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David__77

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9. Interestingly, in fascist apartheid South Africa, white migration to the country was encouraged.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 10:23 AM

May 2025

They thought they could bolster the white population.

As for this policy, American patriotism and white nationalism have pretty much been the same thing much of the time.

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Trump's Embrace of White South Africans Takes Dark, Unnerving New Turn (Greg Sargent, The New Republic) [View all] highplainsdem May 2025 OP

archive link Dennis Donovan May 2025 #1

Thanks! highplainsdem May 2025 #6

Payback for Eloon. spanone May 2025 #2

Yep. highplainsdem May 2025 #7

Maybe if they hadn't treated the minority population so badly, they wouldn't be afraid of them becoming the majority Walleye May 2025 #3

The difference is in America eurocentric christian white males have always been the oppressive majority. sop May 2025 #5

Exactly. DUers unfamiliar with South Africa's history need to know about the 1913 Natives Land Act: highplainsdem May 2025 #8

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard sop May 2025 #4

Interestingly, in fascist apartheid South Africa, white migration to the country was encouraged. David__77 May 2025 #9