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I often wonder whether it is possible to become a developed nation without some "inferiority complex" that drives you as a country. Would the US space program have been so great without the Soviets? I see from the story that villagers where moved from the location. This is something that would not be possible in South Africa, at the best it would take years and years of negotiation and cost billions. The inverse is true, South Africa needs to create more jobs and more tourism. But the laws here are the laws of a developed state (I doubt the countries followed the same modern laws during their developmental phase). I am not complaining, just an observation.


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