Sir Winston Churchill, the British imperialist, was known for many pithy wisecracks. Two of those are particularly poignant as Kenya stares the cliff of 2022 in the face. In the first, he quipped that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all others that have been tried.”
In the second, he opined that “the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” At first blush, the two witticisms appear to be in tension. But a more sophisticated mind reveals that they are mutually reinforcing. The two phrases should sound a five-alarm fire as next year’s presidential election beckons. I don’t know about you, but I can see great peril and danger ahead.
Only a fool sits – not moving a limb, or exercising a mind muscle – if an apocalypse is predicted. Like Russian roulette, there’s one bullet in the chamber and it’s approaching zero…