• ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    Mandela literally founded the paramilitary wing of the ANC which murdered children, robbed banks and fought proxy wars as mercenaries in neighbouring countries where they committed heinous war crimes. But he did give good speech. He is literally the embodiment of the statement in the image.

    His wife was evil through and through though.

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      And also literally turned to negotiation and persuasion later in life, with which he successfully achieved what he could not during his paramilitary days.

      Sometimes the hammer is the right choice, and sometimes the screwdriver is.