Some people have been saying lately that history will repeat itself exactly. They think what happened before will happen today in the same way.
This idea is wrong. That kind of repetition never happens. Many wise thinkers, from Heraclitus to Marx to Santana to O'Neill—plus African proverbs—tell us something different about history.
These sources teach us that human questions stay the same everywhere, but past events come back in new forms as present and future events. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that "there is no new thing under the sun."
People who learn nothing from history must go through it again - either as tragedy or comedy. Humans change and adapt as their surroundings change. You can never step into the same river twice.
Change should improve things, but Murphy's Law states that things often go wrong. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong—nothing is fail-proof.
This means the best kind of reform or revolution keeps some parts the same. Any plan without some continuity will end badly.
The lesson here is simple: Zimbabwe will not change without keeping some Zanu-PF elements. New leaders with fresh ideas will come from inside Zanu-PF.
Everything else is just noise from people disconnected from Zimbabwe's history. They lack the continuity needed for real change.
When all is said and done, whether anyone likes it or not, ZanuPF will remain in place.
This idea is wrong. That kind of repetition never happens. Many wise thinkers, from Heraclitus to Marx to Santana to O'Neill—plus African proverbs—tell us something different about history.
These sources teach us that human questions stay the same everywhere, but past events come back in new forms as present and future events. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that "there is no new thing under the sun."
People who learn nothing from history must go through it again - either as tragedy or comedy. Humans change and adapt as their surroundings change. You can never step into the same river twice.
Change should improve things, but Murphy's Law states that things often go wrong. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong—nothing is fail-proof.
This means the best kind of reform or revolution keeps some parts the same. Any plan without some continuity will end badly.
The lesson here is simple: Zimbabwe will not change without keeping some Zanu-PF elements. New leaders with fresh ideas will come from inside Zanu-PF.
Everything else is just noise from people disconnected from Zimbabwe's history. They lack the continuity needed for real change.
When all is said and done, whether anyone likes it or not, ZanuPF will remain in place.
