i think this is pretty much right. not a shock that the political economy of apartheid south africa produced a bunch of reactionaries who hope to replicate that political economy for the 21st century https://www.ft.com/content/cfbfa1e8-d8f8-42b9-b74c-dae6cc6185a0?accessToken=zwAGKk0WCvCAkdPPv6Ho2PhCudO3TNrmzGGFoA.MEUCIQDBS1qmkt0kSc-U5X4589yAroEF1GgTWFxBthyOkA8LCAIgfIzRAkwXZXbJ2noEgKYlDHAXvkqJxZPWlvceMs8igLM&sharetype=gift&token=1b6f4869-a2f6-4113-a514-df5bc98e54a2
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Even a detestable hub.
Musk, Trump, and MAGA exemplify the original and persisting rot and violence of American racism and white supremacy.
"South Africans are very much interested in Southern race laws for their apartheid system because what the South had invented was really a system of racial apartheid." - Dr. Manisha Sinha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7qQHLPkZA
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-20-how-south-african-men-are-changing-the-course-of-american-democracy/
The comments section!
I was heartened to read this one at the bottom, however.
The others likely would have led the charge up the Capitol on J6.
"respected first world nation under apartheid"
#ApartheidUnitedStates
https://books.google.com/books?id=5djXaCZwXfQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=white+citizens+council&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZ_6S7ks6KAxXuGTQIHQ9uHyUQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=white%20citizens%20council&f=false
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-nazis-were-inspired-by-jim-crow
These assholes want apartheid back BIG TIME!
my dad grew up in the Jim Crow south so, like, I thought I knew racists
this dude was on another fuckin level
Article thread ⏬ 4 min
Ahhh, damn it.
Growing up in that kinda privilege *does* smth to you: you'll burn the whole neighbourhood down before sharing it.
backgrounds and authoritarian bents.
Back when we actually had a free market and not the vulture capitalism we have today.
Today you confuse money chasing money with a long-gone vibrant economy where fortune 500 companies were born in garages.
We spent 6% of our GDP getting to the moon, and saw virtually no innovation until SpaceX came along.
Wall street has turned into nothing but a casino.
Also, the existence of large companies is a different discussion. I was specifically talking about individuals who have excessive personal fortunes.
More to the point, why do you think that Trump is going to be anti monopoly?
What do you think that the minimum wage should be, and why do you think that your ideas match Trump's?
Then I realized that Theiel et al are trying to recreate a rich, white, male child's memory of apartheid South Africa.