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Originally Posted by Royboy39
What's all this to do with Magabi?
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Not too much .... but looking back at the posts it seems to be my fault ...
I believe the point I was trying to make is that M is not the only leader who has trashed his country for personal gain ... he is just more up front about it. Sure he inherited a great country, but little else to go with it .... I don't think that democracy can be imposed, it has to grow thro' trial and error ... Zimbabwe got freedom, but someone forgot to give them the manual on how to use it. I know it seems to trivialize what is happening, but finding a fit form of govt. ... and I don't mean one identical to ours (the Canadian system is a lot like that in the UK) ... involves going thro' a lot of growing pains and teething problems ... England arrived at the system they have now thro' violent struggle ... The Americans won their freedom at places like Valley Forge and fought a civil war to partly resolve some divisive issues ... Canadians formed their independent national identity on the slopes of Vimy Ridge ... Zimbabweans will hopefully come to some sort of resolution to the problems they have ... hopefully their next leader will not be a dictator masquerading as a democratic leader .... but I'm not holding my breath
