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Re:The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City from Sc... by wolverine876 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:08AM (#37269860)
> South Africa, once a functioning country

A functioning country for a few white people; hell for everyone else.

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Re:The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City from Sc... by nradov on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:26AM (#37269935)
South Africa was still functional after the end of apartheid. It really only became a failed state during the Zuma administration. Despite the history of institutionalized racism the country had enormous potential, but sadly a few corrupt politicians sacrificed the future of the country for their own benefit.
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Re:The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City from Sc... by wolverine876 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:33AM (#37270362)
> South Africa was still functional after the end of apartheid.

It wasn't functional before the end of apartheid. 'Functional for a small minority' != 'functional country'.

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