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But, the entire premise is built off of Camusâ racism.
The Great Replacement (French: Grand Remplacement), also known as replacement theory or great replacement theory,[1][2][3] is a white nationalist[4] far-right conspiracy theory[3][5][6][7] disseminated by French author Renaud Camus. The original theory states that, with the complicity or cooperation of âreplacistâ elites,[a][5][8] white European populations are being demographically and culturally replaced with non-white peoplesâespecially from Muslim-majority countriesâthrough mass migration, demographic growth and a drop in the birth rate of white Europeans.[5][9][10] Since then, similar claims have been advanced in other national contexts, notably in the United States.[11] Mainstream scholars have dismissed these claims as rooted in a misunderstanding of demographic statistics and premised upon an unscientific, racist worldview.[12][13][14] According to the EncyclopĂŚdia Britannica, the Great Replacement âhas been widely ridiculed for its blatant absurdity.â[3]
While similar themes have characterized various far-right theories since the late 19th century, the particular term was popularized by Camus in his 2011 book Le Grand Remplacement. The book associates the presence of Muslims in France with danger and destruction of French culture and civilization. Camus and other conspiracy theorists attribute recent demographic changes in Europe to intentional policies advanced by global and liberal elites (the âreplacistsâ) from within the Government of France, the European Union, or the United Nations; they describe it as a âgenocide by substitutionâ.[5]
The conspiracy theory found support in Europe, and has also grown popular among anti-migrant and white nationalist movements from other parts of the West; many of their adherents maintain that âimmigrants [are] flocking to predominantly white countries for the precise purpose of rendering the white population a minority within their own land or even causing the extinction of the native populationâ.[10] It aligns with (and is a part of) the larger white genocide conspiracy theory[b][10] except in the strategic replacement of antisemitic canards with Islamophobia.[16][15][17] This replacement, along with a use of simple catch-all slogans, have been cited as reasons for its broader appeal in a pan-European context,[16][18][19] although the concept remains rooted in antisemitism in many white nationalist movements, especially (but not exclusively) in the United States.[20][21]
Although Camus has publicly condemned white nationalist violence,[22][23] scholars have argued that calls to violence are implicit in his depiction of non-white migrants as an existential threat to white populations.[19][24] Several far-right terrorists, including the perpetrators of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, the 2019 El Paso shooting and the 2022 Buffalo shooting, have made reference to the âGreat Replacementâ conspiracy theory. American conservative media personalities, including Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, have espoused ideas of a replacement.[3] Some Republican politicians have endorsed the theory in order to appeal to far-right members of the Republican Party and as a way of signalling their loyalty to Donald Trump.[3]
As seen, this is a blatant lie.
False. Democrats arenât as vehemently against immigration itself, being that weâre all immigrants and we value the concept of immigration. We have labor shortages for industries that pay crappy and treat people crappy. Weâve seen this every day when we go outsideâŚweâre at record low unemployment and you go to the grocery store and there are no cashiers. Itâs all self service. Nobody wants to pave roads for $14/hr in 110 degree heat. Nobody wants to pick the crops in Georgia.
Letâs not forget how Camus viewed our world, similar to yours
Democracy and multiculturalism
Camus sees democracy as a degradation of high culture and favors a system whereby the elite are guardians of the culture, thus opposing multiculturalism.[25]
Itâs impact?
Influence
In a survey led by Ifop in December 2018, 25% of the French subscribed to the theory of the âGreat Replacementâ; as well as 46% of the responders who defined themselves as âGilets Jaunesâ.[57] The theory has been cited by Canadian political activist Lauren Southern in a YouTube video of the same name released in July 2017.[58] Southernâs video had attracted in 2019 more than 670,000 viewers[59] and is credited with helping to popularize the theory.[60]
The âGreat Replacementâ theory is a key ideological component of Identitarianism, a strand of white nationalism that originated in France and has since gained popularity in Europe and the rest of the Western world.[61]
Mass shootings
Although Camus has publicly condemned white nationalist violence,[5][6][7][8] several far-right terrorists, including the perpetrators of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, the 2019 El Paso shooting and the 2022 Buffalo shooting, have made reference to his âGreat Replacementâ conspiracy theory.
2019 Christchurch mosque shootings
The âGreat Replacementâ was also the name of a manifesto by terrorist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the Australian-born perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings that killed 51 people and injured 40 others. Camus condemned the massacre and described the shootings as a terrorist attack, also adding that Tarrantâs manifesto had failed to understand the Great Replacement theory. Camus said that he suspected the attacks to be inspired by acts of Islamic terrorism in France.[62] In a discussion with The Washington Post, he said that while he was against the use of violence, he still supported a sort of âcounter-revoltâ against non-White immigration and had no issues with the majority of his supportersâ beliefs.[6]
2019 El Paso shooting
Likewise, Tarrantâs manifesto and the Great Replacement theory were also cited in The Inconvenient Truth by Patrick Crusius, the suspected perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, that killed 23 people and injured 23 others.[63][64]
2022 Buffalo shooting
The suspected perpetrator of the 2022 Buffalo shooting, Payton Gendron, killed ten people and injured three others; 11 of the victims were black. Gendron is reported to have written a manifesto, describing himself as a white supremacist and voicing support for the far-right Great Replacement conspiracy theory of Renaud Camus. The attack has been described as an act of domestic terrorism, and the incident is being investigated as racially motivated.[65][66][67][68][69] The author also expressed support for other far-right mass shooters Dylann Roof, Anders Behring Breivik, and Brenton Tarrant.[70][71][72] About 28 percent of the document is plagiarized from other sources, especially Tarrantâs manifesto.[73][74]