Prior to the Boer War, the majority of whites, in South Africa were of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry. They had left long before Marxism and welfare states had even been thought of, in Europe. And even after the Brits came, we're talking about Victorian/Edwardian England.
Nor was anyone, in that nation, except for the blacks ( primarily those from the Xhosa tribe, who aren't indigenous to that area, but were brought into it, as SLAVES, by the Zulus, who had waged war against and conquered them, and were then schooled and trained by stinking COMMIE whites )of the ANC and a small group of white Commies, in the 20th century, lefties. And that group, until very late in the 20th century, had NO power.
And there is NOT, now, a "cradle to grave welfare state" in RSA now!
Do you know any ex-pat Afrikaners who live in America now?
Are you even aware of the fact that there were quite a large group of ex-pat Afrikaners here, on this site, who are CONSERVATIVES? I bet not!
My comments were about the period between 1948 - when Apartheid started - and 1994 - when the ANC took over.
Under Botha, government spending reached 50% of GDP, which was equal to the Scandinavian countries, and South Africa ran huge deficits trying to “stimulate” their economy.
Now, I certainly agree that white South Africans faced a unique set of problems. They were anti-Communist, and they spent a significant share of the government budget on defense.
However, they also sent huge amounts of money to the independent Black home lands, trying to purchase peace.
They also spent huge amounts of money on white South Africans, because international sanctions created high unemployment and economic hardship.
Perhaps I should have said that white South Africans who move to the USA will vote like old fashioned southern populist Democrats?