{"product_id":"julias-malemas-dilemma-the-burden-of-fighting-for-the-people-9798197382450","title":"Julias Malema's Dilemma: The burden of fighting for the people","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Metheon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone who fights for the people carries a burden that no one warns them about. The people you risk your life for. The people you sacrifice comfort, safety, and peace for. The people whose names you carry into every battle. They are, more often than not, the very ones who will one day turn on you. This is not cynicism. It is the oldest law of leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulius Malema's Dilemma takes one of South Africa's most polarising and compelling public figures as its lens and asks a question that stretches far beyond any one man, any one party, or any one country: what does it cost a person to carry the people? And what happens to the fighter when the people set them down? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on political philosophy, African history, biblical narrative, and the psychology of radical commitment, this book traces the anatomy of a fighter, the mechanics of betrayal, the loneliness of the vanguard, and the price of loving people who may not love you back. It places Malema's journey alongside those of Steve Biko, Thomas Sankara, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - leaders who gave everything and discovered what everything actually cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a book about politics. It is a book about the human condition. About the men and women who decide, against all evidence, that other people's freedom is worth their own. About the crowds that anoint and abandon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the rare and dangerous discipline of fighting for a cause even when the cause cannot protect you. If you have ever carried someone else's burden. If you have ever been betrayed by the people you sacrificed for. If you have ever asked, in a quiet and honest moment, whether it was worth it - this book was written for you. The resolution is not an answer. It is a way of living inside the question without being destroyed by it.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969247035543,"sku":"9798197382450","price":3017.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197382450.webp?v=1782921026","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/julias-malemas-dilemma-the-burden-of-fighting-for-the-people-9798197382450","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}