You don’t have to be a superpower to be a peacemaker. Abhijit Naskar | World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

Politicians don’t have race, politicians don’t have religion, politicians don’t have nationality. You may think, this is a good thing – well, in this case, it’s not. You know why? Because their race is self-interest – their religion is self-interest – their nationality is self-interest. Politicians can be white, black, brown or martian – but once a moron, always a moron. Some monkeys are white, some monkeys are colored, but inside they are not white or colored – they are politicians – which means, they are all monkeys.

And the exception to this norm often comes from not so popular parts of the world – for example, South Africa. Which only proves that, you don’t need to be a so-called geopolitical superpower to do what’s right – you don’t have to be a superpower to be a peacemaker. In fact in most cases, the so-called superpowers are the most morally bankrupt states in the world. Because guess what – governments don’t exist to do the right thing, governments exist to do whatever keeps them in power. And the day the politics of self-interest comes to an end, there will be no longer any need for activists, humanitarians and reformers.