• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    18 days ago

    That explains the neutral tone. It’s something important far away.

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      18 days ago

      Well, the Union of South Africa were participants in the war against Germany, so that’s still a bit weird. Don’t know about the affiliation of the magazine in question, but the support for joining the allies wasn’t clear cut, but only a narrow majority among the ruling white class.

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      18 days ago

      Also that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”.

      It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.