Zimbabwe coup attempt

L2 said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...e-army-control-harare-coup-robert-mugabe-live

I thought that the world was going to wait for him to die before this crazed dictator lost control of Zimbabwe. Hopefully this means it will happen imminently :yes:

Mr Mugabe has been best known for his ridiculous quotes (many to do with his intense racist hatred of white people, who he approves of being murdered) and for sending his country down the toilet hno:

The unbelievable thing in that part of the world is that these places are actually democracies, but the population is actually that stupid that they continue to re-elect these abysmal leaders. South Africa is another one with an appalling government that keeps getting back in with a strong margin. Perhaps there should be an IQ test prior to voting in these places? :nuts:

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You'd probably vote for Robert Mugabe if there was someone with a big stick behind you. Or maybe you wouldn't, but your vote for the other guy would probably be thrown in the bin.

SA is a different story. The ruling ANC is in massive decline under the current leadership.

I was in Zim only a few months ago. The economy is rooted. We only stayed a night in Victoria Falls and we didn't bring cash with us. Big mistake. The ATMs are empty as they all use USD and they're obviously in short supply of that and I assume the only way that comes in is via tourists or locals bringing it with them from across the border. We could only get a cash advance of $10 from the local supermarket. So we had to pay with credit card for everything. Not normally such a big deal but unfortunately we didn't get to see the falls from that side (the best side) as is requires payment in cash.
People were trying to sell million dollar notes (Zim dollars) as souvenirs. Pretty sad state of affairs. I hope things improve for them.

L2 said:

The unbelievable thing in that part of the world is that these places are actually democracies, but the population is actually that stupid that they continue to re-elect these abysmal leaders. South Africa is another one with an appalling government that keeps getting back in with a strong margin. Perhaps there should be an IQ test prior to voting in these places? :nuts:

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whats more unbelievable is people think they are actually democracies...

it's not a true democracy when you have hundreds of thousands of invalid voters, state bias, rife corruption in the electoral commission and large majorities of the oppositions strong hold excluded from the electoral roll. If there were a true unbiased election, then you wouldn't see the same results.