18/10/2025
The Loadshedding Lie: Nietzsche Nails the UPND Praise Singers.
By Barbrah Musamba Chama
Friedrich Nietzsche hit the nail on the head, "Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed."
This is not just philosophy, it is the perfect diagnosis for the deafening chorus of UPND praise singers who have traded their critical faculties for a government issued megaphone. The very loadshedding they rightly demonized the PF for has become their hill to die on, and their only defense is a fortress of illusion.
They promised us daylight, but all we got was a different shade of darkness.
Where is the furious energy, the biting social media commentary, the righteous indignation they so expertly weaponized against the previous administration? It has vanished, replaced by a pathetic symphony of excuses. "It's a global problem!" "It's legacy debt!" "Be patient!" The same voices that demanded immediate solutions then, now preach endless patience.
Nietzsche exposes the fragile comfort this illusion provides. They cling to the falsehood that this government is "different" not out of ignorance, but out of a deep seated fear, the fear of admitting they were seduced by empty promises, the fear of the political emptiness that comes with holding power accountable, and the fear of seeing their chosen heroes without their disguises.
The truth is simple and brutal, A promise was made. That promise has been broken. The truth demands the courage to admit that the emperor has no clothes, and that the power is still off. But this truth tears down the walls of their political identity, so they choose the lie. They would rather have you sit in the dark than have their political illusions shattered.
So we ask them directly, as Nietzsche might: Do you protect your peace with truth, or with illusion?
Your silence is betrayal. Your excuses are an insult. And the nation sees you, sitting in the same darkness you once condemned, choosing the comfort of your lie over the clarity of the truth.
