They draw lines in ways that make it very difficult for future inhabitants of the planet to escape them. In countries with a younger demography and more plural populations, like South Africa or India, the task is harder, but by definition, more important. South Africa had its transformational moment when the apartheid regime was forced to shut shop. The simple formulation hid the large and elegant message that a revolutionary chose to give as he went about setting the terms of a new South Africa. If we would rather laugh at the idea of Future Commissioners, we could open the doors for more chaos and leave no scope for the future.

Source: Indian Express October 17, 2019 19:41 UTC