Author Topic: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns  (Read 2233 times)

Offline Empedocles

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Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« on: September 13, 2016, 11:51:33 AM »
This makes me sick!

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Re: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2016, 05:31:06 PM »
Its the African way of leadership. Show me an African leader who worked hard for the money he/she has

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Re: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2016, 05:55:38 PM »
They are not butchering their own people over grass.  It's sad though.  And ought to stop. 
"I freed a thousand slaves.  I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."

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Re: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2016, 06:20:01 PM »
It is the African way of development.

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Re: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2016, 06:27:30 PM »
Its the African way of leadership. Show me an African leader who worked hard for the money he/she has

Indeed; it appears to be some sort of rite of passage.  We were just lucky that Johnstone Kamau grabbed without the traditional slaughter and other mayhem.    But that's only because his chief opponent---who nevertheless was dealt with in a sharp manner---did not care much for the grabbing industry.   
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Re: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2016, 11:22:42 AM »
No surprises. It is all about 'spoils' ..spoils states
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one ~ Thomas Paine