By Mr.Vincent Larrey||University of Ghana
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You have the right to choose right.
Anyone who has heard or read about the reign of former Italian journalist and political leader, Benito Mussolini, and former President of Germany, Adolf Hitler can at a speed of a laser beam remember and attest to the horror scenario of their governance systems.
One thing learned in common about these two historical figures from history is their belief in fascism, defined as: Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and of society, and repression of criticism or opposition. _wiktionary org.
Space and time won’t be enough to decipher many of the atrocities the duo committed against their nationals and the rest of the human race during their period of political power-play. Nonetheless, at the speed of resurrection of the Phoenix, let’s run to drink from the well of Richard Gunderman of Indiana University who summarizes the two uncouth characters as follows:
Mussolini
1.He regarded Africans and Asians as inherently inferior.
2. He formed squads of war eterans known as “Black Shirts,” who would clash with the members of other political parties.
3.He pressured the legislature to grant him dictatorial powers over what citizens could do and not do.
4.He declared that outside of it (governance)“no human or spiritual values can exist.
Hitler
1.About 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust because of him, and Millions more were killed during the rest of WWII.
2.He initiated The Murder of People with Disabilities who did not measure up to his concept of a “master race.”
It is, however worrying to observe that in this 21 century ,there are still political leaders who either seek for power or handle it much the same way the two handled theirs.
Where, then, is the civilization we pride ourselves in? Why can’t we chose knowledge combat and free and fair elections over defamation, character assasination and intimidation? And Whose sons are we; God or the devil? For Hitler, he vowed to dine with the devil if that was the only means to retain power.Comrades, We don’t make any difference between ourselves and Hitler or Mussuloni if we chose to cause others psychological and emotional trauma and deprive them their will and opportunity to effectively lead our institutions while we only seek to satisfy our lasciviousness.
Learned friend, Mistresses will be there at all times, lame not others; money will be there at all times, shed no blood; Fame will be there at all times, defame not others; power will be there with us for so many years to come, so stop the character assassination.
Or do you share in the duo belief? You are not any better or different from Hitler or Mussuloni if you continue to trample over your fellow human and shed their blood for political gains: for fame, power, money and mistresses. Yes, You can only be recounted as a friend of Hitler and Mussuloni: children of the devil; first by your own conscience and second by the generation after you – because the only difference to exist among Hitler or Bellusconi and yourself is that the former skinned men alive with the hope of seeing their soul inside their bodies while you instead smite and kill with abuse the spirit inside the body of men watching intermittently how their bodies will survive without their spirit.
Yes subject of “integri procedamus” you can make a change; you can make a difference .For what you enumerate in your political life today ,will be your philosophy of life, even in the upbringing of your own lovely children.
_To all dictators;_
Make a change in you and make a difference in yourself and in your world . You can be better than a bully.
Source: Mr.Vincent Larrey(CJ)
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