Encouraging rural folks to be informed of critical status of South African farmers

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Not knowing your geographic location I'll have to randomly pick a number.

Someone living within 2 miles of you needs help or might benefit from your extended friendship.

Around here it’s more like 1/4 mile. Don’t get me wrong I live in a nice area but there is always someone who needs help.

If I notice a neighbors grass is getting tall and their mower hasn’t ran in awhile, I’ll mow theirs while I’m mowing mine, same with pushing snow in the winter etc. you don’t have to go far to find someone having a hard time.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I’m on the fence about this video. I would like to help the folks being affected by this error in judgement but the party that’s taking the land from the white folks over there solely based off their skin color. I say let them lay in the grave they dig.

China will run out of water soon. South Africa, food. Yemen will run out of everything (food water), same with Venezuela. I’m not sure what the answer is. As long as humans are being human, people will suffer.

 

[westcliffe01]

The problem is that these people are not accepted anywhere in the world if they want to leave the country. Here in the US pretty much the only chance one has is based on employment and I doubt there are a few hundred thousand farming jobs that are unfilled and where sponsors would be willing to spend any money on fees when you have Mexicans showing up on the doorstep every day willing to take those jobs.

I know that some states that have a problem with rural depopulation have offered people incentives to stay in small towns, but what is needed are a few farming states to reach out and cut through the government red tape to offer these people a way out. No handouts, no welfare, just the legal means to start a life over and especially be involved in farming again. Most of the families involved have owned farmland for a couple of hundred years. In the current circumstances, with forfeiture now legalized, their assets are basically worthless.

 

[blackdog2086]

A big part of the problem is worldwide political correctness. The mainstream media won't touch this issue as showing whites being discriminated against by a black government doesn't fit their agenda. I better stop now before my head explodes or I'm banned from the site.

 

[ovrszd]

So if my community decided to help one of these farmers, who among us is going to give up their land to do it? In my community every acre is already being used to make a living.

Are you going to give up your source of income?

 

[shooterdon]

A big part of the problem is worldwide political correctness. The mainstream media won't touch this issue as showing whites being discriminated against by a black government doesn't fit their agenda. I better stop now before my head explodes or I'm banned from the site.

I agree 110%.

Anyway, I am surprised this has not caused a civil war.

 

[oosik]

When I was in University - '60 thru '65 - there was a student for South Africa in our college. He was a brilliant student and could have easily stayed at home for University but one of his major reasons for coming to a University in USA was to get away from all the corruption in S. Africa. That was in the beginning of the 60's and things are still bad there.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Zimbabwe pulled something similar, and their economy went belly up. Only stupidity and ineptness of the greatest magnitude can explain their anticipated actions.

Land reform: Will Zimbabwe’s economic downfall be repeated in South Africa? | Africa | DW | 3.12.217

 

[gsganzer]

Zimbabwe pulled something similar, and their economy went belly up. Only stupidity and ineptness of the greatest magnitude can explain their anticipated actions.

Land reform: Will Zimbabwe’s economic downfall be repeated in South Africa? | Africa | DW | 3.12.217

You're 100% correct about Zimbabwe. But Namibia also did a land reform, beginning in 1995 (I think). Both Zim's and Namibia were done very differently. (I don't agree with either of them) It'll be interesting to see what direction South Africa goes in the coming years. I predict a complete economic meltdown and instability.

 

[airbiscuit]

Not knowing your geographic location I'll have to randomly pick a number.

Someone living within 2 miles of you needs help or might benefit from your extended friendship.

This is why I always like ovrszd's posts.

"You cannot live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

John Wooden