What worked in the past no longer seem to work for the present. In fact, if you insist of applying what worked in the past to the present, you are committing a mistake. Times have changed. Problems evolve all the time. So solutions must adapt too.
Try fighting constantly mutating bacteria with antibiotics which they have grown resistant to. You might end up killing the patient with the very same antibiotic which had worked wonders in the past. Or try talking to your rebellious teenage child like a three year-old. Your words will most likely end up on deaf ears.
The same applies to many things around us today.
The electorate is not going to be hoodwinked by cosmetic changes in disguise of reforms anymore. It would be wishful thinking to expect the same tactics to work this time because nobody is going to believe them again.
A system devised more than ten years ago might have served its purposes well up till now, but increasingly it is now creating more problems than it is solving. It is time to update the system before more things fall apart.
Unfortunately, change is always resisted. It is most strongly opposed by groups of people who stand to gain the most under the status quo. Ironically, it is often the oppressed and the disadvantaged who lead the charge for change. Individually their power is negligible, but when they come together, they often become an irresistible force.
There is no point in proving your track record all the time when they are no longer applicable to the present and you insist on sticking to your old ways. Wake up to the new reality, or you can choose to rot away in your deep slumber.
The time for change is now. Shape up or ship out.
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