Paddington even shoots Mr. Brown unyielding eye contact when his guardian responds rudely to an earnest thought.

This is not merely a political condition but a moral disintegration—a retreat from shared humanity into the sterile, unyielding embrace of authoritarianism.

"They can't accept that the Romanian people finally said, 'we want our life back, our country, our dignity'," he said, portraying himself as battling against an unyielding establishment.

Not unlike the man who would later offer him a Cabinet position, the candidate seemed impervious to criticism, positioning himself as someone who was delivering inconvenient truths to an unyielding establishment.

Minister Ntshavheni's remarks have provoked mixed reaction from South Africans, with some praising the government's unyielding approach.