The silly season is upon us. “Silly season” refers to our election cycle. But it is a misleading characterisation of our kind of politicking. The phrase seems to imply a period of amusing activities which offer comic relief from the hard life of earning a livelihood.
If only our politicking were so innocuous! From now till the elections in August 2022, we will witness politicking that is foolhardy in the extreme, tribal to a crude level, narcissist to a pathological extent, delusional to disorienting heights, and violent to horrifying depths.
