I agree with you South Africans are missing the point and they're alienating certain sections of the population as if they would not act the same way given the circumstances. I always say its one thing to make good choices in life, but some of us have better options to choose from when making your good choices. The lower you are the lower your margin for error in making choices too.
It's far more multifaceted than simply uneducated or lazy which is the normal dismissive approach