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To: 3Fingas; Leaning Right; MoochPooch
Some compare SA to Zimbabwe ...well, in Zimbabwe you had a strong man ruler for a long time, meaning all the craziness was coming from him. No such thing in SA

Didn't finish that sentence properly. I meant that in Zimbabwe at least all the crazy is from one person, since Mugabe is the real strongman there. In SA crazy will come from many angles, and it has the potential of being FAR worse. Far worse by several degrees of magnitude. If the proverbial balloon ever goes up in SA it will be nothing like Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe you had lots of crazy coming from one man, in a country that even at its peak was never close to current South Africa economically. In SA what you have, to use an analogy, is like taking some choice parts out of the prime hedgefund areas of Connecticut, mixing them with some of the shopping malls from Bel Air (I got a very nice automatic mall last Wednesday from a shopping mall in Jo'burg), and then ...all around them ...putting a mix of the craziest favelas from Rio and slums from Mexico city. If the balloon goes up it will NOT be like Zimbabwe. Zim is a relatively poor country ruled by one man with an iron fist. SA is a relatively wealthy country with a lot of conflicting interest and the vast majority of people not participating in any of the income. As I said, all it needs is the right populist spark and you'll see Hugo Chavez's ghost wondering why he never thought up such stuff.

38 posted on 05/08/2013 12:42:14 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: spetznaz

very nice automatic mall = very nice automatic watch


39 posted on 05/08/2013 12:43:06 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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