What was the previous time the left did that? If you mean NAM & Bandung, that was always nationalism of the underdogs masquerading as internationalism for everybody.

I'd agree but there are more nuanced ways it works its way through the ecosystem. Eg: kids who watch twitch streamers don't use X, but the streamers react to posts on stream ALL the time! CCs still use it as part of their intellectual work, which filters down to their audience in an oblique way

Ofcourse, the current political economy that governs these structures can be blown open. But it will take a lot to bring major stakeholders like Reliance (which dominates Indian oil, tech, etc) to open itself up to American MNC competition. Or Punjabi farmers to accept major agri law changes, etc.

To get anywhere with this. Democracy can't explain why Starbucks failed a B2C operation, as well as why TN is failing at replicating iPhone production lines. If India had, I bet they'd have more leverage now than whatever tiny + they got from Global Civil society for being democratic in the 00s.

My full support to every blue check indian on there farming clicks so hard its destroying twitter. U may starve the third world, but we will scam the fuck back