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As opposed to what? White rule and most people eating shit and dying. I’d rather eat shit and die while not being a slave.

That being said, I think it’s going to take a few decades but Africa is going to be alright. There are plenty of success stories there and Asia and South America have managed to gradually pull themselves out of the muck that colonialism put them in, Africa will get there too.

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You make a fine point... maybe their country did get reduced to a heap of corruption and banditry by a gang of terrorists--but at least the whites aren't in charge!

It was a shit pile during apartheid for everyone except the whites.

So the whites were the only ones who managed to keep their house clean--now that they're deposed, what has been gained? What have the blacks accomplished with their autonomy?

that's not really true, white ruled south africa had an illegal immigration problem because conditions in the countries all around them were far worse and many surrounding black peoples wanted to get in to south africa to improve their lives. the conditions were not as black and white as the skin colors were.

I'm not defending apartheid or racism or stripping anybody of political rights, but living in a functional economy beats living in a a nonfunctioning one.

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