Welcome to a community representative of the global south.
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from Docker_84@lemmy.ml to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 12 May 2025 18:07
https://lemmy.ml/post/30004116
from Docker_84@lemmy.ml to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 12 May 2025 18:07
https://lemmy.ml/post/30004116
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Only two of those countries are in the southern hemisphere
Global south doesn’t refer to the southern hemisphere of the globe…
Then it is a fucking stupid name.
First time hearing this
So why use either of those words alone, let alone together?
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
en.wikipedia.org/…/Global_North_and_Global_South
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
What random name ?
If Russia is part of this “Global South” then you might as well include all of eastern Europe.
So Russia is on the Global North, noted.
For when you don’t want to say “coalition of authoritarian dictatorships”…
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.
What do you mean by authoritarian dictatorships ?
Russia, China, Indonesia, Egypt, and Iran are all authoritarian countries.
I thought the context made it clear that the rest are authoritarian dictatorships…
Let’s start with the three big ones though:
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.
What is your idea on lndia ?
To clarify, you are saying that Modi’s India isn’t an authoritarian dictatorship in your eyes?
Modi has been elected as the PM…
It’s not Modi’s India… You have no idea of the opposition over here…
Thanks!
That’s enough to keep rational people from wandering in from this thread
welcome to anti-imperialist imperialism. also, since when is Russia part of the global south lmao? tankies have lost their minds