EDITOR, The Tribune.
IT IS sad that Zimbabweans have no capacity to join the rest of the world to celebrate International Happiness Day because of multiple problems faced by the country. The Zimbabwean government has failed to improve the living standards of Zimbabweans and many citizens have migrated to other countries in search of better living standards.
Zimbabweans are experiencing extreme poverty and cannot even be happy on International Happiness day because they are failing to have decent meals, proper clothing and their disposable income cannot buy anything. Happiness in Zimbabwe has been eroded by human rights abuses, corruption and poor governance which have caused many problems.
The world should condemn the president of Zimbabwe Emmerson for failing to bring happiness after the ousting of Mugabe.
TAPIWA MUSKWE
United Kingdom,
March 18, 2020.
Comments
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
Not sure why this is being written to the Tribune, but Zimbabwe was better off as Rhodesia. It was the bread basket of Africa, now they can't even feed themselves.
Zimbabwe is what happens when Marxists take over your country. They can turn the most prosperous nation into a complete dump as also seen in Venezuela. Western countries like America and Canada have not heeded these lessons and likely with also be a complete dump. It will only take a few decades if things keep going the way they are with idiotic "Democratic Socialists" being elected to office in the US, combined with thousands of illegals coming across the border for promises of free stuff from the government. Oh well.
johnmcntsh 3 years, 7 months ago
Don't know why you are responding to an article about Zimbabwe with complaints about the US. and Canada in a Bahamian newspaper. You are doing the exact same thing as the original poster.
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
I'm sorry if you can't follow a simple argument, the connection I made is quite clear.
johnmcntsh 3 years, 7 months ago
Do I have to quote you? "Not sure why this is being written to the Tribune" but Zimbabwe was better off as Rhodesia Rhodesia was a WHITE RACIST COUNTRY, that IAN SMITH, wanted to make sure it stayed WHITE. because of sanctions decided to rename Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. So not only are you saying it should go back to being a WHITE NATIONALIST COUNTRY you are saying they were better off with White people running a black country.
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
Calm down fella. I'm not saying Zimbabwe should "go back" to anything. I'm explaining to you how Marxism ruins nations. As Rhodesia, Blacks enjoyed a better quality of life than they do now. They had food, jobs and affordable housing even if the Whites were racist.
Compare Rhodesia to what Zimbabwe is, which was better to live in? Which would you want to live in? A "racist" country, where you can find work, provide for your family and have savings that don't evaporate into thin air over night, or a "non-racist" country where you eat out of the garbage? Simple question really.
1pnewman 3 years, 7 months ago
Its a simple argument posted by someone who is obviously simple himself. Simple because like many Trumpys they conflate the ideologies of Marxism/Communism with Socialism. Democratic Socialist countries such as Canada, France, Sweden and Denmark etc all have the highest quality of life on the planet. These are surveys carried out that ask the citizenry about their environment and social institutions. Those countries I have stated always are at the top of the rankings. Your argument is a lame attempt at obliquely referencing Republican trickle down economics and small govt. It didn't work for working class Americans under Reagan and it didnt work under that moron who called himself a 'stable genius'.
johnmcntsh 3 years, 7 months ago
Absolutely!
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
Literally none of those countries are "Democratic Socialist". Where did you read that? CNN? You brainwashed fools love to try and highlight the "Nordic model" and don't even understand how it works 🙂 it's really funny.
As for my original point. Rhodesia was taken over by Marxists backed by actual Socialist countries like China and the USSR. Robert Mugabe was a Marxist and just like in Animal Farm when the animals got rid of the mean ol' farmer he was replaced by the Pigs ( representing Socialists/Marxists ) and after all those beautiful promises of equality and social welfare the Animals worked much harder and lived much worse than they ever did under the farmer. That's the story of Zimbabwe, and that's the story of any country where idiots like you fall for Socialism. Didn't they make you read Animal Farm in school? Or did you just not understand what you were reading?
johnmcntsh 3 years, 7 months ago
Godspeed, You need to READ!! Zimbabwe was started by IAN SMITH. A WHITE SUPREMACIST. IAN SMITH did it because he wanted a WHITE controlled country!! The world was in the process of not loaning money to RHODESIA because they were WHITE SUPREMACISTS. You, by backing IAN SMITH, are promoting white Supremacy!!! Was Mugabe a Marxist? YES, Did he screw up the economy? YES. Did he promote White Supremacy? NO NO NO!
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
Okay but you understand the people of Zimbabwe suffered more under Mugabe, a black man, than they did under Ian Smith right? Mugabe killed more blacks than Ian Smith ever did. He stole from them and oppressed them more than Ian Smith did as well. Under Ian Smith you could find a job, save money, have food to eat and a home. You could have saved your wealth and leave Rhodesia to live somewhere less "racist" if you felt like it. But now Zimbabwe is a completely ruined shithole, they went from being able to export food to the African continent to now they can't even feed themselves and are hungry. Their money is the joke of the planet, trillion dollar bills, savings destroyed. You keep focusing on the racial element, I'm talking about the economics. I'd rather live in a "racist country" where I can feed myself and my family, get an education, have a home and shelter etc. than in a non-racist country where I'm eating out of a garbage can, homeless, starving to death and still getting oppressed, but just by people that have the same skin color as me this time.
So which is worse? Which would you rather? You people are so terrified of "white supremacy" because of media hype that you don't even realize the real enemy is Marxism. "White Supremacy" is dead and it's not coming back. Marxism and eating out of a garbage can, that's the immediate threat to free people of the world and the media and politicians in the west are all for it.
In todays world, the Marxists and Socialist "Democrats" in the US say that the United States is a "racist country". I'm black, I've lived in the US for half a decade at one point and the US was a great place to live, you could find work easily, a place to live, food. But now they're "fixing" the US and when they're through it will be just another shithole, just like Zimbabwe.
1pnewman 3 years, 7 months ago
I don't think you even know what a democratic socialist country is. Anyway here is a link that will educate you . http://blog.peerform.com/top-ten-most-s…
You even state erroneously that China and the USSR are 'actual Socialist ' countries. They were communist states at the time of Mugabe's ascension to power. Communism is not the same as socialism. Same genesis but different ideologies. You need to study harder Tucker.
GodSpeed 3 years, 7 months ago
This link you provided is not a credible source, they don't know what they're talking about. Like I said those countries you listed are NOT Democratic Socialist, they will tell you this themselves. They are Capitalist countries with a welfare state. Here is the former PRESIDENT of Denmark (then President) telling you himself that they do not practice "Democratic Socialism":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO7wgS5…
He made things clear after Bernie Sauders tried to call the Nordic Model "Democratic Socialism" in a debate because even the people that push a utopia of "Democratic Socialism" can't tell you what it is (I'll let you in on a secret, It's just Socialism). The reality is Socialists can't point to any Socialist country that's not a failure so they tried to co-opt Capitalist countries to rebrand their socialist nonsense:
https://www.vox.com/2015/10/31/9650030/…
Just look up the "Nordic model" to understand how the Scandinavian countries operate, IT IS NOT "Democratic Socialism" whoever tells you that is a liar trying to make it seem like Socialism is anything other than a failure. The countries you originally listed practice Capitalism with a welfare state, that's the same for Canada. So please just stop. Again, socialist failures like Bernie Saunders want to co-opt Capitalism and rebrand it as "Democratic Socialism", and the majority of people are so stupid, and the media is so corrupt, that it can actually work.
Like I said, even Bernie Saunders, the chief advocate of Democratic Socialism in the US can't explain what "Democratic Socialism" is when pressed in an election debate. All he does is point to the Nordic model, which IS NOT Democratic Socialism and whine about Billionaires and Millionaires, when he himself is a multi-millionaire. But what could you expect from an idiot that pushes Socialism anyway? He's never had a real job in his entire life. These are the morons that people like you want to put in power. "Democratic Socialism" is Socialism, that's the reality. Do you know in North Korea they have elections? Same in Venezuela and the USSR had them too.
China and the former USSR indeed are Socialist Countries. There has never been a Communist country on earth. There are "Communists" and "Communist Parties" but there are no real Communist countries, they're all Socialist countries working towards Communism. Communism is the end goal of Socialism as Lenin put it. A Communist society is supposed to operate without money. Have you ever seen a country on earth that operated without money? There has never been a true Communist society because Communism doesn't work. All you end up with is a Socialist, totalitarian nightmare because of the centralization of power.
Proguing 3 years, 7 months ago
That's total rubbish. Top three Socialist countries in the world are:
North Korea
Venezuela
Cuba
ohdrap4 3 years, 7 months ago
Just out of curiosity, did the Bahamas celebrate "INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY"?
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