Humanity appears to be embracing violence with full force, basing on recent occurrences across the globe.
Kenya is taking the centre stage in this quagmire. As the opposition coalition, Azimio La Umoja – One Kenya, organizes protests every Mondays and Thursdays, and the ex-President’s farm burns, what does it say about our society?
We live in an era that is characterized by digital and information revolution. In this century, we face annihilation from whichever destroys us first between climate change and artificial intelligence, and yet our top form of dialogue is now emerging as violence. It is disheartening.
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Is it enough to say that our nationhood has failed? As a country, do we still have statesmen who will put national interests first? The spirit of brotherhood is long gone, I can say.
Destruction is not only happening in Kenya. Russia is killing civilians on a near-daily basis and running talk shows saying Ukrainian children who don’t embrace Russian leadership should be drowned.
Craziness is raging this year and it makes no sense at all. The French are burning up their roads, cars and town halls, as young men in their 20s and 30s fight to stop their state pensions beginning 24 months later when they hit age 62.
With all this violence, deaths and atrocities being witnessed across the world, do we have more going for us in our ability to plan, strategize, innovate, and identify consequences?
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Burning farms may suggest we don’t… With surging inflation, there is pressure on many families. Many people are afflicted with high cost of living, with the situation projected to worsen.
Are our leaders going to use violence to gain and tussle for power? We all have a collective responsibility to understand that our personal security is what we created nation states to deliver. We need leaders who can steer us through these most troubled times with reason and dialogue.
