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Zille and Ramaphosa are liars, but so are we!

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We’re broken and South Africa is our reflection. Liberalism and communism are dead except as flags waving for no one and politicians. Democracy has become a society of cannibals trying not to be eaten. We are a bankrupt nation, morally and financially. It’s painfully clear that the Democratic Alliance can practice corruption with impunity and that President Cyril Ramaphosa lied to us about fighting crime. Our country remains captured, from top to bottom. But we cannot blame people such as Zille and Ramaphosa alone because we, as a society of … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

10 reasons why I’m deleting Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter

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I’m closing my Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter on 31 January 2021 for the following 10 reasons: We’ve become products. I’m against digital human trafficking. Targeted marketing kills the natural human instinct to explore. Targeted posts should never aim at the worst in people. Sharing our data is sharing our lives. No one would have said “yes” at the start. Social media apps purposely target addiction; human frailty that should be overcome not encouraged. These MegaApps have grown stupidity and vanity at the expense of creativity and intelligence. I’m sick of … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Ideology, idiocracy, politicians, you and me

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Today, I blame Syria for making me vomit ideology, media, politicians and the common human. All the wrongdoings of Syria’s leader Bashar al-Assad don’t make him part of this metaphor. Instead, that’s reserved for Russia and the USA… from my South African view. Note that my mind is constantly at war with ideas. When some battles last too long, distracting me from what I should be doing most, I diarise them. They’re my unedited moment, forgotten or later disinterred for reflection. This blog is one of those moments. HYPOCRITICAL MISSILES … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Do-ism: My personal centrist ideology for a better South Africa

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There’s no perfect system or ism wherein human animals are involved. We deserve the right to enjoy the rewards of our hard work. We’re inhuman if we don’t help the poor. Politics is best when centrist and growing the middle class, thus lessening the poor and containing the callously rich. Fighting corruption is the truth of all ideology, its litmus test. Do-ism, the act of doing something ourselves to make our world a better place. I never knew the word “do-ism” existed until a few minutes after this post… but … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!