ELON MUSK: THE HYPOCRISY ON SOUTH AFRICA
For a while, Elon Musk has been painting a narrative that South Africa is some evil country all because they refused him to operate his Starlink
His conclusions are, they're racist against white people, that's why they have the BEE laws. But the BEE laws don't exists to disempower white people but to empower the black people
Historical context: for hundreds of years, black people in South Africa were the oppressed, they're the majority yet they don't have a say in the economy. From the farms, mines, industry, everything is white controlled
Now pause for a minute, let's talk about Starlink, the South African government hasn't denied it to operate but has demanded it has it's own people look into it. Why is this bad?
During Trump's first tenure as president, didn't he demand the same of Huawei? Suspecting them of having an anti American agenda, when they refused to let Americans have a look, what did he do?
He banned Huawei literally, all American companies were told to cut off their partnerships with Huawei because it was a hostile company threatening America's digital sovereignty
But when South Africa does the same, trying to protect it's digital sovereignty, it becomes a problem. What works for the goose, works for the gander.
Sanctions - calling for sanctions against South Africa is ill advised as well, because if the intention is to hurt the "black" government, it actually does the opposite. The blacks don't control the means of production, it will only hurt his kin, the Boers/Afriforum guys
They're the ones who make lots of money exporting their farm produce to America, the minerals are exported there to America and their whole industry depends on America
Now the question is - who would ask for sanctions on a country they claim to love? We have all seen how sanction destroy countries, from Cuba to Iran to Zimbabwe
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Mr President @CyrilRamaphosa, you appointed a Minister who has publicly uttered deeply offensive and despicable words against Black people.
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On my phone call with President @CyrilRamaphosa, I highlighted the EU’s commitment to deepen ties with South Africa, as a reliable and predictable partner.
I look forward to the bilateral #SouthAfrica-EU summit on 13 March.
I expressed the EU’s full support to South Africa’s leadership of @g20org and its ambition to strengthen multilateral cooperation and the Pact for the Future to address the most pressing global issues.
Good morning, South Africa. Today, we’re ready to send the first shipment of our proudly South African apples to the Kingdom of Thailand, after the market had been closed for about 16 years.🇿🇦🇹🇭
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Over 70% of the land in Namibia is owned by the Germans who are just 2% of the country’s population. They got most of the lands through the extermination and genocide of several thousands of Herero and Nama people during the colonial era.
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Two Afrikaner famers on trial for killing two black women and feeding them to pigs
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If you think you’re “suffering” and are “oppressed” here, please pack your bags and relocate to the US and see what real suffering is.
Americas with jobs are homeless. Read that again! Literal cost of living crisis in America.
Good luck and see back here soon.