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Stock_Rush2555 t1_j6k3udb wrote

South Africa is not listening. Some SA politician was JUST in the news for agreeing with Russia about a new world order without the west.

South African politicians are naive, unfortunately. Its sad to see a country that's struggled so much with exploitation cuddle up to a sociopathic regime, but what can you do? The narrative of blaming the west for your problems is just easy, and it's just way too common to ignore the good things the west does, so no one bats an eye at it.

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Alterscapes t1_j6kckk5 wrote

Not naive, just self serving and corrupt as fuck.

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Nucl3arDude t1_j6kgr7b wrote

The ANC is not naive, just viciously and systemically corrupt. They know the institutions of South African statehood have been raped, depleted and looted by their own hands, it's just a matter of time before they lose any central authority from Pretoria, probably in the next 20 years or so.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

In all seriousness, they're just taking the money, saying what Russia/China wants so long as it personally enriches them and will probably find themselves in quiet exile in 20 years. Probably in Singapore, and never having to face the consequences of their looting of an entire country's wealth and prosperity, and still not actually throwing in and living amongst the shithole states they claim to idolise.

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wemusthavethefaith t1_j6lxk5n wrote

Problem is Africa doesn't have an equal with the West. So they want a new world order, however the are getting into bed with the devil.

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AgnosticStopSign t1_j6kz8qx wrote

The west’s prominence cane at the expense of these exploited countries, which is why they want to unite

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Frasine t1_j6ldglq wrote

This take is incredibly off the rails. If you read any opinions from South Africans they're ripping open a new asshole into the ANC over this issue, amongst all the other corruption scandals that's been happening for quite a while now.

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AgnosticStopSign t1_j6lhczl wrote

Does that somehow invalidate what happened generations ago?

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Frasine t1_j6li4sw wrote

No? It's not even relevant to the ANC deciding to suck up to the Russians, at quite literally the worst time possible. It's like they're intentionally pissing off their already incensed population for shit and giggles.

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4bsurd t1_j6mcaoo wrote

No. But what you said also doesn't invalidate what was said about the ANC and it's corruption.

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