Internet Main Opposition Party

The internet is the main opposition party. People who work in government communications will tell you that they have a list of organizations that must be appeased, before ministers mount the podium and announce X number of dollars for this cause or the other.

Which organizations? It depends on elections. As you know, voters are slotted into boxes: race, women, business, oilmen, aboriginal issues, Greta TinTin Thunberg the environmentalist from Sweden, immigrants, farmers etc.

That list flies out of the window when the internet explodes with the news that the honorable minister is actually a white woman, pretending to be black. We know the drill. She will be suspended without pay while the matter is being investigated.

The internet must be appeased, because it is like a forest fire in British Columbia, that will scorch the whole province, with repercussions in Ottawa, the home of the federal government. The internet has so much power, it makes handlers redundant.

Handlers are political fire fighters that decide what is good or bad for prime ministers or congressmen and women. However, you don’t have to be Einstein to know that George Santos is bad news for Republicans. The internet is so powerful, it changes the English language. Is there a problem? Just publish an apology, which is not an apology.

Which leads us to government communications departments. Has the internet made them redundant?

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.