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> and how everyone lives basically in a castle with electric fences. I feel like this is a huge exaggeration. I'm extremely far from an expert, but I'm in SA (
by doix 4y ago
> and how everyone lives basically in a castle with electric fences.
I feel like this is a huge exaggeration. I'm extremely far from an expert, but I'm in SA (right now) surfing and it's not that bad everywhere. Cape Town and the bigger cities felt like that, but I went through a bunch of small surfing towns/villages/suburbs and stayed in a bunch of places that didn't have electric fences.
They did have a sticker saying they paid for some security company, but that was it.
The inequality is absolutely disgusting though, I agree. It's such a shame, because it's such an amazing country.
Staying here longer definitely crossed my mind, so I see what people mean by quality of life. The food is amazing, amazing surfing and hiking spots, amazing wild-life, the list goes on and on. I really wish it was possible to fix the inequality, but I can't even begin to imagine what that would involve. I did my best to tip well, but obviously that makes no difference at the macro level.
- lelanthran 4y ago> I really wish it was possible to fix the inequality, but I can't even begin to imagine what that would involve. It's not possible to do that, because the government is fairly and democratically elected[1], and the voters who keep supporting this government are too short-sighted to see that trying to vote themselves more handouts doesn't work in the long run. [1] When a government stays in power for almost 3 decades, all the while being fairly elected by the voters, and the voters suffer because of it, who exactly are you going to blame? What exactly will you "fix"?