As a point of comparison, in Philippines we have random blackouts ('brown-outs' is the euphemism) that are usually weather related and repaired within an hour or two. We also occasionally have planned down-times for maintenance upgrades. But in general this poor and corrupt country still manages to keep the lights on.
Most people would consider South Africa to be a first world nation, but this is what happens in scarcity economies, especially those with corrupt agendas who are still blinded by race. This has been unfolding for a hundred years in S.A., and watch now as it slowly seems to be happening in the US. When the colonial powers pulled out of Africa they left behind a vacuum that was not easily filled, and the infrastructure has been falling apart for decades. In Sierra Leone they forgot how to farm with animals, then didn't know what to do when the tractors stopped working. I've read electric grid is in a similar state in S.A.
It is all very Ayn-Randian. People must have the will to change, and so far the South Africans have not shown it. I wonder if Americans ever will.
As a point of comparison, in Philippines we have random blackouts ('brown-outs' is the euphemism) that are usually weather related and repaired within an hour or two. We also occasionally have planned down-times for maintenance upgrades. But in general this poor and corrupt country still manages to keep the lights on.
Most people would consider South Africa to be a first world nation, but this is what happens in scarcity economies, especially those with corrupt agendas who are still blinded by race. This has been unfolding for a hundred years in S.A., and watch now as it slowly seems to be happening in the US. When the colonial powers pulled out of Africa they left behind a vacuum that was not easily filled, and the infrastructure has been falling apart for decades. In Sierra Leone they forgot how to farm with animals, then didn't know what to do when the tractors stopped working. I've read electric grid is in a similar state in S.A.
It is all very Ayn-Randian. People must have the will to change, and so far the South Africans have not shown it. I wonder if Americans ever will.