The growth of this fake middle cla** is as a result the growing hedonism and vanity in south african society AKA SWAGGER!
chuuuuuuuuuch
ha ha, word.
but on another note, i think another way of viewing this argument is this:
1. let's say a black kid's middle cla** and the parents who lifted him from poverty and placed him where he is did it through hard work (read: capitalism) and the opportunites afforded to them after apartheid. the parents like Mandela, but recently no longer vote ANC, due to corruption. where does that place the kid? can he really hate Mandela? what injustice has Mandela done to him and his immediate fam?
2. what do people think would have happened to the kid or black people in general, if Mandela hadn't "sold out"?
all i know is that we now, in the present, have the agency to effect change in society. this seems to be most urgent to me, personally. what good is it going back and
speculatively calling out shit that won't really do much, now, besides being "right"? lord knows, i've been around enough struggling people to know they would readily change positions with me. it seems like an insult to sit here in luxury and feel i can tell them to not believe in something that more or less aided in putting me where i am.
i don't know...