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"СпР° Ñ Ð¸Ð ± о"
– It means thank you in Russian. It was the note left by the broken heart
Japanese national football team in their locker room after cleaning
impeccable.
Not only
The world was stunned by this gesture, but also more amazing
did not have to do it, and especially when they had been knocked out
World Cup at the eleventh hour. They did it anyway. And their devastated fans,
with watery eyes, cleaned the bleachers. Japan has redefined sportsmanship
and altruism.
Meanwhile,
we had our own share of evictions but with opposite ends. Boda boda
the runners were expelled from downtown Nairobi for the purpose of
decongest traffic and reduce accidents. Residents of Kibera residing on a road
reserve have been evicted this week to pave the way for a road construction; and Mau Forest
residents have been evicted to protect the largest watershed in East Africa.
and a lifeline for wildlife and people.
However,
unlike the distinguished mannerisms displayed by the Japanese football team, our
the deportees showed rude reactions to protest chaos, which were fueled by
human rights activists and allegations of inhuman treatment of politicians.
These allegations cleaned up the expelled and renamed them encroachments
victims.
Unfortunately, we
have become a nation of victims. We avoid collective responsibility and we shout " haki yetu" whenever we want
to exculpate guilt and to project our faults and guilt on others. we
launch every legal attempt to recover public resources as a battle between the good
and evil: us against them.
And this
is the tragedy of the commons. Commons are a public resource shared by many
people. No individual has a right to part of the resource, but rather
to the use of part of it for its own benefit. Tragedy is the
lack of regulation or abstinence from its application, and therefore every
the individual exploits the resource to his advantage without limit. Advantages
Hang on to some encroachments, while costs are spread among all other taxpayers.
In the end, the public resource is exhausted and eventually ruined.
The
context of our tragedy of the commons is as follows. National Transport Data
and Security Authority shows Nairobi has the largest number of motorcycles
fatalities. Just this year alone, 412 bikers and their pillion
passengers died and 702 were injured. Last year, Nairobi won the prize of
to be the third worst city in the world on traffic congestion. According to numbeo.com traffic index, Nairobi
residents spend an average of 62.60 minutes in traffic. This is explained by
productivity loss of about 12 billion Sh per month, according to the
World Bank. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Researchers believes that
60% of the water that flows into Lake Victoria comes from the Mau Forest.
About 160 million people depend on the Nile River for their livelihood, including
the source is Lake Victoria. The question that arises is, should we protect some to
the expense of the majority?
A cottage
the industry has emerged from a culture of victimization, where groups of people based on
carefully chosen identity, request for recognition of their victim status
and addressed. Politicians and human rights activists benefit from this train on the move
of the victims' policy because the call of the identity policy undeniably commands
public attention and sympathy. Tragic news leads to public discourse
keep them in the spotlight. They
attribute a kind of superior virtue to those who claim to be victims of
rally emotional calls to reforms or restitutions for wrongs inflicted
their. Unfortunately, this cancels out any debate and moral reasoning, and in the
end, does little to solve the real oppression and suffering.
But what
managed to protect our social contract? Should human rights and voters
morality of assets and respect for the rule of law?
To live
harmoniously as a society, we respect a social contract because life in the
state of nature is that of fear and selfishness and devoid of laws and
regulations. It makes him poor, short, mean and brutal. This agreement means
people must respect each other to make life tolerable. To do this, we tacitly
to consent and surrender certain parts of our freedom to a governing authority. In return,
the governing authority protects our life, our property and our freedoms by
mechanism of execution. Therefore, our freedoms must be limited so that we
do not hurt yourself.
I have so
make two presentations.
One, the State
should apply the principle of "Golden Mean" in their attempt to claim
Resources. This principle holds that good must be found in a balance between
extreme because right thinking can not happen in a state of deficiency or
excess. Therefore, in the current evictions, the state should not be intimidated
their intention, and they should not be reckless and use excessive force for
show their zeal. Instead, they should use the virtue of courage, which is the
Golden Mean in these circumstances.
Two,
self-appropriation of public resources increases the likelihood of neglect.
When people do not own a resource that they use, they assume that someone
others will take care of it instead of taking responsibility themselves. This
causes constant discord and discord among its users. So I suggest that the
the expellees should borrow a sheet from the Japanese football team and say thank you
– "СпР° Ñ Ð¸Ð Ð¾" – for the time that society has tolerated their dwelling on that collectively
belongs to us under our social contract, and peacefully leave these
the spaces cleaner than they found them.
My
unsolicited advice to evicted people, having problems does not make you noble or
virtuous. Like the rest of us, it makes you human, not victims. So, do not define
the bar so low and giving predatory institutions the power to continue to victimize
you. By labeling you the victims, they flatter you. And flattery, as
chewing gum, is intended to be enjoyed for a short time, not swallowed.
Lies and Victimization Make It Possible – Dennis
Prager
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