Welcome to a community representative of the global south. (lemmy.ml)
from Docker_84@lemmy.ml to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 12 May 18:07
https://lemmy.ml/post/30004116

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Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 12 May 18:13 next collapse

Only two of those countries are in the southern hemisphere

Docker_84@lemmy.ml on 12 May 18:19 next collapse

Global south doesn’t refer to the southern hemisphere of the globe…

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz on 12 May 19:33 next collapse

Then it is a fucking stupid name.

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 12 May 20:06 next collapse

First time hearing this

Squizzy@lemmy.world on 13 May 22:25 collapse

So why use either of those words alone, let alone together?

Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 14 May 07:12 collapse

To be fair, it’s a UN definition. Confusing and unintuitive, but not a failure of the OP.

What’s an issue is that they try to say BRICS==Global South. That’s a big mistakes

davel@lemmy.ml on 12 May 18:27 collapse

en.wikipedia.org/…/Global_North_and_Global_South

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 12 May 18:50 next collapse

The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the East, and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term Third World came into parlance in the second half of the twentieth century. It originated in a 1952 article by Alfred Sauvy entitled “Trois Mondes, Une Planète”.[22] Early definitions of the Third World emphasized its exclusion from the east–west conflict of the Cold War as well as the ex-colonial status and poverty of the peoples it comprised.[22]

So…

They wanted to replace 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world to segregate countries based on economys…

But didn’t want to say that’s what they were doing, so picked a random name that doesn’t make logical sense?

Yeah, this is definitely a .ml thing

Docker_84@lemmy.ml on 12 May 20:17 collapse

What random name ?

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz on 12 May 19:34 next collapse

If Russia is part of this “Global South” then you might as well include all of eastern Europe.

Railcar8095@lemm.ee on 14 May 07:09 collapse

So Russia is on the Global North, noted.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 12 May 18:54 next collapse

BRICS+

For when you don’t want to say “coalition of authoritarian dictatorships”…

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

Brazil is the odd man out, but they’re actively fighting against expanding BRICS and honestly I think the only reason they haven’t left is it’s essentially free for them.

Docker_84@lemmy.ml on 12 May 19:18 collapse

What do you mean by authoritarian dictatorships ?

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz on 12 May 19:32 next collapse

Russia, China, Indonesia, Egypt, and Iran are all authoritarian countries.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 12 May 19:34 collapse

Brazil is the odd man out,

I thought the context made it clear that the rest are authoritarian dictatorships…

Let’s start with the three big ones though:

Russia, India, China

Pick any of the three and say it’s not an authoritarian dictatorship in 2025.

That will help steer rational people away from your community and instance in general.

Docker_84@lemmy.ml on 12 May 19:44 collapse

What is your idea on lndia ?

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 12 May 19:47 collapse

Pick any of the three and say it’s not an authoritarian dictatorship in 2025.

To clarify, you are saying that Modi’s India isn’t an authoritarian dictatorship in your eyes?

Docker_84@lemmy.ml on 12 May 20:01 collapse

Modi has been elected as the PM…

It’s not Modi’s India… You have no idea of the opposition over here…

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 12 May 20:20 collapse

Thanks!

That’s enough to keep rational people from wandering in from this thread

amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 13 May 20:18 collapse

welcome to anti-imperialist imperialism. also, since when is Russia part of the global south lmao? tankies have lost their minds