I have often heard ultra-lefts describe Marxists who oppose settler-colonialism and uphold AES as being “Third Worldists”.
Looking at what people like Jason Unruhe have to say about the topic, Third Worldism does not seem entirely baseless (e.g. the proletariat in the imperial core more often being labor aristocrats).
So, what are our thoughts on Third Worldism?
This is straight up my problem, western leftists act as if they are the most oppressed people on earth and downplay the sacrifices other peoples had to make.
insane statement, the life of a person is worth absolutely nothing in these places. In rural India cops or thugs straight up murder your entire family if they think you stole something from an employer/master, and you think you have it rough because cops use rubber bullets on you.
“act as if they are the most oppressed people on earth and downplay the sacrifices other peoples had to make.”
I agree, some do think this, it’s true.
The problem is that Africa and India are less industrialized; there are places to hide.
The fact that Americans and Canadians are strewn about but also mostly coagulated in the same areas doesn’t help matters either.
Did you know that the USA has the highest prison population in the world?
Look i don’t want to keep talking about this because i will get pissed off.
The people from the US won’t have a revolution because there is no political will by the working class, it’s as simple as that. And i won’t change my views until the american working class does something to prove me wrong.
They’ve done near-mass uprisings, at least, like 1918 to 1919, but yes, no real socialist revolution, it’s true.
I suspect that as the USA and Europe lose more of their grip on Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia, we will see more strife in the imperial core (well, I certainly hope they lose more of their grip, but I’m cautiously optimistic!)
Hopefully, we agree on that, at least.