As a liberal in South Africa

 Trevor Watkins  12/2/2022

As a liberal in South Africa,  the government is not your friend.  They are a cabal of communists and socialists determined to stamp their Soviet model upon the country. They are not from your culture, or your way of thinking.

As a liberal in South Africa,the vast majority of blacks in this country are not your friends.  Most despise and envy you and want your lifestyle and property,  if not your life. Overwhelmingly, they support the ANC which is a cabal of communists and socialists determined to stamp their Soviet model upon the country. They are not from your culture, or your way of thinking.

As a liberal in South Africa, the majority of whites in this country are not your friends.  A significant majority voted for the National Party consistently for 40 years.  They still favour kragdadig solutions to the problems in the country.   They favour the current lockdown, secretly admire the president, and have little or no concern for the freedoms contained in the constitution.

As a liberal in South Africa, the international community are not your friends.  You have already been written off by them  as racist bigots.  You can be murdered in large numbers and they will not raise an objection nor come to your aid.  They will not open their borders to you despite your desperation. 

You are a tiny group of a few thousands with minimal influence on policy even within your local municipality, much less the country as a whole. You can live within the protective bubble that money buys you,  but you are terrified to venture outside it.  Your speech is tightly constrained by self-censorship,  your movements are restricted to safe areas,  your opinions confined to exclusive dinner parties. 

As a liberal in South Africa, what should you do? I suggest the following:

1. Identify yourself as a liberal.  Find out what the term really means.  Read the great liberal books and authors. Visit the many liberal sites on the web. Test yourself to see if you really are as liberal as you think.

2.  Join a liberal organisation to record for posterity that you were not one of the compliant ones. There is a wide choice which includes the  Institute of Race Relations,  Free Market Foundation,  Individualist Movement . 

3. Find and identify your  fellow  liberals.  Get their contact details. Talk to them regularly Perhaps they can come to your aid, perhaps you can help them.

4. Try to expand the number of liberals in all communities,  by words and actions.  Prepare yourself for abuse and disappointment.

5. Secure your assets offshore.

6.  Improve your security. 

7. Make plans to leave.

8. Make a will.