Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa by Mercer Ilana

Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa by Mercer Ilana

Author:Mercer, Ilana [Mercer, Ilana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Bytech Services
Published: 2011-05-10T04:00:00+00:00


Except that it’s not so peaceful. South Africans are dying in droves, a reality the affable Mandela, the imperious Mbeki, and their successor Zuma have accepted without piety and pity.

CHAPTER 5

The Root-Causes Racket

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

—Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Did we ever seriously intend to bring about a democratic dispensation in South Africa, with its checks and balances and accountability? Or was it about settling old colonial scores?



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