" In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve"
Cornelius Hamelberg
“Every nation gets the government it deserves” (Joseph de Maistre) – Many nationals will dispute this hotly.
“In a democracy, the people get the government they
deserve.” ( Alexis
de Tocqueville) – I am thinking of the syllogism that begins
In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve
Nigeria is a Democracy
Therefore .....
I am thinking of dear Dr. Soni Oyekan as I'm writing this and hoping that the enfranchised Americans will do their duty on election day ( if they have not done so already...)
In the US it's not infinity but democracy that's on trial…
¤ Julia Kristeva (Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, feminist, novelist):
“ It is very amazing that the Nobel Prize was given to Bob Dylan, which is in a sense a very surprising – unusual - some people maybe are scandalized , but in my sense there is a very interesting message : there is an America that everybody loves ; it's not Trump, it's maybe not Hillary Clinton, it's Bob Dylan. This is an amazing political alternative. This is an amazing message - but on the other side,it's an expansion of the limit's of literature towards music…. “
Here Dylan lays out The Golden Rule of
“Do unto others
as you would like others to
do unto you”
As we all know, Nobel Laureates in literature are known to be eloquent, they are sometimes even consulted as prophets about what is going on inareate Dylan's take on the current scene in the US, vis-à-vis Trump versus Hillary hitting some dirty lows, the future of America as those two march on inexorably to the final election crescendo, which I predict will end either with a bang or a whimper…
Consider the lyrics in Union Sundown (1983)
Consider the worrying signs on the horizon:
US 'False Flag' Against Russia Puts Hillary In ( Brother Nathanael)
Why I am still voting for Trump (Ted Belman)