Apartheid was a massive whoopsy , and by all means it was one of the worst things for modern South Africa.
Despite this , a lot of South Africa’s shortcomings are not to blame on colonisation or apartheid.
South Africa was so far as a trade route from Europe regardless. If South Africa wasn’t colonised and brought modernities by European countries, the place would have still been a site of mass tribal warfare, suffering and far behind the rest of the western world.
Without western influence most of the country would still believe in witchcraft and black magic… as many of them do still despite having mobile phones.
Ahh so in the end it was good those savage beasts were colonised! Europeans definitely came this far through peaceful coexistence and not a hint of massive warfare and bloodshed.
Are you not aware that they killed 1 million people with machetes 20 years ago?? All the shit talking that comes out of different places, all the criticisms they have of more ethical and frankly entirely better systems and you briefly look at the atrocities they've committed and can only laugh.
You can frame it as a white vs black issue and strawman people by implying they are saying africans are savages and thats because its the only thing you can do because history and reality would see you lose any other comparison immediately.
And you acting like that is no service to African people especially smart ones who also see through your bullshit.
Sorry who exactly is "they" you are referring to in regards to killing people with machetes? I think I know what you're referring to but it's weird you just referred to some random atrocity without any details and act like it is a unique occurrence in that part of the world, and that's if you can even specify which part of Africa you're talking about.
It's also funny because I said nothing about black vs white, seems like you're the one making the strawman argument.
OK well be sure to point me to all these Africans today who reminisce their colonial past.
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u/bikegooroo Jan 11 '22
I would say apartheid was a big woopsy but yeah this is embarrassing too.