In right wing social media activity I often see statements like “the globalists will fail” or

Globalists are evil

These terms are often associated with global-trade, liberal free-trade and open international travel. Also there is a often protested or controversial conference in Switzerland “World Economic Forum”, where rich and powerful people meet in Davos. It seems like the right opposes such internationalist conferences more than the left.

Do leftists oppose globalism?

  • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.net
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    8 hours ago

    I’d say, in some technical sense, we’re actually more against “”“globalists”“” than the right, because ATM “”“globalists”“” are all varying degrees of capitalists/imperialists/fascists.

    That term’s usage is often incoherent and detached from reality, and may have racist implications (depending on the speaker, knowingly or not). So we don’t use it.

    We’re able to clearly articulate what we’re for and against, so we just do that instead.