Opposing power doesn't mean you know how to win it!

By Ardi Stefa

One of the most common mistakes of the opposition is to confuse the ability to denounce the government with the ability to replace it. Pointing out the failures, corruption, arrogance, and hypocrisy of the government is one thing; building an alternative that convinces citizens that it can govern better is quite another.

In reality, power does not lose just because it is bad. It loses when there is a more convincing alternative in front of it. The opposition can be right in every accusation, be correct in every denunciation and win the applause of the crowd, but it can still lose the political battle. And this, because the anger of citizens does not automatically turn into votes, nor does dissatisfaction translate into trust, nor does the opponent's weaknesses into your strength.

Politics is not just the art of saying what's wrong. It is, above all, the ability to convince people that you know how to put things right.

But when the opposition confuses noise with force, protest with organization, denunciation with program, and rejection of power with willingness to take it, it ends up celebrating battles that don't win elections.

Meanwhile, the government continues to rule, not necessarily because it is good, but because its opponents have failed to become convincingly better.

The disappointment that follows is catastrophic. Not only because one or two elections are lost, but because time is wasted, hope is dashed, mistrust deepens, and a tired society is forced to start over. 

Meanwhile, the problems remain the same and the government gains time precisely from the incompetence of those who claim to challenge it.

Therefore, it is not enough for the opposition to be against the government. It must prove that it is capable of governing. It is not enough to denounce the system, but to convince that it can build another one. It is not enough to demand the removal of those in power, but it must explain why those who come after them will be different.

Meanwhile, citizens don't just need a reason to overthrow the government. They need an even stronger reason to trust someone else.

Resisting power is a political skill. Winning it and exercising it responsibly is a whole other test.

And anyone who deliberately confuses these two risks not only losing their next job, but also robbing society of a few more years of life and hope.

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