Responding to Mbeki's article, Katherine Furman, a PhD candidate in philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, theorized what influenced Mbeki to take the actions that he did while president:
Akijibu makala ya Mbeki, Katherine Furman, mwanafunzi wa Shahada ya Uzamivu (PHD) katika filosofia kwenye Shule Kuu ya London ya Uchumi na Sayansi ya Siasa, alifikiri kile kinachomfanya Mbeki achukue hatua alizochukua akiwa rais: