I don’t really fuck with the first, second, and third world concept but everyone I have met who would call themselves a third worldist (even jokingly) was really cool. I think I also fall into this catagory but I want to make sure I am understanding it correctly.

Reading wretched of the earth rn

  • Johnny_Arson [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 days ago

    It’s also a weird reversal of white saviorism

    They love to fetishize peripheral revolutionaries coming to save/overthrow their government to a degree that absolves them of not doing the work themselves.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      10 days ago

      It’s funny to say xi-plz, but if someone really believes that that’s going to happen, and that even if it did it would be a solution, then they’re believing some very strange, incorrect, and counterproductive things.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        10 days ago

        It’s definitely at least partially orientalism, but let’s not exaggerate here. There’s a serious coercive nature to sex tourism that shouldn’t be minimized.

        Edit: did you edit your comment? I didn’t notice “in essence” the first time I read it before replying. It’s possible I just missed it, apologies if so. I agree they can come from similar places, but I don’t think it’s fair to generalize that. Sex tourists are deeply malicious racist creeps trying to do an end-run around consent and get a spouse they have as much power over as possible (i.e. r*pists). Most of the vulgar “third worldists” are just deeply alienated (often young) people who aren’t even interacting directly with the people they’re fetishizing.