Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm show on Amazon is the most radicalizing piece of mainstream media I’ve ever seen
Just one example (bear with me):
Badgers became a protected species in Britain 40+ years ago.
The population has exploded and now frequently transmits tuberculosis to cows
But farmers can’t cull the badger population to protect their cattle because the government still considers them to be endangered
Instead of addressing the root cause, the UK has the most batshit testing regime for cattle
There’s no TB vaccine. So the cattle have to get tested. The vets administering the test have to measure welts on the cows neck. Whether a cow lives or dies comes down to a vet trying to discern 1mm on a caliper (reactive vs non reactive).
If a cow tests positive, the farm (already running on super thin margins) is quarantined and starts hemorrhaging money.
Jeremy Clarkson’s cow (pregnant with twins) has an inconclusive test so it’s separated from the herd. It receives a second inconclusive test so they have to kill it (before it can give birth to the twins).
Now here’s the kicker: the autopsy reveals no sign of TB. It was a healthy cow needlessly killed
So - silver lining the farm should be removed from quarantine, right? WRONG - it’s still under quarantine and has to keep testing and can’t sell its beef
Kafkaesque doesn’t even begin to describe how f’d up it is for British farmers
Everyone says getting your licence costs R5,000.
That's not a law. That's a habit.
This is the official Gauteng Roads and Transport price list. Government set. Government enforced.
Learner's application: R108
Learner's issue: R60
Driving licence application: R228
Driving licence issue: R228
Total: R624.
That's what your licence actually costs.
The thousands people spend go to driving school. And driving school is not a legal requirement. It never was.
The K53 manual covers
everything in your learner's test.
It costs around R150 at CNA or Exclusive Books. You can buy it, study it, and book your learner's test directly at your local DLTC.
Once you pass, any person with a valid licence can sit with you legally while you practice on public roads. A parent. A sibling. A friend. Free.
When you're ready, book your driving test. Pay R228. Pass. Pay R228 for the card.
Done.
Driving lessons are genuinely useful. A good instructor sharpens your skills and raises your pass rate. But they were always a shortcut, not a requirement.
R624 is what government charges.
R5,000 is what the market sells.
Knowing the difference could save you thousands before you even start driving.
Your licence is affordable. The fear around it is what costs you.
And it hides behind language barrier. I can bet most people have sang that Afrikaans part but have no idea what it means.
If you look at the National Anthem and break it down from a poetic standpoint. It was a deliberate structural compromise between a hymn of spiritual liberation and a poem of territorial ownership.
"Uit die blou van onse hemel" (From the blue of our heavens)
This line immediately introduced possession ONSE(OUR). Basically the sky isn't just a spiritual realm where God sits, it belongs to the land. And the land belongs to THEM (ONSE)
In the entire stanza of the Afrikaans part, every line describes something tied to land. In stanza 2&3, speaks about the seas and the mountains. Which is also land.
Not to be a party pooper but colonisation wasn’t just about taking land; it’s about conquering the mind of the colonised. As black South Africans, we were basically asked to sing the praises of the very system that oppressed us, all under the name of the "Rainbow Nation." (Mandela my dhiye🕊️)
Pure coloniality.
Imagine hearing “I’m going to make a song to step to about walls, but it’s also going to represent the vagina of a woman I’m sleeping with, who just so happens to be the baby mama of the dude in prison serving life for killing my friend in sing about me and I’m going to visit him in jail and let him know how much his girl now loves me” LOL he really was misusing his influence.
The nuclear detonation scene in Dune: Part Two (2024) is Denis Villeneuve going full sensory overload. The scale, the sound, the way the explosion lights up the desert… the whole scene feels less like spectacle and more like witnessing prophecy unfold