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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Except, I don't believe the Afrikaners had millions of messianic, religious fanatics, whose goal is Armageddon, or The Apocolypse, i.e., total annihilation, backing them up. We really do need a new way of thinking about this problem, because for those who are wanting to bring on total destruction, - what's a few thousands, or even a million or two on the way?

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Natalie Holme Elsberg's avatar

Messianic ideology was absolutely part of the Apartheid structure with Afrikaners believing that they too were a “chosen” people. You can learn more about it in Rian Malan’s My Traitor’s Heart.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Thanks for the book recommendation.

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