Mathematician Augustus De Morgan wrote on June 23, 1866: "The first experiment already illustrates a truth of the theory, well confirmed by practice, what-ever can happen will happen if we make trials enough."
@mark_keron MPs lose their seat and pay only through specific constitutional triggers conviction with a sentence above a threshold, resignation, recall, or a court ruling the election invalid. Arrest and even ongoing prosecution don't meet that bar.
@clashreport On any day I'd bet 10 cents that the immigrant popn are the vast majority behind such behaviour. Lounging & expecting pay.
The native German popn is old and their birth rates have dropped significantly. Angela screwed that country with her 2015 "Wir schaffen das" decision.
When bad regimes fall, it usually has more to do with their own weaknesses and folly than with the efforts and wisdom of the people fighting them. This doesn't mean that citizens should not fight or resist bad regimes. They should, since they would otherwise lose their consciences or souls. But one key lesson from Uganda's history is that when people overestimate their contributions to the fall of bad regimes, they develop messiah complexes and end up presiding over regimes worse than those they removed. They somehow end up believing that they redeemed the country and thereby acquired it as some sort of personal property that they can even pass on to their brood.
In reality, Amin fell because of his own stupid miscalculations, especially the unprovoked invasion of Kagera. Obote fell because he mismanaged the army. If those leaders had not made those mistakes, those fighting them would have had to wait for much longer, if not forever. But they made those fatal mistakes, and those who happened to be fighting them not only took full credit for regime change but also propagated messianic narratives in which they were the messiahs. The role of the Invisible Hand was written out of the narratives.
If political leaders were more mindful of the Invisible Hand behind their ascent to power, they would be humble. They would recognise that they hold power in trust -- that they are stewards rather than owners of their countries.
I respect those who are fighting for better governance. But the extent to which they believe that, if the regime changes, it will be solely due to their efforts is the extent to which they are likely to repeat the tyrannical and dynastic tendencies they are now fighting against.
Fighting for principle is important since it keeps your conscience intact and aligns you with the Invisible Hand that actually shapes the course of history. But the moment you forget that it's the Invisible Hand that is decisive in removing a regime is the moment you get on course to becoming another tyrant.
Dembรฉlรฉ yelling "Mobutu! Call Mobutu Kylian!"
French players nicknamed Mbappรฉ "Mobutu" after the Congolese dictator.
Bro and the team are loving the dictator memes ๐
Ugandans are expecting the unexpected from Magistrates and Judges. They forget that those Magistrates and Judges know that a Ugandan President personally killed a Chief Justice for upholding the rule of law. Ugandans must find a solution to regime change or constitutional democracy outside the judicial process. That is what we did between 2008 and 2010.