On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 09:31:34 Tim Josling wrote:
It is possible that a) Nelson Mandela was in many ways an admirable person (IMHO true), and b) Majority rule will result in a bad outcome for almost all South Africans, worse than continued white majority rule (IMHO quite likely), and c) It was in some sense the right outcome (in line with the argument that one person one vote democracy is the least worst system, in spite of its many ill effects across the world).
During Apartheid black people were effectively slaves. They were denied freedom to go where they wished, denied education, and could be killed by white people without much restriction. It doesn't seem possible for things to be much worse than that, nothing less than full legal slavery could do it. Whether South Africa is successful in the future depends to some extent on the US. If the Republican party gains power then they will try to mess things up because they hate black people. If the Democratic party stays in it's current shape then they will continue colonial policies that destroy the economies of all "developing" countries. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/