A guide to current geopolitics discourse

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Video A guide to current geopolitics discourse

Video A guide to current geopolitics discourse

alefia

22

Yesterday, 3:25 PM

#1

Hello everyone,

I found a great video to guide women into current geopolitics discourse and wanted to share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mACpRph2Lbc

Women's liberation comes together with sovereignty. This is clear for anyone from the Global South: before women's rights, a woman fights with/for her people to be considered human.

->The fall of the Western hegemon means different things for women depending on whether they are from the Global South or Global North. Nevertheless, both share the urgent need to build tools of resistance and community to ensure freedom and survival.

alefia

Yesterday, 3:25 PM #1

Hello everyone,

I found a great video to guide women into current geopolitics discourse and wanted to share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mACpRph2Lbc

Women's liberation comes together with sovereignty. This is clear for anyone from the Global South: before women's rights, a woman fights with/for her people to be considered human.

->The fall of the Western hegemon means different things for women depending on whether they are from the Global South or Global North. Nevertheless, both share the urgent need to build tools of resistance and community to ensure freedom and survival.

YesYourNigel

289

Yesterday, 5:49 PM

#2

Quote:Women's liberation comes together with sovereignty. This is clear for anyone from the Global South: before women's rights, a woman fights with/for her people to be considered human

She fights with/for the patriarchal men who enslave and abuse her? I find this to be the greatest difference between modern Western feminism and the feminism from less developed countries. Because feminist consciousness tends to be low due to less education and less economic equality for women in these countries, their fight is still lagging decades behind - instead of demanding that they be seen as human, they demand to be seen as mothers and Madonnas who shouldn't be attacked because of the valuable contribution that they make to the patriarchy. Because male voices dominate so much in these cultures without there even being any debate over how unjust this is and complete androcentrism is pretty much taken for granted, these women tend to prioritise male interests, male religions and male identity politics over female unity, which is characterised as frivolous, privileged and less important than the things that concern and support men.

Edited Yesterday, 5:54 PM by YesYourNigel.

YesYourNigel

Yesterday, 5:49 PM #2

Quote:Women's liberation comes together with sovereignty. This is clear for anyone from the Global South: before women's rights, a woman fights with/for her people to be considered human

She fights with/for the patriarchal men who enslave and abuse her? I find this to be the greatest difference between modern Western feminism and the feminism from less developed countries. Because feminist consciousness tends to be low due to less education and less economic equality for women in these countries, their fight is still lagging decades behind - instead of demanding that they be seen as human, they demand to be seen as mothers and Madonnas who shouldn't be attacked because of the valuable contribution that they make to the patriarchy. Because male voices dominate so much in these cultures without there even being any debate over how unjust this is and complete androcentrism is pretty much taken for granted, these women tend to prioritise male interests, male religions and male identity politics over female unity, which is characterised as frivolous, privileged and less important than the things that concern and support men.

Chernobog

45

Yesterday, 7:13 PM

#3

I'm feeling very fingers crossed about the prediction that war with Venezuela (and now Colombia I guess? I think I've been asleep at the wheel/elsewhere in the world if the vague ally-ship between the US and Colombia is over now lol) is all puff. From the geographical angle I can see his point, but similar things were true of Ukraine, and unlike Maduro, Putin's whole reputation is that he will gladly punch you in the face if you clown on him. NATO did it anyway, though I can see the argument that that was more about flexing how much more effective the consent manufacturing machine has become than flexing any real military muscle.

I worry there's a bit of callous pragmatism a la what Brazil did in Russia and China, too. There's been a lot of focus on energy sovereignty the last several years from those two, so Venezuela may be a sacrifice they're prepared to make.

On the other hand, I would not be surprised if the potential loss of a lot of Anglosphere-controlled regional tourism dollars played a part here (though by god a Mar-a-Lago-juicing scheme, is plausible, too). I may be talking out my ass here, I haven't been keeping up with the region as much since I stopped using Twitter and Instagram. I remain nervously pessimistic. There's a lot at play here and I don't have the military connections to ascertain the vibes from that I used to.

Chernobog

Yesterday, 7:13 PM #3

I'm feeling very fingers crossed about the prediction that war with Venezuela (and now Colombia I guess? I think I've been asleep at the wheel/elsewhere in the world if the vague ally-ship between the US and Colombia is over now lol) is all puff. From the geographical angle I can see his point, but similar things were true of Ukraine, and unlike Maduro, Putin's whole reputation is that he will gladly punch you in the face if you clown on him. NATO did it anyway, though I can see the argument that that was more about flexing how much more effective the consent manufacturing machine has become than flexing any real military muscle.

I worry there's a bit of callous pragmatism a la what Brazil did in Russia and China, too. There's been a lot of focus on energy sovereignty the last several years from those two, so Venezuela may be a sacrifice they're prepared to make.

On the other hand, I would not be surprised if the potential loss of a lot of Anglosphere-controlled regional tourism dollars played a part here (though by god a Mar-a-Lago-juicing scheme, is plausible, too). I may be talking out my ass here, I haven't been keeping up with the region as much since I stopped using Twitter and Instagram. I remain nervously pessimistic. There's a lot at play here and I don't have the military connections to ascertain the vibes from that I used to.

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