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To be honest, I think this type of thinking is everything that is wrong with public discourse today.

Gtex555 made a very specific claim: "In truth the whites were stealing minerals and precious metals from the country on the cheap and laundering that money as farming proceeds giving the impression of this bread basket cause it was all funded by illicit funds. When they were kicked out they continued to steal these minerals through bribing the top officials but the only difference was there was no-longer an incentive to send the money back into Zimbabwe and hence the farming was no-longer supported by illicit funds and it collapsed."

It should not be particularly difficult to find at least some evidence for that claim. There are voluminous reports and investigations of government corruption all over the world.

And yet, your response is basically "I'm not really concerned with the details, I'm just going to believe what I choose to believe because that fits more closely with the narrative that I identify with".

Some of us still believe that evidence matters.



That is fair and while I firmly believe evidence matters a great deal, I am not that great at gathering it.

Please excuse my short form scepticism. And it has to be said: you made some good points.




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