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2004-04-22 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-22 12:22:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The steps from capitalism to totalitarianism

Step one - ruin local agriculture
Step two - convince international investors that all property is at risk of confiscation
Step three - apply for free food
Step four - gain control of food distribution
etc.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-22 2:24:28 AM|| 2004-04-22 2:24:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 There is a lesson from history for whites in Namibia and Zimbabwe - GET OUT...GET OUT NOW!!

Scrape together every penny you can get and get out!! This is going to get far worse before it gets better. Cut your losses and RUN!

When I was young, I use to watch those NAZI movies and wonder several things. One was...why didn't the Jews leave. At some point, when they were wearing stars and their neighbors disappeared, why didn't they just GO??? As I got older, I realized it's not that easy to drop your job, life, home, etc. and that optimism was most likely the culprit.

But there comes a time when you have to face the reality of a situation as it exists. Unless your plan is to stay and fight, possibly to the death....GO!!!! At least send your families away.

Posted by B 2004-04-22 8:14:35 AM|| 2004-04-22 8:14:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yet another African leader drunk on Marxist ideology. Namibia will wake up from this nightmare but not anytime soon and not before the inevitable mass murders Marxists are famous for committing take place

Posted by badanov 2004-04-22 8:18:45 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-04-22 8:18:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 lots of countries have instituted land reform over the years, including Taiwan. Land reform in Taiwan did not lead to totalitarianism, it did not even lead to socialism.

Of course there are smart and not so smart ways to do land reform. and of course compensation is necessary so that property owners in general can have security (Im quite sure thats how it was done in Taiwan) It may also help to have a relatively homogenous society (like Taiwan) and a relatively low degree of corruption (which IIUC was true in Taiwan by the '50s, despite the KMT corruption on the mainland). Not sure ANY african country can pull it off.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-22 10:26:11 AM|| 2004-04-22 10:26:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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