A long time ago, I had moved to a town in South NJ, and because my wife was raised in the Presbyterian church, we visited the local Presbyterian church. After a forgettable sermon, one of the clergy urged the congregation to pull out their wallets for a special donation to Robert Mugabe’s “freedom fighters.” I realized these people were not Christians and were worse than fools and have never set foot in a Presbyterian church again.
As to the Anglosphere and Europe, they need to place common sense restrictions on legal immigration, push assimilation and patriotism hard, do mass deportations of illegal immigrants, build a fence on the border of their countries, deploy their respective militaries on the border, and tighten the rules of claim asylum in their countries. All western countries should work to restore the nuclear family and traditional values, bring up marriage and birth rates, bring down illegitimacy and divorce rates, and build national unity. There are a couple things in this piece I disagree with Will on. I am not typical of Will’s subscribers in that I am more left-leaning on social issues. I’m not for getting rid of birthright citizenship. The children of illegal immigrants who were born on American soil are Americans. This is the only home and the only country they’ve ever known. Nor can they help the circumstances of their birth. But should be crack down on the abuse of birthright citizenship via birth tourism? Absolutely! Second, I don’t think the Immigration and Nationality Act should be repealed but it absolutely should be amended to restore the immigration requirements we use to have that it eliminated. Plus, I would oppose returning to the discriminatory national origin quotas we used to have. But should we prioritize immigrants by who can can assimilate the quickest and most smoothly? Yes.
I believe that Asians, Africans, Latinos, Arabs, Turks, and Persians should absolutely be welcome in America. But those from Europe and the Anglosphere should be first in line not because of their race, but because they are the culturally adjacent to America. But aside from those two small disagreements, I wholeheartedly agree with what Will said in this piece! Rhodesia teaches us all a very important lesson about why egalitarianism is dangerous. All people simply can NOT be equal in all ways! It’s impossible! Merit is all that should matter in America and the West. That’s what we need to return to! We must learn from the sins of the West’s past like stabbing Rhodesia in the back in order to propel us forward to a better future! This piece is a great example of why Will Tanner and The American Tribune are both indispensable! Here’s what should have happened in the 20th Century. The United States and the United Nations should’ve backed the Belgians to the hilt. Eisenhower and Kennedy would’ve sent massive infusions of military and humanitarian aid to the Belgians and their Congolese allies. The UN would’ve opposed Congolese independence until such time as a peaceful transition to independence could be made.
The United Kingdom would grant Rhodesia its independence in 1965. The United States and the United Kingdom would back Rhodesia all the way giving them a blank check for anything they wanted. All sanctions would be lifted. Ian Smith would have been given all the time he needed to make positive change on behalf of the black majority in Rhodesia. The proposed 1961 Constitution and the idea of A roll and B roll voters would be revived. France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands will form alliances and negotiate trade deals with Rhodesia. All agree to send them aid. LBJ accepts Rhodesia offer to send Rhodesian troops to Vietnam. This only brings the United States and Rhodesia closer together. The British Empire is in much better shape after World War II and survives to present day. Uganda and Kenya remain under British control. Even more British settlers come to live in Kenya. The UN passes a resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Great Britain condemning ZANU and ZAPU. American and British military advisors are sent to Rhodesia to assist the Rhodesian Security Forces in tracking down and eliminating ZANU and ZAPU. Rhodesia does not hit Communist strongholds in Mozambique and Zambia and South Africa forms an ironclad alliance with Rhodesia.
An outstanding piece I mostly agree with by you, Will! We are all Rhodesians now, we are fighting to keep western civilization alive and wipe out identity politics and race essentialism. The video of the Rhodesian soldier in question I’ve seen and I completely understand where’s he coming from. He wanted to preserve his way of life which was a good one. Rhodesia was a western, capitalist and Christian country that the ultimate meritocracy. It was all about human capability NOT race or color! The franchise was only extended to those who met the education and modest property requirements. Most black Rhodesians didn’t take part in Rhodesian democracy because they chose not to. They were content to live in their ancestral lands and be represented by their tribal chiefs. The tribal chiefs had a seat at the table in the Rhodesian government.
There were some racist laws on the books in Rhodesia, but there was no apartheid system like there was in South Africa. Rhodesia was the freest country in Africa. Living standards were high, there was prosperity aplenty this was after all, the breakfast of Africa, crime was low, poverty was not at all a significant problem, education was of the finest quality, wages were good, there were plenty of jobs for black and white alike, and the Rhodesian Security Forces were a top notch military in which blacks and white, male and female fought together. The Rhodesians built a little England in the middle of Africa and carved civilization out of the Veldt. They also ended tribal warfare and genocide between different black ethnic groups. They basically had to fight the whole world with the exception of Portugal, to preserve their civilization. They fought the United States, the United Kingdom and the Communists, Democrats and Republicans and the Conservative and Labour parties in Britain. No matter how much positive change they tried to make, it was never enough for the United States and the United Kingdom. Ian Smith was in a tough spot. He had the Americans and the British pushing him to make radical change that would be detrimental to his country and he also had the far-right pushing him to make no changes at all and to put the screws to blacks as much as possible.
He had to make concessions to the nasty, brutal extreme right in Rhodesia at times. We must seek to learn from what made Rhodesia successful. America had property requirements for voting until the Age of Jackson. I think we should bring back modest property requirements for voting and education requirements to build a more responsible, well rounded and informed electorate. This would NOT mean discriminating against anyone based on race, gender, social class, or level of ability. People of all races and of both sexes with the requisite knowledge and who are making a substantial contribution to society and pulling there own weight would have the franchise too. Again, it’s all about merit not the color of someone’s skin or their gender. Poor and disabled people would be assisted by the federal government and private charity in lifting themselves up and finding employment and the financial capital to acquire property of their own. Britain should adopt the above proposed reforms as well.
Western colonialism in Africa was also a million times better then what came after it. Kenya was a pleasant, peaceful country for the most part and the British settlers there helped develop it into a little slice of western civilization in the middle of Africa. But it all went to pot after the country was turned over to the former Mau Mau. Uganda fell into the hands of Idi Amin a brutal cannibal, upon the British leaving. The Gold Coast went to h*** after the British left and it became Ghana. Majority rule in Africa failed miserably and led to anarchy everywhere it was tried. The horrific crimes of ZANU and ZAPU in Rhodesia and the Simba rebels in the Congo who among other things, mass raped white nuns, was ignored by the international community. The Rhodesians could not allow the fate that befell other former colonies to happen to them so they did the Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965.
The John Brown left has always sought to stamp out anything that is not sufficiently egalitarian. Whether it be the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution or Robert Mugabe and ZAPU. One could also bring up the example of the Bolsheviks peeling the white skin off the hands of former guards for the Tsar to humiliate and torture them and mock the white gloves they used to wear. Not to mention the Simba rebels raping white nuns or the atrocities of the Spanish Communists in the 1930s. Their modern day descendants are groups like Antifa, BLM, the John Brown Gun Club, the DSA, and Redneck Revolt. We can’t go quietly into the night as many once beautiful ethnic neighborhoods across the country did. But prudence is most important. The Rhodesians went too far by striking rebel strongholds in Mozambique and Zambia which gave South Africa an excuse to abandon them.
Another example, the Fireaters during the Civil War doomed their cause with their agitation, militant and violent rhetoric and insistence on protecting slavery at all costs, doomed the Confederacy. Let’s avoid that and use the state and other peaceful means to effect change. What can should we do to make positive changes in America and the West more broadly? Here are my thoughts:
* Scrap mass democracy and egalitarianism.
* Classify militant leftist groups as what they are, terrorists.
* The Democratic Party must move back towards the center.
* The Democratic Party will expel progressives and leftists from its ranks.
* Robust enforcement of immigration laws.
* Expand the wall on the Southern border.
* Keep the U.S. Military deployed on the border.
* Eliminate identity politics and race essentialism and replace with colorblindness and universalism.
* Eliminate welfare benefits for illegals immigrants and prosecute companies who hire them.
* Keep Remain in Mexico and rapid DNA testing for illegal immigrants.
* Implement education and property requirements for voting.
* More funding for police and more police on the streets.
* Clean up and beautify our cities.
* Strict enforcement of laws against public drug use and deification
* Elimination of DEI programs and removal of CRT, ethnic studies and gender ideology from the curriculum of public schools.
* Reform the public school and higher education systems.
* De-wokeify our institutions and entertainment and the arts.
A long time ago, I had moved to a town in South NJ, and because my wife was raised in the Presbyterian church, we visited the local Presbyterian church. After a forgettable sermon, one of the clergy urged the congregation to pull out their wallets for a special donation to Robert Mugabe’s “freedom fighters.” I realized these people were not Christians and were worse than fools and have never set foot in a Presbyterian church again.
As to the Anglosphere and Europe, they need to place common sense restrictions on legal immigration, push assimilation and patriotism hard, do mass deportations of illegal immigrants, build a fence on the border of their countries, deploy their respective militaries on the border, and tighten the rules of claim asylum in their countries. All western countries should work to restore the nuclear family and traditional values, bring up marriage and birth rates, bring down illegitimacy and divorce rates, and build national unity. There are a couple things in this piece I disagree with Will on. I am not typical of Will’s subscribers in that I am more left-leaning on social issues. I’m not for getting rid of birthright citizenship. The children of illegal immigrants who were born on American soil are Americans. This is the only home and the only country they’ve ever known. Nor can they help the circumstances of their birth. But should be crack down on the abuse of birthright citizenship via birth tourism? Absolutely! Second, I don’t think the Immigration and Nationality Act should be repealed but it absolutely should be amended to restore the immigration requirements we use to have that it eliminated. Plus, I would oppose returning to the discriminatory national origin quotas we used to have. But should we prioritize immigrants by who can can assimilate the quickest and most smoothly? Yes.
I believe that Asians, Africans, Latinos, Arabs, Turks, and Persians should absolutely be welcome in America. But those from Europe and the Anglosphere should be first in line not because of their race, but because they are the culturally adjacent to America. But aside from those two small disagreements, I wholeheartedly agree with what Will said in this piece! Rhodesia teaches us all a very important lesson about why egalitarianism is dangerous. All people simply can NOT be equal in all ways! It’s impossible! Merit is all that should matter in America and the West. That’s what we need to return to! We must learn from the sins of the West’s past like stabbing Rhodesia in the back in order to propel us forward to a better future! This piece is a great example of why Will Tanner and The American Tribune are both indispensable! Here’s what should have happened in the 20th Century. The United States and the United Nations should’ve backed the Belgians to the hilt. Eisenhower and Kennedy would’ve sent massive infusions of military and humanitarian aid to the Belgians and their Congolese allies. The UN would’ve opposed Congolese independence until such time as a peaceful transition to independence could be made.
The United Kingdom would grant Rhodesia its independence in 1965. The United States and the United Kingdom would back Rhodesia all the way giving them a blank check for anything they wanted. All sanctions would be lifted. Ian Smith would have been given all the time he needed to make positive change on behalf of the black majority in Rhodesia. The proposed 1961 Constitution and the idea of A roll and B roll voters would be revived. France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands will form alliances and negotiate trade deals with Rhodesia. All agree to send them aid. LBJ accepts Rhodesia offer to send Rhodesian troops to Vietnam. This only brings the United States and Rhodesia closer together. The British Empire is in much better shape after World War II and survives to present day. Uganda and Kenya remain under British control. Even more British settlers come to live in Kenya. The UN passes a resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Great Britain condemning ZANU and ZAPU. American and British military advisors are sent to Rhodesia to assist the Rhodesian Security Forces in tracking down and eliminating ZANU and ZAPU. Rhodesia does not hit Communist strongholds in Mozambique and Zambia and South Africa forms an ironclad alliance with Rhodesia.
An outstanding piece I mostly agree with by you, Will! We are all Rhodesians now, we are fighting to keep western civilization alive and wipe out identity politics and race essentialism. The video of the Rhodesian soldier in question I’ve seen and I completely understand where’s he coming from. He wanted to preserve his way of life which was a good one. Rhodesia was a western, capitalist and Christian country that the ultimate meritocracy. It was all about human capability NOT race or color! The franchise was only extended to those who met the education and modest property requirements. Most black Rhodesians didn’t take part in Rhodesian democracy because they chose not to. They were content to live in their ancestral lands and be represented by their tribal chiefs. The tribal chiefs had a seat at the table in the Rhodesian government.
There were some racist laws on the books in Rhodesia, but there was no apartheid system like there was in South Africa. Rhodesia was the freest country in Africa. Living standards were high, there was prosperity aplenty this was after all, the breakfast of Africa, crime was low, poverty was not at all a significant problem, education was of the finest quality, wages were good, there were plenty of jobs for black and white alike, and the Rhodesian Security Forces were a top notch military in which blacks and white, male and female fought together. The Rhodesians built a little England in the middle of Africa and carved civilization out of the Veldt. They also ended tribal warfare and genocide between different black ethnic groups. They basically had to fight the whole world with the exception of Portugal, to preserve their civilization. They fought the United States, the United Kingdom and the Communists, Democrats and Republicans and the Conservative and Labour parties in Britain. No matter how much positive change they tried to make, it was never enough for the United States and the United Kingdom. Ian Smith was in a tough spot. He had the Americans and the British pushing him to make radical change that would be detrimental to his country and he also had the far-right pushing him to make no changes at all and to put the screws to blacks as much as possible.
He had to make concessions to the nasty, brutal extreme right in Rhodesia at times. We must seek to learn from what made Rhodesia successful. America had property requirements for voting until the Age of Jackson. I think we should bring back modest property requirements for voting and education requirements to build a more responsible, well rounded and informed electorate. This would NOT mean discriminating against anyone based on race, gender, social class, or level of ability. People of all races and of both sexes with the requisite knowledge and who are making a substantial contribution to society and pulling there own weight would have the franchise too. Again, it’s all about merit not the color of someone’s skin or their gender. Poor and disabled people would be assisted by the federal government and private charity in lifting themselves up and finding employment and the financial capital to acquire property of their own. Britain should adopt the above proposed reforms as well.
Western colonialism in Africa was also a million times better then what came after it. Kenya was a pleasant, peaceful country for the most part and the British settlers there helped develop it into a little slice of western civilization in the middle of Africa. But it all went to pot after the country was turned over to the former Mau Mau. Uganda fell into the hands of Idi Amin a brutal cannibal, upon the British leaving. The Gold Coast went to h*** after the British left and it became Ghana. Majority rule in Africa failed miserably and led to anarchy everywhere it was tried. The horrific crimes of ZANU and ZAPU in Rhodesia and the Simba rebels in the Congo who among other things, mass raped white nuns, was ignored by the international community. The Rhodesians could not allow the fate that befell other former colonies to happen to them so they did the Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965.
The John Brown left has always sought to stamp out anything that is not sufficiently egalitarian. Whether it be the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution or Robert Mugabe and ZAPU. One could also bring up the example of the Bolsheviks peeling the white skin off the hands of former guards for the Tsar to humiliate and torture them and mock the white gloves they used to wear. Not to mention the Simba rebels raping white nuns or the atrocities of the Spanish Communists in the 1930s. Their modern day descendants are groups like Antifa, BLM, the John Brown Gun Club, the DSA, and Redneck Revolt. We can’t go quietly into the night as many once beautiful ethnic neighborhoods across the country did. But prudence is most important. The Rhodesians went too far by striking rebel strongholds in Mozambique and Zambia which gave South Africa an excuse to abandon them.
Another example, the Fireaters during the Civil War doomed their cause with their agitation, militant and violent rhetoric and insistence on protecting slavery at all costs, doomed the Confederacy. Let’s avoid that and use the state and other peaceful means to effect change. What can should we do to make positive changes in America and the West more broadly? Here are my thoughts:
* Scrap mass democracy and egalitarianism.
* Classify militant leftist groups as what they are, terrorists.
* The Democratic Party must move back towards the center.
* The Democratic Party will expel progressives and leftists from its ranks.
* Robust enforcement of immigration laws.
* Expand the wall on the Southern border.
* Keep the U.S. Military deployed on the border.
* Eliminate identity politics and race essentialism and replace with colorblindness and universalism.
* Eliminate welfare benefits for illegals immigrants and prosecute companies who hire them.
* Keep Remain in Mexico and rapid DNA testing for illegal immigrants.
* Implement education and property requirements for voting.
* More funding for police and more police on the streets.
* Clean up and beautify our cities.
* Strict enforcement of laws against public drug use and deification
* Elimination of DEI programs and removal of CRT, ethnic studies and gender ideology from the curriculum of public schools.
* Reform the public school and higher education systems.
* De-wokeify our institutions and entertainment and the arts.
Hodesia