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Thursday, 5 June 2025

Escapism

History has it that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. We’re told the great fire consumed 70% of the city, rendering over half of the inhabitants dispossessed.

Can you imagine what could have happened if the inhabitants had joined Nero in his frivolous preoccupation? Rome could have burned to a cinder!

That’s exactly where we are headed. Our own Emperor (government) is playing the fiddle while the country burns and we are providing backing, instead of booing. We are playing second fiddle to our government, so to speak! We are wallowing in frivolities while our country is enmeshed in crisis…. What a pity!


 

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