britanicca
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- May 20, 2015
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Only those of us who truly knew him will remember him as being the sadist he was. A power-hungry man who was willing to shoot his own fellow soldiers to gain power. A man willing to play with the hunger of the poor to gain support and ultimately power. A man willing to turn half a country into his scapegoat to have the other half fear them and seek his guidance.
Magufuli wasn't a great man. He wasn't a leader. He was a professional sweet talker.
But sadly and much to our misfortune, most of the blind people doesn't see him like that. They see him as the champion of the poor, a dreamer, a poor man who rose through power in lieu of his desire to help his country, a revolutionary, a great strategist, etc. In contrast, they'll blame the aweful results of his revolution on his successor, a mad heir who lost her mind.
This idea of him has already been ratified, both by old Magufulist and by the rest of the Tanzanians. In Tanzania ex-Magufulist still defend him to death but they've simply resigned to the fact he's gone and won't come back. They defend their actions by saying things like “I'm a Mwendazakelist, not a Msogalist”. They already blame failure of Mgufulism on Samia.
Even the main opposition party has already given up on the idea of showing Magufuli for who he truly was. Nowadays they've realized they won't be able to change the minds of millions indoctrinated Magufulist, so they're best shot is to go with idea that Samia ruined the revolution. At least that way they don't risk losing progress as indeed Magufuli is not coming back from the dead.
The rest of the citizens seems to have gone with this same idea.
britanicca
Magufuli wasn't a great man. He wasn't a leader. He was a professional sweet talker.
But sadly and much to our misfortune, most of the blind people doesn't see him like that. They see him as the champion of the poor, a dreamer, a poor man who rose through power in lieu of his desire to help his country, a revolutionary, a great strategist, etc. In contrast, they'll blame the aweful results of his revolution on his successor, a mad heir who lost her mind.
This idea of him has already been ratified, both by old Magufulist and by the rest of the Tanzanians. In Tanzania ex-Magufulist still defend him to death but they've simply resigned to the fact he's gone and won't come back. They defend their actions by saying things like “I'm a Mwendazakelist, not a Msogalist”. They already blame failure of Mgufulism on Samia.
Even the main opposition party has already given up on the idea of showing Magufuli for who he truly was. Nowadays they've realized they won't be able to change the minds of millions indoctrinated Magufulist, so they're best shot is to go with idea that Samia ruined the revolution. At least that way they don't risk losing progress as indeed Magufuli is not coming back from the dead.
The rest of the citizens seems to have gone with this same idea.
britanicca