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

    • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      9 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.