There is a blatantly stupid statement in this missive which proves that the author has grasped neither the seriousness nor the scope of the problem:
"unlike the sheep of the past in Germany and Zimbabwe..."
The "baby steps" in South Africa started almost twenty years ago. We, the "sheep" of the present, the well-meaning, trusting, positive-thinking people, went along with it.
I've lived in a third-world country; South Africa is not becoming one, it's already there.
Gestapo? Police state? Heard about Dawid Bothma, the Treasury guy who was arrested because he pissed off a police constable? Or the "Blue-Light Brigades" who shoot people or run them over when they don't get out of the way fast enough? And a myriad other true stories?
Vote, by all means. In my opinion, it's too little, too late. We can only pray for a miracle.