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Thoughts on Third Worldism? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Zronger@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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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?

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[-] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

We talking about the same one?

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The book i mentioned by Losurdo is literally a reply to Perry Anderson, and you are here recommending me his work! ๐Ÿ˜‚ This is as if after recommending you to read Lenin, you replied me with saying that i should read Kautsky ffs.

[-] Makan@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 10 months ago

I was not, I think. I was just saying that I heard good things about Perry Anderson's work.

But I see that you weren't referring to Perry Anderson's work, but Domenico Losurdo's here.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Read the things before recommending them, you're here throwing trotstkyist anti-AES writers as recommendations.

[-] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I am not and I read everything, even Hinterland, which is anti-AES to a degree, but that's not the point of the book, and it's observations cannot be denied and are well-argued and researched.

[-] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also, I didn't make a recommendation.

Edit: Except for Hinterland, of course.

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