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Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:28 AM Feb 2022

Anti-vaxxers head to a new life in a remote colony in Paraguay founded by 'conservative free thinker

Anti-vaxxers head to a new life in a remote colony in Paraguay founded by 'conservative free thinkers' who want to escape the 'matrix,' say reports

Bethany Dawson Feb 13, 2022, 12:15 PM

Immigrants have settled in Paraguay's poorest region of Caazapá, creating a colony designed as a refuge from "socialist trends of current economic and political situations worldwide" – as well as "5G, chemtrails, fluoridated water, mandatory vaccinations, and healthcare mandates," according to its website.

The colony, named El Paraíso Verde, or Green Paradise, was founded in 2016 by Sylvia and Erwin Annau, a composer and tax advisor born in Vienna, Austria, in 1954.

El Paraiso Verde was started in 2016 with the dream of a better life and future outside of the "matrix" and is "a refuge for "'conservative free thinkers,'" states its website.

It is mainly populated German, Austrian and Swiss natives, many of whom are escaping COVID-19 restrictions, The Guardian reported. On the El Paraíso Verde website, Annau says he is eager to attract more settlers from the US.

In a video on the colony's YouTube channel, German-speaking residents explaining their move was driven by skepticism about the COVID-19 virus and vaccines.

More:
https://www.insider.com/covid-19-deniers-and-conspiracy-theorists-building-colony-in-paraguay-2022-1



More images of "El Paraiso Verde", Paraguay:

https://tinyurl.com/2p82kccz

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Anti-vaxxers head to a new life in a remote colony in Paraguay founded by 'conservative free thinker (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2022 OP
Another Jonestown? 2naSalit Feb 2022 #1
What could possibly go wrong? tanyev Feb 2022 #2
what I wouldn't give to live in a "conservative-free" country Skittles Feb 2022 #3
I've seen this movie before Tree-Hugger Feb 2022 #4
The modern version of Nazis moving to Argentina? Nt AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #5
I wouldn't recommend the beverages. C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #6
Meh. It's been done already. eppur_se_muova Feb 2022 #7
So glad you shared that video here. It brought a lot of information in a short blast! Judi Lynn Feb 2022 #12
Book rec, if you're interested ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2022 #13
Works for me! Move to some remote place far far away. Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #8
Sounds like mutiny.... Cain mutiny.... Blue Owl Feb 2022 #9
I hope they enjoy the dystopic paradise of "Galts Gulch". LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #10
Lets get them one way no return tickets. Historic NY Feb 2022 #11

Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
12. So glad you shared that video here. It brought a lot of information in a short blast!
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:32 AM
Feb 2022

Didn't know confederatos also went to Mexico and Belize. It was completely useful from beginning to end.
It's even creepier knowing that generations of pro-slavery US Americans continued to drag forward their own Southern dialect, even though many times removed from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, etc.

Why, hush their mouths.

Thank you.









eppur_se_muova

(36,262 posts)
13. Book rec, if you're interested ...
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:03 PM
Feb 2022
https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781585441020/the-lost-colony-of-the-confederacy/
also https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Lost_Colony_of_the_Confederacy/WRt_siIW22sC?hl=en&gbpv=1

IIRC, the one guy who profited most from the relocation was a former slave who "inherited" a sawmill -- last I heard, the company was still in business.

Here's something similar, which I *haven't* read yet, but plan to:
https://www.oupress.com/9780806119618/
(unfortunately, confusing choice of title)

Roslyn Carter's great-uncle is buried in Brazil. The Carters visited his grave some years back.

Lucky Luciano

(11,254 posts)
8. Works for me! Move to some remote place far far away.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:56 AM
Feb 2022

I feel bad for the locals putting up with these yahoos, but maybe they can profit off them somehow.

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