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by Aicy 1020 days ago
I'm not familiar with Dutch, why is it an unfortunate name?
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In some regions Herenboeren caused a segregated society on the level of apartheid in South Africa.
They were basically the ultra-rich landowner class. The actual farm laborers doing all the work weren't quite as well off. There's a reason that area still has the last traces of the communist party still active in local politics.