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Originally Posted by silverkris
Frankly speaking, given Trump's general lack of deep interest in policy, foreign or domestic, except for how it can cater to his special interests and his base of followers, it's probably safe to say that he's doing this for domestic political concerns. He's always been all show, no go in terms of actions and tasks.
So I doubt anything is going to come out of it. Always a show horse, never a work horse.
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Fair enough. I didnt vote for the guy myself, as I had doubts about him. I also didnt (and still dont) expect consistent policy or results from him, although occasionally I am pleasantly surprised with things (and disappointed also). That said, the obvious TDS liberals suffer over fairly innocuous things like asking his SecState to study the SA no compensation land appropriation situation from the minority just makes me roll my eyes.
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Originally Posted by silverkris
Well, if you lived in South Africa, then you know darned well that things have to change after 300 years of baasskap. That's the reality. Do you have any solid proposals/recommendations from a South African standpoint?
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300 years of "baasskap"? 300 years? Do you have a realistic grasp of the history and timeline of the country at all? Apartheid became policy in 1950, and ended in 1994. You should google "Plasmoord" if you want a recent history lesson from South Africa on a hot topic outside of your worldview..
There is a movie called 'Red Dust" starring Hillary Swank that is a good watch. It is primarily about the reconciliation trials that were held post aparthied, in an effort to avoid mass revenge bloodshed. (Nelson Mandela did have some good ideas). In it there is one line given by a white South African cop where he says to another white cop "It was a war, and we lost. We have to live with that now".
Its just a movie line, but I believe that is a good perspective to go from. Apartheid was evil, and the majority black populace
will not forget it for many generations.
Although also Africans by birth (generations deep), I do not believe that white South Africans will have a long term peaceful existance there for the most part. They are just 10% of the population now. I dont have faith in the country in that regard.. I think they should encourage/help their children to emigrate elsewhere (children who had nothing to do with apartheid), and themselves if they can. It's that or continue to slide down the path as second rate citizens at best. The current policies in South Africa certianly reflect that trend. The post apartheid leaders elected by the country have slid downhill for sure. ( Mandela-MBeki-the idiot Zuma, and now the loathsome Ramaphosa). The tolerance of the white ethnic minority has slid downhill with each of them. It will not improve.
As for the black South Africans that remain? Good luck. I mean that. Many are good people.
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