Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 days agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down120
arrow-up1539arrow-down1imageAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·10 days agoAlso that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”. It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 days agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoFYI- 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.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 days ago“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoSo this is a newspaper about Europe, I see
Also that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”.
It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
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.
“mother country” or “motherland” is pretty common for descendants of European colonists/emigrees. I know Germans call it “fatherland” instead, probably the Dutch too
So this is a newspaper about Europe, I see
I think they call it the Volkstaat