Mafia in Suits: The Case Against Government
- Damien Blaauw
- Aug 29
- 4 min read

đ„ I Put It To You... Letâs stop pretending. ZAR doesnât have a government â it has a mafia in suits. The only difference between our âleadersâ and organised crime is that criminals donât insult you by calling it âdemocracy.â
Iâve lived through two ZAR's. The one under apartheid and the one under âdemocracy.â Hereâs 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. Thatâs not an insult â thatâs documented fact.
Billions looted in state capture, Eishkom stripped to the bone, Transloot collapsed, municipalities bankrupt, hospitals running out of oxygen â 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
Weâre told governments are necessary, without them, thereâd be chaos? Politicians spin themselves as public servants, but hereâs the naked truth: they donât serve us. They serve themselves!
The ZAR government is the biggest pyramid scheme in the country. The bottom â ordinary citizens(not all though) â pay taxes, electricity bills, and suffer load shedding. The top â cadres, ministers, and their families â 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, weâre in Pollsmoor or Kgosi Mapuru tomorrow! Loot R500 million from a tender scam, and youâre on a âbusiness tripâ to Dubai. Thatâs not democracy. Thatâs organized crime with better branding.
This Is Not Just ZAR
Donât think for a second weâre 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 isnât an African disease. Itâs a human disease. We just happen to see it here with the volume turned to full blast.

What If We Didnât 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 doesnât 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. Africaâs 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.
Hopfâs 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 â and theyâve created the hard times weâre all living in.
The Future Without Them
Hereâs 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 isnât to a flag but to a network.
Governments wonât disappear overnight â but theyâll wither like monarchies. Theyâll still exist, but nobody will take them seriously.
So, Do We Need Governments?
My answer: Not in the form we have today.
We donât need a parliament filled with 400 thieves debating while the country burns. We donât need presidents who swear oaths with one hand on the Bible and the other in the cookie jar. We donât 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 canât 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 isnât whether we can live without governments. Itâs whether we can survive if we keep living with them.
đŁ Think On This... So hereâs the question you need to answer for yourself: Are you going to keep defending a system thatâs clearly rigged against you, or are you brave enough to admit the truth?
Let's be real, governments arenât here to save you, theyâre here to rob you blind, smile for the camerasâŠand dare you to call it freedom. Ciao! Damien
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