The notion that there is a conspiracy to replace white people in America with black and brown people thereby ensure that the Democrat party is in perpetual power is taking hold.

People are becoming fearful and are seeing their way of life being undermined by hordes of immigrants intent on maintaining their culture and their religion in their new home.

We could be witnessing the dilution of western culture and civilization.

The band REM once had a song called “ Losing My Religion” which sums up how many people feel with the gradual diminution of judeo- Christian values as America transmogrifies into an amorphous state.

Speaking at the last Republican Presidential Debate held in Alabama, Ramaswamy, a former pharmaceutical CEO, said: “The great replacement theory is not some grand right wing conspiracy theory but a basic statement of the Democrat Party’s platform.”

This has led to uproar and consternation. Accusations have been levelled at Ramaswamy, but he remains unperturbed.

He further explained how he sees the great replacement theory “as a theory that basically says if you displace certain white populations in the United States with migrant populations, that a path to lasting electoral majorities and victories for the Democrat Party can be created. This has been their intention for the past ten years. Joe Biden and Stacey Abrahams have been saying this for years.”

“We should be debating this. Is this desirable for the United States of America? There is a policy agenda at work here.”

Republican Presidential front-runner Donald Trump seized upon the immigrant issue last week, saying at a rally “that undocumented migrants are poisoning the blood of our country. They’re coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world.”

The porous United States borders has meant that major U.S. cities, New York, Chicago and California, are now overrun with migrants in search of the American dream.

This has led to the country becoming introspective. What is America and who are Americans?

Just out of a catastrophic pandemic, an economy now marked by high inflation and interest rates, the political climate is febrile.

Many have concluded that Donald Trump will defeat Joe Biden this time and will make America great again.

Immigrants are not wanted, particularly those from Third World countries. They are viewed as an existential threat and why the country is on an inexorable downward spiral. Ramaswamy has made this part of his campaign and wants the “great replacement theory” to be openly discussed.

He does not see it as a dog whistle for racism and attacks on minorities but more as a long-term political strategy to secure electoral victory again and again via a grateful immigrant base.

Some say Ramasamy is peddling conspiracy theories and is again demonstrating his political callowness. Others see this as a way to curry favour with Trump, who may consider him as his running mate.

With Ramaswamy’s poll numbers dropping fast, he has to do something quickly to turn around his fortunes. Perhaps he has turned to a familiar playbook.

Lawyer, political analyst and CNN contributor Van Jones sees Ramaswamy as dangerous and his comments likely to incite hatred and violence.

Speaking during a CNN panel discussion, Jones said: “The smug condescending way that he just spews his poison out is very, very dangerous. He won’t stop Trump, but he’s going to outlive Trump by about 50 years. You are watching the rise of an American demagogue that is a very despicable person. I was literally shaking listening to him talk. That’s one step away from Nazi propaganda coming out of his mouth.”

Ramaswamy retorted: “ This character Van Jones on CNN afterwards saying, this is the rise of an American demagogue who is going to live 50 years longer than Trump who is dangerous… just shut the f… up . At a certain point just shut the f… up!

Charming!