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How 'replacement theory' became prominent in mainstream US politics
The alleged Buffalo gunman appears to have been motivated by a racist, far-right conspiracy theory that has increasingly found a footing in mainstream U.S. politics.
The theory is not really a theory....it is a demographic fact that the white population is going to be in the minority one day. All you have to do is look at historical census data.
It does not matter how much the white supremacist and the MAGA world pushes back on the trend, it is going to happen. It may not be in this or the next generation, but it is going to happen.
The greatest fear is the push back by the white culture will tear the fabric of this nation asunder. Are the white supremacist and those in Congress who share that view willing to throw the nation into another civil war in as effort to preserve white nationalism?