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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Are they the ones that will paint houses in the us? Are they gonna do the dishes in the restaurants? Are they willing to stand at the production lines of the factories trump wants to have moved (back) to the us so gladly? (Asking for a friend)

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 hours ago

Nah, the reason they're feeling so persecuted in South Africa is that they used to have someone else wiping their asses for them and now they're expected to do it themselves. These are people that are hoping to sit in the work van reading the newspaper and drinking coffee while all the underlings do the actual work.