Socialism Leaves South Africa in the Dark: What happened when a nation tried Bernie's power plan

Frontpage Mag ^ | 05/16/2019 | Daniel Greenfield

[Bedford Forrest]

Curious, why wouldn’t they just copy the successes of other successful Black-led countries instead of asking the Chinese for a handout?

Really??? Exactly which other 'successful Black-led countries' did you have in mind? Zimbabwe perhaps. No, but wait - Kenya - that will work.

If you want to talk about Eskom, a year or so prior to the takeover I was driving from Kimberly back to Pretoria in the middle of the night. All was dark - until we passed Soweto which was lit up like Times Square, at 2:00 AM!!! I was even more struck when my passenger [Afrikaaner born and bred] informed me that nobody in Soweto paid for their electricity - Soweto then having +/- 2M residents.

[Altura Ct.]

Who could of predicted this?? /s

Where are all the do-gooder AH now, i.e. Bono, B Springsteen etc that helped to facilitate this destruction?

Certainly Marxism/Socialism is at work here but there is also another factor that rarely if ever gets mentioned in these articles that talk about SA demise.

[LucyT]

Question: What did socialists use for lighting before candles?

Answer: Electricity

[GOPJ]

...two huge coal plants. Medupi and Kusile instead became hugely expensive boondoggles that continually break down because of overuse, staff incompetence and poor planning. Eskom’s engineers and brass were unqualified ANC cronies brought in through affirmative action, and were incapable of managing a project of this scale. The power plants that were meant to provide for South Africa’s future are rated as being only 40% reliable.

This could be our future if we choose a sweet talking socialist to lead us into hell on earth...

[GOPJ]

“We will nationalize the land and place it under the control of a worker state," its national chair, Comrade Irwin Jim, the general secretary of the Union of Metalworkers, declared. "Under a Socialist government, no one will own land, therefore allowing for the worker-controlled state to decide how land is allocated, farmed and used." It won't just be mass murder - it'll also be mass starvation... I DO NOT want to save these people from their own stupidity and greed... not our people - not our treasure.

[rxsid]

"Leftist response: It works in Scandinavia!
Scandinavian response: We abandoned socialism a long time ago, because it doesn’t work."

And if there was no United States military protecting them, they would have to at least double their own military spending from their current 1 - 1.5% of GDP. [1]

That of course would leave a lot less to pay for their "free" health care or university.

[GOPJ]

And if there was no United States military protecting them, they would have to at least double their own military spending from their current 1 - 1.5% of GDP. [1] That of course would leave a lot less to pay for their "free" health care or university.

One more reason to ask all 'Europeans' to pay their fair share.

[unlearner]

Thanks for sharing the video. It’s worth watching, as you said.

[unlearner]

Thanks for sharing the video. It’s worth watching, as you said.

[N. Theknow]

Wakanda!

Very UN-successful from what little I saw of the phenomenon known as Wakanda!

Population still in mud huts. Albeit the power lines and cables must have all been buried underground as I saw no power lines, antennas or sat dishes.