▲ 539 ▼ And they say English is bad (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Godric@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) That explains the neutral tone. It's something important far away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also that newspaper is called "The Fatherland". It's a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their "Fatherland"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago I think they call it the Volkstaat permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "mother country" or "motherland" is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it "fatherland" instead, probably the Dutch too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see permalink fedilink source parent [–] FreeFacts@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well, the Union of South Africa were participants in the war against Germany, so that's still a bit weird. Don't know about the affiliation of the magazine in question, but the support for joining the allies wasn't clear cut, but only a narrow majority among the ruling white class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago There was a strong pro-Nazi contingent amongst (mainly) Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. That's not to say by any stretch that Afrikaners were mostly pro-Nazi, though. Jan Smuts was an Afrikaner and was both a Field Marshal in the South African defence forces and the prime minister during WW2 - he wasn't exactly pro-British (he fought against them in the second Boer war), but he was very strongly anti-Nazi. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, just like Americans they think it's their country and the original inhabitants have no place in their country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also that newspaper is called "The Fatherland". It's a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their "Fatherland"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago I think they call it the Volkstaat permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "mother country" or "motherland" is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it "fatherland" instead, probably the Dutch too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their "Fatherland"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago I think they call it the Volkstaat permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "mother country" or "motherland" is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it "fatherland" instead, probably the Dutch too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago I think they call it the Volkstaat permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) "mother country" or "motherland" is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it "fatherland" instead, probably the Dutch too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreeFacts@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well, the Union of South Africa were participants in the war against Germany, so that's still a bit weird. Don't know about the affiliation of the magazine in question, but the support for joining the allies wasn't clear cut, but only a narrow majority among the ruling white class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago There was a strong pro-Nazi contingent amongst (mainly) Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. That's not to say by any stretch that Afrikaners were mostly pro-Nazi, though. Jan Smuts was an Afrikaner and was both a Field Marshal in the South African defence forces and the prime minister during WW2 - he wasn't exactly pro-British (he fought against them in the second Boer war), but he was very strongly anti-Nazi. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, just like Americans they think it's their country and the original inhabitants have no place in their country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago There was a strong pro-Nazi contingent amongst (mainly) Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. That's not to say by any stretch that Afrikaners were mostly pro-Nazi, though. Jan Smuts was an Afrikaner and was both a Field Marshal in the South African defence forces and the prime minister during WW2 - he wasn't exactly pro-British (he fought against them in the second Boer war), but he was very strongly anti-Nazi. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yes, just like Americans they think it's their country and the original inhabitants have no place in their country. permalink fedilink source parent
