"THESE ARE SOUTH AFRICANS " 1950s SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE FILM 85994
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- Disclaimer: This historic film was produced during the apartheid era in South Africa. It contains propaganda elements that explicitly or tacitly endorse racism and racial separation. It is presented solely for historical purposes, to help document in part a period of terrible repression.
"These Are South Africans" is a 1950s propaganda film from the South African Government Information Office that paints an idyllic picture of South Africa by showing the leisure lifestyle enjoyed almost exclusively by the country’s white citizens. The film opens with footage of the Parade of Uniforms in Cape Town celebrating the opening of parliament. Soldiers march in full uniform. A car drives up in front of Cape Town’s Parliament Building and Dr. E.G. Jansen, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, gets out and walks into Parliament with his wife (02:46). There is a good shot of the coast of South Africa (03:48). A couple ride horses on a beach; people play in the surf. A woman boogie boards on a wave (05:05). A massive cargo liner sails around the Cape (05:48). Ships dock in in Table Bay. Viewers see the streets of Cape Town with double decker buses and people walking around (06:22). Several people sit on a peak, presumably Victoria Peak, overlooking Cape Town. Two women look out over the rocky coast. Boats are anchored in the harbor. Viewers see fishermen, primarily the descendants of Malays who immigrated to the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries. Three people stop their car at an overlook on the Cape Peninsula (08:38). A horse-drawn buggy moves down a rural road (09:40). Viewers see the Drakenstein Valley and the regions old vineyards. Grapes hang from the well-established vines. A girl eats grapes in the vineyard. Colored women prepare table grapes for packing. A man samples a glass of wine (12:26). The film then shows some of the agricultural aspects of the country. A man drives a tractor pulling a wheat harvester (13:06). A mule team pulls a wheat harvester. A man drives a tractor and plow (14:36). Men look around an agricultural show in the small town of Parys. The show features Afrikaner cattle (15:33), a horse-drawn carriage race, and the showing of horses. Viewers see a few Ridgeback puppies. The film then cuts to another agricultural show at Johannesburg (18:10). Men ride horses in the arena; other men jump horses. An exhibit or booth promotes in-country tourism for white South Africans, encouraging them to go on “luxury safaris” to visit the “bantu Africans in their own tribal settings” (19:16). Next viewers see the Chamber of Mines building (19:48), where men ride a miniature train. A man fly fishes on a river. People relax at a pool inland from the coast (20:33). The film shows False Bay, east of Cape Town, with its sandy beaches (21:08). Muizenberg’s beaches are packed with visitors. A family plays in the waves at the beach on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. Young people walk from a building at the University of Cape Town (23:35). Viewers see some of South Africa’s natural splendors-mountains, fields, and coastlines (24:30)-as well as a few shots of the cities before the film concludes with footage of the Governor-General leaving parliament at the end of the opening day celebration.
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My grandfather was born in ‘45 he grew up around this time. I am deeply saddened that there are people in these comments who think it was all puppy dogs and sunshine back then. My grandparents worked so hard just to have opportunities that their white counterparts were freely provided with. My grandfather had to suffer degradation and contempt simply because of his race (something I also experienced personally when I attended school in a predominantly Afrikaans area). It seems that some would love for things to “go back to how they used to be” forgetting that as bad as things are now, they were never good for some, and in other cases were far worse. My grandparents were born into a world where they expected nothing more than being a working class for the “superior whites“, all while being forced to be grateful that they were part of “the civilisation of savage natives”. Imagine how that must have felt. Today I am a university student about to complete my degree in fine arts, something my grandfather could never have dreamed of. South Africa today is not a perfect country, in some ways it is terrible and yet I count myself privileged to have been born here and to have my stake in this beautiful land.
Agreed! Very well said. Good luck with your degree
@@etiennenel4494 if one dwells in the past One will dwell in the dark for ever
We have a beautiful country
All South Africans and mean all do not deserve this what we call a Government
As a child we grew up in poverty
lived in a tent town there were no house till about 1954 however it was a roof we had coal stove for cooking and hot water
Thinking back we had a good life with all the challenges that we had
Our parents taught us never to hate others no matter whom they are their come from or their go too we all feel the same pain
I'd rather live today like we lived as children
There is no law and order
A man from mars can run our country with NO hate most of all no stealing from all
@Pule I grew up the same time as your Grandfather .
I know how it feels to be on the other side of the fence one thing I do know is your Grandfather's generation worked and provided for their families so did my father and nothing was for free
The world had come out of WW2 poverty was rife at the time for all .
Not all were born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
we had to work to live my Dad earned 10 shillings a week
Yet we considered that was a normal life
Women could not vote very few could work had little or no education one can go on not necessary
Hope you do well in your studies
The entire Zulu nation has praised the apartheid system. Don't accuse whites of oppressing your black ancestors just because you are unable to keep up with whites in the economy. You suffered because you cannot compete. Whites never get things handed to them. You certainly are not qualified to speak on behalf of whites like that.
You are the architect of your own poverty.
We won you Lost get over it 🤷♂️
White guy: The good old days😃
Black guy: 😑
lol dude i cring at some of these comments from some of these white folks
a neanderthal would say that that is all they know ugugugug
so so embarrassing reading these comments. 1 its propaganda... 2 didnt they do any history? None of this was afforded to anyone NOT white. Cringe
Everyone: enjoy the petrol price increase. Its apartheids fault
@@armandpotgieter I know. I blame the crusades actually. Try to be different you know. If it wasn't for the 11th century we could move forward today.
Kidin 2025: dad, what did we have before we used candles for light?
Dad remembering the good old days: electricity son, we had electricity.
😄😄
Yes, yes indeed
* ahem *
Eskom, no, Eishkom
only if you were white
Sad part is that at this rate we won't even have candles pretty soon either
Just so you all know...for those of you who does not know the TRUE history....in 1950 South Africa was STILL a British colony. South Africa only became a republic on the 31st May 1961. We still answered to the king of Britain in 1950.
It wasn't a colony, it was a self-governing dominion. Thre is a difference.
My Grandfather was born and raised in CapeTown, SA. He came to the United States and met my Grandmother, and had my Mom in California, where I was later born.
thats pretty cool
Hallo from Cape Town 🇿🇦
Compound interest where money is not simply a unit of exchange has turned us into slaves of the system.
Oh boy the comments for this video are going to end up entertaining...
Absolutely what needs to be said must be said.
The only way a Western economy can succeed is if 10 people suffer for every successful one
All suffer in the eastern ones. Or so appears.
@@calvinedwards5771 real shit
@@calvinedwards5771
Where do you live, Cal? And why aren't you where you think it's better? It's not that hard to move if you despise the place you're in.
So, we emigrated to SA. Shame this is an American production. They created so much chaos and misery in Africa and many other areas of the world since the end of the war. Their oligarchs haven’t stopped yet. Still love South Africa even under the new criminals ruling over it.
The British were to slow, too stupid to understand that "God's country" was a stupid illusion and that they should have done more for education and democracy and not idiotically assume anybody would accept apartheid that long. I was there in 1963 and it was quite clear that it was going to fall apart.
I wish the country and people all the best.
PS. your babbling about the Americans makes no sense.
This is correct!
America craps on other countries
did you love it more under the old criminals who ran it?
I wish South Africans would understand how limiting blaming everything on race is. We're all being played... this whole system goes so much deeper than government smh.
alot of whites blame alot on blacks here in south africa
@@elsienigrini567 A lot of blacks also blame whites.. we all blame each other...We truly hate each other...It's exhausting. It's taking us no where...
@@elsienigrini567 should look past color IT is the Politicians that are adding fuel to the fire always has been from 1948 to today
Plot twist: We tried taking your advice in 1994 and it turned out to be a dog turd.
@@TallShrub They blame the whites simply because the whites are to blame
Nations come and go, but our deeds define us and echo in eternity.
Despite the comments of some people, who didn't even live in the 50s, millions of black people are worse off now than they were then.
So you suggest things should have remained the same?
@@divhanimusekwa8615 Yes
@@koosvanzyl2605 i understand no one is comfortable when power is taken away from them, it was just so much easier to ignore the poor blacks back then
@@divhanimusekwa8615 It is not a question of power. It concerns living conditions for all people.
@@koosvanzyl2605 so to get a better living condition, they should've remained subjects of whites?
Hahahah look at all that organized disciplined training from the soldiers. Saw the police at a funeral the other day and they could not even do anything. They turned wrong. Didnt bother to practice nor understood the respect needed to do this right.
How dare them they must have been too busy celebrating their freedom from racism and oppression, if you think the old system was so great, I'm sure someone is looking for a slave if you'd like to sign up
Wack ov discipline....
@@mdlclassworker3384 wow you are such a communazi
Fact remains Apartheid was a crime against humanity...
I love SA, with warts and all. Lovely people, beautiful with shitty politicians. Like most other countries.
Closer to warts, syphilis and smallpox. But hey at least the weather is good
@@theMerovingianMan weather good?u must be a troll 🤣🤣Maybe the rest of the country but Cape Town most of the year 🥶🥶
You hit it on the head, the greedy, corrupt, meglomaniac, ANC politicians are screwing it up. Pretty much like the Democrats in America, Trudeau in Canada, Morrison in Australia, Bojo in UK, etc.
@Monkey Slayer Whites
@Monkey Slayer pinks
In the 70’s I was married to an Englishman, who had a brother living/working in South Africa.
During a family dinner, my brother-in-law asked when we’d visit him/his family.
Being mixed~Hawaiian~Asian, I answered ‘probably never,’ as I was not the least bit interested, actually insulted, if I had to declare to be an ‘honorary white,’ on the visa application, in order to enter South Africa.
Needless to say, the uncomfortable silence was deafening, as everyone squirmed in their seats.
That's really sad. It could have been an amazing, enlightening experience. Many countries, when we learn their history deeply enough, have objectionable aspects and the politics of most nations is seldom easily digested but there is SO much more to a place than its government.
@@patrickbaxter4333 preacher-man entitlement??
You know nothing about my international experiences.
Guess that marriage didnt last. Hahahaha
You know whats funny? Hawaii was taken by the USA at gunpoint and forced into the union shortly after WW2. But some how we are bad in south africa because we never stuck a gun in your face.
As somebody whose in-laws are all non-white, I fully understand you. Even me I could have not gone there during apartheid, because I would not have been able to keep silent and would have very likely gone into areas off limits for white people, including spending the night in such areas.
Thank you so much for the video
As a South African I've always asked older blacks which was better, apartheid or now. Guess which one they say....
I'm surprised you said blacks instead of African.
@@rambo2603 but Africans can be white?
@@JK-ex9ut Your point is?
Every S.A. citizen I know wishes it could go back to what we had before 61, black or white.
@@pedalingthru2719 Are you sure? I'm sure Kolisi doesn't. He wouldn't get any white vagina if it did. Lol
For anyone who's watching this and thinking "some things were better back then, everything is so bad now", just remember that this is a PROPAGANDA film... They're not showing you the people getting beaten for walking on the wrong side of the street or the awful working conditions of, as the film puts it, "non white" people. Things were not better back then. It's easier for government to provide for their people of they only view 'their' people as a portion of the population, not everyone who lives in the country. It's very easy to complain about our government as they are now, but consider the mammoth task they had on their hands. Consider how they had to readjust an entire nation in a finite amount of time, while still struggling against the systems they tried to overthrow. Apartheid may have ended but it's effects haven't. Even the current electricity crisis harkens back to the apartheid Era equipment being adopted. Bottom line. Don't be fooled by jolly music and pretty pictures and think that things are worse now.
👏👏👏👏
Consider you are wrong. Can't believe this country got so much worse since 1994.
You are very wrong in so many ways . . . But you like all liberals will never accept the facts
Things are crumbling down cant you see? Even your freedom is going to be taken away from you !
@@nozi412 And you clap for a very corrupt black Government that was given a jewel of a nation and have turned it into a cesspool of crime and a malfeasance of misrule 🤣
This is South Africa: beaches, beaches and more beaches!
And only two races being white and non-white!
I've never eye-rolled so hard...thank god this abominable era is over.
yes, now we only have beaches, beaches and rape, murder and debilitating corruption.
Yes it’s been absolutely wonderful since the end of apartheid. Safe, productive, moderate, democratic! Just like Zimbabwe and EVERY other sub Saharan country since the intelligent left the scene
the intelligent? racist
The country has gone down since 1994.
@@tonybarnes9194 "Hey, poor kids are just as smart as white kids"....Joe Biden
@@johnrobinson1840" White kids are just as black as my voters": BIDEN
OMG excuse us for being sooo dumb and not receiving your level's education we're so sorry...
Now a cautionary tale.
Those foreigners that rant on about how prejudiced or racist we were, never lived in South Africa during Apartheid...Never having the threat of losing by means of theft or destruction that which was built over time through sheer honest, hard work. "Swart Gevaar" was a worrying aspect of our lives because we were the First World minority and anti-communists who preferred not to be swamped and dominated by Third World people's in our own country. We needed to maintain certain control for our survival AND the country's prosperity. Upon perusal of the current state of affairs, I rest my case.....
when history is unfolded it will be revealed that you and all the other intruders are nothing but tamahou, that is , wild men civilized by the moors . the ancient egyptians who were black called you the intruder .
your own country ?
Sounds like a very racist person this....whoever wrote this comment is an old twat
That you didn't allow interracial relations and marriages and that you jailed "offenders" tells me all. This alone was already disgusting.
Lol I love hearing racists justify apartheid. I grew up in that and was a second class citizen in my own country. It was horrible
It was the paradise in Africa.
Paradise for Europeans. Yes
Now a gangsters paradise
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now that crap is over for them
@@SD_M9 😂😂
“What kind of country is this South Africa?” the narrator asks. It was once an efficient, safe, prosperous, incorrupt country. A complex country, not perfect (but who was/is?). What is it now? A corrupt, unsafe, inefficient, kleptocracy, governed by venal, self serving grifters who couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery.
For whites only.
Absolutely agree.
You should really try and understand the meaning of kleptocrats, you old nazi bastards raped the country,now all you can do is dream of the old times as I say dream.As bad as things are as you say, at least you punks are no longer in charge,consider yourself lucky that some of you are allowed to remain and live in peace and are probably still living a preveliged life!!!
A shit hole with corruption and incompetence
I rather be in a corrupt, shitty government, than being a slave under apartheid. But thats just me.
Very interesting film from back in the past. My dad passed through there during WW2 and wanted to emigrate but mum refused to go.
Wise lady
So the family chose South Australia's wine growing region instead?
Wise choice.🤠
I thank your mom for you....
Lucky for mum
Cleaver Mum, you would have been stuck in Hell now.
Now it's just another struggling country. Things surely change over the years!
a trick: watch series on Flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Jermaine Zaid Definitely, been watching on flixzone for since december myself :)
Things have changed over there and most definitely not for the better, irrespective of skin colour!! Everyone's a looser, except for the leaches at the top, who've failed to deliver on their promises.
"...just another struggling country." You could be easily describing the current USA.
Compare the universally accepted indicators then and now let's see.
Why is this being recommended to me ? Lol Imagine how many Foreigners saw this and thought "wow , looks fantastic! We should move there ! " And actually did
....Only to find out what the SA-coined term "LOADSHEDDING" means.... lol
I'm 4 minutes in and still debating if I want to give 26 minutes to this.
"Debating" dude what?Unless u intended to spell "deciding" and it's a typo .
@@la23s.a.22 No it's not a typo. Lol but I decided not to watch 🙃.
3minutes 36
the propaganda in this short film is astounding
Watched for 5 mins and didnt see any. Unlike the news.
If you think that was astounding you should listen to the current crop of assholes.
"good neighbourliness"
Propagand only became heavy during the 70s, can confirm this is actually quite close to truth.
I'd recomend eating less eff/anc propaganda yourself friend. You don't know your own countries history
It's a sorry testament to those times how blithely they can skip over shanty towns, racial inequalities and the general effects that apartheid had in the Union of South Africa.
If you are South African and still live here you will know that we still have shanty towns and it is not only the informal settlements. Cosmo City in northern Johannesburg is a development created by the ANC government with brick built houses, sanitation, utilities etc, and sold or given to the people. Now many have erected shacks in the back yards and rent them out or have gone back to their former shack homes and rented out the who house. Stop looking through your rose tinted spectacles and accept that no matter how disdainful the Apartheid was, the black population were in general better treated than by he ANC is today.
As a Pastor, I would have thought you would at least visit the poorest of the poor of all Races. I hope you are doing Gods work amongst the poor White squatters aswell and have the same empathy.
You christian calvinist ante-christ worshiping asses ruined this country - preached the people soft enough for communist takeover. Now we are all in a shithole junk-status country.
@@Robob0027 my broe aweh is so.
Lived in Vredehoek for 4 years such a lovely neighbor hood, i went to Vredehoek school.Such a lovely time in a special city.Memories to last a lifetime.We lived in Vriende Street opposite the synagogue .Table mountain view from the kitchen window what a sight at Christmas time when the mountain lights were switched on.
were any of your classmates black?
I also grew up in cape town hohenort constantia southern sub's and had forgotten the lighting up of table mountain at christmas time I really didn't appreciate how in years to come I would look back with such fond memories of the 50 60 70's with not much to do on a sunday my friends and I used to take the cable car up to the table mountain cafe and sit a while and admire the view with no tourists back then we had the place to ourselves
We had power back then
@@1979za - Any relation to Mark Furman, famous racist?
@@weavethehawk thats fuhrman
FOR SALE: Time machine; one owner; 6 months tax and MOT; sunroof and leather - SENSIBLE OFFERS ONLY. No tyre kickers please.
And now theres only corruption crime and collapse of infra structure
Went from a great prosperous country to Zimbabwe 2.0 real quick.
The whole is going to be poor due to viruses so there is no where to run .
More viruses are coming look now there is monkeypox what's next ?
"Soith African Government information office", located in New York, USA
Who ran this outfit?
People of power and wealth disgust me most generally. I have not been surprised at their own intolerance of Man kind who do not meet their requirements. Being surrounded by this disgusting behavior, even I am not without my own demons. Hell, I was brought up in this Hell hole! All groups of people do it, and the English are no exception. They are just historic in their brutality. Right up there with the good ol' US of A! It will take Man kind a few thousand more years, but based on the kindness I witness of those not drunken with power and money, we will become good people generally. But do not hold your breath. It is not happening tomorrow.
Not propaganda this is how it was I was around then and Now
You were part of the privileged few. It wasnt propaganda for you. It was your reality, but you only represent 8% of the people.
How it was for Europeans, not us
@@siyazooloo True however the times were good for all I can recall the wonderful dances in townships all dressed for the occasions Hugh Masekela ,Abigail Kubeka ,Miriam Makekba loved their music Penny Whistle Quela ,the Click Song we all danced to the same music
I've spoken to Abigail so many times us old folks enjoyed those years although there were curfews that was EVIL guess we need them today the crime is out of order for all
"There are two major races, white and non-white" what about the hundreds of distinct races and ethnic groups?
This was in the 1950's, imagine telling them about the 100s of genders we're forced to acknowledge. Simpler times.
Yet another fool who doesnt understand the difference between race and ethnicity. Its 2022. Pull your head out of your ass
@@bboyrsa7594 🍅🍅🍅
That's what white supremacist racism ultimately comes down to: white = fully human, non-white = various levels of less than human.
An interesting fact about historical South Africa is that the white population was fairly large, maybe larger than many people know.........at one time, it was 20% of the country, just the white settlers and their descendants. Which suggests South Africa wasn't that populous at one point, and the black population has grown a lot in the last 70 years.
In the 50s the blacks decided to grow their family's so that one day they will over throne the whites , it was easy for them to do because they knew the whites will feed their babies and children if they can't provide for them , today they still want the whites to feed them , millions are send to Africa to feed their growing poor .
Wow they marched in time...today our army doesn't know left from right
Heartbreaking 💔 We were a people of far and wide travelers, and adventurers. The time has come to venture out once *more. An orphaned people, we owe no loyalty to any nation of the world; least of all the disaster state this nation has become.
Its more embarrassing to think that we did nothing to prevent it becoming a shithole, instead people pray to God to save them. Complacency leading to a hardship that will see new younger generations growing up poorer, facing little opportunity in a country that will now takes decades to fix. Time wasted that couldve been spent otherwise.
@@melon9680 And who do you pray to? There is no fix, it is destroyed beyond repair.
@@ozjapie Have no use for religion. I have actual education. Still, no cause for concern about those who are young and arnt lucky to be able to leave for greener pastures? Or are you concerned only with yourself
@@melon9680 Judging by your grammar, your education is sadly lacking, so go get a life.
The problem was that when you adventured you claimed the land you visited and ill-treated the people that were there before you. If you had behaved like a true visitor, you would have shared what you brought with you and become part of the people you encountered. Your selfishness, disrepect and cruelty is the biggest (not the only) reason that this nation has become what it is.
Came to South Africa to make it “great”🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄it was a great place that’s why they decided to stay,a one sided documentary ,people want to get mad but the truth is never convenient
Bro!
It was "great"(ie well developed, functioning and safe) because the colonists made it so, or are you under the mistaken impression whites came here, found a functioning black society and simply took over?
Lol, what was great? The previous genocide(s) enacted by king shaka on the other tribes in the region? Or the fact that it was mostly uninhabited in the south until the zulu nation was (eventually) encountered to the north-east?
Don't listen to propaganda friend, there was little in the cape before it was settled. (Although I will acknowledge that there were some khosan survivors from the afformentioned zulu invasions)
It's an old documentary.
I'm from South Africa, I'm still here ...it is unrecognisable compared to this video...its truly deteriorated and devolved
Lives on in our memories.....
The Brits were great to bring civility and good government. Sadly Brits are looked upon as colonists but I think they did more good than any other government. South African is now void of good government and leadership. The same is happening in US and Canada, woke is taking over
@@jerryandre3270 indeed
A base intruder holding himself up as a standard bearer of civilization? when all you have done is rely on hegelian dialectical deception to take ownership of a country that does not belong to you. using nazi ideology and technology to advance your parasitism ?
Yes Shane the Cape Town i lived in in 1964 will never be the same.I lived in Vredehoek such a special place and memories for me and our family.My dad worked at the Athlone Power station and was a turbine engineer.The very first HITACHI turbine on the African continent was built and fitted at Athlone Power Station.My sister was born in Groote Schuur Hospital in 1965.
7:54 "they came to the Cape...mostly as political exiles" Not counting the 14,000 or so Indonesian slaves or any of the other enslaved Africans or Indians who adopted Islam and "turned Malay" in the Cape Colony, of course.
10:40 "victims long ago of religious persecution" he narrates about settlers over footage of slave-descendant farm labourers being made to work the same vineyards as their ancestors
11:35 "most of the men and women employed in the Cape's oldest industry are colored. That is of mixed European and native origin" That is to further say the descendants of African and Asian slaves brought here by European settlers- many of whom fathered slave children by the women they enslaved.
11:40 "To a large extent they form the working class of whatever district they live in" What a coincidence!
11:54 "In the old days, the farm labourers danced on the grapes... singing old Cape songs...but those days are gone forever" You mean slavery, baas?
Also, love how virtually every mention of "the people" or "South Africans" is implicitly talking about white people. Which checks out for a European settler colony, I guess.
You don't know your own countries history.
If you honestly think the people who came here were monsters you need to grow up, humans are rarely monsters, but often labeled
Also... most of what you speak is common anc/eff propaganda.
Although this video is obviously also propaganda, I assure you its closer to the truth than the garbage you've been brainwashed with
@@JG-jn6zc I'm glad you recognise that instituting chattel slavery and pursuing genocide against indigenous peoples are monstrous acts. Now go read several history books, 'cause what does any political party have to do with any of this? The whitewashing of history is the only propaganda here. Your apparent commitment to defending the indefensible is the only brainwashing I see. Bye.
What does dwelling on the past do for you, or anyone? Where do you live? What is your ethnicity? I ask because literally EVERY nation has it's share of horrible actions, yours included. How about focusing on today and the future instead of drumming up negativity and perpetuating hate and division?
@@human_bot_ Do you wake up every morning and start from scratch? Learning to speak? To read & write? Meeting family & friends? Find a job & a home? The past informs the present. Everything that exists today, exists as it does because of the past- slaves picked the grapes in 18th century, descendants of slaves are still picking the grapes today. History is a process, the present is its progression. And narratives of history have & do inform how we see ourselves & treat one another, understanding history can reveal the hows & whys of systems of power that continue to govern the lives of the powerless. I'm a descendant of the people enslaved by the ancestors of the people who still today are in positions of power & prestige due to ideologies of race making whiteness a pure ideal & has marked my Colouredness as a deviant & abhorrent corruption of that. "Dwelling on the past" doesn't "perpetuate hate and division", knowing & acknowledging the past will explain where the division comes from, why inequalities exist & should inform us on how to remedy that to the benefit of the marginalised majority in places like South Africa. It's ignoring history & dismissing the past that allows people's racist beliefs to persist, to excuse the "hate and division". What does talk of "every nation" serve when all "nations" aren't equal? When & where has the British empire atoned to people of Bengal for its "share of horrible actions" there? The US for its share done against Indigenous North Americans? Any of the European empires to African people across the continent and the diaspora for just the transoceanic slave trades even? What equivalent has my "nation", the Coloured people of South Africa whose ancestors were survivors of slavery & genocide at the hands of Dutch & British colonialism, whose community lives with aftermath of Apartheid, done to those European "nations"? Go have a think about your quaint little platitudes before coming to tell me how to engage & contend with my history & heritage as a slave-descendant Coloured South African. Thanks & bye.
It started to go to crap after 1961. By the late 80's when my family moved to the United States it had become a total shit hole.
The Americans were glad to let people like your family immigrate.
@Pedaling Thru Not at all, I was here in the late 50's, 60's and 70's, it only went hairy in the late 80's.
You talking bullshit. Those were the best years in the country. You buckle head
@@andrewdutoit9571 apparently you idea of hairy and ours is different. S.A. was at its best when it was a crown colony.
@@pedalingthru2719 Maybe it's because you are an English Colonist and I'm a Patriot and a member of the the White Tribe of South Africa who's roots go back to the 1690's. Something I must add though, it was much safer here then than now. Today you are not safe to walk in the street.
In case someone is wondering: The english the speaker uses is not 'south african' (which doesn't exist), but so-called mid-atlantic accent. There's a WP article on it
It does exist in that it is the form of English spoken in SA. It is predominately British English but there are many foreign words borrowed from other languages. Notable from Afrikaans like Braai (BBQ) and Bakkie (pick-up truck). It is on par with Australian English, Canadian English, US English and many other versions.
Yes, the short term used by me had the potential to be missunderstood. The intention was to express that english is not 'the white language' of South Africa, as many seem to think. And while I agree with your assessment that SA english speakers mostly sound like british such, it also means they hardly have a typical sound of their own, like fx ozzies or kiwis.
This is not Mid-Atlantic *either* , doubtful.
Everything used to be in full production.. All things used to work.. There was maintenance.
Yes apartheid was wonderful.
Yes it would always work if only a minority of the population had access to or were able to utilize it. Like my vehicle for instance... lasts alot longer than the taxi that runs everyday 30 times a day
And I bet you'll add "the trains were on time"...
@@denvernadar723 especially when underpaid black workers are the ones maintaining it
@@denvernadar723 only the minority is keeping this country afloat today .
Each one of us will observe these images of the past … but everyone has their very own emotions towards this material.
Hate, disassociation, separation, superiority and apathy are words that will never be associated with a great country.
May we all rather focus on working , interdependence, equality, love … and build a stronger nation together.
(May we strive to walk in the footsteps of our Nation’s father President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.)
👌
Nelson Mandela was a terrorist, a bomber.
closing comments of the video : "these people of different civilizations are unified". No way, that is impossible and was proven so later and is proven everyday everywhere you have that mix.
its insane how casual racism was back in the day
They had "two of everything" , the English and The Afrikaner. We now have 11 of nothing.
11th like
How many languages are there in India?
@@SD_M9 a couple 121 (according to google) ,they much more Linguistically diverse than us .
@@SD_M9 179 languages and with major dialects of same around 283. But only 7 official languages. Why do you ask? Why is India even in this conversation. We are talking about KAK ZA
Kak funny
1950, South Africa had a Governor ruled by.?.........England. Since when?..... 1902. Until when?............ 31st of May 1961. So you disclaimer states sorely that the atrocities of this time was introduced by England !!!!!!!! Thank you sir for enlightening the whole world. That means that from 1961 the National party Ruled South Africa for 31 years to 1994 and the country prospered even with a war going on and sanctions of the whole world against a hand full of "oppressors". Now England's champion the cANCer rules South Africa with no war or sanctionsfrom 1994 and in 28 years where the country is at a point of implosion. Glad you didn't place a video of the parliaments opening for 2022 or was it the riots of 2021
Very true History not the nonsense that is put out there
awesome-so idyll and calm..
It's amazing how people still want to portray an African country as a white/European country, the same that when you think of Australia you think Ausies and NOT the Aboriginals.
This kind of fluffy propagandist crap was to entice more gullible idiots over to live or visit.
"South Africans are diverse and united".
Yes, just like earthquakes are calm and harmless.
Well I guess they didn’t want to depict what a shithole it would become like the rest of Africa under black rule which happened through the years of each country gaining its independence.. funny how certain x colonies can live in harmony and prosper whilst others are hell bent of greed corruption racism and factional fighting .. we all loose in the end
Whites were settled in South Africa more than a century BEFORE the Zulu arrived here - this country was built by Europeans - and is now being destroyed by Bantus. Stop believing the narrative that the corrupt, communist, ANC spews. The Bantu had their own lands - where they were far happier than in today's South Africa. Forced "diversity" is a disgusting perversion against nature.
Never knew Africa was a colour racist.
they can carry on all they want ; harking back to when they were in power for a brief time frame . history reveals them as the intruder - our ancient kemites warned us about them eons ago . they are the tamahou , created carbon beings . they have no claim to south africa or any part of the world , including EUROPE. their motto , by deception, we shall rule .
It is because of their subversion , one example is the use of communist marxism , tavistock mind control , etc that the fabric of a once godly and highly afvanced people have been eroded to the point of no return .
unfortunately, this pandemic is their latest reset . they will be totally in charge again come next election .
these are the end times which the ancient african prophets of the holy scriptures have been warning us about .
Can't believe the people posting here, reminiscing for the good old days of apartheid and slavery, I wonder how they'd feel being the oppressed in such a system, disgusting absolutely disgusting
Slavery wasn't a thing back then.
I've seen numerous South Africans on FB saying much the same thing...they love Trump because he reminded them of when blacks knew their place--and how he wanted to have that for America.
@@tomservo56954
What a little person you are.
@@tomservo56954 and what is our place ???
@@monteespell1648 Montes, Paul is speaking in support of your human rights. Your place is wherever you are happy, free to live the way you wish.
many whites miss apartheid
Honestly spoke to people who didn't even know apartheid was a thing until Fw de klerk said he was gonna end it.
If you think whites in SA are racist you clearly don't understand what apartheid was. It was a fake reality that good people believed and lived with. Hence why they voted to end it in 1992 when asked (go google 1992 referendum)
That being said, whites miss a country that was well run, powerfull, and effectively perfect to live in.
When they see how pathetically the ANC fails to do anything or how the people are blantantly fed lies and propaganda about how "evil" white people are then obviously they would wish for the past.
Even back then black people had better homes. They had no rights which everyone agrees was awfull, but they had food and even medicine
Many whites miss the countries they built for themselves all over the planet, and are in the process of being destroyed. Why wouldn't they?
Makes South Africa seem like heaven where everyone lives in perfect harmony .it would be wonderful if life hee was really like that now. Times have changed!
Wym "times have changed"?
Lmfao funny post
They had a zoo for Bantu...
@@oviaspiers3106 And you know this how?
There was no perfect harmony. Where'd you hear that?
I feel bad for the white people who are stuck there now. I would return to the Netherlands if it were possible. Good luck to them.
I’m white and I’m here and you needn’t feel bad for me. Envious maybe, but not bad.
@Sam Baker Joburg.
Nothing much changed .hello fellow South Africans the nation of 2 countries
Mzansi fo sho. Not sure if I should be proud of SA or not ntwana.
I like the disclaimer!
South Africa, where 'necklacing' is taken to a whole new level
Mexico and Central America have the "necklacing" down to a science.
@@wendellwhite5797 is it something that's associated with communism and socialism? It's almost unheard of in other African nations
@@l-kin3480 it's a South African thing, not an African thing. It's associated with the anti-apartheid movement
Steel belted radials are the best option. Also acts as a lighting conductor.
necklacing was a black on black crime and nothing to do with the white population in fact necklacing was the execution method of choice used by winnie mandela and her gang of criminals among her many victims was stompie seipei aged just 14
I went to boarding school in somerset west and used to dive off the harbour shown here fabulous place SA now ruined by the communists
Only good commie is a dead one.
Lol no capitalist
❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
😂These are South Africans? Am I missing something?
Oh, I get it - its like "find waldo": Spot the African.
God is Love
I'm sure you are used to missing a lot...carry on dear...
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@@donovanbrown2670 We are missing alot... Land Mainly
@@vimbiv3133 would love to give you some...but I paid hard cash for it...it wasn't the handouts certain people are expecting today...
If this is South African government propaganda film I wonder why they chose an American commentator? I doubt very much that they would have approved the side of the road on which they drove as being the "wrong" side. I also sincerely doubt that this is a film made for the S.A. government back in the 1950s
It is clear it is an old historical film. Settle down people. If this was a film about Greece or Italy everyone would be in awe
Sis look at it, for what it is, for when it was.
It's called the Transatlantic accent, it was popular back in the 50s for narrators and actors to speak in that accent.
@@techno.science it is not called a Transatlantic accent, it is called a Mid-Atlantic accent but having lived in the US, UK, SA and am a linguist I am pretty sure he is speaking pure US English.
@@Robob0027 Mid-Atlantic, Transatlantic, same difference
@@techno.science No, you must learn English. Trans means across but mid means in the middle so Transatlantic English denotes the type of English they speak in North America and Mid-Atlantic is where the accent is a bit of both.
Since the ANC took over everything went to buggery. Sure miss the good old. days when things worked and towns and cities were spotless.
I visited Joburg in 1984 and it was a beautiful city. Went back in 1996 and it was a hell on Earth.
@@mdd1963
Hey, that's a raaaaaacist comment.
@@johna.4334Apologies....; you are correct. I officially amend my statement to instead read 'some chitlands on every stovetop, and a delicious Grape soda to drink!' :)
@@mdd1963 it's worse than the blackest ghetto in Chicago. The ANC (African National Congress) are the most racist group in the world, they even sanctioned the killing of white farmers to take their land. they did this in Zimbabwe and they were starving to death crying for the white to come back so they would have food. I haven't heard much from SA about the covid 19 they wont listen and they will die>
I'm sure you could sign up for slavery somewhere if you like it that much
"Why do you call yourself black when you are more brown?"
"Why do you call yourself white when you are more pink?"
I and my household are beige.
LMFAO!!! 😅😂🤣 Good point
@@hanschristophercharles6981 It's a line from an anti-apartheid movie based on actual events.
@@Absaalookemensch Thanks for the info. I'd never heard it before.😎👍
My asshole is brown! Does that qulify me the "one drop" critaria?
I like how white is a race and non white is another race 😂 no in between. Why is the race white the defacto standard ?
"The general principles of British democratic government"? Hahahahahaha
Yes! As contrasted with the black tribalism! The wonderful witchraft and vodoo tradition. The tribes fighting with each other and taking slaves among them. With their wonderful extrordianry leaders who were eating the hearts and the brains of their defeated opponents (black also of course). Or with their wonderful modern leaders like Bokasa who had a crowning that costed the whole GDP of Central African republic; or Mobutu who got a fortune of 4 billions by getting his own black citizens very, very poor. So, yeah British democracy compared and contrasted with the wonderful black rule in all Africa.
@@petraiondan4669 You make an excellent point. Those woke dishonest people who don't want to hear the truth are part of the problem.
These are South Africans in the 1950s. Some work and some enjoy, but they do not have the same color! The times they are achanging!
Lol he said suspicious’hottentots’ 😂
Yeah, that booty is "suspiciously" large...
Heartbreaking. From a beacon of prosperity in Africa to a corrupt S hole .
So who's gonna tell him
stfu ur dumbass doesnt realize this is propaganda and they masking the truth black ppl went through, my parents and grandparents went through it
Very corrupt shithole and failed State today
South Africa will never be free from Britain.
Fair enough, if (white) South Africa of the 50s was such an eutopia, why does it no longer exist?
like everything blacks touch it got ruined. look at eskom.
Everybody can have their opinion here , the facts are SA is going downhill for all the obvious African reasons. Nothing will change this direction it will just become another failed cesspool with the inhabitants trying to relocate to greener pastures
Propaganda 😤 Film and for the fact that they is no single black in this say it all
I thought it'd be another look at apartheid, but I found this still very interesting to watch from start to finish, despite the word not being mentioned and almost forgetting I'd be discriminated against as a black person living there back then.Was surprised that everyone was considered by the North American narrator as South Africans. But still good information though.
Black people were not discriminated against. What you call discrimination is what we call immigration law.
It's because travesties and horrors start subtly. It's manipulation on a grand scale. Even though I truly find the social aspects of apartheid detestable, there were policies and systems that were efficient. Most people who get nostalgic about the era, are reminiscing about systems and policies that ran the country on parr with the leading countries of the world. The manipulation spanning of generations make the logical (in their minds) conclusion to the downfall as the fault of the new government run by those who they believe are inferior.
It's tragic that this government is only making the apartheid government look correct any many of those nostalgic minds.
@@annamartvanrooyen9767 Why do you find apartheid "detestable"? Is it because you are influenced by Hollywood? Or based on facts? or do you listen to black communists like Mandela?
You do know that South Africa was found not guilty on all charges of crimes against humanity in the Apartheid trials in the International Court of Justice back in July of 1966? Right? This is the same court system that ran the Nuremberg trials by the way
I personally believe that you use words like "detestable" because as with all women, you need to be accepted by society and cannot afford to be rejected. This is the Death Spiral that German Sociologists speak of and you are in it.
Break out of the brainwashing from Hollywood and learn about the Apartheid trials
@@annamartvanrooyen9767 If your father worked in the mines of south Africa of then and earned £35 per month and his colleague same job but a black guy earned $350 per month just because he is black and your father had to carry a pass or go to prison and you grew up a run-down shack miles from the city, .... your comment about the efficiency of Apartheid will definitely be very different.
@@goodafy I didn't say that I agreed with the way in which they made them efficient. It was and still is a morally corrupt system. But you can't argue with the facts that it ran efficiently, even if you completely disagree with the methods it was implemented with. I'm trying to show how there is still people who miss the system, not out of a hatred towards the people who were taken advantage of and opressed but because they only saw what the results were.
From Sweden, the main economic supporter of the ANC until 1994... The old Zuid Afrika resembles the picture of a fair tail country that really existed!
Hakan Torstensson I wish somebody could explain to me exactly why Sweden did that.......and now you dont hear a peep from your country. No condemnation about the corruption, the crime, the state capture, the sad state virtually every former succesful State run enterprise are in. Bankrupt, inefficient, stripped bare. Interesting isn't it.
@@goforgold7082 The reason for the support of the ANC was mainly a "moral" issue. It was easy to point out the unfair of the system, which is actually was, but maybe an unfourtunate nessicity for national progress in that time.
How is Sweden enjoying its own diversity today? Now you're live the South African dream
@@hakantorstensson8053 I think its best if countries stay out of the affairs of another country, this is valid for all countries. You would be shocked to see the result of Sweden's interference. Too many negatives to mention, and everyone suffers it, black people the most. SA is on a fast downward spiral. What annoyes us most is that Sweden is now nowhere to be seen or heard. No criticism, no interest. Did the damage and ran away. I think the Swedish people were quite naive. I dont hate Swedish people, we may have ancestors in my family from 3 generations ago, it may have been a Norwegian guy as well, his surname was Janson.
@@goforgold7082 Naive yes, It was however very easy to be "anti-apartheid" in that time. The moral issues dominated with ease over the practical and future problems. South Africa is not debated what so ever nowdays in the swedish political forums. Not even the horrible murders of white farmers, this is not a topic in any european country.
why are the comments being censored?
It's a sensitive generation we live in
Tsek
@@AnitaB79 thank goodness your masters censored my comment to you. you must have reported it
There they are having the time of their lives... meanwhile our parents were treated like animals.
yes your and my parents died of heartache .
And now you treat each other like animals. Nothing better about your apartheid.
@@sunchildofsirius2462 from missing Malaysia?
@@mikesierra8593 this great reset is for you. at least enjoy all your ill gotten gains without insulting your victims . don 't you know how to live in peace without causing division ?
@@sunchildofsirius2462 you shouldn't boertjie me openly Anna. Nice Dutch name by the way. If you think people like Perseverance fall for your KoiSan joke you're making a big mistake. People in your country are so fragmented and divided, they can't even agree on how to exterminate each other. You're on your own halfnaai.
As far as South Africa is concerned : The age of discovery : 1600 - 1800; the age of development :1800 - 2000 ; the age of decay : 2000 onwards. It will take more than 200 years to turn this around.
development for whom?
@@lm_b5080 everyone, as there was nothing there to begin with although everyone is enjoying the developments regardless
@@Mike65 your 'age of development' was very, very one-sided
What a fantastic film! If you ever go to Cape Town, search for a beach called "Boulders" in Simons Town. The best.
Boulders is just outside of Simon's Town or Simonstown and where there is big colony of African penguins. Twenty-five years ago you could walk on the beach amongst them but now they have built wooden broadwalks and you have to pay to go in but very much worth the entrance fee.
@@Robob0027 You are dreaming - there is another entry to the beach area a little further down. You can still swim with the penguins.
@@Fredman2410 I am not dreaming I was just not aware of the second beach. It was not there the last time I was there which is nearly 16 years ago. Dreaming means something different to not bring aware of something. Do try to prove you knowledge of the English language.
My grandpa had a house there..and a beach hut..we spent every dec school holidays there...we could just run down the stairs to the beach ..and just come home at lunchtime....it is a pity it has been commercialised....spoilt the charm...but the memories are good...
There was also a time before the group areas act
Where we all played together....
My brothers sobbed when their friends Peter and Cedric had to relocate...
My grandpa had a house there..and a beach hut..we spent every dec school holidays there...we could just run down the stairs to the beach ..and just come home at lunchtime....it is a pity it has been commercialised....spoilt the charm...but the memories are good...
There was also a time before the group areas act
Where we all played together....
My brothers sobbed when their friends Peter and Cedric had to relocate...
Such a Hard working country before 1994
Yet many of it's citizens were living in abject poverty. It was good for whites who are only 2% of the population.
A comment from a white supremacist
yeah also murder, rape, killing of innocent women and children, propaganda, house raidings, slavery, killing of children who refused to be taught in a language they did not know and let's not forget overall crimes against humanity, were all condoned as long as it was against black people. Good times😐
Who did the hardwork?
The "american" 1950s ad music is hilarious.
This is not South African English. Today South Africa is about equal to Somalia. A failed State
Joseph, Yes, that is the music of 1950s western modernist optimism and US global hegemony.
Each country has its own dark ( no pun intended ) history. Whether it is the United States. Or France. Or Germany. Or Italy. Or a country called South Africa. And sadly, history repeats itself.
Yup, the current predominantly black government are stealing so much money from the middle income tax payer with their exorbitant taxes
Yes it does but only to those who fail to learn from it
A brief period of peace, order and good government. Today's criminality and chaos brings new problems for the current generation.
You gotta love socialism.
@@bruceclark5627 did you know that all countries have crime
@Media House Don't be so hard on the people today, don't you know that they were disadvantaged.
Yes apartheid was wonderful.
@@hurri7720 Pardon my sarcasm as this was one of the most difficult and sad periods of South African History. In my opinion, the Narrator shouldn't have pounded at Apartheid continually as wasn't this channel about SAA and not politics or am I wrong?
Yeah, email was around in the50s. very first screen.
Yeah if those people just have to come back for a couple of minutes they will say for f........ Sake nail me back in my box with 12" nails and dig a extra six foot
One of those "good old" South African National Party PROPAGANDA films
And...?
@@ozjapie No "and...?", just putting some CONTEXT on the video, so people know it does not represent the REAL SA at the time, but the National Apartheid Party's whitewashed version of SA
@@mmb811 There never was a "National Apartheid Party" - get an education.
@@ozjapie Yea sure, keep telling yourself that!
And then the anc took power and created a better life for all.
ALL OF US LOVE IT BELIEVE IT THE WAY WE R
Two different races. Two different languages. Two different national anthems. Yes, this is where the United States heading...
You got that right
Two capitals......actually, make that THREE
11 Official languages and many different races.
11 languages 5 race groups.
@@Robob0027 12th offical language added this month: South African Sign Language. I kid you not.
Glad we left in 2001, sad to see what it's become...
Meaning what?
@@irontribeissues9104 Meaning a racist state that openly calls for the murder of white people. Is THAT clear enough for you?
Glad you're gone.
Who left???
@@irontribeissues9104 Do you wear blinkers?
south Africa is for us. Azanians
That place is going to be trashed by the majority a few short years later. You should see what the same people did to the once great, world class cities of Flint, Detroit and Saginaw!
Aren't you late for a KKK rally or a trump rally
@@mdlclassworker3384 Realism isn't racism just because the truth hurts, it doesn't work that way my limp wristed liberal beta friend. Don't get it twisted, every one in the Midwest has seen this show before. There is a common denominator, and its not whites. 😚
I know what you mean I am from Michigan.
@@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu you are right!
Let's not forget Memphis
South Africa was really something back then ,now things changed alot
I'm an American Christian artist whose been living in South Africa now for nearly 15 years. This land helped this American's dreams to come true.... believe it or not! Nashville sure didn't that's for sure! Yes, this country has problems, but under Joe Biden.... I think my homeland is under even worse leadership. With him in the White House..... I hope I still have a country to go back to.....if I ever decide to go back. Cheers you all.... Here's a music video from my album - "Stranded No More" - czcams.com/video/ZlkyPy-ljeU/video.html
Please 🙏 don't come back 🥺
why is it spoken in American English?
It is made for an American audience.
Abelungu nkosi🙄🙄
To add... South Africa died on the 28th of May 1994 period... There will no Salvation...For years to come...
It’s sad, but true, every country that gained their independence from colonial powers, no matter what nation that was, is now a mere shadow of its former self under colonial rule, ok, they had every right to be independent and free of outside rule, but why, oh why didn’t they follow the colonial powers way of running their countries until they established there own systems, but no, they dived head first into doing things their way, and screwed up big time, totally ruined some of the, potentially, richest countries in the African nations. Idiots.
P.S it’s not big or clever to bring Wars into the argument, the USA is a vast country with massive reserves of men and materials so you can afford a bigger military than most countries, there is no comparison that can be made, and if you insist on bringing war into it we can examine the Americans War records, I would be happy to educate you on that nasty little point.
Yeah America India and every other country not in servitude to the UK is better off now and has saved the Brits in times of war since independence. So pound sand dumbass.
metal matter, why the personal attack, all I did was express my opinions, but you decided that the only way you could reply was with an insult, not a very good one, but still an insult. Have you been to any African countries recently? I haven’t but my South African relatives have, and they say it’s a shit hole, Rhodesia is in the middle of what can only be called a mass murdering spree, the coloured people are exterminating the white farmers, and so many other African nations are in turmoil and/or civil war over natural resources, gold, diamonds, oil, copper, and most importantly to the USA uranium, don’t get very far building and maintaining nuclear weapons without it. India might have a space programme but don’t have running water and sanitation for a large proportion of it huge population, India’s railways are the oldest and most overcrowded in the world, and all the time they are in a stand of with Pakistan over some strip of land only they care about, even threats of using nuclear weapons, Bangladesh is the poorest or close to the poorest country in the world, with little in the way of any infrastructure, Uganda is still trying to recover from the reign of Idi Amin, or should I say the rape and repression of Uganda, Kenya is trying hard to stop the poachers destroying the last of the wild elephants rhinos etc, a situation not helped by American Big game hunters I might add, even Kenya struggles to feed cloth and support its citizens. Zimbabwe has only just got out from under the thumb, sorry fist of Robert Mugabe and his thugs that kept him in power. Rwanda Burundi, the DRC (democratic!!!! Republic of the Congo) are always involved in skirmishes, battles and massacres (mainly between Tutsi and Hutu tribes) I could go on but it would take forever. Let’s turn our attention to the USA who at present have a President impeached, a nation divided by racism, gun crime is rife, homelessness soaring, veterans being denied treatment for various problems like gulf war syndrome (doesn’t exist according to some of the hierarchy) PTS (it’s not PTSD anymore, at least not in the United Kingdom) leadership that denies climate change and just want to keep pouring millions of tons of pollutants into the eco system, and citizens that don’t know how to walk, it’s always jump in car, even to go to the local shop (store) again pouring pollutants into the air and everyone else’s lungs, a political election system that allows a person to be elected President even though they didn’t get the most votes, I believe it’s referred to as the “popular vote “, that’s a clever system, allowing the less popular person into office....NOT. A country founded on gaining independence by employing mercenary tactics, you would not have won that war without the French mercenaries, your lucky they didn’t turn on Washington after our defeat, and if we hadn’t already been at war with the French you DEFINITELY wouldn’t have won, America was also founded on the mass murder of the indigenous people, the native tribes that were all but destroyed and herded like cattle onto reservations and repressed, even today they are seen as inferior, but in actuality they are the rightful owners of the lands we call the USA, not the settlers or migrants but the indigenous people. Again, I could go on all night, but it’s not worth it, I am probably writing to someone that dutifully follows the American way of “USA,USA,USA, and so on” without a thought for anyone except “USA,USA,USA,USA,” oh, one last point, who really killed JFK????? CIA, FBI, drugs cartels, Russians, Cubans, the Bush brigade, or just some lone American, failed by society, and killed the best president the USA and the world has ever seen, but of course he had to go because he was trying to “make America great again” (sound familiar) he was trying to bring down the walls and divisions not build one wasting resources that could be used so easily to build schools, hospitals, welfare programs assistance etc etc etc.
Ok, that’s me finished my rant, for now, let’s see how you respond, with a valid opinion or counter argument, or just plain old personal insults, and if it’s going to be an insult a) come up with something better than your original one, and b) DILLIGAF. Have a nice day.
Dj Phantom First off you are a Brit? They used to say the sun never sets on the British empire. Beamingly. What happened? You never did anything wrong colonizing. Wait we were your colony right. So if we did anything to the Indians it was really people from Britain. Besides research Kennewick man. Whites were here first. One of the worst cover ups of recent history. Involving of course a Clinton. So where ever your from what’s your point? Pointing out faults. What’s your answer. I mean what’s your master plan?
Singapore is doing well.
@@QuizmasterLaw hahaha
South Africa flourished while other African countries became basket cases thanks to the the Dutch and British. The country has removed apartheid and the general population has become the best in the continent. We hope for peace and prosperity to continue. Marxism can destroy it like what happened in Zimbabwe. We pray and hope that will not happen.
What propaganda they sold back then