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AFRIKAN ARTS
YOUR PRESIDENT
IS YOUR EMPLOYEE
ou wouldn’t know harder for you to pay their sala- with and ask your permission
by looking at them ries? Isn’t it funny that they incur when making major decisions
in their big cars and huge debts and force YOU to that will affect your life or your
Yexpensive clothes pay for them? children’s lives.
behind layers of security, but, The president or prime minister They are ordinary people. They
all those high flying politicians, of your country is your employ- laugh, they cry, they struggle,
the presidents, prime ministers, ee. Through whatever process of they forget things and yes, they
members of parliament and sen- selection that your country uses even go to the toilet. They’re just
ators and governors and mayors (even coups – because those people selected from your midst
and top level government work- always have internal support- to sit in certain spaces and think
ers are your employees. Even ers somewhere that authorize about your welfare. You autho-
kings and queens. As long as and back them) you identify the rize it by your vote or your com-
you pay them, then yes, they individuals that you want to go placency. Which is why you are
work for YOU. and sit together to discuss how encouraged to make very wise
Isn’t it funny though that half the to make your life easier, better, choices during elections and
time they spend shooing you off safer, healthier and smoother. other public participation pro-
the road, or out of the way at What they do by going into pub- cesses like referenda or public
venues or declining to book ap- lic service is intended to make it feedback meetings. Because,
pointments with you or sending easier for you to have the time whatever decision you make,
police to chase you away from you need to focus on other as- you are going to have to live
a location where you want to ex- pects of your life. Particularly if with.
press a grievance against how running a country is not your pri- So, if you vote for the guy that
they are running things? Isn’t it mary interest. They are to take will come in and decide that poi-
funny that they create the laws instruction from you concerning soning your drinking water is
that make it harder for you to do how you want things done, to what is best for you, then you are
business and therefore make it correct what you are unhappy responsible for having picked
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