These are terms used by the axis powers of the second world war to justify expansionist policies, land grabs. In which ethnic cleansing can be envisaged and the lower less wonderful, exterminated. The divine right, the sense of entitlement even of destiny are invoked to whip up the crowd, inspire and focus intent. Korean women were there to service Japanese soldiers. Poles were encamped and slaughtered. Sub humans were terminated and eugenic experiments undertaken. Blond Aryan breed mares were inseminated to produce more of the master race.
We have land grabs in the middle East with settlers and people eying up a new home nearer the coast in Gaza. We have Trump musing about Greenland and making Canada a state. The rhetoric though less open and obvious is in a similar vein. I suspect to some the life of a Muslim is considered less important. Many are brown as well, to boot. We are in similar territory to the 1930s.
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“Every prime minister and state president in South Africa from 1948 to the end of apartheid in 1994 was a member of the Afrikaner Broederbond.”
From Wikipedia
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“In June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). The following year its name was changed to the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The organisation had one main aim: to further Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa – to maintain Afrikaner culture, develop an Afrikaner economy, and to gain control of the South African government.
During the 1930s the Afrikaner Broederbond became increasingly political, creating several public front organisations – especially the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK – Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Societies) which acted as an umbrella organisation for Afrikaner cultural groups, and took over the original cultural remit of the AB.
The Afrikaner Broederbond, meanwhile, evolved into a highly influential ‘secret’ society. Its political influence became apparent in 1934 when JBM Hertzog merged the National Party (NP) with Jan Smuts’ South African Party (SAP), to form the United Party (UP). Radical members of the NP broke away from the ‘fusion government’ to form the Herenigde Nasionale Party (HNP – ‘Reunited National Party’) under the leadership of DF Malan. The AB threw its full support behind the HNP, and its members dominated the new party – especially in the Afrikaner strongholds of Transvaal and Orange Free State.”
African History on About.com
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The political nationalist far right appears to be gaining ground in a number of places. There is a very real chance that an outwardly sanitised far right party could hold power soon in France. There appears to be in public displays of friendship amongst the right in a number of countries, we do not know what collusion there is behind closed doors.
Ought we to be concerned? Yes, probably.
It appears that we may not have taken the lessons from last time.
I think it wise that the EU develops/has its own social media platforms…to avoid the US near monopoly. I sense that the war against TikTok in the USA is about influence and nothing to do with sale of data and espionage. Silencing it is desired just like Al Jazeera has been shut down in some countries. Russia Today has been off air for a while now.
The propaganda war is alive and kicking.
Amazon is seeking to make a new satellite network, there are robots, drones and AI. Denial of internet service is a very powerful lever.
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Are we getting closer to science fiction – yup.
A thin end of the wedge might seem thin at first but soon it can be driven home.
Peace and goodwill to all men is not apparent in the news as this “new” year starts…
Dreamyoga 