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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by kingkawn on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:09AM (#24080301)
South Africa’s power structure gave superficial political power in exchange for complete continuity of economic power.
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Ericson2314 on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:29AM (#24081564)
Well yes that's how these things usually go, but haven't a bunch of white people left? Doesn't make the economic wrong right, but does at least crudely function as justice.
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by kingkawn on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:24AM (#24082885)
Symbolic appeasement without an actual change in living conditions for the majority of the populace who suffered the brunt of the exploitation is not justice
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Ericson2314 on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:36PM (#24083809)
Punishing the perpetrators and undoing the damage are two different things. Absolutely more of the second is needed. But what I mentioned functions as a crude form of the first.

Like it or not, kicking out white people isn't just symbolism.

To be clear, I agree that transfer of power was a classic neoliberal failure, and the situation is a travesty.