LordOfThisWorld
Bluelighter
I had South African business people who came to a company I worked in years ago and said they had to live on compounds, due to the violence on White people, I forget the Black leaders name or what part of South Africa he's from, I think his name begins with an M, no I don't think of your country as a jungle with wild animals roaming around.Dude. It pains me to disagree with you or point you in the right direction given that we're usually in agreement (and not to mention having the same taste in music). But I don't know which South Africa you're talking about. Certainly not the one I live in!
And for the record: there's no lions roaming the streets of Johannesburg either!
Fuck me. Please tell this isn't the view the rest of the world has of my country! If it is: the media has done yet another stellar job (and that includes these wannabe YouTube stars that don't have a fucking clue).
Worse still is that you sound like I did not that long ago!
Here's the real lowdown:
White people in South Africa don't live in compounds! Sad fact of the matter is that the compounds to which you refer actually still do exist and they're populated by poor, unemployed, and destitute black people to this day. And that, I'm afraid, and as I've come to realize, is no fault of theirs i.e. we're now almost 27 years later and thanks to corrupt politicians and the lack of political will: not much has changed in that regard. Fair enough: the majority keep voting the same people in. But I can tell you that our majority have started to wise up and this has happened very very quickly too. For the first time in 27 years: politicians are finally being held to account and even imprisoned. And while we've got a ways to go: we're getting there. Albeit that it's taken some time and pain.
Oddly enough: somebody laughed at me the other day, right here, when I said I'd rather be here than most other places in the world given all the shit I see going on everywhere else. I actually wasn't joking. You couldn't pay me (now) to go and live in America. From where I sit: that'd be stepping backward in time insofar as racial issues are concerned. And I mean no offense by that statement. But the fact that a white South African, in spite of all that's happened here, can sit here today and make a statement such as that should be cause for concern and pause!
The farm murders? I touched on these in my earlier post today. I'm sure some are racially motivated (and some border on absolute hatred if you look at the manner in which some of the crimes are committed). But it's mainly due to sheer numbers i.e. there's still very few black farmers and the majority of farmers are still white while the vast majority of the country are black. And farmers are easy targets i.e. outlying areas. As noted previously: when you put this all into perspective then this place ain't too shabby at all. But there are indeed people around (both in South Africa and overseas) that will use whatever platform they can to push their race narrative. Matter of fact: there's at least two Americans that have their own bullshit YouTube channels, not to mention a certain South African who now lives in New Zealand, and who choose to push this narrative. And it's doing damage. And oddly enough: even I'm getting tired of people bitching and squealing about the same old thing. For the first time in my (racial) life: I'd rather try be a part of the solution than continue to perpetuate the problem. And if that means telling the rest of the world or certain international organizations to fuck off? Then so be it. With all of our resources (and here I include Sub-Saharan Africa): there should not be a poor or destitute person anywhere to be seen. And politicians are squarely to blame.
But this one of my arguments on this thread (crass attempt to get back on topic of course). No longer can I blame my fellow black South Africans for resorting to crime and violence. Because I know what I'd do if I were living in their conditions (and I don't even need an excuse) and had been let down by the same people that had been promising me shit for decades and let me down. But this is my argument: you cannot blame law enforcement for this. Not here and not in America nor anywhere else.
I knew someone who was on welfare through a working family member of theirs who told me, why should I go work when you work for me so I can get my welfare check every month and laughed at me.
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