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Barack Obama says the rich owe ~~the world~~ you a huge debt

[Quartz] Johannesburg - Barack Obama could have been appearing on a pop-star’s stage. Yet the message he delivered in the annual Nelson Mandela lecture was far more somber than the setting.

The elite class whose rise has been fueled by their outsized share of global riches, he said in very direct terms, needs to take care of those left behind.

"For all the magnificence of the global economy, all the shining skyscrapers that have transformed the landscape around the world, entire communities, entire neighborhoods, entire cities, entire regions have been bypassed," Obama declared. "For far too many people, the more things have changed, the more things stay the same."

A crowd of 15,000 had given the former US president a standing ovation as he walked on, and again when he took to the podium. Some even chanted his 2008 campaign slogan, "Yes we can!"

Previous speakers at for the Mandela lecture have included high-profile names like Bill Clinton, Mo Ibrahim and Bill Gates, yet it was the first time that the lecture was held in a stadium. Visitors to the Wanderers cricket stadium in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs dressed up for the occasion. To reward them for braving the South African winter, the Nelson Mandela foundation handed out blankets in the open-air venue.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-18 03:26|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 Barack Obama says the rich owe the world a huge debt

Translation: You are correct in demanding the property your white oppressors.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-18 03:30|| 2018-07-18 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 You Owe the world a huge debt. Undre you, I saw Iraq, Syria, Libya, Honduras, Venezuela, El Salvador and many others collapse you piece of dog shit.
South Africa is not an Apartheid State as Zimbabwe was which you also backed you cretin.

One good thing I have to say about this evil assHOLE is I will never see him again when he dies.

Posted by newc 2018-07-18 03:46|| 2018-07-18 03:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Nelson Mandela was a commie putz that drove that Nation into destitution. I never saw him again.

Also, you owe me for Haiti, Obama.

Posted by newc 2018-07-18 03:47|| 2018-07-18 03:47|| Front Page Top

#4 When he was POTUS, I had to pay attention to what he says.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-18 04:08|| 2018-07-18 04:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Commonly referred to as 'community organizing.' The taking from one group, and giving to another. It's what he does.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-18 07:59|| 2018-07-18 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Barry made about $20 million while in office. He can start by giving me some of that boodle.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-07-18 08:33|| 2018-07-18 08:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Baraq more than doubled the national debt to over $20 trillion while he was in office so I'd say he's the one who owes us.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-07-18 13:52|| 2018-07-18 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 And how much was his speaking fee for this event?

Posted by Pheresing Gloque4764 2018-07-18 20:09|| 2018-07-18 20:09|| Front Page Top

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