Africa Why the West Betrayed Rhodesia

[Husky_Khan]

Rhodesia was simply not sustainable. The white minority was too small to maintain control once the black majority had the means to rebel. They didn't exactly help themselves by alienating all possible allies either.

But the path Smith decided to take was of a total victor's peace where the Blacks had no choice but to kneel before him and take whatever scraps he deigned to throw them. So naturally, it turned into an All Or Nothing conflict where neither side was willing to be generous or conciliatory, and the White Minority was doomed to be on the losing side.

Yes I'm aware of the actual history, which is why I'm bringing up an alternative.

 

[TheRejectionist]

And still, the overthrow proved to be a dreadful mistake because Mugabe’s Zimbabwe was many orders of magnitude worse. Ah, aren’t revolutions wonderful? So I view Rhodesia in much the same way I view Tsarist Russia or Royal France: very messy systems, capable of positive change, that were overthrown and replaced by far worse.

Pretty much.

If I remember correctly Mugabe was accepted because he was pro-Chicom but no pro-Soviet commie. Which, if you ask me, is like choosing to get punched or kicked. Still hurts.

 

[SoliFortissimi]

Yes I'm aware of the actual history, which is why I'm bringing up an alternative.

Just democratize. That will take the wind out of Mugabe's sails.

 

[ATP]

Just democratize. That will take the wind out of Mugabe's sails.

They did it in South Africa.And state now is on road to become second Zimbwabwe.

 

[Jormungandr]

Just democratize. That will take the wind out of Mugabe's sails.

They did it in South Africa.And state now is on road to become second Zimbwabwe.

Yep.

Thing is, the Black majority in South Africa voted for all this... And the pro-Black anti-White government is now giving farmland, equipment, and property away to people who literally used to just sit on their arses, just because they're X Tribe or Y Tribe. They don't know how to farm, use the land, or maintain infrastructure, and we're seeing the destruction of the country in real-time.

This isn't even going onto the widespread racism against Whites going on now, which include murders mind, now that "Blacky has the upper-handy".

Give it another ten, fifteen years, and South Africa will be another Third-World shithole begging for handouts from the West and Asia, ironically filled with the types of people they murdered, persecuted, and forced away.