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The tragedy is not just that the poor are fighting each other. It is that, in doing so, they are unwitting participants in a system that depends on exactly that outcome.
In Trump's universe, American history is divided into two eras: Before Trump and The Golden Age of Trump. George Washington crossed the Delaware so Trump could cross social media. Abraham Lincoln preserved the Union so Trump could preserve his television ratings. The moon landing was merely a rehearsal for the launch of Truth Social.
Falsification of documents a national pastime both the government and the public
Shops is now an extension of the state’s security infrastructure. Congratulations! You’ve been promoted from entrepreneur to unpaid auxiliary detective. Pay for the cameras, the electricity (when NEPA remembers you exist), the cloud storage or DVRs, the maintenance, and the inevitable technician who speaks only in riddles. All so the government can claim progress while the actual primary purpose of government remains… whatever it was doing before this.
The referee blew the whistle, the linesman raised a flag, the electoral officer counted the votes, and even when people grumbled, they generally accepted that the game was bigger than any one player. Institutions existed so that personal desires did not become public policy
Centre for Nigeria Progress 