(Part 2) Top products from r/southafrica

I posted this a while ago when someone asked... what can we do to make SA better... I'm tempted to think the lizard people are ****ing up on the world stage on purpose so that we would eventually welcome such a system, when THEY are ready to implement it....

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How about Kickstarting the development of rule by a computer softwarez. There's good reason a cellphone is called a CELL phone... (Read https://www.amazon.com/Moxyland-Lauren-Beukes/dp/0857660047, great book). Build a system capable of eliminating the entire government, that uses constant citizen voting to determine resource allocation and project priorities. Blockchain and crypto it all, bring in GPS and the phones to check verify EVERTHING. You could even should probably get more voting merits depending on your past social contributions and "good-for-nothings" get their votes taken away until they improve.

Initially politicians can even be coerced into "going transparent" (a la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_(2017_film), which is a shite movie BTW IMO.... like where's the punch line?) by allowing their every move regarding a project/s to be tracked by the masses 24/7. ONE GIANT DIGITAL BEAST encapsulating Government, Finance and the media, all rolled into one. Everyone will just be tapping in with their phones all day long and their acts will be verified by the users around them, and it all can be followed thread by thread, just like a Reddit. All taxes will be paid in crypto, will be released and TRACKED as it is used. Real Black Mirror type stuff, of course with the potential to be the world's greatest mess as well, but so with any other plan.

Take this current land issue .... how could a system like this potentially deal? The more I think about this question the more I get the impression that the people are led into not wanting land from the government, but land controlled by "the colonists", which will be a total stuff-up under this system IF it was initiated under "one man one vote" coding. If the systems phases in with data and weighting for PAST CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY ( taxes paid, for instance ) adding more votes, the notion will of "give us all your good land now" will hopefully fail, because anarchy sucks. Those who cried for this land grab will subsequently keep putting in more requests to get voted in, sobering these up into something that might be more do-able that will actually get voted into implementation. The "heavy-voters" might even put proposals in as well, helping things along.

E.g. "You want to own your squatting-stand?... If that land you're on is ex-gov, all in favour say aye...Send GPS....Its yours, congratulations"

E.g. "You want some farm land? To farm on? ( Check crypto balance and past....... beep bap boop ) You have or don't have enough to do this.... Come back later / You can do this.... Here's your choice of available ex-gov land to pick from, based on your $ balance you can pick x hectares...

Eg.. "You want enough crypto to be eligible for some ex-gov farmland... We currently have 9 850 000 jobs available as "block patrol guards"... apply by tapping this button... Beep Bap Boop.... Be at GPS loc tommorrow and tap peoples phones there, introducing yourself as new "block patrol guard" with your phone verification. You will be paid x crypto at the end of each verified shift... When you have xx crypto, apply for training into LEVEL 2 JOB TRAINING.... Continue on this path for yy/mm and you will be able to farm 1 hectare of free land."

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I ramble on... What's that Queen Song again... heaven something something?/// "

My husband and I are really bad at picking out gifts for each other, so we usually decide what we're going to get together. This year we bought The Food Lab, which is a sciency book about cooking (which we both enjoy) and Pandemic, a co-op board game.

My husband also got me a Kindle for my birthday, so if she likes reading I'd say that or a nice hardcover (or hardcover boxed set) would be a nice gift. Otherwise maybe a cool trip together to a fancy place for a weekend - it doesn't make for an amazing gift-opening experience, but maybe you can buy some small items that represents the trip.

It's pretty hard to give ideas without knowing what your wife likes - the Kindle was probably one of the best gifts I received, but it'd be a shitty gift for a non-reader, for example. Gifts related to hobbies are always cool - for my husband's birthday we went to a cycling place together and he picked out some new gear which was then my gift to him.

The homelands weren't about international pressure. They were part of Verwoerd's grand vision of separate development long before international pressure became an issue. The idea was that the groups in SA were at different levels of development, and that it was in everybody's best interests to continue separately on their path of development. That was the humanitarian argument for Apartheid that Verwoerd made and many people were convinced. He was a very good orator.

It's true however that the Bantustans were too small to sustain their populations and that Whites were too greedy, effectively taking 87% of the land. But what you perhaps didn't know, was that very early on (in the 1920s if I remember correctly) the ANC was in principle willing to accept Separate Development (Apartheid) if black people were given enough land.

If you're curious about my source for most of this info: http://www.amazon.com/The-Afrikaners-Biography-Reconsiderations-Southern/dp/0813922372

I could never get into Cry, the Beloved Country. I really liked Kaffir Boy, about a little boy growing up in the Alex Township in the 70s and 80s. It's an autobiography but it flows like fiction.

For the history I read a straight up textbook, which was really dry but very informative. When I moved to SA I felt like I knew more about the country's long-term history than most of the people I met, which mattered about as much as encountering a Romanian who was an expert on 1600s America. I read the first edition of A History of South Africa. The link is for the 3rd edition but the 1st edition is what my library had. The 3rd edition is now $0.01 if you're in the US so I guess there's another new edition out.

Not exactly what you asked for, but "My Traitor's Heart" by Rian Malan is the best general book about South African history and society that I've ever read. He manages not to be too dispassionate or too involved, and never sounds either too preachy or too bitter which are of course the flavours in which (especially white) South African books of its kind often come in.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Traitors-Heart-African-Conscience/dp/0802136842

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A member of a criminal gang recently gave a friend of mine and I a different perspective on life in the East (we've travelled most of it, and we love it). For example, we've always loved Thailand. He on the other hand and his criminal buddies hate it. He's got a friend locked up there now for 50 years, with no hope of due legal process. Now his friend did break the law, but I can't help but agree with him that Thailand and many other Eastern countries out there are really backwards when it comes to human rights. It's funny, because about 2 months prior to him telling us this, a guy who my dad knows was just released from an Indian prison after 12 years on suspicion (no trial) of somehow being involved with drug smugglers. Stuff like this kinda makes you think about the downsides you never really think of.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Damage-Done-Twelve-Bangkok/dp/184018275X

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Welcome-Hell-Inside-Bangkok-Hilton/dp/0954870778


Not that this has anything to do with a topic, but IMO it's a lot more interesting than hearing the same ex pat spiel over and over again...

I love languages, and love to read about them, even if not to learn them. One of my favourite books is called "The Loom of Language" (https://www.amazon.com/Loom-Language-Approach-Mastery-Languages/dp/039330034X)

I would absolutely love to read something similar for Xhosa or Zulu, any recommendations? I have looked before, but haven't really found anything.

>I know we've got a lot of hobbyists here. Anyone skilled in curing these types of meats? Where do you find curing nitrates and when do you find the best time to cure the meats? Especially interested in your opinion if you're from KZN, the Eastern Cape and other parts of the country that aren't dry

I've built a drying cabinet that's large enough for me to stand inside and I'd suggest anyone who's serious about Charcuterie to do the same, but a biltong box and your refrigerator will be fine for smaller batches.

As far as ingredients and supplies, I buy everything online, and for my recipes, I use Michael Ruhlman's Charcuterie, which is more or less the bible of meat curing.

Amazon would be the best bet, I think.


https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Lightspeed-PowerPlay-Compatible-Lightsync/dp/B07L4BM851

André Brink wrote a very good novel on the subject: http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Life-Adamastor-Andr%C3%A9-Brink/dp/0099284553

Haven't read that book.

I'm a fan of 'style tracker' funds. There's a company called SalientQuants that produces funds that approximate the investing styles of value and momentum managers.

This is done via a model, so it ends up having a cheaper fees basis compared to an active manager.

Here's a book I liked that's tangential (it's finance, but not trading/asset picking) to the topic:

https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Money-Masters-Universe-Cult/dp/0132790076

The Zuma Government is showing exactly the same hallmarks every other African Liberation movement that came into power showed. Unless there is a substantial change in the extractive government institutions and a return to plural democracy, its unlikely the outcome can be averted. One of the only African exceptions is Botswana, an example of good governance and an inclusive economy.

To understand the modus operandi of Zuma type governments, you should read https://www.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/dp/0307719227 . A real eye opener and explains more or less why the current SA government has little interest in uplifting the South African people...they are not there for the people, they are there for themselves. Its a simple case of ignoring what the say and paying attention to what they do.

Don't think that this is without controversy either. The difference is that, historically speaking, black and white became a race binary, while white appropriated red in the States (dating back to the boston tea party). "Blackface" was about creating a white identity that existed in contrast to black slaves and thus creating identity in opposition (a binary of Black vs White), while playing Indian was about absorbing "Indianness" into a national identity and narrative. There is a publication out on native appropriation in America from Yale University Press called "Playing Indian" that explores the topic further.

I have no idea what went through their minds to think this was a good idea.

Language plays a vital role in the forming and destruction of empires.

Oh come on, you live in a country where 35% of the people are firmly behind Trump whereas in Canada such nonsense would never be permitted to get off the ground. Stop imagining, just remember the US is composed of former slave states and other states that compromised with it.

Look at L.Thompson’s History of Modern South Africa rather than trying to gain insight from the sour, pimply faced Afrikaanse students from Stellenbosch who dominate this sub-reddit.

https://www.amazon.com/History-South-Africa-Fourth/dp/0300189354/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Some of the survivors of the Grosvenor disaster joined local tribes.

https://www.amazon.com/Calibans-Shore-Grosvenor-Strange-Survivors/dp/0393327078

I can't help it if you are retarded. https://www.amazon.com/History-World-J-M-Roberts/dp/0199936765