Unpaid | Us and Them: Part Eight

In this analytical commentary, the speaker explores the mechanisms of psychological and social control used by Western powers to maintain hegemony, which he terms 'psychological colonization.' He argues that by indoctrinating people from the Global South and marginalized communities into Western value systems—such as Western-defined democracy, law, and morality—these groups are turned into 'unpaid' enforcers of their own oppression. This process makes these groups act as vessels for Western ideologies, even while they believe they are pursuing freedom or social justice.

The speaker posits that the foundational problem is not the Western system itself, but the internal adoption of its logic by the colonized. He emphasizes that 'decolonization' must be an internal, epistemological shift. True liberation, he argues, cannot occur by working within Western political frameworks or by seeking validation through Western institutions, as these were intentionally designed to maintain exclusionary power structures. Instead, he calls for a return to independent, authentic frameworks of thinking and living that prioritize genuine community values and moral character over the materialistic and performative metrics of the West.