• Yiazmat
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    1 year ago

    every year in late summer/early fall I get texts about preparing for rolling blackouts due to the heat and I have to start charging all my battery packs and stuff so when it goes out I can still use my phone. I bet if this happened in e.g. China or the DPRK there would be stories all over western media about how the commies can’t even keep their lights on

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      all over western media about how the commies can’t even keep their lights on

      Not exactly “commies”, but I’m pretty sure that’s currently one of the critiques thrown at the government of South Africa. With the obvious implication that “this wouldn’t have happened under white government”