Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

FOR MY FRIENDS IN AFRICA

As you know, I am not a fan of colonialism, and I don’t tolerate foreign rule for other than purposes of self-defense until the polity can be reformed with a non-hostile government.

I am not necessarily against Africa for Africans, as long as this is reciprocal. On the other hand I am not in favor of us hurting each other to achieve that end.

So my support for south Africa is that the data is supportive of the ethnic Europeans, and that the native people will not achieve improved lives, only eliminate exposure to vast differences in equality that create envy and status signal frustration. I do not discount the value of eliminating competitors from one’s homeland. I don’t.

That said, if Africa is to be for Africans, and these colonists out, then they must be compensated at market prices, including the cost of relocation. If those costs cannot be paid now, then it must be achieved slowly, and without bloodshed.

I mean, what is the difference between the white settler in south Africa and the Jewish settler in Europe? There isn’t any. Whites are prohibited from such action, so why are not Africans? If Africans are permitted this action, then why not other peoples? It is this ‘unsettled’ question that is the great debate of our time.

My position is that ethnocentrism and separatism allow us all the benefits of homogeneity, and all the benefits of diversity through trade.