Insights for Leading

I have been rethinking the gains and pains of democracy, especially in recent generations in this our geographical clime. When we say that government should be of the people, by the people, and for the people, we need to consider that we are making government a people business. Notwithstanding the profoundness of its definition set forth by the iconic Abraham Lincoln, we need to consider the context it works best and hence, avoid overstretching its boundaries. For example, Abraham Lincoln had every right to describe democracy that way because he epitomized its very essence, but in Africa today, it only makes the people vulnerable and national/continental development an Utopian dream. Democracy structures politics as a business transaction between aspiring individuals and the people. And when you underscore the fact that the masses that always make up the majority are usually partially educated and cannot appropriate their interest well enough to make choices based on