“The Winnie Effect = the use of racial/authenticity politics to maintain popular support and dodge accountability for corruption or violence”
The core point: that this dynamic exists, that it’s not exclusive to any race, but that it’s especially visible and emotionally charged when the figure is non-white because of the history of colonialism/apartheid is something reasonable people can debate without it automatically being dismissed as bigotry.
“A political figure leverages identity solidarity to maintain power and deflect accountability for corruption or abuse, in a way that feels reminiscent of Winnie Mandela’s 1980s aura in the townships.”
Book V
Satire 13: The thirteenth satire is a reflection on the dangers of revenge when one is wronged. The narrator begins by stating that guilt is its own punishment and he suggests that experience can help defend against the whims of Fortuna. He also acknowledges that the world is corrupt and that the Golden Age was vastly superior to the present (a point he brought up in Satire 7 as well).[8]: 403 Juvenal also points out that financial loss is often mourned more than death itself and he criticizes people that are surprised by the scale of crime in Rome, likening it to being surprised by a German with blue eyes. He also calls revenge foolish, citing philosophers like Chrysippos, Thales, and Socrates, who would not endorse such actions. He also references a story from Herodotus about a corrupt Spartan consulting the Oracle at Delphi, stating that merely intending to do evil makes one immediately guilty.
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