Making the poor poorer

You have to keep people in poverty in order to have power for yourself.

Simple as that.

It also breeds dependency, which is another easy way to manipulate poor people into what you want them to do for you in order to achieve your own selfish needs.

This may include misappropriating public funds meant to alleviate poverty in order to improve the lives of ordinary people.

Does this sound familiar?

Because it certainly reads like an exact blueprint for what is happening in our country, right at this very moment.

Clever politicians are ruthlessly applying this age old, tried and tested method, to hang on to power, no matter what the implications or social cost.

What makes this strategy even worse, is the fact that one can endlessly gorge and enrich yourself in the process, at the expense of those who need helping the most.

An even better ruse is to keep blaming current failures and non-delivery of services, on the wrongs of the past.

This simply is the gift that keeps on giving because as soon as you start doing something to improve people’s lives, they will start to be more happy and content.

This is not good, as it will deprive you of your main weapon of defence, whenever things do not go according to plan - not to mention the fact that there will be nothing left to loot if you spend it all on the poor masses.