The Futility of Fear Mongering: What's Behind the Right's Obsession with "Third Worldism" The American right has been sounding the alarm about a supposed new threat on the left, dubbed "third worldism.
" But what exactly is this concept, and why are conservatives so eager to brand it as a menace?
A closer look at the facts reveals that the right's fixation on third worldism is less about a genuine concern for national security or ideological purity than about exploiting a convenient bogeyman to delegitimize left wing views.