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As a road building contractor I can tell you that the corruption at many levels remain the reason for these situations as we have people who can do it professionally but they are not given the work, as usual it is a crony based system which piles the cost up and the workmanship is terrible.

@tebogo743

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Please fight to get a tender and do the right thing

@gunputt

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Or they get paid for not actually doing it at all?

@akoamoseetave3091

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If the ANC is not benefiting through over inflated contracts, they will never give it to you. Despite your professionalism.

@oks6079

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@@akoamoseetave3091 that’s true. It’s actually unbelievable how corruption in SA is so socially acceptable to so many people. It’s basically the cost of doing business with the state

@GrowMyBitcoin

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I hate the anc. South Africa could be a great place. 😢

As a Kzn resident. I tried to find a Pothole in Western Cape. i couldn't find one The difference is Governance. 2024 we need change guys.

@vivianramawtar9251

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I agree with you , only DA can fix SA.

@rochellemoses5544

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We have a few 😊 but it's usually fixed in a timely manner

@essie29cptsa

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Great observation🙌

@Simdumise

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You clearly did not visit the townships sir 😂 I hope you don't discount them.

@essie29cptsa

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@@Simdumise It is what it is☺️

It's amazing how close in quality these roads are to Zimbabwe's! That's not a compliment.

I live in the Emfuleni district. In my community, we raise money ourselves to fix potholes, we also fix our own street lights. We also have private citizens to remove refuse. Unfortunately we cannot remove our own sewerage. We even have private businesses who are fixing large burst pipes at their own cost because of the damage to roads and obviously the waste of clean water. These water leaks are left unattended for years. I'm not sure what we are paying rates and taxes for.

@Bongz2020

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why pay rates when the government isn't giving you any service very sad situation 😢.

@nadea2645

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​@@Bongz2020they obviously pay rates for salaries of incompetent people

@missflorencek8569

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This is sick. And sad and wrong.

@pierrevial4952

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The state of the country is disgusting. A well built country was handed over and the anc has allowed it to be destroyed. Way past time to remove incompetence at the poll.

@stellastar63

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Copy & paste from Zim. It's sad, am so sceptical about strategies like Affirmative Action here & BEE in SA 😢

17:24 I fixed 4 potholes outside my house at R200 per pothole. 3 months after mine were fixed by me, JRA came to fix the other 7. All 7 are now falling apart... Mine are still proper.

Not saying western-cape roads are the best, but if we report a pothole to City Of Cape Town, they usually fix it the same day if not the following day. Ive personally reported 5 potholes in my Neighborhood and this always the service we received.

@veronicakarstel9126

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I must agree. A water leak they there within 3 hours

@just_juice

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I've been to several provinces just this past week and believe me, Western Cape roads are the best in SA

@nadea2645

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Western cape roads are the best,say it out loud.Western cape is the best. Anywhere in the world where Anc is not governing is the best.

@Kushy36

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Don't be scared to say it, Western Cape roads are the best in the continent.

@pierreschreuder7328

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I've traveled all over SA and let me tell you, the Western Cape roads are by far the best in the country, no comparison.

I will never visit the Freestate after traveling to Ficksburg via Marquard and returning via Bethlehem to JHB and loosing a tyre and spending 40min driving 20km. A gem of our country no longer available to most.

@tumisanejoseph6883

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I know that road at some point there is only one lane of road. it is even a battle for trucks

I can assure every Citizen of this Country, that a decision NOT to fix any pothole, was undertaken at the ANC Headquarters... Luthuli House.

@truesouth6532

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True, I don't think people actually get this. It's not that they can't fix them, they just don't want to.

@TRZM53

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Viva!!!

@Mathilda5xp

Жыл бұрын

Are you serious? This is insane.

The most frightening thing for me is when it's raining, or has rained recently, the potholes all fill with water, so you can't tell which are shallow and which ones will rip your wheel off.

And this is why I'm forever thankful that I live in the Western Cape. We do not have to deal with roads like these. I worked in Gauteng in 2020. The surface of the R21 was literally disintegrating on the way to Kempton (at the Benoni off ramp). A stone hit my windscreen which cracked. I got the windscreen replaced. On the very same day I got the car back, on the very same spot another stone took the brand new windscreen. You just don't see stuff like this in the Western Cape. I drive at least 500 km every weekend out to winefarms, small towns, etc. and it is always a massive pleasure to drive.

@Mathilda5xp

Жыл бұрын

Well done Western Cape City Council and all the awesome workers.

All I can say is Thank You Cape Town!

@Simdumise

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Not if you're in the townships.

@HeleenHenstock

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@@Simdumise I wonder why? Many CoCT workers get attacked and robbed in some townships while working there. Many townships also never get loadshedding to protect the residents. So, where do you think the problem lies?

@Simdumise

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@@HeleenHenstock I'm not sure if that's what's happening in most of them. I pastored many of the townships in Cape Town and am currently pastoring Langa and I can assure you there's a handful of townships where people get attacked while working. I doubt the validity of townships not being loadshed for safety because I visited members in areas like Philippi Crossroads Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Marcus Garvey, Intersite, Blikkersdorp, etc. and all these areas are loadshed. Some few areas are not loadshed as a consequence of being close to the airport or some other place that do not experience loadshedding for obvious reasons. This happens in some suburban areas as well.

@HeleenHenstock

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@Simdumise Poswa There are definitely townships that don't experience loadshedding because of safety issues as well as cable theft. Street lights also don't get turned off during the day because of cable theft. I spoke directly to the councilors of those areas. They do appear on the schedules, but their power does not get switched off. Wallacedean and Bloekombos are but 2 examples.

@Simdumise

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@@HeleenHenstock which ones are those? I'm asking because I've been working in the most dangerous ones for the past four years and they do including Delft, Nyanga, Khayelitsha and Philippi.

As a resident of the Western Cape I was so shocked when I went on a road trip last year to other parts of SA

@just_juice

Жыл бұрын

I concur.

The Carte Blanche youtube channel will act as the encyclopaedia when this country looks worse than Zim. When everyone asks what happened.. The ANC happened.

I must also add. I truly enjoyed this episode as you can clearly see they mixed entertainment with fact finding and storytelling, What a great combination. Whilst being a very serious topic they still found time to make the segment funny. WELL DONE to the Producers, Editors and everyone involved in this segment, keep up the great work. You are a testament that SAfrica can still create "Great" content.

I love claire and how she speaks 😢❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Pre 1994 every municipality had their own in-house maintenance team to fix pot holes, street lights, rain water channels and many more. Why must everything now go out to tender and outside contractors.

@luToursAndRecoveries

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Longer 'in house' lunch times..

@derrick823

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That system is still in place. The problem now is cadre employment. The skilled are not hired.

@dsbuthelezi3944

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Comrades must eat chief. Don't be naive😂

@BOBBY-et9xb

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@@dsbuthelezi3944 💰💸😂

@nadea2645

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The tender system is destroying the country.

Fit Potholes starts with fixing the root cause / african national cashclub, aka ANC must be voted out so the people with the knowledge, IE civil engineering that have been pushed out can be place in provincal planning and can start to fix them and bring Transnet back on line, yes it's a big task but we hope and pray that in 2024 we can make our intentions clear we need new leadership by the people for the people, viva prosperity for all viva for the citizens that are loyal to and love our country : ons ver jou Suid-Afrika 🇿🇦 🕊❤️

Claire you're so brave for driving those roads 🙌🏼 it's so sad to see what is happening to our country 😢

What is the reason for the ANC Organisation not want to fix the roads or call back the people that got these lucrative tenders and contracts for these roads to be repaired🤔

@renaldomackay1759

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They are the ones that have received the tenders, so calling the people back to account for their lack of action will be an issue for them as they will be exposed. Its sad to see what they are doing to our country and our great nation.

As an Emergency Care Office employed within EMS, it so dangerous to respond to an emergency call because you don't know when you will be involved in accident because of these huge portholes

That first man was talking nonsense this boils down to lack of maintenance and why should I learn to miss potholes, rather than expecting my taxes to be properly utilised.

Welcome to South Africa🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 If you want to gamble with your life, try the N12 (used to be a beautiful national road, but is now neglected way beyond return and will take millions to repair). The Western Cape has far better roads than the rest of SA, period.

I have driven the road to Clocholan and its incredibly horrible and stressful to drive. I would, however like to make a shout to out for a NEW and BRILLIANT road, which is almost complete, which runs from Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape all the way through to Barkley East. The existing road was terrible and it has now been ripped up and redone, it is absolutely amazing to be able to drive safely and comfortably on this road. I live in one of the small rural villages on this road and Aliwal North is our closest shopping centre.

Excellent work Claire! Thats how things are these days.

Thank you, I've been awaiting this specific segment since you advertised "looking for the worst South African road". Great work, yet again.

Last year I hit horrible potholes resulting in expenses of over R13 000.00. Some damages were uncovered at a later stage, RSA is the worst.

@heersrivastava2635

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Had 1210 km on my brand brand new car, hit a pothole, cost to repair as new was R46 800. Do u know how many potholes could have been fixed for this???

@tautau3890

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@@heersrivastava2635 why are you speeding?

not perfect BUT viva Western Cape VIVA

I live on a dirt road 7km from Ladybrand The fundamental problem is continuous, ongoing damage to the drain pipes caused by the road graders that are supposed to maintain our roads. I believe 100% of the drains that are supposed to take surface water under our roads and away are broken and blocked by the negligence and incompetence of the drivers of the grading machines. The road past my farm was resurfaced only 3 years ago, it is now worse than before the expensive work was carried out. The road is now almost impassable after heavy rainfall, when in the past it was always passable. Large dongas appear in the road and water no longer runs off the road. If the drains were maintained instead of being broken our road would be passable. If the new surface had contained more rock and less mud the road would not turn into a bog after every rainstorm. Quality work by competent contractors and road workers is all that is needed to keep the farm roads open. Is there no one in the whole country who can teach the drivers of the grading machines how to do their jobs properly?!!!

Why wasn't someone from government taken along and be held accountable for a response to the public?

Great piece! Lydenburg was on my work beat many years ago. I think the trucks have wrecked those roads!

@monicakieck7501

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I agree; 💯 ANC Organisation destroyed the railroads and sold it off as scrap; spoorweg & hawens changed to transnet to hide their corruption; then to praza with even more corruption! They can now change it back to spoorloos😢BEE and affirmative action caused the downfall of SA 👺

While we are suffering on these dangerous roads The ANC are becoming rich while we lose our lives😢

Are we heading towards a Minister of Roads? We reported a pothole of about the size of a tea cup late last year, it's now a crater. It's now apparent that there is no tar.

I grew up in Lydenburg and i can indeed say it is worse that they showed. I stayed in an apartment in the street where they are standing in 5:32 and we had to move because of how bad the streets condition was. I really hope they fix that towns roads.

Thank you ANC. Great job!

I am an ex-South African resident watching you from San Francisco. Well done!!

ANC : A better life for all ( that travel on the gravy train ). Stuff the rest !

@angelodoubel9653

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Lol😂😂😂

Great story! Very sad!

This is sad! I nearly rolled with my car due to an unpredicted pothole! Two tires/wheels were lost around Bronkhorspruit...

Yes the trucks play a big roll, there are far too many on the roads also due to less trains but there are less trains due to vandalism to allow for the boom of the latest trucking companies. The trucks are also driving through areas for short cuts that were never designed to handle multiple heavy vehicles in a single day. Take that with less maintenance...

Indeed a brilliant piece of journalism and with such knowledgeable speakers in the video.

I have been a victim of such.. i am still traumatised at the thought and sight of them death holes.

The MP for Mpumalanga stands for Many Potholes I heard 😂

I live in the Eastern Cape and the roads are bad here too. And in town they are getting really bad in the area where I live and work. One of the factors in choosing what motorbike to get (can't ride a car) was the road conditions. I'm not much of a fan of road bikes to start off with. But with the way the roads are now, you need something with high clearance, big knobbly tyres and that you can see the road by your front tire, are a must. The high clearance to handle going in and out of potholes, Knobbly tyres to have better control with all the road gravel and been able to see up close the potholes to avoid them or weave between them. Heck some days it can feel like I'm taking a ride in the bush with all the potholes making things really bumpy and all the weaving to avoid them from time to time.

Thank you for this and that road between clocolan and maquard was recently built, in 2015...how embarrassing government

Thank you for exposing this, N2 from Ermelo to Phongola

Yet the municipalities are going after the people who fix the ones in their area, because it is showing up them as being less than competent. You have many roads where you have grass growing in the cracks.

I now take a taxi from Gauteng to Clocolan because of potholes in this small town and also from all sides, Marquard, Ficksburg, Excelsior, Ladybrand. It is a nightmare.

Wish you could have covered Limpopo roads as well. Gravelotte to Phalaborwa, The one to Ngobe village which sadly took lives a few years ago, the road from the N1 to Vuwani and all the way to Malamulele town. Well, even the R81 is not the best to drive at night. These roads are bad almost everywhere. Great episode though. One more, R36 from Modjadjiskloof😱Limpopo. There is a road heading back to the R81. Never use it

Carte Blanche - Please do a story on the mismanagement of provincial/municipal nature and game reserves! If the roads aren't being fixed you can just imagine what is going on in these very important nature conservation areas! Examples are Borakalalo, Pilanesberg, Songimvelo, Krugersdorp Nature Reserve.

I would like to help. Potholes are caused by erosion. The viewers would have noticed that the roads were muddy and wet where the worst problems were found. There are many issues around why our roads are falling apart and we are aware of them all. I would like to focus on the things we can do about some of these issues. The three big one's (besides corruption) being: 1. Rain (water damage - erosion) For centuries roads are being built using the same methods viz. (a) Layering gravel to form a strong base (now includes tons of cement) and (b) using asphalt or various other methods for the top layer. This is an archaic method that might've worked in the past but we've never had traffic like this or such a huge amount of heavy (commercial) vehicles using our old and tired road network. Over time the base layer deteriorates and with heavy rains the actual "road foundation" starts to erode. This means that there is nothing to hold the top layer in place and Voila! A pothole is born! There is a technology that has taken over 16 years to perfect that was invented right here in South Africa that solves this problem. It involves using new tech to build the base that is 100% hydrophobic (waterproof). It also happens that using this new tech produces greater strengths than conventional methods. This effectively means The end of potholes!! The second big issue is the cost of road buidling/rehabilitation which leads me to the second point viz... 2. Cost (up to R9 million per km ) to build a municipal road This new tech drastically reduces costs because it does not require the importing of good gravel to build the base. Instead we use in situ materials (whatever is there already) and bind that. We also use NO CEMENT. Costs are reduced by 30% all the way up to 80%! We have done the excercise and can build a waterproof and stronger and longer lasting municipal road for around R3 million/km. 3. Potholes are expensive to repair (and repairs don't last) We have revolutionised pothole repairs using a special formula to bind the aggregate also making it waterproof and nearly indestructible. It is cheap and very easy to use. We have addressed the issue of water damage and can build roads at a fraction of the normal cost and at a fraction of the time traditional road building would take. We also possess a cheap and effective pothole repair solution that can be rolled out immediately. So why are aren't we using this technology? No really - I'm actually asking, cos we've been trying to get people to listen for years now.

@ginjarh9070

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Hello brother. Very interesting topic. I'm also from SA in KZN. Would like to engage more on this topic if it's not too big of a hassle. Do you use social media facebook or instagram where i can contact you to learn more

19:45 "I am not truck-blaming" 🤣 Someone was paying attention in his Sensitivity Training lectures.

WELL DONE ANC

Why must taxpaying citizens pay to fix potholes? Get rid of this gutterment

The criminal anc don’t worry about roads as they fly all over the place. The coal trucks are also a major problem as there are tens of thousands on the roads going to Durban and Mozambique ports. Between coal trucks and potholes. I have nearly lost my life on our roads multiple times.

Nothing will change...a failed state.

Where I live there was vehicles and materials sitting for weeks and nothing happened. Madness

Africa wants to advance to the living standard of Western Europe, but people here often fail to understand that prosperity evolves around having (and respecting) standards, norms and rules, which is why rule-abiding countries like Germany are so highly successful. In South Africa many people think that rules are not to be taken too seriously. For example: if there was a rule saying that roads have to be inspected for indicators of damage every 6 months and if damage has been identified, it has to be immediately fixed, we wouldn't be in such a situation. A society that has no capacity to maintain what it builds is not sustainable.

Dare I say this? South Africa used to have some the best roads having driven many thousands of kilometres in the sixties, seventies and eighties.

As Layton put it 'we' need to hold the government to account'. This should be done at all levels from Municipal to Provincial to National. Until such time that we the people of South Africa stand up to them I'm afraid that nothing will change. I believe that if John Steenhuizen shows them what will happen for them when they vote for a competent party, with an excellent track record, the DA's support will grow hugely...

From Qalabotja to Newcastle passing Vrede and Memel.

I think back how i once confidently rode those very roads on a motorcycle in the dark 😅...the good old days.

Absolutely no surprise.. Did we expect anything less..

What happens to the trillions of Rand collected from motor vehicle licenses , just returned from the Cape , & guess what NO P/ holes , roads marked perfectly , a pleasure to be on those roads. Let us stop bribery and corruption, DA please help.& get honest folks .

Try the road from Trompsberg to Philippolis and from Philippolis to Colesberg. A total of 120Km and will take between 2 and 2.6 hours if you drive carefully! Thanks Ace Magatshue for total incompetence and the follow up by your successors who do nothing! The road users should protest by not paying license fees for vehicles as that money is not being used to fix the roads. Corrupt and dishonest.

Potholes. Proudly brought to you by the ANC. Dankie…

Viva ANC Vivaaaaaa!!! Well done government! You have officially screwed up SA.

Caoe town Vs rest of South Africa, governance by whom says a lot

Driving at night when it rains is deathly!

I was waiting for this episode cause this potholes will be the end of us honeslty a s worse part they damage the car and the expenses are too much this things will end up causing serious accidents if we are not aware and the most heart breaking thing is sometimes when you drive you can't see them

Where I’m from…we have a saying: “If you are driving in a straight manner…you my friend…are drunk driving” 😩😔

there is this road you missed when you are going to Newcastle from Johannesburg, that's the worst ever.

check N2 from Ermelo to Piet Retief ,

Proudly sponsored by the ANC...

Luckhof will also be a nice candidate

Suburban roads are not made for trucks. Viva ANC for looting Prasa. Obviously some cadre owns fleets of trucks

So instead of fixing the potholes they simply slap a pothole warning sign on a pole and call it a day. Viva ANC!

I have been to Cloclane, I know those potholes however for me R65 from Ermelo to Port Retife takes the cup

Come to Port Nolloth, Northern Cape, 99% of tarred roads have potholes, the townships, NO ROADS, JUST GRAVEL/SAND.

I'm a 43 year old man, but I almost cried when I was driving between Ermelo and Piet Retief along N2, I was convinced I'm not gonna get home in KZN that day😂😂

@TiizNTech

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I once used R65 from Ermelo to Piet Retife... Yooooh 😢

I visited Zimbabwe in 2017 and the state of the roads is an eyesore, watching this video reminds me of the roads in Zimbabwe.

ANC getting rid of the legacies of apartheid, one road at a time!

Was the "road scientist" a South African James May?

Hawks is busy in would bet

Sad thing is if you try to fix potholes in your area, you het fined by the municipality

@pauljansen6650

Жыл бұрын

Do it without bragging or social media....then no-one will know

The roads to Nkandla is well maintained. 😂😂😂

between Wolmaransstad & Schweizer reneke North West province

Great episode. Let's do away with government we paying to much on taxes and not seeing where the money is going. So many suburbs are doing things themselves now.. this is sad. Potholes cause unnecessary deaths in South Africa

Recently drove on relatively new roads between bothaville and kroonstad and viljoenskroon to potch that already has potholes within a year or two. Dont think the fixing wil even help

Wow, I'm so surprised! Not.

I’m in shock that they are calling some of those things roadways: e.g., the “R53.”😮

Damn, should've submitted some roads in Parys. All we can do, fix them ourselves.

Road signs are filthy as well. Never seemed to be washed!

Roadshedding 😭😭😭

Bloemfontein main road into the town from all sides are actually total danger to any family and car

Please stop burning tyres on the roads, look at all the places where there is normally tyre burning when there is a strike. That makes the road surface go bad long before what's planned for. Now me as an instructor must train drivers to get the best performance and fuel results???

Try find a pothole in WC- you won't. The difference is the DA. ANC can't run a bath.

Pothole Olympics... Dont be surprised if government comes up with this idea, with smiles

@angelodoubel9653

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Lol😂😂😂

The ANC is a perfect example of how building a civilization is an evolutionary skill gained over many centuries. Helen Zille was 100% correct- thanks to colonization we have the infrastructure we have today albeit in shambles.

@melon9680

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Think it was kinda obvious even back then, that why would anyone pur a bunch of clueless fools in power of a complex country? With what experience? History of progressivness? This is the result. Surely people has to see this coming back when.

We are on our own SAns