The elections are over and the election results are out!! I have no preferences over the different parties in this country. All of them, no matter how they start are greedy for money and power.
It reminded me of a novel I had just read where an election is conducted to elect the future king or queen. The nominated candidates have to go through a series of tests. Only those who pass the tests can go through the voting process. Being a community where magic is involved, each candidate is injected with a little amount of compulsion that does not allow them to talk to anyone about the tests or what they did.
There are three levels of tests that every candidate has to pass -
First is the physical one - to test their endurance. This is not to test their physical strength but to test how fit they are and how much they can endure. They are given one day to live on their own in the wilderness of a forest and put through many difficulties. The bottom line is - a person leading them should be someone who is physically fit and be able to take care of themselves.
The second one is a mental test - the candidate is pulled into a dream where the his or her's worst fears come to life. How one handles those situations is put to test.
The third one is the most critical one - a simple question is asked - what should a person possess to truly rule the people. Many answers come to mind - integrity, wisdom, sanity. But the right answer (according to the author) is - nothing. A king or queen must possess nothing to rule because he or she has to give everything he/she has to their people. Even his/her life.
While reading this, I was wondering what would happen if we had the same tests for our chief ministers and prime minister candidates. None of them would have passed the tests.
Nevertheless, they would have found ways to bribe the organizers to get through these tests. Candidates would have been trained by parties from a young age to pass these tests just like what we do for any competition.
Phew, no wonder our country is in this state!!!
It reminded me of a novel I had just read where an election is conducted to elect the future king or queen. The nominated candidates have to go through a series of tests. Only those who pass the tests can go through the voting process. Being a community where magic is involved, each candidate is injected with a little amount of compulsion that does not allow them to talk to anyone about the tests or what they did.
There are three levels of tests that every candidate has to pass -
First is the physical one - to test their endurance. This is not to test their physical strength but to test how fit they are and how much they can endure. They are given one day to live on their own in the wilderness of a forest and put through many difficulties. The bottom line is - a person leading them should be someone who is physically fit and be able to take care of themselves.
The second one is a mental test - the candidate is pulled into a dream where the his or her's worst fears come to life. How one handles those situations is put to test.
The third one is the most critical one - a simple question is asked - what should a person possess to truly rule the people. Many answers come to mind - integrity, wisdom, sanity. But the right answer (according to the author) is - nothing. A king or queen must possess nothing to rule because he or she has to give everything he/she has to their people. Even his/her life.
While reading this, I was wondering what would happen if we had the same tests for our chief ministers and prime minister candidates. None of them would have passed the tests.
Nevertheless, they would have found ways to bribe the organizers to get through these tests. Candidates would have been trained by parties from a young age to pass these tests just like what we do for any competition.
Phew, no wonder our country is in this state!!!
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