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by csomar 1454 days ago
> Zimbabwe tried redistributing farms but it turned out horribly for them.

The keyword here is "idle". An "idle" landlord is unproductive and unlikely to riot. What happened in Zimbabwe is a power grab. It's usually the leaders taking a nice pie, and sharing the rest with the (in this case black) poor population. This destroys whatever little wealth the country had.