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> the implication here is post apartheid the government is corrupt and incompetent, it was corrupt before too just propped up better by foreign powers

A discussion about which one can knowledgeably have without any South African “lived experience,” apart from that of people then in that government.

Like, a group of diplomats in Jburg could probably have a more-informed discussion of American politics and history than a random assortment of Americans.



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