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The very witty title of the article is a reference to "Cry, the Beloved Country"[0], a famous South African novel from 1948 dealing with the racist social structures leading to Apartheid. (It deals with other things too). It's a great book and I would recommend it to anyone, even if you're not particularly interested in South Africa.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country

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One of the most interesting things I remember about "Cry, the Beloved Country" was feeling as though the book had a rhythm.

> The whole mood was contagious. My first night, I openly gagged when my friend Paul put his hands into my dirty shower water to scoop it out for the toilet. But a day or two into my trip, when I opened a friend’s guest toilet lid to a turd, I nearly squealed with glee. I have never been so thrilled to see a previously deposited piece of shit in a toilet I myself hoped to take a crap in.

It might be time to rethink happiness.

great story, thank you for posting

Dry, the beloved country