Thread by @NitnelavGS

HOW GENERALIZING TERMS CREATE SUFFERING
@pati_marins64

Many terms used now on a daily basis were created either at stock exchange or at universities, without caring about their harmful consequences that now threaten the world. 1/

"Multipolarity" implies there are some poles, ie centers of power, that control the world. Each of these poles can do whatever it pleases in his surroundings: Ruzzia in Ukraine, China in Taiwan or SE Asia, the US on the American continent. This term denies international law... 2/

...and it denies agency to smaller countries. According to this, invading your neighbors is totally ok if you are one of the poles. 3/

"Global South", originally meant to give former colonies a voice. Instead, it generalizes far more than the old term "Third World". According to this, if you are part of what's called "Global South", you must side with poles like India. No own choice. 4/

This term is even very anti-factual. Does Mexico, close to the US and with a GDP per capita more than double as high as Ukraine's automatically belong to the "Global South" and therefore side with the local pole Brazil? And there the hell is Ruzzia itself in that scheme??? 5/

"BRICS" was created as a term at the stock exchange!! Always remember!! It should designate a bunch of "rising" nations. Ooops, Ruzzia?? It became a lose alliance where everyone sides with each other in any atrocity, paving the way for "blank check diplomacy". 6/

"Brexit" was an adaptation to stock exchange term "Grexit" though it means sth totally different. The idea of Grexit was to convert Greece's depts in Euro into debts in a local currency to devaluate it. Maybe quite a good idea. "Brexit" meant leaving EU altogether. #euphemism 7/

Think of the language you are using. If terms come from stock exchange or politology departments, question them before using them! All these terms mentioned above create destruction and suffering all over the world. Thank you! 🧵