People dance out of emotion, not reason.

Nigerians have been shown dancing at the victory of Muhammadu Buhari in Sunday's presidential elections, just as people do at the victory of politicians in India. Why do people show such joy when repeated past experiences have shown that nothing is going to change? Politicians do not fight elections to serve the people but to accumulate power, to have absolute right of way over all citizens, through Z+ security, and to be photographed with other heads of states, just as the Emir of Qatar was received by the Queen when he visited London in October. Buhari was involved in at least 2 coups in 1966 and 1983, and was the Head of State from 1983 to 1985. During this time $700 million was smuggled to Saudi Arabia in 53 suitcases by the son of his aide. They were not checked at the airport. He imprisoned and killed his opponents and brought in harsh punishments for minor offences. Anyone over the age of 17 years caught cheating in exams would be jailed for 21 years. His agents, with the help of Israelis, drugged and tried to smuggle Umaru Dikko as diplomatic baggage, only to be foiled by British officials at London airport. Buhari now claims to be a firm believer in democracy. But what does ' democracy ' mean? Do elections mean anything? In the US the Republicans have an iron grip on the House by gerrymandering their constituencies in the states which they control. Obama was completely unknown when he ran for president in 2008, his only claim to fame was that he voted against the Iraq invasion. He is a lawyer, but he only lectured at Chicago, but Hillary Clinton was a highly successful practicing lawyer in Arkansas, not just a gasbag. Of course, 95% of blacks voted for him, only because he is black and not because of his policies since nobody knew anything about him. Traditional democrat voters such as women, Jews and Asians voted for him but the surprise was that 54% of young white voters and 53% of affluent people, who earned more than $200,000 per year, also voted for him. Why? Was it because it was politically correct to do so? Here was a fellow who was half black, his mother was white, born of a Kenyan father, a half Muslim, his middle name is Hussein, who has shown that he is not a maverick by qualifying from Harvard. In 2012 people would have voted on his record of the previous 4 years. Just 9 months after the BJP swept the general elections the people of Delhi voted overwhelmingly for the Aam Aadmi Party. Even middle class areas voted for them. The reason being that Modi had not done enough. That the Congress had left the country completely bankrupt, that the Congress has deliberately passed laws that would stop all reforms and that the Congress was obstructing reforms in the Rajya Sabha, made absolutely no difference at all. If elections are based on emotion and not on logic is democracy really possible? The only argument in favor is that it is better than dictatorship or army rule. As Pakistan has shown.