Back to the Basics - Forget the Government
Maybe This Might Work - Family and Mastery So far, I don't see us doing anything that works, maybe I'm wrong, but hear me out. A nation is an abstract view of a people living within certain borders. What are a nation and a nation-state? The Cambridge Dictionary states, " A country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc. " And a nation-state is a state constituted of people who share almost everything from race, language, culture, etc. Given these definitions, South Africa is a nation, not a nation-state. And a set of black individuals does not necessarily make a black nation. Forget the government is not to say you don't have some responsibilities to fellow citizens or don't take the government's policy positions serious. It's to say, problem-solving begins at home. Like others say that "Charity begins at home". Otherwise, if it starts elsewhere, it'...