Wednesday 26 December 2012

Identity politics corrupts all

Zimbabwe hasn't quite betrayed its revolution, although some people might wish to argue that point.  The war for independence was fought for real things, not some feeling of self-esteem or feeling of self-determination (without the substance of it).   To the degree that the revolution has been sent of course more recently, that has been because of identity politics.  In particular the redistribution of land was almost entirely an identity politics ploy -- which corrupted the economy.

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