DEFENDING IDEALS

America’s role as a beacon of freedom is slipping — not because of foreign conquest, but because we’ve compromised on moral absolutes. In this episode, Dan Happel and Dr. Harry Booyens examine South Africa as a chilling case study in what happens when Marxist ideologies weaponize race, strip away property rights, and invert justice itself.

Booyens, a South African-born physicist and historian, traces how the ANC’s mob-rule governance has dismantled constitutional protections, cannibalized infrastructure, and unleashed open brutality against white Afrikaner farmers. From the Belt and Road’s false promises to the international silence surrounding farm murders, this is a sober look at how utopian rhetoric masks economic plunder and cultural destruction.

For Americans, the lesson is clear: if we refuse to defend moral absolutes, we invite the same chaos here. This is not just South Africa’s story — it’s a warning for all who would trade liberty for expedience.

Americans must set the standards for a moral and just society willing to stand in defense of liberty in a world engulfed in tyranny.