Comment: Nelson Mandela in us – World News

Barack Obama has always described Mandela as the "compass" of his career, and Obama has often spoken about it in a cricket stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, where tens of thousands

Mandela was not a saint, but he was next to all the famous and natural characters Mandela was giving musicians to heads of state, queens to queens When he got his freedom after being imprisoned for 27 years, he became a brand, a world famous idol, a symbol of innumerable anticipations, and he knew how to use the scene in which he suddenly found himself. And unlike many others, a moral haze

Despite an endless imprisonment, he was not an angry citizen

Mandela spent many years in jail as a "prisoner". "University of life". Mandela, who turned into a populist, or an angry citizen in prison, said that he learned discipline, modesty, patience and tolerance. Julius Malema, the president of the Economic Liberal Warfare (EFF), a radical leftist opposition party, which is continuing the massacres in South Africa from today, accuses Mandela of overplaying these virtues. Malema and her team are following a line of extremely dangerous counter-racism. The arguments will not be taken for granted, because in the Republic of South Africa, which has been a democracy for almost 20 years, not all citizens have the same opportunities. In any country in the world, the gap between rich and poor is not so deep. The South African elite and those who come to work in Europe live in neighborhoods and villages where there are high security measures. These habitats are tiny gardens where the entrances and exits are intensively controlled. At the other end of the economic spectrum, aboriginal peoples and immigrants are in a merciless competition where xenophobia is dominant.

In fact, we are not too far from this environment in the West. In Europe too, the number of indoor and outdoor spaces is increasing rapidly, the entrances and exits are intensely controlled, the rich live in protection from the outside, while the city districts are becoming socially troubled, formed by entirely parallel worlds. .

The gap between the rich and the poor is accentuated. In Germany, where tax revenues are steadily increasing, the benefit of elite education is increasing. Children from socially weak families are in a more disadvantaged position and can never fill the gap. If even Germany is unable to put an end to this increasingly sophisticated research, how will you reach less prosperous societies?

Selfishness is on the rise

Mandela's ideals hit the walls of selfishness all over the world. Even in his own country, until recently, the president used corruption and unrestricted government resources. From Ankara to Budapest, from Moscow to Washington, egocentric leaders have charted the political path. At the same time, the models of the social economy and social democracy that have been successful for years have been shaken and the bonds that unite society have been resolved.

Of course, each community must answer the question of whether it is generous. Whether it is used or not, the rules, if the laws are followed, how many foreign objects can be removed, whether or not the right of asylum has been exploited must be answered. However, the debate on migration in Europe has turned into a mechanism in which everyone tries to protect themselves, in order to completely dismantle refugees. Close your eyes and breathe the walls!

Even the language used in social discussions does not seek to conceal the exhaustion of the observer, and the language of politics is cruel, brutal and sometimes devoid of human dignity.

Where is solidarity?

No wall can stop people who lead the way with a better life, of course, everyone can leave the place and escape the other, solutions to problems must be found in place Gerd Müller

Mandela's greatest achievement is that he is able to move away from ideological models, learn to listen, to think differently about the enemy, to that politicians and whites, as well as communists and entrepreneurs, give the example to Christians and Muslims. Now we can complain every day that the Mandels are gone. But perhaps it's enough to answer a simple question about Mandela's international day: how much is Mandela in each of us? What are we willing to commit to and strive for? Are we ready to share our prosperity? How much are we willing to share? Or do we prefer to act selfishly and retreat to a fortified hill?

Claus Stäcker

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