Why it's so hard to remove Zuma from power
30 October 2017, 09:14
I spent 5 years in South Africa and love your country dearly. I wish that I was living in Cape Town now!
I had a "Eureka moment" this morning about why it is so hard to kick the corrupt politicians out of power in South Africa.
In the US we have horrible gun violence with powerful automatic weapons used to kill over 50 people at a time. Almost anyone in the US can buy these weapons. When efforts are made to make it harder to buy these very deadly military weapons, the gun lobby spends billions of dollars to stop any restrictions. You know that old saying:
"Give them an inch and they will take a mile."
The gun lobby is afraid that, if any concessions are made, it will be the start of a process that ends with all guns in private hands in the USA are confiscated (over 300,000,000 by the way)
Likewise when the voting public is confronted with the prospect of removing Zuma and his corrupt associates from power, the same mind set kicks in.
People start to remember Nelson Mandela and the awful struggle to end apartheid. They fear that removing Zuma and the corrupt associates would be the first step leading to the reversal of all the gains that were made fighting apartheid.
It's an idea worth some thought and consideration.
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