Best in Show
Oppressive dictators like to put on a show. Whether it’s as complicated as building the world’s largest stadium to host choreographed propaganda events, or as simple erecting a statue of himself made out of solid gold that revolves to always face the Sun, it’s always nice for the Leader to let people know he’s also the Man.
Robert Mugabe is no different, and what better way to prove that famine-striven Zimbabwe is doing A-OK under Mugabe than to hold an agricultural show?
But, if the pro-Mugabe Harare Herald is to be believed, not only is an agricultural show is the logical step, but it’s been an unbridled success! An ‘annual exhibition extravaganza‘, it writes, as ‘hundreds of people from all walks of life’ gawp at what moderately-acceptably-sized carrots are on show. And what’s even better, apparently:
Children could also be seen enjoying ice-cream, chips, sweets and other goodies as they visited the stands of various companies.
And isn’t that what Robert Mugabe’s all about? Not famine, but children enjoying ice cream. And that’s the beauty of being the Man.
Categories: agriculture, Zimbabwe, state failure
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