Portarossa comments on What the hell is going on in South Africa right now?: "These white landowners are South Africans, many going back generations. They have done nothing wrong themselves, but they are profiting massively from historical laws that were monumentally, staggeringly, unbelievably racist, and falsely propped up a colonialist legacy at the expense of native populations in the way that has rarely been seen in recent history. Is it acceptable for the government to step in and reset the balance -- to say that the restitution that would be fair has already been paid in full? Is it morally acceptable to allow this imbalance, a product of the worst kind of colonialism, to continue? What happens to the land once they take it from people who've been farming it for generations, and give it to people who might not know what the hell they're doing? And if they do decide to step in, can they do this without inciting violence in a way that Zimbabwe fell victim to in the last twenty years?"
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