Weakened by their state of barbarism, people rescind their own right of citizenship and exchange their dignity for a sterile and senseless political speech. Thus, the majority of the 12 million inhabitants accept to see a quarter of themselves abandoned in inhuman conditions, such as in the internal displaced camps. The people, stripped of dignity and self-pride, see a fifth of themselves being fed by the international community, without questioning the whereabouts of the Angolan wealth. People accept to be exploited as cheap labor by their own elected or self-imposed leaders. Instead, they accommodate themselves into the corruption schemes, set to entertain the minority.
Corruption is institutional in Angola, nothing is done without the payment of a bribe.
After 25 years of independence, one can no longer say that because of the high rates of illiteracy in the country, people are unaware of what is happening with their lives, and that they do not have the capacity to organize themselves and consensually foster a change in the situation. The illiterate people are the ones who, in fact, ended the 500 years of Portuguese colonization of Angola. A dignified people, this is, aware of its dignity, is a people who never forget such evidences. Stressing the absolute equivalence between dignity and sovereignty, Frantz Fanon remarks that, in truth, a free and dignified people is a sovereign people. A dignified people is a responsible one.