“Is South Africa’s land reform an election gimmick?”
I’m reminded of a Loony Toons short I watched as a kid.
Where a guy is auditioning to be in a vaudeville show for Porky Pig. he puts on a devil’s outfit, and drinks a substantial amount flammable liquid, then light a match and ingests it only to explode.
Porky is impressed by the showmanship, and the guy says basically that it is indeed a great gimmick, but the problem is that you can only do it once.
So if it is a gimmick....then it will be one hell of an explosion.
“Once we addressed and resolved the land question, the country will take off,” he said.”
Ooooooooh yeah...blow up real good.
Ditto for socialism/communism. You can only confiscate what people have once... after that, they stop producing.
If I recall correctly, it was the guy's GHOST that made the reply.
The starvation and poverty produced will cling to the ordinary people who supported this more than to those who led the charge. The elites will manage to steal enough to survive.