Britannica Explains Great Replacement

Encyclopedia Britannica

replacement theory, in the United States and certain other Western countries whose populations are mostly white, a far-right conspiracy theory alleging, in one of its versions, that left-leaning domestic or international elites, on their own initiative or under the direction of Jewish co-conspirators, are attempting to replace white citizens with nonwhite (i.e., Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Arab) immigrants. The immigrants’ increased presence in white countries, as the theory goes, in combination with their higher birth rates as compared with those of whites, will enable new nonwhite majorities in those countries to take control of national political and economic institutions, to dilute or destroy their host countries’ distinctive cultures and societies, and eventually to eliminate the host countries’ white populations. Some adherents of replacement theory have characterized these predicted changes as “white genocide.”

That is all correct, except that it is a far-right conspiracy theory.

Right-wing media personalities, including Fox News commentators Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, also attested to the conspiracy, though in ostensibly milder language that did not directly refer to race or explicitly invoke anti-Semitism. Thus, Carlson claimed that liberal Democrats were attempting to replace “you” (the viewer) — implicitly understood to be white — with immigrants from “Third World” (developing) countries—implicitly understood to be nonwhite—in order to create a permanent electoral majority loyal to the Democratic Party.

So it is really an observation that immigration is replacing Americans with non-Americans.

key aspects of replacement theory came to be accepted by nearly half of Republicans and by a third of all Americans by 2022. Some Republican politicians endorsed the theory as a way of appealing to far-right members of their party and of demonstrating, to some degree, their continued loyalty to Trump.

So it is not extreme, as it is accepted by a third of Americans. But some accept it as way of showing loyalty to Trump!

Replacement theory has been widely ridiculed for its blatant absurdity. It has been just as widely condemned for its encouragement of racist violence through its toxic allegation that nonwhite immigrants (as well as the Jewish figures who allegedly direct their immigration) pose an existential threat to whites.

The article makes no attempt to show that the theory is wrong. Only that it has "blatant absurdity" and a "toxic allegation". It is plainly true that most Jewish politicians, activists, and donors are pro-immigration.

Google now attaches Great Replacement disclaimers to videos, such as this Tucker Carlson interview. The video does not encourage racist violence, of course.