I would like to preface this comment by saying that I have long been fond of your work and while I occasionally disagree with you on one point or another, I greatly appreciate what you have done for our people. As such, please take the length of my comment as an attempt to articulate and explain my thoughts rather than as an angry rant.
There is at least one trap in Cardinal Sarah's denouncement of mass migration just based on the quotes read alone. Notably, he seems to focus not so much on the practicalities of enforcement within white nations (and mourns attempted illegals drowning in the Mediterranean so nevermind any lethal enforcement of borders) but rather on improving conditions within Africa.
The danger of this position is that Pope Sarah may try and redirect growing sentiment against immigration into wasting further resources on investing in Africa. This would potentially be more effective on account of having greater legitimacy among traditional/right-wing Catholics and Christians than Pope Francis did. While it is very difficult for him to NOT be a drastic improvement over Pope Francis, my more articulated concern (beyond the instinctual heebie-jeebies you share) is that he will redirect energy to more moderate or even counterproductive measures.
An African Pope is not going to say that European coast guards should sink migrant ships. Nor is he likely to acknowledge that Africans already had their chance for improved conditions in their home countries with the various colonial empires (for any Africans reading this, please interpret my statements as the hateful racism and discrimination that you would escape in your homelands). Europeans brought all manner of advancement, infrastructure, and other benefits that Africans have since done nothing to maintain or have actively destroyed.
Improved conditions within African countries as Cardinal Sarah advocates for to decrease migration pressure would require a permanent and extensive effort by Europeans to create and maintain those conditions. Simply put, this is not an expenditure that European (and European-descended) states can afford, nor do I feel there is an obligation to such an expenditure if we could afford it.
While he is certainly one of the better options, he is still not an ideal option. We need to be discussing remigration, enforcement of borders, and so forth rather than improving conditions in Africa. A potential worst case scenario (for him becoming Pope that is) is that Pope Sarah fails to address the masses of migrants in Europe while redirecting efforts to throwing resources into the bottomless pit of Africa.
With this all in mind, I should admit that I have not followed Cardinal Sarah in detail so I may well be missing more encouraging details. If this is the case, I would welcome correction and new information.
This makes my blood boil…at 52, I just can’t wrap my mind around it, and I prayed to God that I would never see these types of insane strategies actually manifest in my country or in the world. This was stuff you would read about in sci-fi novels. I wish and pray with everything in me, but this stops before my grandson is my age.
What would be the political demographic if everyone had to pass a test to get a voter permit? Either they display knowledge of the functions of the government and correctly identify who they vote for, or they dont count
I would like to preface this comment by saying that I have long been fond of your work and while I occasionally disagree with you on one point or another, I greatly appreciate what you have done for our people. As such, please take the length of my comment as an attempt to articulate and explain my thoughts rather than as an angry rant.
There is at least one trap in Cardinal Sarah's denouncement of mass migration just based on the quotes read alone. Notably, he seems to focus not so much on the practicalities of enforcement within white nations (and mourns attempted illegals drowning in the Mediterranean so nevermind any lethal enforcement of borders) but rather on improving conditions within Africa.
The danger of this position is that Pope Sarah may try and redirect growing sentiment against immigration into wasting further resources on investing in Africa. This would potentially be more effective on account of having greater legitimacy among traditional/right-wing Catholics and Christians than Pope Francis did. While it is very difficult for him to NOT be a drastic improvement over Pope Francis, my more articulated concern (beyond the instinctual heebie-jeebies you share) is that he will redirect energy to more moderate or even counterproductive measures.
An African Pope is not going to say that European coast guards should sink migrant ships. Nor is he likely to acknowledge that Africans already had their chance for improved conditions in their home countries with the various colonial empires (for any Africans reading this, please interpret my statements as the hateful racism and discrimination that you would escape in your homelands). Europeans brought all manner of advancement, infrastructure, and other benefits that Africans have since done nothing to maintain or have actively destroyed.
Improved conditions within African countries as Cardinal Sarah advocates for to decrease migration pressure would require a permanent and extensive effort by Europeans to create and maintain those conditions. Simply put, this is not an expenditure that European (and European-descended) states can afford, nor do I feel there is an obligation to such an expenditure if we could afford it.
While he is certainly one of the better options, he is still not an ideal option. We need to be discussing remigration, enforcement of borders, and so forth rather than improving conditions in Africa. A potential worst case scenario (for him becoming Pope that is) is that Pope Sarah fails to address the masses of migrants in Europe while redirecting efforts to throwing resources into the bottomless pit of Africa.
With this all in mind, I should admit that I have not followed Cardinal Sarah in detail so I may well be missing more encouraging details. If this is the case, I would welcome correction and new information.
This makes my blood boil…at 52, I just can’t wrap my mind around it, and I prayed to God that I would never see these types of insane strategies actually manifest in my country or in the world. This was stuff you would read about in sci-fi novels. I wish and pray with everything in me, but this stops before my grandson is my age.
Calling American Indians "Native Americans" is on the American White Erasure Checklist.
What would be the political demographic if everyone had to pass a test to get a voter permit? Either they display knowledge of the functions of the government and correctly identify who they vote for, or they dont count