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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
(11-15-2017 06:19 PM)Emancipator Wrote: In other East African developments, isn't Tanzania moving towards more authoritarianism?
Speaking of Tanzania, if you need another reason as to why so much of Africa is so fucked, look no further than the albino-hunting that goes on there.
Murder, torture, and rape are terrible crimes, but in a sense you can understand that primal human instincts, however wrong, motivate them. But creating voodoo soups to cure HIV/AIDS by dismembering albinos? That's whacked.
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
Democracy doesn't work anywhere. A more intelligent electorate only pro-longs the collapse. How many college kids with IQs 110-120 gleefully accept the destructive indoctrination?
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
(11-15-2017 06:58 PM)david.garrett84 Wrote: (11-15-2017 06:19 PM)Emancipator Wrote: In other East African developments, isn't Tanzania moving towards more authoritarianism?
Speaking of Tanzania, if you need another reason as to why so much of Africa is so fucked, look no further than the albino-hunting that goes on there.
Murder, torture, and rape are terrible crimes, but in a sense you can understand that primal human instincts, however wrong, motivate them. But creating voodoo soups to cure HIV/AIDS by dismembering albinos? That's whacked.
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And that by having sex with a virgin will cure HIV and many other stuff, parents sell their daughters to men infected willing to pay money with a virgin thinking he can be cured, as long as you have a backward culture like this, and like Madagascar which now is spreading the plague by digging death bodies and dancing with them.
This is the problem of cultural relativism, the idea that all cultures are equal and is a matter of perception, which is a lie, there is a reason they have the plague, and I have a Big Mac.
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
(11-15-2017 04:48 PM)YossariansRight Wrote: (11-15-2017 07:51 AM)Piankhi Wrote: Zimbabwean born here. Not old enough to remember white colonial rule but hope order can be restored. It is a shame how a great county collapsed under the watch of Africas 'most educated president'.
In many former colonies, those educated in Western countries saw democracy in action - and quickly learned how to PREVENT it back home. Few former colonies of liberal democracies transitioned to successful democracies themselves for this very reason.
Part of that is because around the time the colonial powers started to pull out, they left behind draconian security services legislation that was a relic of deep in the Cold War and a bit earlier - the sort of legislation that allowed governments to assume emergency powers and start locking people up without trial. The colonial powers had achieved a sort of balance around this over time (see, for example, the ABC trial back in the seventies in England) but the natives who picked up that legislation then used it to legitimise the sort of thing they've been doing ever since .
As you say, though, some of the natives were quick studies. Lee Kuan Yew, for example, in Singapore: he was seriously smart, had a double first out of Oxford in Law if I remember right. He'd ridden the Communist tiger for a while and then shot it right between the eyes the moment he didn't need it anymore. He then moved to turn Singapore into what North Korea would look like if the Kims had come out of England and happened to rule a location right on a hub of major trade routes: a parliament, but dominated one political party that hasn't lost an election for years. Freedom of religion, so long as you don't criticise the government in any way, shape or form. Freedom of speech, provided you make jokes about the PAP or Lee Kuan Yew in whispers. Corporal punishment for spitting or vandalism, while leaving aside that it's a major hub for gunrunners (North Korea was trading via Chinpo Corp for its weapons out of there), endangered wildlife, and counterfeit goods. The serious nature of the last item can't be understated: counterfeit goods doesn't just include watches, read a book like Airframe and you'll see counterfeit goods include fucking aircraft parts.
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
My educated guess on the situation:
- The last few months the Zimbabwean economy has deteriorated even further, with the government starting to run out of cash
- Mugabe has previously always prioritised the armed forces. Even when doctors and teachers did not get paid, the soldiers would always get paid.
- It seems that Mugabe's wife, Grace, was manipulating him into shifting his
priorities away from the army, leading to the very real possibility that the
government was going to stop paying the army. This was evident for a while.
- The army, a few months ago, decided on a two plans: A) lobby army-friendly politicians to fight back against Grace and restore funding to the army B) overthrow the government should plan A fail
- Plan A did fail, as Grace Mugabe ordered a purge of army-aligned politicians. This led to the army activating Plan B, which must have been well thought out and planned well ahead considering how smoothly the coup occurred
- Now the bizarre part. The army wants money. Only international sources are available. The international community will not lend money to a military dictatorship. Hence, the army is desperately keeping the semblance of democracy going. The new government must have some sort of legitimacy in the eyes of the world, or else it won't get the donor/lender funding it desperately requires in order to pay off the army. Therefore democratic processes, such as impeachment, elections, etc. will be undergone, although whether these will represent genuine democracy or will be just for show will remain to be seen.
- Should the new government fail to get funding, and therefore fail to pay the soldiers, the country will collapse into civil war as unemployed soldiers flock to whichever warlord can pay them a salary. Considering that Zimbabwe is surrounded by relatively rich but also militarily unready countries (South Africa, Botswana, Zambia), the war would likely spill over as gangs engage in cross-border raids for loot.
- Should the government get funding, expect the army to be prioritised above all other government functions. The army will be paid first, and then the rest (if there is any money left over). Expect healthcare and education to deteriorate. On the positive side, the government may offer very sweet, cheap deals to get investors in; given the country's history of disrespecting property rights, these will obviously be very risky but the payoff might be great.
Just my 2c.
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
(11-18-2017 03:24 PM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote: - Now the bizarre part. The army wants money. Only international sources are available. The international community will not lend money to a military dictatorship. Hence, the army is desperately keeping the semblance of democracy going. The new government must have some sort of legitimacy in the eyes of the world, or else it won't get the donor/lender funding it desperately requires in order to pay off the army. Therefore democratic processes, such as impeachment, elections, etc. will be undergone, although whether these will represent genuine democracy or will be just for show will remain to be seen.
- Should the new government fail to get funding, and therefore fail to pay the soldiers, the country will collapse into civil war as unemployed soldiers flock to whichever warlord can pay them a salary. Considering that Zimbabwe is surrounded by relatively rich but also militarily unready countries (South Africa, Botswana, Zambia), the war would likely spill over as gangs engage in cross-border raids for loot.
If this is indeed the case (and it sounds reasonable) then it's a great opportunity for China to come swooping in with some of their vast-and-sure-to-lose-value-over-time dollar reserves and dispense some benjamins to the desperate military leadership. In exchange they could demand to low-key rule the country with a firm pimp hand behind the scenes and make it China's bitch along with all the mineral rights of course. If I was Xi Jinping I'd demand they throw in a few hundred of their most beautiful, HIV-free bubble butt teenage virgins as part of the deal. Of course I wouldn't want to pollute China's glorious bloodline so after I were done with them it'd be:
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RE: Coup brewing in Zimbabwe.
(11-18-2017 09:19 PM)Higgs Bosun Wrote: (11-18-2017 03:24 PM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote: - Now the bizarre part. The army wants money. Only international sources are available. The international community will not lend money to a military dictatorship. Hence, the army is desperately keeping the semblance of democracy going. The new government must have some sort of legitimacy in the eyes of the world, or else it won't get the donor/lender funding it desperately requires in order to pay off the army. Therefore democratic processes, such as impeachment, elections, etc. will be undergone, although whether these will represent genuine democracy or will be just for show will remain to be seen.
- Should the new government fail to get funding, and therefore fail to pay the soldiers, the country will collapse into civil war as unemployed soldiers flock to whichever warlord can pay them a salary. Considering that Zimbabwe is surrounded by relatively rich but also militarily unready countries (South Africa, Botswana, Zambia), the war would likely spill over as gangs engage in cross-border raids for loot.
If this is indeed the case (and it sounds reasonable) then it's a great opportunity for China to come swooping in with some of their vast-and-sure-to-lose-value-over-time dollar reserves and dispense some benjamins to the desperate military leadership. In exchange they could demand to low-key rule the country with a firm pimp hand behind the scenes and make it China's bitch along with all the mineral rights of course. If I was Xi Jinping I'd demand they throw in a few hundred of their most beautiful, HIV-free bubble butt teenage virgins as part of the deal. Of course I wouldn't want to pollute China's glorious bloodline so after I were done with them it'd be:
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Chinese emperor game sounds very appealing to me
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