There is a small but extremely industrious class of South African progressive intellectuals whose primary occupation appears to be diagnosing the political illnesses of people they have never met.
Let a group of Black citizens gather outside a government building and demand land, jobs, functioning borders or economic sovereignty, and somewhere an academic’s laptop immediately begins to glow.
Within minutes, the nation is warned of a dangerous outbreak of nativism.
If the crowd grows, it develops into populism.
If somebody sings, it becomes ethno-nationalism.
Should an elderly woman wave a stick, we have entered the early stages of authoritarian majoritarianism.
By sunset, a webinar has been convened.
The title will be something like:
“From Democratic Discontent to Subaltern Chauvinism: Interrogating the Proto-Fascist Grammar of Post-Liberation Majoritarian Affect.”
Nobody knows what this means, including the panellists, but everyone agrees that it is deeply concerning.
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A man says he was voluntarily paying his child’s mother $300 a week, but after asking for just two months to get back on his feet financially, she filed for child support and the court ultimately ordered him to pay only $13 a month.
@Kabiba_78@LUFC1992_v2 There's nothing to support about Argentina because they are champions who played the worst football compared to previous champions.
@faizannriaz Lol y'all think Israelis will support Spain after Spain took a strong stance against them over Gaza?
Argentina and the USA government are the only supporters of Israel in everything and Satanyahu even attended their game vs Austria.
-2010 FIFA World Cup is the most popular world cup in history.
-2010 SA vs Mexico opener was the most watched opener in history.
-There was lack of interest in 2026 World Cup, so FIFA didn't cook the Mexico vs SA opener to drive up interest for this tournament right? Riiight.