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stevenleser

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3. Oh it's only half snark. And it totally deserves that half.

Reply to El_Johns (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 05:49 AM

Jan 2014

The ANC and Mandela focused on getting equality for everyone and uniting the country.

To on top of that nationalize industries and wrest companies and land from people and attempt to redistribute it all at the same time would have been disruptive at best and most likely would have turned South Africa into Haiti.

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On taming a revolution: the South African case [View all] El_Johns Jan 2014 OP

Of course, the ANC should have destroyed all existing economic infrastructure and thrown out stevenleser Jan 2014 #1

Why would you have such a reaction to this article? I don't see the need for the snark. Or the point El_Johns Jan 2014 #2

Oh it's only half snark. And it totally deserves that half. stevenleser Jan 2014 #3

First: El_Johns Jan 2014 #4