I think that we all agree that government is the worst problem everywhere and almost always has been.
For life and liberty, David Macko NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Landrith To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:06 PM Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Better than apartheid? Some think so. It is also interesting to note that it is government and corporate corruption, religious collectivism, and political instability that have been the core problem in several African nations that were previously "owned" by other nations for the latter half of the 20th century, not the fact that the majority and leadership is black. It is governments and corrupt politicians that have squandered the liberty of their citizens for personal gain or used their new found power to consolidate even more power, exact payback and pursue political and ethnic grudges, not a skin color or a racial classification. The problem, contrary to what a few other posters here would wish to assert, is not skin color but government and to a lesser extent - religious collectivism. And that is a libertarian concern. Defending apartheid or making excuses for past abuses by saying "the present is a mess" as a justification for the past is not. __________________________________________________________ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __________________________________________________________ _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gary popkin Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Better than apartheid? Some think so. --- James Landrith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com> .com> wrote: > So, since crime is bad in S.A. today, are you > arguing for a return to the > very, very, very, very non-libertarian Apartheid > laws of the past? It is not the place of an American libertarian to propose for South Africa. Nor for Americans of any sort. Nor for libertarians anywhere (except South Africa). The future of South Africa is for South Africans to decide. It is interesting and useful for analysts to point out that South Africa has been going downhill technologically since blacks took over, as has all of sub-Saharan Africa since independence. Nations that had agricultural surpluses under white rule now have oxen pulling the tractors. Affirmative action is in place in South Africa, applying to 75% of the population. White managers have been replaced by inexperienced and unqualified blacks, who then hire the former managers as consultants to tell them how to do their jobs. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
