Voices | Why I trust people more than I trust politicians
On October 17 1989, I was working on the computer in my business on Market Street in San Francisco, US. It was a little after 5pm. That’s when I heard the roar coming directly at me.
Redistribution of wealth, whether done by politicians or violent thugs in the streets, destroys wealth.I heard stories how, downtown, the homeless, winos and others who are often looked down upon dusted themselves off and started directing traffic – no traffic lights were working. When a double-decker highway collapsed, civilians tied ladders together to get up to the first level and rescued people from their crushed cars.
Protea Glen community members loot Boxer at the Sizwe Shopping Centre in Soweto. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/City Press The earthquake only destroyed wealth and made the city of San Francisco poorer. The rioters only destroyed wealth and made South Africa poorer. Both disasters destroyed wealth. Motati was one of the civilians who came out to stand guard at Maponya Mall in Soweto. “I’m standing here against vandals and hooligans,” she said. In Tshwane, the taxi council announced they had “taken over the protection of three malls in Soshanguve”.
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