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I was there and it was nothing like what the parent posted. It's doubling down on blaming the "Whites" (again) for what precipitated the crisis and the disaster that ensued.

A bunch of those farmers moved elsewhere and started successful commercial farms. The rest just had all their wealth destroyed and will never get it back. A lucky few went to court to try legal means to address this or sold in time.

Most farms (and entire businesses) that were stolen were given out as favors to connected ruling-party officials and the scraps were given to the poor with no training or support, guaranteeing their failure.



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