HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
To some of our fellow citizens, the political ongoings in our country today may appear to be new, unfamiliar, or fresh. But to some of us, this is very familiar; it is not new or fresh. We have seen it before. It is actually a case of history repeating itself, and we are not drowning in the current euphoria or flowing with the wind.
And, it reminds me of the famous phrase: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It is an enduring philosophical observation about how societies and individuals often make the same mistakes if they fail to learn from history.
Indeed, forgetting history leads to repeating destructive cycles, including devastating economic crises and social injustices. Without the memory of past mistakes, we become blind to human vulnerabilities, allowing tyrannies to rise and destructive patterns to persist.
When there’s historical amnesia and historical struggles minimised or ignored, hard-won social justice can easily erode.
Ignoring past timelines and records can ultimately lead us to repeating familiar errors with even worse consequences.
Additionally, forgetting the lessons of our history can be an irreversible tragedy.
What is sad, to me, is that some people who were very active in uncritically supporting the UPND and Hakainde Hichilema in 2021 are today uncritically doing exactly the same thing in seeking a similar change.
And no one should differ with their views and approach. We should all uncritically follow their guidance. If we don’t, these very vocal elements vilify us and call us all sorts of names. They are always very right, even when time has proved them wrong over their unbridled support for UPND and Hichilema.
Let’s seek change, but let’s be critical about it. Let’s seek change, but real change and not just any change. Let’s not repeat the mistake of replacing the PF and Edgar Lungu with a worse regime of UPND and Hichilema.
Today we have very crooked, corrupt, and ruthless elements seeking to replace UPND and Hichilema and come and steal more and met out their vengeance. Is this really what we are looking for?
Fred M’membe
You are expressing ten ideas in a single sentence without conveying any clear message, sir. Please get to the point. PF was a criminal organization, and HH is performing significantly better. Acknowledge this, Membe.
HH can not be compared to wrong characters of PF and defaulters of tax.Zambians appreciate UPND and HH as a torch bearer, who leads with clear vision for development and economic sustainability.The time for hooliganism, fraud stars, and criminality is long gone.The rule of law and order is what Zambians need.This can only be attained by supporting Hakainde Hichilema.He runs the country with constitutionalism and human heart, one Zambia one nation and one people.Man north,man south, man east,man west same.He carries KK spirit of love and transparency.Forward iwee.
Just join UPND
“Let’s not repeat the mistake of replacing the PF and Edgar Lungu with a worse regime of UPND and Hichilema”.
I doubt very much if Dr. M’membe is being sincere in his criticism of the UPND and HH. Can he give us examples to back his outrageous claim? In what ways are HH and UPND worse than Edgar Lungu and PF?
He starts off well by saying, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But then he completely forgets the past and says PF and Edgar Lungu were better than UPND and HH. How many people were killed by the Police Force (PF) under Mr. Lungu in circumstances which did not warrant use of excessive force (Vesper, Nsama, young Mugala, Kaunda, Chibulo)? It was suicide to wear any red garment or worse UPND regalia under PF. Today, people are free to dorn any party regalia including that of the notorious PF.
Under PF, pastors were locked up in Ndola for discussing the budget at a venue near Levy Mwanawasa stadium.
Dr. M’membe has also conveniently forgotten how he and his wife together with his then editor in chief, Mr. Joseph Mwenda, were humiliated and made to sit on the tarmac when PF police raided his house to recover a Post Newspaper printing press.
The list is endless. I would love to see Dr. M’membe produce a similar list to back his baseless claim of PF being better than UPND. Unfortunately, Dr. M’membe has lost the little credibility he had because of his unreasonable criticism of HH and UPND. Iam sorry to say it has driven him to the point of insanity.