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That bit was adopting the DR's language to emphasize my point; also see my use of "nons" to refer to non-whites two sentences earlier. I'm not countersignaling the general right-wing response (I'm in favor of fedposting the murderer and kicking most of his ilk out), I simply note that merely removing the recent arrivals and leaving it at that is not the natural end of the DR's philosophy (which is sounder than the more moderate alternatives), just as desegregation was not the natural end of the social justice movement's goals.
I don't know that there is a natural end to any political movement, beyond what reality permits. Sadly, it seems like we need to constantly exercise our agency, prudence, etc.
I’m not sure what the point of this comment is. It seems clear to me that the prerequisites for coordinated white resistance to globohomo (at least basic common understanding of HBD and rekindled pride of race) are also prerequisites for restarting the course of history that was set in motion in 1492, only this time without any preconceptions of “uplift”*. If you believe otherwise, I’d like to know why; I certainly don’t wish for this to be the case, given my own dubious whiteness.
*Assuming the lack of some mass gene-drive technology or dedication to more traditional population-scale eugenics, though both of those options can still be argued against.
I think you radically underestimate the extent to which technological progress can accelerate when we don't have a communist albatross around our necks. Particularly considering the wider reforms to the State ethos which would be required. But I appreciate the phrase "restarting the course of history that was set in motion in 1492", it's a great slogan. We just gotta freeze the Germans out like the last colonial race or they'll start killing everyone out of sheer autism again - Anglos don't got that dawg in them and the Latins are too venal/horny not to make nice with the locals once they're in charge.
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