How to start a revolution (part 4)

Simple: Watch the movie, “A Bug’s Life.”

I will come back to that.

Since I wrote part 1 of this series, there have been revolutions in Tunisia, in Libya and in Egypt; and in Ukraine. People have pointed out that those countries are not better off after the revolution.

To those who say so, my answer is, check back in 25 years from now. The price they paid for standing up against their oppressors and the price they are paying now as they work out the fine prints of that revolution will pay off down the road.

That’s how it has always been. Sometimes, to go from bad to good you have to first visit the worst.

Revolutions can either be peaceful or violent. Whichever way it goes, its aim is always to turn over in one swoop the failed social order and then replace it with a viable one.

When Nigerians look at Ghana some wonder why the West African state is a saner society. It’s better because at one point in the trajectory of their society someone changed their orbit. He changed it in a way that a minister who dreams of making a million dollars in politics is relieved of her job. Meanwhile her counterpart in Nigeria who is caught with stolen million is celebrated by the government and the people.

In a society where there are no consequences for bad behavior, you only embolden those who feast in such behavior.