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Thoughts on Third Worldism? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We talking about the same one?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The book i mentioned by Losurdo is literally a reply to Perry Anderson, and you are here recommending me his work! 😂

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, I didn't make a recommendation.

Edit: Except for Hinterland, of course.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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.