So whats the big deal with pic related? Why does /his/ like it

>>1552656
Not really. It's a moderately interesting test case of watching to see how long colonial administration could drag out it's power.

In terms of being 'proven right', it falls behind stuff like Olimi III

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RHODESIANS

NEVER

DIE

I'm pretty sure it is mostly /k/ and /pol/ fallout, but it is also a fairly interesting story.

I don't see why people think it's an amazing nation since I'm pretty sure it was just a bunch of colonial farmers, but I get why people are interested in it.

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>>1552673
Salisbury was one of the nicest cities in Africa.

Rhodesia was fighting Soviet and Chinese backed "rebels". Instead of getting support from NATO nations, they got isolated. Since UK was butthurt over the Rhodies declaring independence and not giving suffrage to all the natives.

They were not even that racist or oppressive compared to South Africa. Which was somehow not as ostracized as Rhodesia.

The Rhodesians just wanted to make sure the country they and their ancestors built, would not fall apart. They had already seen what happened in other former african colonies.

>>1552656
As someone with a great interest in economic history I find it amazing how you can turn a prosperous nation into a complete shithole within 15 years.

>>1552747
>Let's take land from those who know how to farm really well and pick on them
>Oops, crop production has collapsed
>Let's print lots of money what could possibly go wrong
>IMF pls gib moni for Mugabe's birthday celebrations

They should have just had a land value tax and used that to buy up the land and give it to poor blicks.

Does anyone else think that Boris Johnston's brother looks like Ian Smith?

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This picture should help explain things.

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>>1552656
Because they were badass.

>>1553953
>all that text
>0 (zero) citations

Am I on /pol/?

>>1553985
You don't need citations in a naziboo safe space.

>>1553985
>>1553999
I think it is a /pol/ screencap.

I posted it because it gave insight to why someone might glorify Rhodesia so much. Whether the information is true or not, I can't attest to.

>>1554020
If only it were true.
The Rhodesians were wrong but wromantic...