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 Reference
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]