Once diamonds and gold were discovered, the Boer vision of a volks land was doomed.
While not actually germane to this thread, your line above prompted the following paraphrase to me:
"Once natural gas and oil were discovered, the (pick the name of your favorite former Soviet Republic or Autonomous Region) vision of a volks land was doomed."
Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit
The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught. — Sydney J. Harris
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