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They clearly need to follow the Milton Freedman inflation fighting strategy of letting the poorest 20% of the population starve to death.

Man, it must be nice to have that kind of time (and stamina!). I NEVER get a chance to go biking these days.

Nexa

The ZWD or Zimbabwe Dollar is a rescricted currency. The US Government, as well as other world goverments does not allow it to be traded. The only place their money is good(for lack of a better term) is in Zimbabwe.

The zloty has been gaining strength against the US dollar, going from 3.13 PLN per buck last October to only 2.71 PLN to the dollar these days.

Quick! Invest in zlotys!

The zloty has been gaining strength against the US dollar, going from 3.13 PLN per buck last October to only 2.71 PLN to the dollar these days.

That was before the screen door submarine contracts went out, though.

Aren't you guys joining the Euro soon? And can you really tell the twins apart? Do you think they secretely switch suits and pretend to be the other one for a day?

If someone offers you a 10% raise if you work tomorrow, you're better off working today.

You could buy 4x as much stuff if you're paid at the beginning of the month rather then at the end.

The new note has the ability to buy 1kg of sugar. At this rate of inflation, in two weeks, it will buy half that.

south africa was a well run country if you were white and rich you mean. the masses were pretty much indentured servitude if they wanted a loaf of bread to share with their familey.

all whitey did for south africa was exploit them for cheap labor and lined their pockets with the money earned from their sweat and blood. the masses were still starving to death and mostly homeless.

the only thing that has changes with whitey leaving is now there isnt a hand full of whitey folks driving around in their range rovers snubbing their noses at the company slaves.

capitolism has destroyed south africa. the greedy voltures swept in and took controll of the oil, diamond and gold mines, and paid a pittance for labor to the people who actually live there. kind of like we tried to do to Cuba when Castro took controll and kicked our silly butts out.

they are no worse now than they were when whitey was in controll.

Well at least we're not sliding into generalities on this topic

Anyway, a few points:

1) Africa isn't a "country".

2) Things weren't any better under colonialism. You had rich white people running the place, instead of rich black people. But they were just as corrupt/incompetent/self-interested as the ones in power now.

3) Zimbabwe is not the norm for African countries, lots of which are actually doing pretty well.



For rich white people.

There was order under the Khmer/*****/Maoist too. The fact that a brutal minority can keep a majority quiet through overwhelming violence, is not a positive sign of society in any way.

There are an awful lot of things going wrong in some parts of Africa, of course, but there is an awful lof of good too. It just doesn't make the news.

The point is that at least now, they're writing their own history instead of having a gunpowder-ed minority write it for them.

Only to be replaced by that much more pleasant feeling of inherent white superiority!