Mafia in Suits: The Case Against Government
- Damien Blaauw

- Aug 29, 2025
- 4 min read

š„ I Put It To You... Letās stop pretending. ZAR doesnāt have a government ā it has a mafia in suits. The only difference between our āleadersā and organised crime is that criminals donāt insult you by calling it ādemocracy.ā
Iāve lived through two ZAR's. The one under apartheid and the one under ādemocracy.ā Hereās the harsh truth: both were rotten at the core, just in different flavors.
Under apartheid, corruption wore one face. Under the A N C, corruption wears another face. Same pig, different lipstick, and while we like to believe democracy was the cure, ZAR today sits proudly ranked among the most corrupt governments in the world. Thatās not an insult ā thatās documented fact.
Billions looted in state capture, Eishkom stripped to the bone, Transloot collapsed, municipalities bankrupt, hospitals running out of oxygen ā and yet the masterminds? Z%*a still laughs at the courts, the G$%#@s sip cocktails in Dubai, A&% plays victim and the A N C elite drive German sedans past potholes that could swallow taxis whole.
Not a single kingpin is behind bars. Not one, and yet we have commissions of enquiry handing names and events over to authorities on a silver platter! The biggest insult here is that the enquiries are tax-payer funded, meaning we as tax-payers have had to and will into the future foot the bill for nothing! Wait, we only have a tax-payer base of about 5.2 million in a country whose populace exceeds 63.1 million! The math translates that to 7.9% of the populace carry the tax burden of an entire nation! Let that sink in...
The Big Lie Governments Tell
Weāre told governments are necessary, without them, thereād be chaos? Politicians spin themselves as public servants, but hereās the naked truth: they donāt serve us. They serve themselves!
The ZAR government is the biggest pyramid scheme in the country. The bottom ā ordinary citizens(not all though) ā pay taxes, electricity bills, and suffer load shedding. The top ā cadres, ministers, and their families ā cash out. The law? A toy they use to protect themselves and punish anyone who dares to expose them.
If you or I steal R10,000, weāre in Pollsmoor or Kgosi Mapuru tomorrow! Loot R500 million from a tender scam, and youāre on a ābusiness tripā to Dubai. Thatās not democracy. Thatās organized crime with better branding.
This Is Not Just ZAR
Donāt think for a second weāre unique. The Yank Congress is bought by lobbyists. Pommie MPs cash in on contracts. Naija politicians steal oil wealth in daylight. Global leaders smile at climate summits while flying private jets.
Corruption isnāt an African disease. Itās a human disease. We just happen to see it here with the volume turned to full blast.

What If We Didnāt Need Them?
Imagine a ZAR without centralised government.
No more Eishkom executives looting Medupi and Kusile projects. Instead, local communities generating their own power on microgrids. No more NSFAS scandals. Instead, blockchain-based bursary pools that track every cent. No more corrupt courts dragged out for years. Instead, AI-driven systems that rule without bias or bribes.
Trade doesnāt collapse; it evolves. Barter, crypto, local exchange systems. Communities organise themselves better than any bloated department in Pitori. Governance, not government. Systems, not parasites.
History Warned Us
Rome fell because elites drained the empire dry. France guillotined its aristocrats for hoarding wealth while the people starved. Africaās independence struggles gave us new governments that often turned into new oppressors.
ZAR is on the same road: liberation fighters turned into looters, freedom fighters turned into feudal lords.
Hopfās old line nails it: Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.
The A N C once had strong men. Today it has weak men ā and theyāve created the hard times weāre all living in.
The Future Without Them
Hereās the real future scenario: by 2050, governments worldwide collapse under their own incompetence and debt. Citizens stop believing. Parallel systems rise.
In ZAR, rand loses relevance to crypto. Communities bypass municipalities and build their own infrastructures. Global corporations, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, and digital tribes replace states. Your allegiance isnāt to a flag but to a network.
Governments wonāt disappear overnight ā but theyāll wither like monarchies. Theyāll still exist, but nobody will take them seriously.
So, Do We Need Governments?
My answer: Not in the form we have today.
We donāt need a parliament filled with 400 thieves debating while the country burns. We donāt need presidents who swear oaths with one hand on the Bible and the other in the cookie jar. We donāt need bloated ministries inventing new scams to siphon taxpayers dry.
We need governance. Rules, yes. Order, yes. These should be coded into transparent systems that canāt be bribed, hijacked, or stolen.
ZAR is proof governments are obsolete. We can now see they were built for another age. The longer we cling to them, the more they drag us down.
The question isnāt whether we can live without governments. Itās whether we can survive if we keep living withĀ them.
š£ Think On This... So hereās the question you need to answer for yourself: Are you going to keep defending a system thatās clearly rigged against you, or are you brave enough to admit the truth?
Let's be real, governments arenāt here to save you, theyāre here to rob you blind, smile for the camerasā¦and dare you to call it freedom. Ciao! Damien






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