re: Nelson Mandela Appreciation Thread

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I'm saying he never really put down he manual he wrote about how to be a good communist.

he still wanted state coercion in control of industry after getting out of prison.

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And I'm saying that is irrelevant to my point. His politics aside, he deserves a ton of credit for the end of the apartheid era coming about as peacefully as it did. His willingness to not seek judgment or vengeance against those who persecuted him once he gained power is worth our praise.