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As reported in news.com.au, South Africa's Parliament have voted to "expropriate" land from white farmers with no compensation.
From TFA:
The motion was brought by Julius Malema, leader of the radical Marxist opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, and passed overwhelmingly by 241 votes to 83 against. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Cope and the African Christian Democratic Party
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"The time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice," Mr Malema was quoted by News24 as telling parliament. "We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land."
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Mr Malema has been leading calls for land confiscation, forcing the ANC to follow suit out of fear of losing the support of poorer black voters. In 2016, he told supporters he was "not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now"
This policy has been tried in other African countries before, most recently Zimbabwe, with disastrous results. The farms appropriated usually fail rapidly, leading to food shortages and economic destruction. Will South Africa be able to avoid repeating history, or is it about to slide into 3rd World status?
(Score: 5, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:14PM (3 children)
I'm not especially sympathetic to the Palestinians, or to the Jews. I suppose that if I just HAD to choose between one or the other, I'm somewhat more likely to choose the Jews. Still - your idea that Palestinians didn't exist is nonsense. Maybe they didn't think of themselves as "Palestinian". Maybe they just thought of themselves as Arabs, and Christians, and Bedouins who were all subject to the Ottoman. Or, whatever. Still, though, there have been people living on that land for more generations that either of us care to count. The land was owned by individuals, families, corporations, municipalities, or whatever, going back into time. All of those people and families were simply booted off of the land they had tilled for countless generations.
And, no, not everything the Jews have done has been legal, ethical, moral, or right. There isn't enough propaganda in the world to make me buy into that idea.
Have you ever read ben Gurion's biography? He was one helluva hell raiser, if you didn't already know that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @06:32PM (1 child)
"I'm somewhat more likely to choose the Jews"
That is not good enough, goy. You can do better than that. You are now being put on a list and your behavior will be monitored. If you don't revert back to the "I will defend the jews with everything I've got and more" then there will be consequences.
Dick Goldberg,
AIPAC
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:06AM
I've got a list you can read - get on your knees, and I'll show it to you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:57PM
There were people there but most of the Palestinian moved there in the 20th century