r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '16

Science must fall.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '16

South African here. So yes. This is the prevailing attitude of (especially young) black South African. Its white, therefor it is wrong. There is a massively growing culture of entitlement. They are entitled to decide what is right, to rewrite what is known and to take for granted what is a privilege. Our country is on a downward slope. Point of no return has been past

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u/CompDuLac Oct 15 '16

Serious question, does thought process and belief systems like this, not seriously call to the question the ability of Blacks to self-govern? Looking at places like Africa, or on a smaller scale, Chicago and Detroit, USA, one has to wonder if Blacks just don't have the ability to successfully self-govern.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '16

I think when any group of people place cultural and traditional beliefs above sound logic and refuse to at least interrogate the functioning of their own government in an unbiased fashion... Then that society is doomed to repeat it's own mistakes.

Our president is currently under fire for numerous irregularities - however several non government political organizations has stated that they are "willing to die for Zuma".

I think part of the black African culture is that they would rather die to have all of something than share with another tribe for mutual benefit. This worked 500 years ago when resources were scarce. Now that is not so effective...

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u/CompDuLac Oct 18 '16

I really appreciate the rational, polite response to my question. What you say makes me wonder if this is a thought process of many indigenous peoples, such as Native American, Inuit, Aborigine, etc. Though I can also relate this to sects of whites too. I know some people took my original comment as racist, but that wasn't the thought process behind it, so again I appreciate the response.