“Capitalism will gain even more traction—technology just makes it look good.” – Howard Dean Johnson

In this brief exchange, an audience member asks whether new technology might soften capitalism’s blow in Africa. Johnson isn’t buying it. Pointing to South Africa’s gleaming business districts “pushed right beside the shanty towns,” he argues that tech often polishes exploitation rather than curing it.

✅ Audience’s hope: high-tech capitalism “looks good” in Asia & parts of Africa—even where poverty is deep
✅ Johnson’s rebuttal: South Africa proves you can have “beautiful, built-up modernity” and shanty towns on the same street
✅ Prediction: digital tools will only give capitalism “more traction, even more, without a doubt”
✅ Way forward: ditch imported models and “return to something more familiar to what we are as African people”

🗣️ Until the system matches African realities, shiny gadgets won’t bridge the gap—naming that truth is step one.

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