Rob
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He got everybody in the same way. Every village and every town got together and a murderer had to admit to the family that he murdered your brother and your sister and your cousin. And for a year, they had to wear a pink overall and do jobs like cleaning and building and things like that. One year, you as a killer who admitted your crimes would be forgiven. You spend a year in a pink uniform.
Right. And how do you prosecute 50% of a country? You're finished. You have to find a way to move on. South Africa did. Rwanda did. It's terrible. But still today, still today, there are people in South Africa that could say, you benefited under apartheid. There's still a lot of underlying... Oh, for sure.
Right. And how do you prosecute 50% of a country? You're finished. You have to find a way to move on. South Africa did. Rwanda did. It's terrible. But still today, still today, there are people in South Africa that could say, you benefited under apartheid. There's still a lot of underlying... Oh, for sure.
No, public. For sure, public.
No, public. For sure, public.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Him and Marco.
Him and Marco.
Not much.
Not much.
I don't think Musk believes South Africa stands a chance. A friend of mine asked him three months ago in a private moment, Elon, do you still believe in South Africa? Do you still think there's hope? And Elon kind of, he gets thoughtful. He said three words, demographics don't lie. The voting population, democracy is grinding forward in a glacial pace, but our economy won't survive.
I don't think Musk believes South Africa stands a chance. A friend of mine asked him three months ago in a private moment, Elon, do you still believe in South Africa? Do you still think there's hope? And Elon kind of, he gets thoughtful. He said three words, demographics don't lie. The voting population, democracy is grinding forward in a glacial pace, but our economy won't survive.
And with 60% youth unemployment, you'd expect civil unrest, wouldn't you, at some point? It's a tinderbox. Or an exodus. Well, the exodus has already happened. Yeah, a million. And I'm a lucky guy. I can be the last chopper out of Saigon. Talk about helicopter pilots. Of course, yeah. Wes Anderson. Fox. I've been a helicopter pilot on a movie. Yeah, yeah.
And with 60% youth unemployment, you'd expect civil unrest, wouldn't you, at some point? It's a tinderbox. Or an exodus. Well, the exodus has already happened. Yeah, a million. And I'm a lucky guy. I can be the last chopper out of Saigon. Talk about helicopter pilots. Of course, yeah. Wes Anderson. Fox. I've been a helicopter pilot on a movie. Yeah, yeah.
So I can be the last guy out, but most South Africans, you know, black, white, colored Indian, whatever.
So I can be the last guy out, but most South Africans, you know, black, white, colored Indian, whatever.
I'm never going to leave. You're never going to leave? My wife's from New Zealand. And New Zealand, have you watched Lord of the Rings? Of course. So you know the story. So New Zealand is the hobbits. They have no neighbors. They have no threats. They have no pollution. They have nothing. It's like the most happy, sensible, boring country on the planet. They've got the all blacks, though.
I'm never going to leave. You're never going to leave? My wife's from New Zealand. And New Zealand, have you watched Lord of the Rings? Of course. So you know the story. So New Zealand is the hobbits. They have no neighbors. They have no threats. They have no pollution. They have nothing. It's like the most happy, sensible, boring country on the planet. They've got the all blacks, though.
They've got the all blacks. Respect. Respect, yeah. And... They're the hobbits. We live in Mordor. We're on the edge of Mordor where we are. I mean, every day as anything can happen. So.