Nikolao heard the PM Malie le Gaoi asking for forgiveness from the Nation and saying that nobody was perfect and that the Minister of Finance had been forgiven. He said that nobody should attack those who were anointed by God to fulfil their roles. Nikolao knew he was being cheeky and disrespecting the people as they were still borrowing money by the hundreds of millions that the people not them would repay. One day Nikolao thought we will find out all of their theft and we will be shocked that they stole from the Nation for 30 years living the lives of kings while others died of hunger or disease. Nikolao knew that Dictators create a political silence discussion is impossible for only one view is acceptable. William Hazlitt (English essayist, 1778-1830)had said: Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species, they really become so, lose their participation with their kind, and in mimicking the god dwindle into the brute. In Samoa Transparency meaning audits relating to actual outcomes had been replaced by press releases-i.e. statements of intention, which were never actually believed by the parasitic politicians. The truth is suppressed and lies are multiplied. The technique of leading the people like sheep to the slaughter has been so successful in dictator governed countries that demagogues use the same tactics in struggling democracies. Watkin Tench, a young officer of the Royal Marines, arrived with the first convict ships in Australia in 1788. In his diary he recorded, the first step in every community which wishes to preserve honesty should be to set the people above want. He wished an inclusive society-for the good of all! He suggested that the first fruits [of the unity called government] be returned to the people because they are the nation. Not just to a few. To give to a few is theft from the majority. Samoan citizens despair as the Government ignores the people, their rights, their opinions and seizes resources to permanently set up an elite above the law. If outsiders, foreign interests including the press, think theres a way to make money from exploiting a local population, they are not very concerned about the local political situation unless it affects their business. Nikolao considered this quote from John Le Carre ` The Little Drummer Girl First the exploiter hits the wage slave over the head with his superior wealth; then he brainwashes him into believing that the pursuit of property is a valid motive for breaking him at the grindstone. That way he has him hooked twice over. Nikolao realised that Samoans must now unite or face extinction. Economics has its place behind citizenship, freedom of speech, responsible individualism and social well-being. For this reason he sought help from whoever would listen as a Samoan to retain our nations independence and to prevent foreigners and thieving officials from stealing the land and other traditional resources protected under our Constitution but currently under siege by traitors to our nation. He viewed Democracy as more than a form of government. It is a way of life that stresses the sacredness of human personality and aims at equal opportunity for all its members. We must be sensitive to the needs of all. We must preserve all. Not only matai deserve respect; we must strengthen every member of the Aiga and this means applying the wisdom of mankind to our Faasamoa from cradle to grave. Samoa has a unique destiny separate from Capitalism, Communism and Fascism. It is based on alofa and the bottom line is this: Us, the Aiga Samoa Atoa, on our land forever enjoying the resources of our lands as its masters guardians of the past and protectors of the future. No matter what new technologies arrive or organisations visit our lands they must bow to our sovereignty! We will not trade our trillion dollar inheritances of land, minerals and other resources for an hourly rate of pay as wage slaves. We will not shame our ancestors nor will we fail the unborn. This is our time and with Gods will we will be found sufficient to meet all challenges. These thoughts challenged and inspired Nikolao Taua. 42976.activeboard/t55989209/a-forum-tale-a-community-story-the-coconuts-tale/?page=last#lastPostAnchor
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