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SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal
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Unhappy1
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Its why his survival is based on DA's support, he has to play nicely with them or his time as head looter comes to an end.
ShaunSA
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So not just aware of the schit. But actively participating in it. Makes me wonder about the DA
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So not just aware of the schit. But actively participating in it. Makes me wonder about the DA
The better the devil you know, who wants that Mashatile being president, will spend the countries last cents on fancy hotels.
Cyril is kinda like those old turds in the sun, still schit but atleast it doesnt stink. The rest of them are steaming fresh ones.
NarrowBandFtw
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Chile in the 80's and 90's had rapid growth after a military coup (i.e. after hitting rock bottom)
Miracle of Chile - Wikipedia
Many ex-USSR nations experienced significant growth after the USSR collapsed (again, rock bottom)
Thirty years of economic transition in the former Soviet Union: Microeconomic and institutional dimensions
Russian Journal of Economics (RuJE) is an open access, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that publishes high-quality research articles in all fields of economics related to policy issues. Prominent on the RuJE agenda is original research on the Russian economy, economic policy and institutional...
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and the current fairytale rise of Argentina from the ashes of multiple debt defaults (rock bottom)
Milei’s free market defies experts, revives Argentina’s economy: Ivo Vegter - Biznews
Over 100 economists warned against Javier Milei’s economic policies. Over 100 economists were dead wrong.
irr.org.za
in every one of those cases, and others, countries needed to hit a low point to get a catalyst for real change, sure it is not a guarantee that reaching the low point causes a turnaround, but one thing seems certain: there is never a turnaround without hitting a low point first
NarrowBandFtw
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that's some weak defeatist bullcrap
if the GNU collapses the ANC will not have the numbers to pick a president, there's no need to worry about who they'd pick
Yes, but the point is, we have no idea of how far down is rock bottom. What does it look like that we can say, "Ah, we've reached rock bottom"?Chile in the 80's and 90's had rapid growth after a military coup (i.e. after hitting rock bottom)
Miracle of Chile - Wikipedia
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Many ex-USSR nations experienced significant growth after the USSR collapsed (again, rock bottom)
Thirty years of economic transition in the former Soviet Union: Microeconomic and institutional dimensions
Russian Journal of Economics (RuJE) is an open access, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that publishes high-quality research articles in all fields of economics related to policy issues. Prominent on the RuJE agenda is original research on the Russian economy, economic policy and institutional...rujec.org
and the current fairytale rise of Argentina from the ashes of multiple debt defaults (rock bottom)
Milei’s free market defies experts, revives Argentina’s economy: Ivo Vegter - Biznews
Over 100 economists warned against Javier Milei’s economic policies. Over 100 economists were dead wrong.
in every one of those cases, and others, countries needed to hit a low point to get a catalyst for real change, sure it is not a guarantee that reaching the low point causes a turnaround, but one thing seems certain: there is never a turnaround without hitting a low point first
NarrowBandFtw
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doesn't matter how far down it is, our only hope is to slam the pedal to the metal to get there as fast as possible
the slow downward spiral of the last 30+ years is not in anyone's interest other than ANC thieves
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Oi! Leave me out of this...
And a rapid descent to the bottom is also nobodies interest since I doubt any of us are prepared for the shyteshow that that bottom would represent.
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This is only true if the EFF and/or MK refuse to join the ANC in the GNU...
The notion that everything collapses without the DA in government is utter nonsense.
Oh, I doubt it would be a linear curve. It'll keep getting steeper. But then growth also works like that. I doubt anybody in the ANC knows about or can read a graph though.
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The BBC made Cyan Boujee the face of human trafficking in the world. 
South Africa is Russia's friend. This reeks of a third force trying to drive a wedge between that friendship.
And they sure picked the candidate for it, uniformed and willing to do anything for money.
South Africa is Russia's friend. This reeks of a third force trying to drive a wedge between that friendship.
And they sure picked the candidate for it, uniformed and willing to do anything for money.
What do the DA and Patekile got to do with each other?
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You mean besides the fact that he leads the police in the only province the DA has majority in?
Drugs, gang activity and death, children's deaths at that are the order of the day in the Western Cape.
You'll never hear of criminals having more power and sway than Mkhwanazi in KZN because the man knows what he's doing.
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You still don't know that the SA Police Service is a national and not a provincial organisation?
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Can imagine Trumps face
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