>> Well you didn't really, did you, Zero,
Yes I did - further up.
>> He was a figurehead, a statesman, and a negotiator and consensus builder of incredible skill
>> . He brought people together and got them talking. He made people feel good about
>> themselves. He took a completely broken and ruined nation and made it less broken and
>> ruined (even his biggest fans admit there is still lots to do).
Now I don't think he did. I think he was used as a smiley happy clappy figured head by a bunch of nasty corrupt people. (The ANC)
the nation is as broken as it was, possibly more so. He was pushed up there with promises to the people none of which has been fulfilled. Hopes and dreams inflated, delivery zero.
>> What does any politician do physically?
The real hero in all this? - F. W. de Klerk. Now that took some guts. And action.
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