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https://hexbear.net/post/1631219

Saying "won't someone think of the white people" is a complete misunderstanding of the situation. The "ethno-nationalism" that should be talked about is not about being anti white, Zuma's MK party is explicitly based on Zulu ethno-nationalism. The EFF joining an opposition coalition called the Progressive Caucus, in which the MK party is the leading member as they have the most votes and seats in the national assembly of all the coalition members, is not a good move. And yes, both the EFF and MK are based on the personalities of their leadership over policy, and yes the MK party is socially conservative, and despite the EFF having a socially progressive manifesto, the EFF have invited supporters of Uganda's anti gay laws to speak at key party events. The majority of the parties that make up the Progressive Caucus are socially conservative. And yes, the attempts by the EFF to appeal to Zuma's support base before the MK party existed (it's only 6 months old), including meeting with the Zulu king and exempting all land owned by the Zulu King's trust from land reform policies can be described as chauvinistic. What kind of communist wants to entrench the power of a monarchy?

The online left that watched a clip of Julius Malema saying cool things on YouTube, and then decided that they like him, obviously have no understanding of any of this. There's a reason the EFF only got 9.5% of the vote, and lost all of the projected support that they were predicted to gain to Zuma's MK party.

All in all, I think allying with Jacob Zuma, after all the corruption allegations, and the sexual assault allegations which are forgotten too often when Zuma is mentioned, is not a move a Marxist party should make. It makes the EFF's campaign to try have Zuma join the EFF as a member in 2023 (before the MK party existed), and this capitulation look even worse in hindsight. 10 years ago the EFF were demanding Zuma pay back the money he stole and disrupting Zuma's state of the nation addresses. Now the EFF is working with Zuma. How does this inspire trust?

The way people talk about persons over 25 dating persons under 22, it seems people feel this is tantamount to actual pedophilia. So, you think this is almost as bad as molesting children, but also it should be legal? Why?

Because I obviously don't think that, and I was trying to explain it to them from their perspective.

Its because you cant screenshot things without the other person being notified

Anyone with the tiniest bit of technical know how can probably defeat this.

I feel like a complete idiot for actually trying to give an honest answer about how you can disagree with something morally, but that doesn't mean that it must be illegal or punished by the state.

I think I want to vomit after reading that...

Even the CIA made their spy aircraft out of Russian titanium during the cold war. What is going on?

qBitTorrent on PC. LibreTorrent on Android

Wait till you hear about housing complexes with their body corporates...

*The bank owns the house and car.

This system sucks.

I mean aren't we already halfway there? How many people actually own their cars, the house or apartment they live in, their phones, the entertainment that they consume, etc?

There are winters days that hot in South Africa, with the minimum temperature dropping below close to freezing/0°C on the same day. And most people don't have air conditioning or well insulated houses, and life goes on. It's not that big a deal. Now summer on the other hand, where the minimum temperature can be above 20°C, those are painful, especially as most don't have air conditioning.

I mean this comes from a complete misunderstanding of the objective of the Houthi attacks. Yes they have been "ineffective" at directly hitting a NATO military ship, but that's not the primary goal here, the goal is to disrupt trade with Israel and their allies, and on that basis the attacks have been very successful. It's always a big mistake to view the success of military operations from a military standpoint only. That kind of logic is what makes the US think they could've won the Vietnam war or beat the Taliban if they just fought for longer or fought differently. Wars are complex multifaceted endeavours, you can't just look at the direct military aspect. Many have won the direct military battle but lost the actual war. Real life is not a multiplayer shooting game where having a better K/D or holding down a certain objective means that you win the war.

Multiple times, but it wasn't very effective as Ansar Allah have developed many countermeasures to reduce the effectiveness of airstrikes, due to being under a much more intense Saudi Arabian led aerial bombardment for nearly a decade. At most the US took out their air defences for a little bit, and hit some above ground munitions.

I'd give them my cellphone number, it's not odd, and even if it is odd to someone, it's still less odd/awkward than giving them no contact information. I'm younger than you, and that's what I do, usually followed up by a chat on WhatsApp or text messaging.

What does "winning the war" look like to you?

Can't join NATO with an existing territorial dispute. "Agreeing and joining NATO anyways" would be an official admission by the Ukrainian government that the territories currently held by Russia are not part of Ukraine anymore.

Bonus: A reminder of why you should not take anything you see on Reddit seriously, even on leftist subreddits. Here is what users on the true anon and the deprogram were saying a week ago, even though an ANC - DA coalition has been in the works for years and there is no evidence of election fraud:

There’s a 0% chance they [the ANC] get into a coalition with the DA. Like you said it would threaten the basis of their power. I expect that they’ll give the concessions to MK before they coalition with the EFF, since ultimately the differences between MK and ANC are negligible, more about personal issues than anything else. I’ve been trying to research South African politics leading up to this, I watched some footage of the EFF grilling the ANC from a few years ago. They are entertaining as fuck. They got whole highlight reals for Melama. Dude is fucking great. Really cool to see that the EFF is not socially conservative either. I am sure that America would intervene to keep them anywhere close to power, and I’ve seen talk that they played a part in the alleged fraud.

There hasn't been any load shedding (rolling electricity blackouts) for over 70 days nationally, and aside from one 8 hour power outage due to cable theft, I've had no power outages over the past 70 days. Though I don't think it will last, I'm expecting load shedding to come back as soon as electrical demand from industry increases.

South Africa election results update: ANC-DA coalition is official, both parties have signed the "Government of National Unity (GNU) document. The ANC is the largest party from the liberation movement against apartheid South Africa, was the party of Nelson Mandela, and has ruled with a majority since 1994. However, they only got 40.2% of the votes in the recent elections two weeks ago. The DA is a majority white liberal political party, and fairly right wing. They got 21.8% of the vote in the national elections. The DA and the ANC are the two biggest political parties in South Africa, and have formed a coalition.

The coalition document can be viewed here

Important, Section 19:

Sufficient consensus exists when;

• 19.1 All parties have had the opportunity to express their views;
• 19.2 Despite reasonable attempts to resolve disagreements, and find common ground, there is no general consensus;
• 19.3 Parties to the GNU representing 60% of seats in the National Assembly agree; and
• 19.4 Any party that disagrees has been able to formally record their objections.

This means that for consensus to exist mathematicaly, the the DA and ANC have to agree on policy. There is no other way for consensus to be achieved. In essence, this makes it a full blown coalition, and not just a supply and confidence agreement, and also not a government of national unity as claimed.

As a reminder for everyone, the DA has been working on going into coalition with the ANC since 2019.