The overturning of apartheid in Africa can really be compared to the French Revolution.
Replacing l'Ancien Regime with a revolutionary government was a disaster, with consequences still felt today. And like Louis XVI, perhaps France's most moderate and liberal King to date, the Apartheid of the late 80's and early 90's was increasingly mild. Things were changing for the better on their own. And in the end, one system ended and was replaced by the other without much bloodshed. For a moment there, the future boded very well for SA.
Now modern South Africa is in big, big trouble, and the racism is turned on its head, and whites are at the receiving end. This is clear in everything from murder rates to legislation. It's 350% more deadly to be a white farmer than to live in San Pedro Sula, the world's most lethal city. Charity organizations are forbidden from helping destitute whites, of whom there are now more than 400,000 in SA, unable to compete for jobs, and unable to leave.
This is not the ideal Mandela fans are praising, yet in this debate they are silent on these issues or seek to justify them with references to past white oppression, as if two wrongs makes a right.
Replacing l'Ancien Regime with a revolutionary government was a disaster, with consequences still felt today. And like Louis XVI, perhaps France's most moderate and liberal King to date, the Apartheid of the late 80's and early 90's was increasingly mild. Things were changing for the better on their own. And in the end, one system ended and was replaced by the other without much bloodshed. For a moment there, the future boded very well for SA.
Now modern South Africa is in big, big trouble, and the racism is turned on its head, and whites are at the receiving end. This is clear in everything from murder rates to legislation. It's 350% more deadly to be a white farmer than to live in San Pedro Sula, the world's most lethal city. Charity organizations are forbidden from helping destitute whites, of whom there are now more than 400,000 in SA, unable to compete for jobs, and unable to leave.
This is not the ideal Mandela fans are praising, yet in this debate they are silent on these issues or seek to justify them with references to past white oppression, as if two wrongs makes a right.
A year from now you'll wish you started today