By Ustaz Mark Bang
Views of citizens are only considered in USA, Europe, and other developed nations of the world.
During elections in either the USA or Europe, citizens table all their expectations before electing the competent president; once this is done, they keep monitoring him/her in any step she/he may take. Should she/he fail to fulfill the world, she/he would definitely miss the chance in the next round of election.
In 2008, I witnessed when President Obama wrestled with John McCain; they were all told to do what they wanted them to do before the election started, yes! President Obama had tirelessly tried his best to stand on his feet, and that gave him another chance to run for the second round of the election. He served the United States of America for the period of eight years.
Here in Africa, we find most of our leaders being fond of power; they usually like to stay in power and nothing is seen helping their citizens. Most of the successful leaders seen in the world and those registered in lists as great leaders have had some credible strategies that qualified them to be good at their leadership; also, great business managers have too.
That depends! There are many factors to consider. If you’ve decided your business needs additional support, selecting the appropriate pay rate for a new hire is only the first step in determining the funds you’ll need available to grow your team.
You’ll have to figure out if you can actually afford the total cost of adding someone to your payroll. You’ll first need to consider the monthly baseline costs for hiring an employee, which include gross wages, payroll taxes, and payroll service expenses. There are also additional costs to consider, such as health insurance, dental and vision coverage, workers’ compensation insurance, recruitment costs, job posting fees, software licenses, office or meeting space rental, equipment expenses, and other benefits.
After all these are done, your abilities to carry on good leaders would easily and smoothly work. Poor countries lack government power. They can’t be autocratic. If anything, they’re anarchic, though usually with a nongovernmental institution holding the nation together (tribes, clergy, etc.).
However, when a poor nation begins to rise, it’ll naturally have more government power. This apparent government power increases the wealthier and more powerful the country is. Certain external and internal factors (like wars or terrorism, respectively) may lead to spikes in authoritarianism.
Then at a certain point, when a government is powerful enough to be unchallenged, its apparent power starts to subside, as the government begins to use softer methods of control. They create a controlled opposition, set sociological boundaries on what can be said without involving the law, etc. But even these powerful regimes are willing to use brute force when their control is threatened.
A government hanging on its hinges may appear to be ruthless, but it can’t do anything outside its capital. A strong government disperses protests and practices social engineering so refined that it all happens outside of the public eye.
In rich countries, you have investments coming from their government, people, and companies. This makes everyone involved in decision-making in the country. These also develop education, healthcare, and living conditions.
When everyone is educated and involved in society, they will elect a leader who will take the country forward with a focus more on development. Even if this leader becomes autocratic, the institutions in the country and the public will be powerful and able enough to remove him.
In a poor countries there will be no money and facilities for a good living, so the main objective of the public will be surviving the day, and they are not involved in politics.
This creates a chance for the people who are corrupt and evil people to become leaders using muscle power and dirty tricks. Keeping oneself in power is also tough in poor countries, so when a person becomes a leader, they remove competition and try to secure their power for life. These make that person into an autocrat and dictator.
People are oppressed by their governments and their culture. This is hard for many people to understand because it doesn’t offer a quick villain (a rich white guy) or a utopian solution. People are also oppressed by many outside do-gooders. If you look at countries with sweatshops that closed down because they were using children. Children in those countries now get sold into prostitution.
Conclusively, let’s look at Germany. The country was bombed into the Stone Age, ravaged and looted by 3 different allied armies. It took 30 years for it to rebuild its self as an economic superpower. Today Germany is an economic anchor for the Euro. Look at Japan, which had government and industry rendered obsolete as well as getting hit with 2 atomic bombs; in 40 years and with no external resources, it was an economic superpower.
Hong Kong, the same thing, unable to trade with its closest neighbor, you just add freedom, and the country explodes from an agricultural economy to an industrial one. If you look at Detroit, in the 50s the city was the place to be. It was thriving and growing with industry and talent. You add corrupt and selfish government, and in 50 years they are paying people to take the houses there because no one has any reason to want to live there.
India was a piss-poor country. There was a class of well-educated elites and a majority of sub-poverty people.
The government changed, allowing freedom, business, and industry, and the place exploded, raising the living standard of most of the population. The reason countries are poor and stay poor can be blamed in part on their resources and physical layout (access to ports and railroads). But in the end it is tyranny over freedom, Marx over Adam Smith, and tribalism and corruption over the rule of law and morality. “Public Staunchest Ally”
The writer of this article is a human rights activist, writer, and professional teacher.