I feel bad for the formerly Zimbabwean farmers who were robbed 17 years ago. As for those who return, they are fools and deserve what they get. If Mugabe wants Zimbabwe to eat, he needs to send his farmers elsewhere to learn how to grow food and then let the people he chose to keep in his country grow that food. Anyone who is not Zimbabwean (which does not include those chased out when their land was stolen) but still gets involved there is a special kind of stupid.
It is one of the most remarkable stories of Africa. Here was a land that could have feed the entire continent, and if you’d left them alone....there would be a thriving economy, with everyone on the plus-side.
The other part of the story, after 17 years they could not train enough natives to operate a farm. Not just planting
and harvesting but managing resources and so forth.
The other part of the story, after 17 years they could not train enough natives to operate a farm. Not just planting
and harvesting but managing resources and so forth.
IQ < 85 found it a hard roe to hoe. Farming didn’t turn out so easy huh? Didn’t realize the personal investment required to make the difference between rough acreage and abundant production.
Now the value is nil, want someone else to build it all back up. Dictator seized a large time investment in the first taking! Now realizes it wasn’t the land, but the people working the land, that were of value. Can’t openly admit it, without losing face.