It’s almost poetic, isn’t it? The self-proclaimed victims of “reverse oppression” can’t even muster the courage to follow through on their own grift. They’d rather cling to their crumbling privilege in South Africa than face the reality of being just another immigrant in a country that fetishizes “whiteness” but despises foreigners.
The irony is suffocating. They cry persecution, but the U.S. asylum system—designed to brutalize the desperate—doesn’t even register their plight as legitimate. Maybe because it’s not. Their “suffering” pales next to the systemic violence they’ve upheld for generations.
It’s not that they don’t want to leave; it’s that they know they’d lose their pedestal elsewhere. No apartheid nostalgia tour can fix that.
It’s not that they don’t want to leave; it’s that they know they’d lose their pedestal elsewhere.
I don’t have the personal experience with them that it sounds like you do, but I’m guessing if this offer were given by, say, New Zealand, at least some of them would take them up on it and do what Cubans in Miami do- pretend they’ve brought Cuba with them and still talk about how they’ll take Cuba back someday. Because New Zealand is not the shithole America is. It’s quite nice.
I’m sure you’re right overall, but I’m also sure “America is a massive shithole and getting worse by the day” is also a big factor here.
You’re not wrong about America being a massive shithole, but let’s not pretend New Zealand is some utopia for these folks either. They wouldn’t just “bring Cuba back someday”—they’d try to recreate their pedestal wherever they land, all while whining about how the locals don’t “appreciate” them.
This isn’t about geography; it’s about entitlement. Whether it’s Miami, Auckland, or Mars, they’ll cling to their apartheid nostalgia and demand the world accommodate it. The pedestal isn’t tied to a place—it’s tied to their worldview.
And sure, America’s spiraling, but that doesn’t excuse their refusal to face reality. They’re not victims of circumstance; they’re architects of their own irrelevance. Let them stay where they are and stew in it.
It’s almost poetic, isn’t it? The self-proclaimed victims of “reverse oppression” can’t even muster the courage to follow through on their own grift. They’d rather cling to their crumbling privilege in South Africa than face the reality of being just another immigrant in a country that fetishizes “whiteness” but despises foreigners.
The irony is suffocating. They cry persecution, but the U.S. asylum system—designed to brutalize the desperate—doesn’t even register their plight as legitimate. Maybe because it’s not. Their “suffering” pales next to the systemic violence they’ve upheld for generations.
It’s not that they don’t want to leave; it’s that they know they’d lose their pedestal elsewhere. No apartheid nostalgia tour can fix that.
I don’t have the personal experience with them that it sounds like you do, but I’m guessing if this offer were given by, say, New Zealand, at least some of them would take them up on it and do what Cubans in Miami do- pretend they’ve brought Cuba with them and still talk about how they’ll take Cuba back someday. Because New Zealand is not the shithole America is. It’s quite nice.
I’m sure you’re right overall, but I’m also sure “America is a massive shithole and getting worse by the day” is also a big factor here.
You’re not wrong about America being a massive shithole, but let’s not pretend New Zealand is some utopia for these folks either. They wouldn’t just “bring Cuba back someday”—they’d try to recreate their pedestal wherever they land, all while whining about how the locals don’t “appreciate” them.
This isn’t about geography; it’s about entitlement. Whether it’s Miami, Auckland, or Mars, they’ll cling to their apartheid nostalgia and demand the world accommodate it. The pedestal isn’t tied to a place—it’s tied to their worldview.
And sure, America’s spiraling, but that doesn’t excuse their refusal to face reality. They’re not victims of circumstance; they’re architects of their own irrelevance. Let them stay where they are and stew in it.