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That is also what they thought in Zimbabwe.
by joubert 17y ago
That is also what they thought in Zimbabwe.
- kiba 17y agoYou mean the government force all those white farmers out of the country and replaced with government fools who doesn't know how to run a farm? That's a pretty big case of shooting your country in the foot, not to mention a pretty big dose of racism.
- ErrantX 17y agoand they solved that one badly as we all know (seriously my point was that the whit farmer they mentioned seemed completely unapologetic about the situation he helped continue!)
- ErrantX 17y agoIm sorry this all came across in the way it did, reading it back I threw the comment too loosely. I'd never want to condone the sort of thing that went on in ZImbabwe. Those white farmers have a perfect right to be where they are. But the way the article presented that one guy made me think they sound like part of the problem. If the minimum wage is so low and they are "rich farmers" recognising the problem (as he does, admittedly, do) then surely they could raise wages. Charities always talk about stimulating the economy in a sustainable way - surely better wages and decent working structure is a good idea! It could just be how they worded the article but it sounded to me like that farmer at least was somewhat abusing the super-cheap local labour to turn a big profit. Hence: part of the problem.