Liberia: Treat Prince Johnson's Weah Bashing With a Grain of Salt - - George Weah Owns the Man

Our opposition friends, to a great degree, are still in their 2017 electoral mould. In politics, locking yourself up in the mould of nostalgia has won no victory for any camp. Such could prove disastrous for any project to rout Weah out of power and begin rebuilding the nation, creating excitement, and explaining to the poor masses of the people that despite the backwardness of the country, Liberia can make a rebound. Most countries that have gone through the terrible wilderness of stagnation have extricated themselves from the doldrums with a political leadership committed to a social revolution which changes the poverty-stricken existence of the people. This is what politics should be about: showing to the masses a better future is possible.

The Liberian opposition cannot do this when it gives publicity to childish banters of madmen that pass more for political theatre than for any serious attempt at dissecting the problems of the country with the object of devising a path to social transformation and how the nation can harness its true potential in the wake of a changing global world where dynamics are constantly changing, constantly coming into being, and constantly volatile. However, in the world of social media where shares, likes and circulations are the staple, we get treated every day to the circus of political clowns. How the opposition navigates through cyber distractions, require political shrewdness.

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