The total white population in the United States is about 213–214 million (white alone) or about 191–196 million (white non‑Hispanic) depending on which official Census category you choose.
The total BRICS?
The expanded BRICS includes: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Indonesia.
From the most recent UN‑based 2026 population table:
India — 1.48B
China — 1.41B
Indonesia — 288M
Brazil — 214M
Russia — 143M
Ethiopia — 139M
Egypt — 120M
Iran — 93M
South Africa — 65M
Saudi Arabia — 35M
UAE — 11.6M
Summed, these align with the widely cited ≈3.9 billion total.
One White American against 20 foreigners, two of the BRICS with nukes . . . What could possibly go wrong?
#RELACE WHITE Power with DEI before it's too late MDEIGA
#VOTE to imprison Stevie Miller aka Roger — the alien on "American Dad!"
#MAKE Natalie Harp an Honest Woman, Donald. [Bye Melania]
"National security" has become the blanket excuse for every curtailing of rights and every human atrocity. It's not our security that government leaders are concerned with; in fact, it is our security that is being violently threatened. It is THEIR personal INsecurity--their fear and hatred of anybody who is ethnically, sexually, religiously, or politically different--that they view as terrorism.
Invoking Kafka, brilliant. For all the innocent men and women who have most unfortunately fallen into this nightmare, it’s indeed ‘Kafkaesque.’
My favorite novel by my favorite author is ‘Bend Sinister.’ Its protagonist, Adam Krug, a most respected professor in the fictional country of “Padukland,” has had his son kidnapped, held for the ransom of publicly supporting the corrupt and fascist government. An incredibly powerful story. Nabokov had direct experience with Stalin and Hitler, finally finding peace and a home in America. Born in Russia, writing extensively in Russian and French, we were the beneficiaries of his settling into English for his later and best novels, which include ‘Bend Sinister’ and ‘Invitation To a Beheading.’ Both deal with the absurdity and evil of governments doing exactly what ours is doing now. For a man born in Russia, he mastered the English language better than any other writer of that era. Obviously, I highly recommend reading this particular book - ‘Bend Sinister.’
We’re pinning all our hopes on the upcoming midterms. The energy right now is inspiring. It feels as if many politicians are taking cues from the fantastic successes of Mamdani - the smart move. We may be entering an era of social change, a truly progressive age.
I am most hopeful.
I also hope they’re reading ‘The Hartmann Report!’
It is good for Thom to remind us of how far Trump has taken America into fascism.
We are so overwhelmed with government highjinnx, incompetence, and overreach every day that what our ICE Gestapo is doing daily is rather well hidden from MSM attention. Our MSM itself is so frightened of fascism that they no longer help readers and viewers see clearly what is going on in their world. We have seen Trump weaponize our government against both Colbert and Kimmel, and we have watched 60 Minutes willingly succumb to political censorship.
Here in fascist Florida, our illegal jungle immigrant torture chamber and concentration camp has finally been closed down. It clearly violated international law while operating. Nevertheless, politically, it imparted bragging rights to fascist Governor DeSantis. Floridians have also seen fascism purge all state universities of liberal freedoms, replacing all boards with fascist-friendly members. Fascism has already trickled down to Florida grammar schools too, as texts have been revised to make slavery seem like a minority job training program, and the Civil War was not much worse than January 6th - just a political disagreement with a little violence, subsequently erased by mass pardons by our Führer. Journalists are not openly speculating that the pardoned Jan 6th militia will likely be back to prevent a loss of control of both houses of Congress should Trump's other efforts to undermine a fair vote fail in the courts.
If you can afford to move north, a much less humid and at least substantially less fascist climate awaits you. Here in Pittsburgh we actually elected one conservative democrat mayor and a progressive social democrat woman! County Executive. 'Course on a statewide level we have the Quisling John Fetterman and the Vulture Capitalist Stooge Dave McCormick. But hey, we don't have dog eating alligators and we do have pierogis.
Kafka’s The Trial has always haunted me. Months ago, my oldest son returned from Europe, and Border Patrol officers detained him at the airport for five hours without explanation. They seized his phone and searched the phone’s contents. When he requested an explanation, he was advised only that the reason was on a “need-to-know basis” and claimed no duty to disclose to him the basis for detention.
Your article immediately recalled that terrifying encounter. Thank you, Thom, for reminding us that Due Process is critical in democratic systems.
You wrote: "When a government stops honoring the rule of law, due process, and fundamental human rights it cease to be a legitimate republic and has demonstrably slid into the early stages of being reinvented as a full-blown fascist state."
Amen. The rule of law, which has very unfortunately become a hackneyed phrase almost devoid of meaning to most people, is an achievement which took centuries to establish. And the law itself--the very notion of law as a means to establish justice--is one of the crowning achievements of humanity. It's as imperfect and as evolving as we are ourselves, of course, which means we owe it ourselves to defend it.
Your dad was so right. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
This war on immigrants by the right wing is especially ironic., because by and large these immigrants are cultural conservatives, and once naturalized they vote culturally conservative. certainly did so last election. Case in point Mayra Flores Tex 34, herself a naturalized former borer hopper is not only extreme right wing, but anti immigrant.
And I can't help but wonder will Trump grant waivers and pardons to the likes of Ramaswamy, Patel, Haley, Jindahl, et all and all South Asians who are citizens simply because their parents were here when they were born.
Thank you Thom for bringing us essential Truths that we so need to 'hear' and act upon. I want to thank you so much for printing your posts as I am primarily a visual/kinesthetic learner and my least preferred sensory modality in understanding complex subjects is auditory. I'm so grateful for your info, your lifelong work, your beautiful moral values and for your substack here.
My mum & I did a tour of East Berlin in 1964. Bricked up windows. Melted tar with broken glass on top of walls, Nobody on the streets. Machine gun towers, guard dogs, huge mirrors on long poles to look under our bus, soldiers examining our passports. When we passed thru Checkpoint Charlie the entire bus breathed a high sigh of relief
The thing about Kafka is that the horror was never just the secret file. It was the normalization of the secret file. Once “you can’t see the evidence” starts sounding like an acceptable feature instead of a constitutional fire alarm, the bureaucracy has already learned the trick authoritarianism loves most: make the outrageous feel procedural.
The total white population in the United States is about 213–214 million (white alone) or about 191–196 million (white non‑Hispanic) depending on which official Census category you choose.
The total BRICS?
The expanded BRICS includes: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Indonesia.
From the most recent UN‑based 2026 population table:
India — 1.48B
China — 1.41B
Indonesia — 288M
Brazil — 214M
Russia — 143M
Ethiopia — 139M
Egypt — 120M
Iran — 93M
South Africa — 65M
Saudi Arabia — 35M
UAE — 11.6M
Summed, these align with the widely cited ≈3.9 billion total.
One White American against 20 foreigners, two of the BRICS with nukes . . . What could possibly go wrong?
#RELACE WHITE Power with DEI before it's too late MDEIGA
#VOTE to imprison Stevie Miller aka Roger — the alien on "American Dad!"
#MAKE Natalie Harp an Honest Woman, Donald. [Bye Melania]
#MAKE Junior box his wedding's sponsor
"National security" has become the blanket excuse for every curtailing of rights and every human atrocity. It's not our security that government leaders are concerned with; in fact, it is our security that is being violently threatened. It is THEIR personal INsecurity--their fear and hatred of anybody who is ethnically, sexually, religiously, or politically different--that they view as terrorism.
Invoking Kafka, brilliant. For all the innocent men and women who have most unfortunately fallen into this nightmare, it’s indeed ‘Kafkaesque.’
My favorite novel by my favorite author is ‘Bend Sinister.’ Its protagonist, Adam Krug, a most respected professor in the fictional country of “Padukland,” has had his son kidnapped, held for the ransom of publicly supporting the corrupt and fascist government. An incredibly powerful story. Nabokov had direct experience with Stalin and Hitler, finally finding peace and a home in America. Born in Russia, writing extensively in Russian and French, we were the beneficiaries of his settling into English for his later and best novels, which include ‘Bend Sinister’ and ‘Invitation To a Beheading.’ Both deal with the absurdity and evil of governments doing exactly what ours is doing now. For a man born in Russia, he mastered the English language better than any other writer of that era. Obviously, I highly recommend reading this particular book - ‘Bend Sinister.’
We’re pinning all our hopes on the upcoming midterms. The energy right now is inspiring. It feels as if many politicians are taking cues from the fantastic successes of Mamdani - the smart move. We may be entering an era of social change, a truly progressive age.
I am most hopeful.
I also hope they’re reading ‘The Hartmann Report!’
Thank you for all you do.
I was unfamiliar with “Bend Sinister.” Thank you for sharing; I’ve added this to my reading list based on your comment.
We always pin our hopes on the next election. Hope is what keeps this rigged system rolling along.
It is good for Thom to remind us of how far Trump has taken America into fascism.
We are so overwhelmed with government highjinnx, incompetence, and overreach every day that what our ICE Gestapo is doing daily is rather well hidden from MSM attention. Our MSM itself is so frightened of fascism that they no longer help readers and viewers see clearly what is going on in their world. We have seen Trump weaponize our government against both Colbert and Kimmel, and we have watched 60 Minutes willingly succumb to political censorship.
Here in fascist Florida, our illegal jungle immigrant torture chamber and concentration camp has finally been closed down. It clearly violated international law while operating. Nevertheless, politically, it imparted bragging rights to fascist Governor DeSantis. Floridians have also seen fascism purge all state universities of liberal freedoms, replacing all boards with fascist-friendly members. Fascism has already trickled down to Florida grammar schools too, as texts have been revised to make slavery seem like a minority job training program, and the Civil War was not much worse than January 6th - just a political disagreement with a little violence, subsequently erased by mass pardons by our Führer. Journalists are not openly speculating that the pardoned Jan 6th militia will likely be back to prevent a loss of control of both houses of Congress should Trump's other efforts to undermine a fair vote fail in the courts.
If you can afford to move north, a much less humid and at least substantially less fascist climate awaits you. Here in Pittsburgh we actually elected one conservative democrat mayor and a progressive social democrat woman! County Executive. 'Course on a statewide level we have the Quisling John Fetterman and the Vulture Capitalist Stooge Dave McCormick. But hey, we don't have dog eating alligators and we do have pierogis.
Kafka’s The Trial has always haunted me. Months ago, my oldest son returned from Europe, and Border Patrol officers detained him at the airport for five hours without explanation. They seized his phone and searched the phone’s contents. When he requested an explanation, he was advised only that the reason was on a “need-to-know basis” and claimed no duty to disclose to him the basis for detention.
Your article immediately recalled that terrifying encounter. Thank you, Thom, for reminding us that Due Process is critical in democratic systems.
If you have a need to travel to Europe fly out of Montreal or Quebec
You wrote: "When a government stops honoring the rule of law, due process, and fundamental human rights it cease to be a legitimate republic and has demonstrably slid into the early stages of being reinvented as a full-blown fascist state."
Amen. The rule of law, which has very unfortunately become a hackneyed phrase almost devoid of meaning to most people, is an achievement which took centuries to establish. And the law itself--the very notion of law as a means to establish justice--is one of the crowning achievements of humanity. It's as imperfect and as evolving as we are ourselves, of course, which means we owe it ourselves to defend it.
Your dad was so right. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
This war on immigrants by the right wing is especially ironic., because by and large these immigrants are cultural conservatives, and once naturalized they vote culturally conservative. certainly did so last election. Case in point Mayra Flores Tex 34, herself a naturalized former borer hopper is not only extreme right wing, but anti immigrant.
And I can't help but wonder will Trump grant waivers and pardons to the likes of Ramaswamy, Patel, Haley, Jindahl, et all and all South Asians who are citizens simply because their parents were here when they were born.
Quislings a plenty.
Thank you Thom for bringing us essential Truths that we so need to 'hear' and act upon. I want to thank you so much for printing your posts as I am primarily a visual/kinesthetic learner and my least preferred sensory modality in understanding complex subjects is auditory. I'm so grateful for your info, your lifelong work, your beautiful moral values and for your substack here.
My mum & I did a tour of East Berlin in 1964. Bricked up windows. Melted tar with broken glass on top of walls, Nobody on the streets. Machine gun towers, guard dogs, huge mirrors on long poles to look under our bus, soldiers examining our passports. When we passed thru Checkpoint Charlie the entire bus breathed a high sigh of relief
The thing about Kafka is that the horror was never just the secret file. It was the normalization of the secret file. Once “you can’t see the evidence” starts sounding like an acceptable feature instead of a constitutional fire alarm, the bureaucracy has already learned the trick authoritarianism loves most: make the outrageous feel procedural.