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, mgombea wa PhD katika falsafa kwenye Shule ya London ya Sayansi ya Kiuchumi na Kisiasa, alitoa nadharia kuhusu kilichomchochea Mbeki kuchukua hatua alizofanya alipokuwa rais: