American Conservatism's Home Grown Defenses of Apartheid

American Conservatism's Home Grown Defenses of Apartheid

Apartheid and its legacies have suddenly come to haunt us. Musk, Thiel, and others have formative ties stretching back to apartheid South Africa, prompting a slew of writing on the effect this had on their politics. These pieces are interesting but inaccurate. Ascribing the blood-and-soil turn of the GOP to the Paypal Mafia misses the mark. While they may or may not have been motivated by formative experiences in South Africa, the reality is tha…