And then there are the ridiculous economic issues SA has. But, hey, I'm sure it is perfectly normal to have an employment rate around 9-10% in the early 80 to over 20% by the mid-90s. And this century, the unemployment rate has ranged from 22.5% (2008) to 27.5% (2017) and 27.8% (2002).
I have no idea how bad Apartheid actually was - I was <10 when it ended, and I don't live in South Africa, and frankly every modern source on it is probably heavily biased. But, the African National Congress has had complete control of SA's government for almost 3 decades now. And by every single metric, life in SA is worse now than it was in the 80s.
Only 2 types of people can possibly defend what's happening there. First type person just doesn't care about reality, second type of person knows SA has become a complete trainwreck but imagines himself to be one of the politicians on top and thus doesn't care about anyone else. Either way, stupidity or greed are not things that should be making decisions.
When it comes to sheer ignorance, this guy is just ridiculous. Even ignoring what is happening to the Afrikaners (which I know guys like this don't care about) South Africa has some of the highest crime rates in the world. Even their beloved CNN ran a story a few months back on violence and sexual assault issues in SA.
And then there are the ridiculous economic issues SA has. But, hey, I'm sure it is perfectly normal to have an employment rate around 9-10% in the early 80 to over 20% by the mid-90s. And this century, the unemployment rate has ranged from 22.5% (2008) to 27.5% (2017) and 27.8% (2002).
I have no idea how bad Apartheid actually was - I was <10 when it ended, and I don't live in South Africa, and frankly every modern source on it is probably heavily biased. But, the African National Congress has had complete control of SA's government for almost 3 decades now. And by every single metric, life in SA is worse now than it was in the 80s.
Only 2 types of people can possibly defend what's happening there. First type person just doesn't care about reality, second type of person knows SA has become a complete trainwreck but imagines himself to be one of the politicians on top and thus doesn't care about anyone else. Either way, stupidity or greed are not things that should be making decisions.