BAP’s theorising on a mixed-race middle-management caste strike me as accurate. Observing the former Portuguese colonies that I am more familiar with - Malacca and Macau - I can observe how that strategy has resulted after a timeline of centuries.
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(This is equally true in business. Any intermediary agent such as an estate agent, headhunter or exporter is in a highly precarious position should the buyer and the vendor decide to just contact each other directly)
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I believe it is true that in life as in business, nature abhors a middle-man. As soon as the need for a middle-man is no longer there, then there is little goodwill extended. This is true of the mulatto populations: Useless to the ex-colonial power, mistrusted by the new majority
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Our current middle-manager caste who are praised and paraded by our elites should be mindful of this. If the day ever comes when the side they strive so hard to promote ever does become a majority power, they might find themselves resented for their ties to the previous majority.pic.twitter.com/4xMJEexrSA
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Remember the above when exhorted by propaganda to put politics before passion when selecting partners. When sides are drawn, it is inevitably those who straddle the fence who are the first to suffer.
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