Crab bucket

Nov 05, 2009 19:32

Because crabs don't often escape from traps: "Self-made ghettoes are hard to get out of."

Sir Terry Pratchett (interveiw -http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427326.000-terry-pratchett-fighting-to-keep-the-fantasy-alive.html )

The man is a genius. I'd have made him a bleedin' Emperor, not a mere Knight. That so describes so much of SA's situation. This ought to be one the richest countries on earth with the lowest GINI co--efficient, and the most wonderful vibrant human rights culture. It had every ounce of the potential. But the crabs climbed into the bucket after the smelly bait-remains and now they can't get out and are ripping each other apart.
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