Thread by @Will_Tanner_1

The South Africanization of America: Chaos is Coming, or Already Here

While Rhodesia is a great story of how Western willingness to betray friends led to anti-civilization victory abroad, the closer example to where America is headed is South Africa, in this 🧵 I'll show why👇

First, as a reminder, South Africa embraced apartheid after WWII, and continued with white-minority government until the early 1990s

At that point, it opted for "liberal democracy," and the black majority elected Mandela, a communist convicted for helping blow up a church

His wife, Winnie Mandela, was even worse

She was another active communist in the ANC who was known for "necklacing" her political enemies, a horrific act that consisted of sticking the person in a gasoline-soaked tire and setting it ablaze, causing a long, torturous death

As in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, some held out hope that the former terrorist would be something of a moderate and not repay the indignities of apartheid with more terrorism

To some extent, those hopes proved more fulfilled in South Africa than Zimbabwe, and Mandela didn't resort to open thuggery and brutality-enforced expropriation like Mugabe

But, things still took a turn for the worse in the Rainbow Nation, particularly after Mandela's ANC successors took the helm

In the decades of ANC rule that have followed, crime has risen dramatically, the country's electrical grid has been raided by copper thieves, DEI-type policies have inflicted unbearable burdens on its formerly successful companies, and its formerly top-tier military is now struggling in a proxy war against Rwanda

The particular issue with South Africa is anarcho-tyranny: to a large extent criminals like zama zama gangs, farm attackers, and basic thugs can get away with brutal murder, with the state sometimes even assisting, while those who defend themselves face lawfare

SA is less bad on that front than Europe: self-defense is still allowed, fortunately. But, the government is clearly on the side of the criminals, particularly in farm attacks

In fact, as @k9_reaper and @twatterbaas have pointed out the farm attackers are using military-grade equipment, including highly expensive signal jammers, to assist in their attacks on farms

And, even if the government isn't directly assisting in these attacks (which it may very well be), it's at least letting them continue to occur, which is much the same thing to isolated, rural farmers

These farm attacks, as a reminder, are absolutely horrific. Here's just one of the stories @k9_reaper has shared:

And, just as the government isn't interested in preventing them, it's entirely uninterested in solving them. 95% of the murders go unsolved!

And while the farm attacks are horrible, they're not all that the South African population suffers. There are also riots that involve burning buildings, murders, theft, and the like. Here's footage of a riot that @k9_reaper shared in August of 2023

These riots often escalate, and in 2021, for example, vast columns of rioters burnt the country to a crisp, causing billions of dollars of damage in the relatively poor country

They were only stopped by groups of armed men, mainly Boers and Indians, who were armed to the teeth and fought back, protecting their neighborhoods. Thousands, if not more, died.

Here's a video of the chaos, also from @k9_reaper :

Naturally, the crime has caused a need for safety, so those South Africans who can afford it live in modern day castles. Here, for example, is video from @k9_reaper of a home protected by concrete walls, iron beams, barbed wire, light beams, and alarms:

Meanwhile, the companies that remain in the degrading country suffer under DEI laws that makes America's look tame

For example, the amended "Employment Equity Act" effectively requires racial quotas, and the DEI policies regarding hiring make it near-impossible for well-qualified whites to find employment, get into college or graduate programs, or otherwise thrive economically

It's blatant discrimination that has served no one

The DEI situation has created an immense competence crisis, and now even basic heavy industry like steel-making can't survive

So, it's a dire situation. Unfortunately, America is headed in much the same direction

For one, DEI is an obvious millstone in America, as shown by the resistance that even liberal to moderate business leaders and investors like @elonmusk and @BillAckman are putting up to it

Further, it's an obvious fact of life, and has decidedly hurt white Americans.

For example, a Bloomberg study found that only 6% of new jobs at S&P 100 companies went to whites in the years after the BLM protests. “The overall job growth included 20,524 White workers. The other 302,570 jobs — or 94% of the headcount increase — went to people of color,” Bloomberg wrote.

It was later shown that that was only new jobs. When turnover for old jobs was included, the real percentage was closer to ~25% going to whites.

But, still, at ~61% of the population, that shows obvious discrimination

The same is true of college admissions, with whites and Asians heavily discriminated against even in the very upper slice of academic scores:

American companies are, admittedly, much more successful than their South African counterparts. But, still, trouble is on the horizon, with a competence crisis nearing as merit is put last and various racial and political considerations are put first

Take, for example, the constant chaos at airports. Flights are routinely late, scheduled incorrectly, canceled, or otherwise problematic

That wasn't the case even a decade or two ago, but now it's hard to take a single flight without facing an issue of some sort

Yes, the planes aren't falling out of the sk yet...well, except for Boeing planes, but they are rarely arriving on time

And then there's crime

Yes, America isn't at the rate of crime it was in the 70s, when Black Panthers were assaulting people in the streets, leftist terror groups were carrying out regular bombings, and muggings and other sorts of petty, violent crime were through the roof

But crime is on the rise. Gangs are using signal jammers to break into homes.

Squatting, a recurrent problem in South Africa, is out of control, with the government siding with the squatters over the owners.

NYC subways aren't safe and most America cities have "No Go Zones" where violent crime is out of control

Meanwhile, those who try to stand up to it face lawfare from a government that sides with violent criminals over law-abiding citizens

And there's the rioting problem...for which those who Burned, Looted, and Murdered their way across America never faced any consequences, and indeed were often given settlement dollars by municipalities

So, America is heading the direction of South Africa.

Though we aren't in the same abysmal state as of yet, we are in a very dangerous situation where we can see the cliff ahead - South Africa-style chaos - but run toward it at full speed regardless

A competent, self-confident society would change course before it's too late. But, like South Africa, we might just commit civilizational suicide instead

Remember, we needn't have neded up here

https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1/status/1817210644011106381

Read here about the DEI similarities: theamericantribune.news/p/south-africa…

And read here our interviews with @k9_reaper about the state of things in South Africa:
theamericantribune.news/p/surviving-so…

And read here about the West's betrayal of Rhodesia:

https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1/status/1815768314905280844

And learn here how you can stand up to this discriminatory regime in a legal, reasonable way that helps bring merit back to the workplace:

https://twitter.com/will_tanner_1/status/1816101904906084678

Read here about Rhodesia's similar situation:

https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1/status/1818413912360096188