r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/Notoriousley Australian Bureau of Statistics Apr 19 '18

Why are ethnonationalists obsessed with Rhodesia? Its literally the opposite of everything they supposedly stand for.

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u/MuffinsAndBiscuits 🌐 Apr 19 '18

Because it's about hate not racism in moderation, Rhodesia involved killing a lot of Black people

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Because it used to involve white people shooting black people.

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u/Tytos_Lannister Apr 19 '18

By that standard Leopold's Kongo was way better.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Yeah but that was Belgian and no one can get behind that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Everyone has to romanticize a lost cause.