There is a reason eggheads seldom acquire political power. Intellectuals, artists, revolutionaries, and pacifists rarely become potentates because they are cast in the mould of Castiglione’s courtiers or the proverbial whore of Babylon. Perhaps the fault is in their stars.
This is not to say that all such fora are manipulable by shady elements. I have been a part of two or three platforms where journalists hurl bitter truth in the face of public officers and corporate spokespersons in the fold – as it is randomly done in very few fora like The Lagos Times . This occurs, barring the excessive obsequiousness of a few fawning characters, of course.
Between their flawed persona and lack of moral substance rids them of grit. Ultimately, they play errand dog and court sycophant to the President, governors, lawmakers, and even the mob of angry youths. They can be likened to the celebrity hairdresser, boudoir confidant or presidential lounge lizard perpetually nodding in affirmative to the caprices of his principal.
This phenomenon is borne of a hankering to romanticise the darker aspects of society, for a profit – thus they turn our corporate and political bandits into something more than mere criminals, often elevating them to the status of urban legends. But what sets our bandits apart from their counterparts in other climes is how we portray them. Instead of outright condemning their actions, we glorify them, mythologise them, and transform them into larger-than-life figures who embody the spirit of humanity or rebellion and defiance.
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