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Full Idea
Communist internationalism was the only attempt to reconcile the workers of the West and the oppressed population of the Global South, and this attempt failed.
Gist of Idea
Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south
Source
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi (The Second Coming [2019], I 'Hundred')
Book Ref
Berardi,Franco 'Bifo': 'The Second Coming' [polity 2019], p.23
A Reaction
It was unfortunate that communism was launched in Russia, which we now see (in 2023) as poisoned by imperialist ambitions, and quite unsuited to international idealism. The Chinese are notably active in Africa.
Related Idea
Idea 23535 Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi]
| 23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
| 23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
| 23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
| 23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
| 23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
| 23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
| 23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
| 23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |