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政治压迫所产生的环境后果

Sep 17, 2020 Henry Munangatire

哈拉雷—津巴布韦曾经是非洲的后起之秀。因为拥有丰富的人力资本、可观的自然资源财富和现代化的基础设施，津巴布韦曾经是非洲大陆最主要的玉米、小麦和大豆出产国。农产品出口为其赢得了“非洲粮仓”的美誉。很难想象这个国家已经衰落到了何种程度。

今天，不要说养活非洲其他国家，津巴布韦几乎养不活其本国人口。据世界粮食计划署统计，约860万津巴布韦民众需要帮助，而因为2019年新冠疫情的打击，2020年严重营养不良发生率预计将增加15%。此外，政府根本无力提供安全饮水、医疗保健、充足的住房和教育等基本服务。

津巴布韦同时还经历着10多年来第2次经济危机，此次危机也是有史以来最严重的。该国现在受到通胀失控、严重燃料短缺、长时间停电以及失业率飙升等问题的困扰。现在，约90%的津巴布韦人想方设法在非正规行业寻找工作。

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Michael Public Sep 17, 2020

These infrastructures, education systems and farms where largely built by white expertise (using black labour at near slavery prices, to be sure). The early success of the Zimbabwe government as well as the South African government coasted on this capital inherited from resident white populations. Then the capital ran out after a decade or two and the countries started to feed on themselves - Zimbabwe is near a skeleton while South Africa continues to feed.

There seems to be a problem in these sub-Saharan countries where blacks are sold a story by their politicians that the reason they are poor is that whites simply 'took the wealth' and refuse to give it back to the blacks. This is highly pernicious propaganda as it alienates skilled whites in these countries and drives them to emigrate, which leads to permanent capital flight. Zimbabwe virtually chased every single white away - while South Africa has chased away most younger working age or educated whites - roughly about a 3rd of the white population. (Note - neither Namibia or Botswana took this path - choosing instead to work with, rather than demonize, people of a paler skin color.)

The author above is careful to avoid discussion of what led to this sorry state, only saying that 'there is bad management here' but let us rather call a duck a duck - the past racist attitudes of these countries against whites are coming home to roost now. They have happily slaughtered the goose that lays the golden eggs and now they must reckon with the consequences of the morning after. Do not bail these regimes out on claims of 'the environment' - rather let them eat dust - contaminated with mercury or otherwise.
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