There’s a difference between ‘laughing at peoples misfortunes’ and ‘feeling a sense of schadenfreude when corrupt people who have consistently played the SA public like Popeyes and are emptying the national fiscus finally get a smidgeon, a taste nyana, of justice served’
Our country is legit crumbling, not because there is no money, but because the coffers are being looted by corrupt people. When you sit in the dark during loadshedding? When you can’t get a job? When you have no access to healthcare? Do THEIR hearts break for YOU?!
Our elders are in loooong queues for pensions that sometimes never come because of corruption. Now I must be shedding tears for corrupt people? You must be outta your mind.
Our children are being taught in mud schools with latrines because of corrupt people. Now I must be sending empathy and ✨good vibes✨?! It’s the brain worms for me.
Our people die before they get good housing because of corruption but I must be quoting bible verses. It’s a full throated NO from me, your honour.
South Africa is not a poor country. We are a country being ruined by ‘eaters gotta eat’ mentality. And I have no emotional bandwidth to extend to these criminals 🤷🏽‍♀️
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