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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
2naSalit
(86,586 posts)tanyev
(42,553 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)yes INDEED
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)It doesn't end well.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,011 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Especially anything like kool-aid.
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)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)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)I feel bad for the locals putting up with these yahoos, but maybe they can profit off them somehow.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)NAZI colony from WWII