Opinion: Please don’t blame the gods; blame our imperfect democracy

Democracy ought to be a force for peace and prosperity not a conduit for violence and mediocrity. (Photo: Courtesy)

When a Coca-Cola bottle falls from the skies in the famous Gods Must Be Crazy movie, suddenly, life in a South African village is turned upside down.

The villagers engage in a futile, at times violent adventure to find out the real use of the strange object: the women use it to pound grain into flour; boys and girls think it is a toy; the men think it is a weapon.