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?
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.