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David Harris

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8 months

A Primer on the Boers (the Afrikaners): from an Outsider Who Lived Among Them

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On the "hick-libs." 🧵 Several years ago I was shocked when I heard that a Texas country singer whose music I really enjoyed was a Beto O'Rourke-supporter (Ryan Bingham). For the life of me, I couldn't understand how someone associated with rural West Texas could be on the left.

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“A Tale of Two Hollers” I wrote a massive 🧵explaining the phenomenon of the “hick-lib” two weeks ago and got the most virtual hate I’ve ever received. Now totally vindicated.

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LONG 🧵on Rhodesia: Here’s what you need to know about this extraordinarily controversial nation, and why it still matters today (list of resources for further study at the end of this thread):

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A Primer on Appalachia (with resources for learning more at the end).

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If you have the skill and drive to strum a guitar and sing the truth about what is, what was, and what ought to be, then today is your day. Put the pen to paper. Sing about the old, sing about the new - write about struggle, joy, heartbreak, and victory - you'll be a rare breed.

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Think of the hick-lib as a collaborator - someone who stands to gain socially, financially & gain better opportunities by helping the regime in power make the normal, sensible population of rural, red parts of the country feel surrounded, discouraged, and despondent.

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Tyler Childers & Jason Isbell are poster children for this hipsteresque/traditionalist country. Both are products of Appalachia and have legitimate connections to much of what they sing about. Unlike corporate country their music often actually features ties to land and history.

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So how should we think about "hick-libs?" What do they represent? Why are Hollywood, Nashville & many leftist institutions (i.e. most institutions) pushing a narrative & trying to force a feeling that even coal miners, cowboys & country fans are secretly San Franciso homosexuals?

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The good news is that for real, authentic, American/Christian/rural-based music, the demand is currently high. The opportunity to provide excellence as an alternative to both corporate country music and progressive coffee house country has never been more needed and wanted.

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One of the best examples of the increasing leftist political colonization of country music came in 2020 when Luke Combs participated in an awkward struggle session with Marren Morris where he ostensibly apologized for his associations with the Confederate flag.

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So while the hick-lib celebrities would have us believe that Appalachia and rural Oklahoma is home to covert gay coal miners and queer cowboys, the overwhelming majority of those who they claim to represent can be found at large stadiums cheering Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan.

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The "raw," "real," and "authentic" music of coffee house country is where the social-political goals of Marxist activists really shine the brightest. This stripped-down, folksy, regional, traditional instrumented crooning is seen by its adherents as "the real thing."

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I’m not sure even this guy knows how deep a nerve he’s hit.

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Ever heard a song so good, so real, so tragically true that it hurt you? Now you have.

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So obviously, someone like Childers who looks, sounds, and claims to be thoroughly representative of his Appalachian roots is, on a social level, he's not close to fully representative because his ethics are a form of leftist (or you could say culturally Marxist) colonization.

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Around the same time, I heard Kacey Musgrave's breakout album. I loved (and still do) her western sound and style, as well as her songwriting ability, but the final track on the album ("Follow Your Arrow") made her leftist persuasions plain.

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However, it's impossible not to notice a significant leftist trend among the "musically authentic," rurally focused musicians. They don't tend to play big stadiums, opting instead for "art houses" and old theaters in downtown Lexington, Charleston, Birmingham, and Knoxville.

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Over the next few years, a number of country artists (many mainstream) revealed their varying levels of dedication to leftist causes. Some prominent names range from Marren Morris to Sturgill Simpson to more recently Kelsea Ballerini and her drag participants at the CMAs.

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It's common for millennials/zoomers who vehemently dislike country music to make special exceptions for the likes of Childers, Simpson, Isbell, Musgraves, or on the more "based right" side, Colter Wall and Cody Johnson.

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Contrary to popular belief, the interior of South Africa was largely unpopulated- this is evidenced by the fact that it took well over 100 years for the Dutch settlers to encounter a large contingent of African peoples (the Xhosa).

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This is not to say there aren't legitimate hick-libs in red America, but how widespread is this fanbase? Well, let's look at where Tyler Childers went to high school - one of the bluer areas near where he grew up. As you can see, it's not very blue.

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While data isn't available for Green Hill (where Jason Isbell grew up), Kacey Musgrave's hometown had a whopping 91% showing for Trump in 2020 (though Kacey would probably maintain that Golden, Texas is both backward and racist).

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“Boer,” the Afrikaans word for “farmer” carries a great deal of cultural significance, as it cuts to the core of their identity as a people, chiefly a sacred devotion and attachment to South African soil.

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However, mainstream country music is often more subversive than the off-brand, hipster, "authentic" country - snap tracks and hip-hop beats with an accompanying steel guitar is the current vehicle for marketing country, but not as much for marketing progressive politics.

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Over the course of 3 years, I lived among Afrikaners - I stayed, ate, laughed, worked, and worshiped with them, and have never been so readily and easily adopted by a group of people who were not my own, but treated exactly as if I were.

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I learned to converse in Afrikaans, listened to Boer country music (simply called, “Afrikaans”), and even started wearing their particular brand of clothes (that makes it look like they’re like perpetually on a safari, which in some ways, they are).

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Less than 10% of South Africa’s nearly 60 million are considered “white.” Of that number, just over ½ are considered “Boer,” or more specifically “Afrikaner.”

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Collaboration has a long tradition in revolutionary movements - whether Soviet Russia, Communist China, the French Revolution, or during other colonial actions, be they benevolent or malevolent.

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The entire worldwide Afrikaner population numbers under 5 million, distributed throughout South Africa (primarily), Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, England, Canada, the US, Argentina, Australia, NZ, Brazil, and even a few in the Central Asian country of Georgia.

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I say all this to put my biases on the table: I love the Boers. Medical issues resulted in my premature exit from time in Southern Africa, but in another life, I would have been completely content to live out my days among the Boers.

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I had no familiarity with Boers prior to a trip to South Africa in 2009. I had never heard of Afrikaaners or Afrikaans and found the idea of a group of rustic, rural types driving Land Rovers across the scrub landscape incredibly novel.

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When Mandela came to power in 1994, his party (the ANC, African National Congress) promised to bring reconciliation and peace to the nation. Instead, SA has experienced 30 years of violence, riots, rape, mayhem, and a rapidly disintegrating economic system.

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This portion of South African history parallels similar events in the US, Canada, and Australia. Pioneers traveling over covered wagons faced dangers from wildlife, illness, and natives. A similar historical consciousness exists in all 4 nations, namely a pioneer spirit.

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The history of the Boer “treks” is absolutely fascinating, and worth reading about. If you do dig into this period of history, you’ll probably feel shortchanged that you never knew anything about it (resources at the end of this thread).

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My wife, daughter & I got the chance to tour a small family farm in Crossville, TN yesterday. A few things struck me:

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The Boer people have experienced an incredible rate of murder, torture, and rape - not in the cities, but out on their farms in an endless train of farm attacks. These home invasions are horrific and happen constantly. I would know. I was nearly the victim of one.

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The atrocities committed by the British during this period have not been forgotten. There is, continually, no great love for the British among the Afrikaners. Like the American Civil War, the Boer War is deeply complex & requires putting in work & research to understand.

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@Knoxish1517 Quite the contrary. He’s become an overnight populist hero.

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This was only a few weeks before there was an attempted murder of my neighbor up the road. Unlike the US, in SA the rural areas are, in many ways, more dangerous, specifically for the Afrikaners. It takes a robust character to live in such circumstances.

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The Cape Colony was founded by the Dutch East India Company (1652). A mid-point between Asia and Europe, the CC was populated with an incredibly diverse array of peoples- Malaysian, Dutch, French Huguenots, German Protestant dissidents & local Africans.

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The Boers created several independent Republics, the most well-known and longest-lasting being the Transvaal & the Orange Free State. These were explicitly Reformed, Christian nations that encouraged and cultivated the rural lifestyle so integral to the Afrikaner identity.

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This has been blatantly evident in the way the farm murders are treated like a “white supremacist” conspiracy, with the likes of the ADL referring to such in their press brief on the subject as “baseless claims of white genocide.”

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By the 1830s, slavery was outlawed in the British Empire. There’s no doubt that this was a driving force in the (limited) Boer exit from the Cape, but this fact is usually used by Boer enemies as a bludgeon to paint the Afrikaner as a wicked tyrant.

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After the occupation of the Cape Colony by the British in 1795, the CC traded owners several times, eventually landing solely in British hands in 1806. Dutch (or, Boer) settlers were discontent with the change in rule and started moving inland.

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Suffice it to say, Apartheid has been used as the justification in the civilized world to forget, demean, and hate the Afrikaner, as he is to take all the blame for what Nelson Mandela called “the greatest evil in the history of the world.”

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Tensions between the British & the Boer Republics eventually blew up into 2 conflicts in the late 1800s. The 1st Anglo-Boer War was a brief but humiliating loss for the British Empire, as the Boers outperformed the professional English army.

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To illustrate the complexity, understand that in the late 1970s the South African military was fighting the Cuban military in Southwest Africa (now Namibia).

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The 2nd Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) was a much more bitter event. The war dragged on for several years due mostly to the unwillingness of rural Boer commando groups to surrender. In the meantime the British enacted draconian measures for dealing with the Boers.

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They must be perpetually punished by polite society. They have the wrong skin color, faith, and adhere to too many traditional values to benefit the cosmopolitan multicultue of the West.

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This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the political complexity of the time. It’s a fascinating period of history well worth your time to study, and you can be confident that anyone painting this period with a broad brush is a simpleton who shouldn’t be doing history.

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While a sort of reconciliation period came after the victory of the British & subsequent dissolution of the Boer Republics following the war, it’s impossible to wish away the level of devastation seared into the Boer consciousness from the Boer War.

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The Afrikaner’s roots are European, but in his heart he belongs to the deserts, mountains, plains, and hills of his native Africa. This is why for those Boers who are still in SA (which is most) there is no plan B- Africa is home, come hell or high water.

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A documentary -”Farmlands” is over 5 years old at this point, but still as relevant as ever. It is probably one of the best works done on the farm murders.

FARMLANDS (2018) | Official Documentary

Buy Farmlands DVD: https://laurensouthern.net/documentaries/farmlands/Thank you for watching! Please share to spread the word.You can support my work via:Pay...

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I will not get into Apartheid here, as it’s also a complex period in time with a great number of heroes and villains, international intrigue, and interior drama. SA was fighting conflicts against communist insurgents on multiple fronts.

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This takes us to modern times, specifically 2009 when I first got to know Afrikaners. They are derided the world over in film, media, and among the establishment political class. As I didn’t really know anything about them at 17, I formed an opinion based on my interaction.

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South African cuisine, with its Boer, British, Portuguese, & South Indian influence & African ingredients is a severely underrated food culture. The Boers have mastered the art of cooking meat (& literally anything else) over open flame.

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In case you’re not familiar with the basics of Boer history, here’s a short primer (skip ahead for cultural commentary):

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The Boers are one of the few people groups that Western nations (like the US) will never allow to enter en mass, even if the direct policy of their nation was to genocide them (which one could argue, it is).

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It’s nearly impossible to fit the Afrikaner neatly into any cultural box outside of SA. They are an incredibly distinct people with specific traditions. That being said, as someone who has spent a lot of time in the rural south, I found Boer culture vaguely familiar.

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The Afrikaner-orientated National Party ruled South Africa from 1948 to 1994. It was during this period that South Africa became well-known for its Apartheid system of racial segregation, though many of these rules were in place before the NP came to power.

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I love small-town, dispensational, 1-point Calvinist, fundamentalist Baptists. Sure, they get slammed from all sides, but most of the best and most faith-filled people I’ve known fit this mold. I don’t have to agree with them on every jot and tittle to love them.

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I rushed out of town to the farm plot and found the door busted open, but thankfully nothing was stolen (probably due to the alarm). Thankfully, I was not home. If I had been, I may not have been able to write this thread.

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In 2011, I was watching a home outside of Polokwane, the largest city in the northeast part of SA. I was at a friend's house when I received a text message from the security system at the property I was watching.

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Despite the dangers so often breathing down their throats, Afrikaaners are a typically jovial and upbeat people. They love to laugh, they love their sport, they love their food, and they love the land they live on in a profound way.

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Contrary to stereotypes of being essentially backward white trash, I found Afrikaners to be a proper, orderly, clean people. The houses I was in were spotless & tidy, respect for elders paramount, and education greatly valued.

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Like rural, American Southerners, (especially Texans), Boers typically enjoy grilling meat, hunting, fishing, going to church, getting together with family & neighbors, off-roading trucks, riding horses, and watching sports. The cultural parallels are uncanny.

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This is probably a good time to give a shoutout to @FarmerBills (SA jerky), one of the (very) few companies in the United States who are making biltong the way it’s meant to be. I had the opportunity to try some a few weeks ago, & it’s the real deal.

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In fact, as you drive through the veld (a sort of prairie) of the interior of SA, you are struck by the aesthetic similarity of the landscape to that of the Hill Country of Central/West Texas.

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Rather than let me sit in silence the whole time, the Afrikaans pastor spoke completely in English & we sang songs in English as well- just so I wouldn’t feel left out. Sure, there are hard-nosed Boers, but in my experience, this level of accommodation and care was the norm.

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One of the beautiful aspects of this particular type of social gathering is the lack of ceremony - there need not be an engagement, 1st birthday party, or gender reveal- Afrikaners get together just for the pleasure of each other’s company, & they’ll do so every week.

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Their deserts are to die for- melktart, koeksusters, malva pudding, etc.- South Asian spices reign supreme with Northern European cooking styles mixed with African ingredients. To this day, I’m never as excited about food as when I come across a SA restaurant or shop.

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Any governor who wants to be the most powerful & influential in the US can do so right now by tweeting the following: “Trump is welcome to reside in my state with full security. Any attempt to extradite him will be treated as a hostile act & met with like force.”

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Afrikaner hospitality is exceptional. I was constantly given incredibly comfortable & thoughtful accommodation, & they design their houses and properties with guests in mind.

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Their church services felt familiar too- almost like a parallel universe in comparison to the rural, Southern, Baptist churches I visited in Mississippi as a child. They are community singers- they share a wealth of songs, jokes, and stories in common.

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The truth is that the Boer is and has been in the crosshairs of the government under which he lives. Somehow, even in the midst of this, he maintains a stiff upper lip and presses on.

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I pretend to understand the Federal Vision controversy but I actually have no idea what’s going on.

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If you’d like to learn more about the Boers, here are a few suggested resources A movie: “Blood and Glory” is a recent film about the Boer War. It’s not a Hollywood production but it was very well done. Recommended.

Blood and Glory

Based on the true story of a Boer soldier whose family was murdered by the British during the Anglo-Boer War and sent to a harsh P.O.W. prison. To survive, he and his fellow inmates must defeat their...

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I could have written a 🧵about Vendas, Tsongas, South African Brits or Coloureds - all groups I respect, value, love and whom I have friends among - but say anything positive about THIS specific group of people, and it’s “white supremacy.” God seen die Boere.

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”Christian” nationalist spreading revisionist white supremacist propaganda

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Media depictions make one think that Boers are basically European squatters- white people who happen to be African but don’t belong there. This could not be further from the Boer understanding of their place in the world.

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The Afrikaans social tradition is the “bring-&-braai,” a get-together where the host provides wood, a grill, & space to hang out, & attendees bring side dishes, wine (especially if you live in the Cape) & meat to grill.

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Contribution to WBS. Thank you to @SamuelHolden_ for the original inspiration.

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So we’re now at Christian Nationalism or Satanism. This brings a lot of clarity.

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*Briefly: my own interest in this topic comes from living in Northeastern South Africa for a time, very close to the Zimbabwe border. I knew many former Rhodesians & the inflammatory rhetoric about them did not hold up to knowing them in real life. They are/were wonderful people.

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This is perhaps best illustrated during the riots of 2021, when neighborhoods banded together to defend themselves against the violent looters.

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Contrary to what you might think, the SA winter is cold, especially where I was, several thousand feet above sea level. Extra blankets and propane heaters were always provided.

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Because of the increasing threat of violence, many Boers have already left SA, but the fact of the matter is that most cannot, and will never be able to. They will have to stick out whatever is on the horizon for SA.

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He is Risen & Lord over East Tennessee

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-The mother country creates a “democracy” & Europeans leave -Communists immediately take control through intimidation - Europeans that are left flee the violence by emigrating to a safer region or to Europe/US/Australia - The ruling party initiates genocide against its rivals

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Much more could be said. Indeed, learning more bout these fascinating people is worth your time. One thing is certain for me- the Boers I’ve known showed me love, care, concern, & treated me like a brother. Their lives matter & they deserve peace, safety, & security as a people.

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Text from a friend 🤣

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Some of the most memorable times of my life have been sitting by a fire, late at night, trading stories, jokes, singing songs & making merry with Boer friends (among many other types of South Africans).

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A note on the Afrikaans language: while the initial sounds of a deep guttural & rolling-r are immensely intimidating to an English speaker, you may be surprised to learn that it’s the easiest language for an English speaker to learn.

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However, Southern Africa differs from the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa in that the European population goes back hundreds of years. A distinct white-African culture has developed, & among many, there is little interest in going anywhere. Africa is home.

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A main takeaway from the Rhodesia saga is the utter insanity of so-called Western democracy. Throughout the entire history of the nation, western leaders consistently turned a blind eye to real human suffering in Africa & instead, virtue signaled over Rhodesia’s voting system.

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For many on the right, the fact that the NYT was writing hit pieces on Rhodesia confirmed that there must be something of value in its history, and a new period of Rhodesia interest was born. There are now far more familiar with this nation’s history than a decade ago.

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By way of illustration, one Easter morning I was invited to a sunrise service to play guitar. When I arrived at the farm where the service was being held, I realized I was the only English speaker (they speak English but prefer Afrikaans, obviously).

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-The nation descends into anarchy, terrorism, starvation, & mass killing -Western leftists (& many on the right) celebrate the “achievement of democracy” -The Western media fawns over newly installed dictators as the nations crumble (Samora Machel 👇)

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Examples of colonial collapse are endless, but here’s the basic format: -Massive national debt from WWII makes it difficult to maintain colonies -Communist subversion/funding from USSR makes colonies dangerous -A hot war erupts between the Colonial power & communist guerrillas

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Rhodesia was a real place with real people, black & white, who faced insurmountable odds with a stiff upper lip. It wasn't a perfect society- but it was an oasis of calm, order, & Christianity in a sea of atheistic, Marxist oppression, death, destruction & misery.

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