It's understandable that Zimbabwe would be a source of humor. After all, the last Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, was ridiculed for opposing native rule on the grounds that (in Smith's own words), "You just can't give a modern society to a bunch of primitives who still believe in witchcraft." Nothing annoys the left so much as when the right is proven to be correct.
But in fact, Zimbabwe is a classic Greek tragedy, not a comedy. Rhodesia was a modern nation, the breadbasket of Africa, and now it's in ruins as Zimbabwe. And while a lot of people are pointing toward Greece as what awaits the United States, I point to Zimbabwe. At least Greece is heavily populated with Greeks. The United States is brimming with third world primitives, each with his own axe to grind.
Even if the USA does not descend to the open war on Europeans that has been the case of Zimbabwe, there's still the awful specter of hyperinflation. The USA has not experienced serious inflation in 30+ years, and people have forgotten (or never learned) how horrific it is. I had an old economics professor back in college, a really wise gent, who would constantly say this: "Inflation is a cruel tax." Try to find a contrary opinion from the few inhabitants with a brain in Zimbabwe.
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