I don’t think we’re real close to a “French revolution”, but an executed CEO today could be a symptom of the situation. (Of course, we don’t know the motive yet. But just the online discourse around it is telling).

To follow-up on my comment of “online discourse” about this: the Facebook post from the company (…deeply saddened…) has 20.6K laugh emojis vs ~4k in sympathy related)

Go to South Africa and tell me if it feels safe. Specifically the rich areas.

Funny you say that - I was just in Johannesburg- which neighborhoods are you referring to?

I didn't go to Johannesburg because my friend had gotten car jacked the week before. In my 4 months in cape town I was the only member of my friend group that didn't get mugged (most with guns).

But Clifton and Camps Bay were super nice. One late night I made a sandwich for the security guard my friend's neighborhood had to hire to stand outside with a kalashankof at night, he was grateful.

Compare that to other more poor African nations, there isn't 1/1000 the tension in the air as there is in SA. The reason for that is the extreme difference in wealth tied to racial tensions.