Posted on 02/24/2014 12:24:21 PM PST by massmike
Moonbat demigod Nelson Mandela’s collectivist legacy continues to unfold in what was once a prosperous and relatively civilized country:
The Economic Freedom Fighters have stuck to their guns for the nationalisation of mines and expropriation of land without compensation.
Party leader Julius Malema on Saturday unveiled the organisation’s elections manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg.
“We want to do away with colonial patterns of ownership in South Africa,” he said.
That means if a white person owns it, the government is going to take it, just like in Zimbabwe, which has been reduced to basket case status by similar policies.
Malema’s manifesto consists mainly of one word: nationalization. Very little will be left in private hands if he has his way. The name of his party is appropriate: it exists to fight economic freedom.
Malema revved up supporters by proclaiming that after 20 years of democracy, blacks are still poor. The implication is that it is time to give up on democracy, and go whole hog on the communism.
When communism doesn’t work either, there will be no going back. After the wealth that was produced when property rights were honored has been devoured by the government, there will be nothing left but poverty and tyranny, as in Zimbabwe.
The insanity of Malema’s agenda guarantees economic ruin. For example,
Malema said his party believed all jobs in the country should be permanent.
The EFF would implement legislation that would ensure this.
What effect will it have on employment if once hired, a worker can never be let go? No one likely to vote for the EFF would think it through far enough to wonder.
Malema also plans to impose set wages for various occupations, to inflict nationalized health insurance that will incorporate “traditional healers” (i.e., witch doctors), and to pass out all sorts of goodies like social grants, increased pensions, increased child support grants, free education, scholarships to study abroad, et cetera, ad nauseam. Peggy the Moocher would love it.
Any of these goodies that actually materialize will be financed by Western aid, since there is no chance South Africa will generate significant wealth without property rights.
Does Haiti count?. Once considered the “Paris of the Caribbean” it actually had a higher GDP than America. Of course the French gave complete control to the “black population” over two hundred years ago.
It has been ruled by blacks ever since.
Today it’s a world class cesspool on every level. The World Bank notes that more than half of Haiti’s population lives on less than $1 a day, while about 80% of the country lives on less than $2 a day. The country’s estimated unemployment rate as of 2010 was 40.6%.
It is the poorest country in the world.
Sounds like a worthwhile book.
It is, for the most part, a good book, and a good summary of the culture wars. Bear in mind that Mercer is a South African liberal, and she still holds some curious positions, even if she describes herself as libertarian. I enjoyed the book, but I cannot stand reading most of her columns.
I'm surprised there are any white land holders left anywhere in S. Africa...
That fellow sounds like a likely nominee for the Democrats in 2016.
Better start stocking up on that toilet paper now.
If the USA had any sense we’d let white people from South Africa immigrate before the genocide starts.
Obama only wants Muslims to come here
Short answer: no.
Majority of them are as you fear...they will not stand tall.
“...a large part of them are English-speaking liberals who fought against the Afrikaners, ...”
Then they deserve what follows. F*** ‘em.
Then as I said in the post immediately above this one - they get what they deserve.
They’re complicit in their own demise.
Breaking news......mandela is still dead
My friends family is six or more generations removed from France living in SA. For over 20 years I have been warning them as to what was coming their way. They should have seen it since SA is thick with refugees from Zimbabwe, the SA folks call “When-We’s”, because every conversation with someone from Zimbabwe start with “When we lived in Zimbabwe....”
These people even have photo’s of Mandela on their mantle. They lost their spirit somewhere.
“...They lost their spirit somewhere....”
And their minds too, evidently.
Sorry for your friends. They’re probably going to be “Kulaked” like Stalin did to the Ukrainians.
Same playbook, different set of thugs.
The brainwashing of our people has been almost unbelievable.
I say “Go For It.”
Let people see once and for all the failure of Communism.
Yes South Africa’ try Communism, then all - except the ruling class will be poor - the Ruling class will be RICHER!
Sad to say, but yes. By the time they believe what the consequences are, it will be way too late, and South Africa will become yet another African statistic. I quite frankly don’t care what happens to the liberals there, they are still fighting “apartheid” 20 years later, even though very few of the current issues are related to that.
One just has to feel for the 400,000 Afrikaners living in absolute poverty in squatter camps, not because they won’t fight, but because they have no means to do so. They do not qualify for government help, and charities cannot give to them exclusively.
“...One just has to feel for the 400,000 Afrikaners living in absolute poverty in squatter camps, not because they won’t fight, but because they have no means to do so...”
In a better time, with better people in charge, we’d be airdropping advisers and weapons to them to help them.
Hopefully they’ll find a way to leave and bring their brains, expertise, and productive mindset here.
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