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Not only does it have that insane inflation rate, but the unemployment rate is 90% or more. On the evening news earlier this week, they show what is a typical person's day: (1) Que up in line at the ATM to withdraw your daily allotment of cash (a packet of bills about two inches thick) then (2) move to another line to try to buy food. Both lines were at least a block long, and from the resigned look of the people in them, this has been the situation for a long time.
It's a crying shame the extent to which power corrupts so many leaders. Mugabe was widely viewed as a kind of African George Washington when he took power so many years ago. Now he's completely dillusional. To compound the diaster, this country has vast natural resources and what used to be one of Africa's most educated popultions.
Remember it's not just Mugabe, after all he's 84 years old and bound to kick the bucket someday. He has a whole slate of cronies that control every aspect of the government, both civil and military, many of which are corrupt, crimminal and will do anything to hang onto power.
It's a crying shame the extent to which power corrupts so many leaders. Mugabe was widely viewed as a kind of African George Washington when he took power so many years ago. Now he's completely dillusional. To compound the diaster, this country has vast natural resources and what used to be one of Africa's most educated popultions.
Remember it's not just Mugabe, after all he's 84 years old and bound to kick the bucket someday. He has a whole slate of cronies that control every aspect of the government, both civil and military, many of which are corrupt, crimminal and will do anything to hang onto power.