Comments on: ‘We have to take ownership of our hope, otherwise we will forever be in debt’ http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2242 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Agape http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2242/comment-page-1#comment-272183 Agape Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:41:09 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=2242#comment-272183 Have you actually considered the idea of not having leaders? The leadership takes from the people, sells it for personal profit, and the country is impoverished. Well, what right did they have to take it in the first place? Would it not be better for the people to own what they will, do what they will, and defend themselves as they will? You may point to Somalia as an example of that not working, but Somalia has been the constant target of nationbuilding by the "first world", and even other African nations, since Barre toppled. And even with nearly constant civil war as a consequence of the nationbuilding, the situation on the ground there has improved over being ruled by a governor interested only in making himself, and some of his own tribe, wealthy at the expense of the entire people. Imagine if all of Africa were to stand and refuse to be ruled by these corrupt tyrants? Refuse to allow anyone to build tyrants up in their midst? The lesson should be to stop waiting for a benevolent leader, they don't exist. The only guardian of your interests is yourself, and anyone who is friend or hired assistant to that liberty.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272183','Agape'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272183','Agape','Have you actually considered the idea of not having leaders? The leadership takes from the people, sells it for personal profit, and the country is impoverished. Well, what right did they have to take it in the first place? Would it not be better for the people to own what they will, do what they will, and defend themselves as they will?\r\n\r\nYou may point to Somalia as an example of that not working, but Somalia has been the constant target of nationbuilding by the \"first world\", and even other African nations, since Barre toppled. And even with nearly constant civil war as a consequence of the nationbuilding, the situation on the ground there has improved over being ruled by a governor interested only in making himself, and some of his own tribe, wealthy at the expense of the entire people. Imagine if all of Africa were to stand and refuse to be ruled by these corrupt tyrants? Refuse to allow anyone to build tyrants up in their midst?\r\n\r\nThe lesson should be to stop waiting for a benevolent leader, they don\'t exist. The only guardian of your interests is yourself, and anyone who is friend or hired assistant to that liberty.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Have you actually considered the idea of not having leaders? The leadership takes from the people, sells it for personal profit, and the country is impoverished. Well, what right did they have to take it in the first place? Would it not be better for the people to own what they will, do what they will, and defend themselves as they will?

You may point to Somalia as an example of that not working, but Somalia has been the constant target of nationbuilding by the “first world”, and even other African nations, since Barre toppled. And even with nearly constant civil war as a consequence of the nationbuilding, the situation on the ground there has improved over being ruled by a governor interested only in making himself, and some of his own tribe, wealthy at the expense of the entire people. Imagine if all of Africa were to stand and refuse to be ruled by these corrupt tyrants? Refuse to allow anyone to build tyrants up in their midst?

The lesson should be to stop waiting for a benevolent leader, they don’t exist. The only guardian of your interests is yourself, and anyone who is friend or hired assistant to that liberty.

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]]> By: Diaspora UK http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2242/comment-page-1#comment-272178 Diaspora UK Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:50:52 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=2242#comment-272178 "We have to take ownership of our hope, otherwise we will forever be in debt" What a great quote!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272178','Diaspora UK'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272178','Diaspora UK','\"We have to take ownership of our hope, otherwise we will forever be in debt\"\r\n\r\nWhat a great quote!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> “We have to take ownership of our hope, otherwise we will forever be in debt”

What a great quote!

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