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Neat, how about something from this century? And the French Revolution is more complicated than rich people getting richer.
by amazingamazing 2y ago
Neat, how about something from this century? And the French Revolution is more complicated than rich people getting richer.
- ks2048 2y agoI don’t think we’re real close to a “French revolution”, but an executed CEO today could be a symptom of the situation. (Of course, we don’t know the motive yet. But just the online discourse around it is telling).
- amazingamazing 2y ago[flagged]
- ks2048 2y agoTo follow-up on my comment of “online discourse” about this: the Facebook post from the company (…deeply saddened…) has 20.6K laugh emojis vs ~4k in sympathy related)
- throwawayq3423 2y agoGo to South Africa and tell me if it feels safe. Specifically the rich areas.
- amazingamazing 2y agoFunny you say that - I was just in Johannesburg- which neighborhoods are you referring to?
- throwawayq3423 2y agoI didn't go to Johannesburg because my friend had gotten car jacked the week before. In my 4 months in cape town I was the only member of my friend group that didn't get mugged (most with guns). But Clifton and Camps Bay were super nice. One late night I made a sandwich for the security guard my friend's neighborhood had to hire to stand outside with a kalashankof at night, he was grateful. Compare that to other more poor African nations, there isn't 1/1000 the tension in the air as there is in SA. The reason for that is the extreme difference in wealth tied to racial tensions.