A society where successes – in politics, business, religion – come with fundamental compromises is a decayed society. Its “successfuls” are the scum of the earth.
No one is above taking bribe. And most certainly no one above giving it. Only the labels, the form and the manner change.
Why do people crave for politics, cinema and sports? Because the rewards can be mind bogglingly high.
It is seldom about right and wrong. It is always about suitable or unsuitable.
Degenerative democracy is a system in which stars of excellence of a society are subjugated to, and governed by its scrum. Isn’t it time to ask whether we are heading that way?
Success: The fruitful confluence of favourable circumstances.
Prohibition is good. For others.
Unifiers like Lincoln, Gandhi, Mandela unite people and leave a more harmonious world behind than the one they inherited. Polarizers, like Hitler, are apt to leave fractured humanity as their devisive legacy.
Me, who? Wish I knew!
Human kind follows conviction of reason (atheists), of faith (fanatics), of convenience.