Episode 146 - DO ANC VOTERS VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS? DO THEY CONSENT TO THEIR OWN DOMINATION ?

Excellent futurist and Africa analyst Koffi Kouakou (The Centre
for Africa-Chinese Studies, University of Johannesburg) joined me
for a fascinating debate about ANC voters. He had listened to my
previous episode, episode 145- 'Ramaphosa told you why you
shouldn't vote ANC' (
https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/episode-145-ramaphosa-told-you-why-you-shouldnt-vote-anc/id1561851417?i=1000593632513
) and wanted to put the ANC voter on trial. 





Koffi agreed with my main analysis (
https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2023-01-10-eusebius-mckaiser-ramaphosa-told-you-why-you-shouldnt-vote-anc/
) that the ANC's January 8th statement is an argument for not
voting ANC. 





But he is puzzled by why so many ANC voters nevertheless still
vote ANC despite this seemingly not being in their material
interest?





This podcast episode is based on several days of back and forth
engagement between us. We ended up having a WhatsApp dialectic
about the dangers of psychological analysis when it comes to
making sense of ANY voter; laying out a basis for carefully
exploring, neverthless, important and puzzling questions about
voting trends in SA in light of the main empirical data about the
state of the nation, and we then actually allowed ourselves the
freedom to ask and explore such questions as, "Are ANC voters
suffering Stockholm Syndrome?" Or, "Is there is a puzzle of
domination here that requires explanations from political theory
to make sense of? Do ANC voters - irrationally? - consent to
their own domination?" Etc.





You decide where you land in these debates. I hope you are
stimulated. I am confident you will be. And I thank Koffi for
giving permission for our engagement that started off privately
to be curated into a podcast episode. 





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