From My Echo Chamber
Keeping it Clear
The talking head pundits in my YouTube channels (the ones I subscribe to) keep thinking it’s enough to say so-and-so is “supporting Ukraine” as if either side wants Ukraine to lose.
Given I’m moving quickly from echo chamber to echo chamber, it’s easy to get confused. Not that any pundits are listening but: could you be more clear?
Those of us who remember the old jargons know “Third World” did not originally mean “under- or un-developed” as in “impoverished” but rather meant “neutral” in the sense of standing aloof from this post WW2 so-called Cold War between former allies, the USA and USSR.
Not every ancient culture was ready to see Capitalism-versus-Communism as the only melodrama worth watching. “Forgive us if we stay out of your tawdry brawl” was the diplomatic message from a large part of the world, looking ahead to the more multi-polar reality we see shaping up today.
India’s Nehru coined the term as I recall and it meant “Nonaligned”. It still means that in many a lexicon.
Those wanting Ukraine to regain neutrality, more like Austria, or like the former Sweden, are not thereby wanting Ukraine to lose. The original Ukraine had neutrality in its Constitution.
