Theoretical freedom deceives, practical freedom lives. Things
are not the same; fear is creeping and taking over hearts of many able youths.
For some very naked prevailing reasons, young people are absolutely in the know
of the hussle they endure against what the government has in store for them.
Surely, we are not deaf or dumb… we are able youths and we want ourselves
to stop accepting these hardships by confronting them head on and not just give
in to the hardship of life. We must find viable strategies, even in this
environment, in order to develop hope: hope for ourselves; hope for this
country and let practical freedom flourish for the betterment of Malawi’s
democracy.
So many faces threaten our lives…talk of injustice, corruption,
intolerance, smoky politics, nepotism, violence, unemployment etc. Our lives
are falling apart, our survival is on the rocks economically, socially and
politically. I know, some big wigs can ignore all this and trash it as crap
simply because they are deafened by the glory of a bunch of bodyguards with
guns around them, even in their highly secure fences of mansions built on
ballots of millions of Malawians drowning in the sea of poverty.
The older generation seems bent on strangulating the life of
freedom…there is freedom of expression; yes, but freedom after expression is
not guaranteed. Freedom of association exists, but after association the
freedom exits. Talk of academic freedom which is gasping for a breath of life
after being sarcastically butchered.
Tears of freedom fail to cease as popcorn political leaders are so
economical with the truth, even when the truth is highly visible, they would
rather sit on it and distort any postmortem thereafter.
Fellow youngsters, wipe away the tears! The secret of joy is freedom and
the secret of freedom is bravery…the brave are free.
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