happen. It is a quixotic quest. This life is just an ephemeral existence, you came with nothing, and you aren’t leaving with nothing. So, it means that in life you win some and lose all eventually. That should say it all, Mr. President, Minister, MCE/DCE , that is the summary of the whole matter.