Dictators are prone to start wars. Psychologists and sociologists who study terrorism say dictators are able to spread fear among their people, and place themselves as their only salvation. Manufacturing an external threat, like Jews to Hitlers Germany, or S. Korea and the entire West for Kim Jong-Il, or Ethiopia and entire West for Isayas Afwereke of Eritrea, help keep the society off balance and collectively paranoid as well. They are not accountable to anyone therefore, it is easy to decide on wars without consultation. They are provocative. Kim Jong Il used to provoke the U.S. and the neighbors just to get attention, but at the same time to make his own people insecure and put them on false alert at all times. The friendless, leader of Eritrea practically is doing the same thing now by arming any able boded person in Eritrea. Most leaders of Africa shy away from him, except of course dictator Al-Bashir of Sudan and it is said dictator Ghadafy of Libya used to be his comrade before he was brutally ousted by his own people. . The African Union leaders unanimously warned him in their last meeting in 2008, to behave and get his acts together. Peace and stability is seen as a threat to their power, and therefore, dictators have to work overtime to create political chaos inside and outside their country. Where there is a totalitarian dictator, there is famine. When dictators cannot fix their economy, the people of course suffer. But according to a dictator it is never his fault. In fact he promised to make Eritrea the Singapore of Africa, instead he produced the best singers and the country ended up to be Sing-a-poor. For Issays it is either the “imperialists”, “the foreign enemies”, “the country’s selfish merchants”, “the U.S. meddling on their affairs”, “the British”, “the religious groups” or “natural draught” etc.. However, where dictators rule famine is almost always “man-made” and the maker is the dictator himself. Dictators like to hide things and they do it by controlling the media and propagate the issue. In other words, they distort the truth , even at the cost of sufferings and starvation of the people. In a free country however, because of the freedom of expression vices like famine are exposed quickly which helps to solve the problem before people suffer. Another main characteristic is that dictators do not like to share the media with anybody. All written or spoken materials are censored and are government controlled. In other words no one can write an article, or a book or speak in public or radio or TV without a written permission by the government. This kills creativity and invites myopic views about the world around you. Dictator Issayas propagates his agenda using press and TV, while Eritrean journalists who legally expressed themselves were put thrown into prison since 2001. He is the only one who enjoys the freedom of expression, while his followers repeat the dictator’s whims and fancies. In Eritrea there are no private or independent TV’s stations, newspapers or magazines. The dictator and his regime control what information is given to the people. Dictators forget and deny that our world is much faster and smarter than them. Thanks to e-mails, cell phones, twitters, “face book” and other social medias, people can now find out what exactly is happening at the remotest parts of the world. But dictators try to hide the truth. People are more informed now than the past decade or century, and therefore, dictators are having a hard time keeping up with the people. Gone are the days of Hitler, Stalin or Mao when they were able to convince people using their propaganda. Dictators control the army. Without the military support or manipulation, they become ineffective and helpless. Thus to gain absolute loyalty from the military, dictators make sure their generals are paid handsomely and too much power is given to them to do whatever they want with the people. These military leaders know how indispensable they are to their master, and therefore, they are usually cruel, inhumane and corrupt. Unfortunately, Eritrea’s businesses, schools, manufacturing plants and most vital organizations are headed by these military “juntas”.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:31:12 +0000
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