"Young Zimbabweans are still tentative about taking advantage of that freedom of speech," Munyati says.
Honestly, I’d still wait a bit myself in their position. Maybe this government really will go in a new direction, but if not then this kind of thing could very easily come back to bite you. Having said that, I respect and admire the dozens of people who overcame decades of fear to speak up.
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[ 1.1 ms ] story [ 14.7 ms ] threadHonestly, I’d still wait a bit myself in their position. Maybe this government really will go in a new direction, but if not then this kind of thing could very easily come back to bite you. Having said that, I respect and admire the dozens of people who overcame decades of fear to speak up.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
I guess one lesson here is to never trust a powerful man with everything to lose.
One of my gotos on this: "Rich man, poor man, we all gotta pay Cause freedom ain't free, especially 'round my way" [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_isn't_free#In_popular_...
[1] `youtube-dl -f mp4 'S77zUWqawag'`