As the title says. This might be very implausible But what i want to know is the effects. Maybe in the late 60s
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Hmm so would Zim/ RHodesia be better, the fact that they have a literate native population maybe at least 60 - 80% of Africans went to primary school during the Minority rule.Rhodesia won't be called an ethnostate. Probably the UN removes the sanctions. It could in theory survive to 2021.
And what would happen to the radicals like ZANU or ZAPU would the movement dieRhodesia won't be called an ethnostate. Probably the UN removes the sanctions. It could in theory survive to 2021.
Frankly, it would still be around. Mugabe is the type of person who wants to eject the white majority rule.And what would happen to the radicals like ZANU or ZAPU would the movement die
But any alternative to the Smith regime and what came after is only possible with very early one-man-one-vote. And that was never going to be conceded by any white settler government. The only thing that could have done that would have been if somebody in London had had the sense to say "alright, if you won't play nicely with the other boys and girls, mummy will take the ball away".
[*]or just say, like yeah, were Rhodesia-Zimbabwe, so we will be gradually teaching the natives about representative democracy, with, lets say 20% of the Black seats in the first election, then 25% in the next, and so forth , until Black-White MP ratio reached 50:50.
And the Africans would see through your proposed sham democracy and fight against it, as happened historically.What the Rhodesians could have and should have done, was to :
(Thats me reflecting on what I would have done were I a Rhodesian statesman and given the situation available)
- either create autonomous regions for the various native peoples (a.k.a. Bantustans) and make them reasonable
- or just say, like yeah, were Rhodesia-Zimbabwe, so we will be gradually teaching the natives about representative democracy, with, lets say 20% of the Black seats in the first election, then 25% in the next, and so forth , until Black-White MP ratio reached 50:50.
- Alternatively, they could have said, like, look Rhodesia is multiethnic country, and you know what, we will have a bicameral system, with the Upper Chamber having each ethnic group allowed to veto any harmful bill , so effectively the Rhodesians would technically allow majority rule, but would use their vetoes to block any harmful legislation.
I wouldn't say that would be absolutely the case. Quite possible, yes, but not a certainty. A lot would depend on the circumstances and whether race relations in general are improving in Rhodesia. Get the general state of race relations moving in a positive direction and get support from other powers and it may well be possible.And the Africans would see through your proposed sham democracy and fight against it, as happened historically.
If race relations are better, why are white people proposing a sham democracy?I wouldn't say that would be absolutely the case. Quite possible, yes, but not a certainty. A lot would depend on the circumstances and whether race relations in general are improving in Rhodesia. Get the general state of race relations moving in a positive direction and get support from other powers and it may well be possible.
Because they would have next to no political power otherwise due to being enormously outnumbered, and its not hard to see in post-colonial Africa why that could be a serious issue for them.If race relations are better, why are white people proposing a sham democracy?
Similar as it would require a very great change in a group's fundamental mindset.Isn’t this along the same lines as “If only the Nazis weren’t Nazis...”?
Maybe they could have applied to become another state of the old Union of South Africa?
From all I've read over the years the people that ran Rhodesia post WW 2 didn't even want working class Europeans and DPs, they liked their society the way it was, no pesky trade unions or multiracial blocs, or striving whites trying to climb the ladder and muddy the demographics