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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
That firestorm was unnecessary but as the winners we could justify it. If Germany had won then all our leaders would have been in Nuerenburg instead of the Nazi's. The winners are always portrayed as the good guys and the loosers the demons. T'was ever so.
Which brings us full circle. Mandela only got lionised because the ANC won. Had they lost he would have been an obscure figure in history.
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Apartheid would still have eventually been unsustainable. However it's fall would have been a lot bloodier and we could well have been horrific retaliations against the former ruling classes. Mandela is lionised not because the ANC won exactly but because he ensured a peaceful resolution to the end of Apartheid which is so small matter considering what had been done in it's name, including what had been done to him. He came out of prison and forgive those that put him in there, didn't speak vengeance, and persuaded others to do the same.