The Geopolitical Precarity of the Global South: An Ethical Critique of ‘Village Immunity’ and the Case for an Asubsistence Policy Paradigm

This manuscript examines the ethical and geopolitical vulnerability of agrarian communities in Indonesia through the concept of “Village Immunity.” It argues that global geopolitical tensions, particularly among Iran, the United States, and Israel, expose structural weaknesses in food security systems and disproportionately burden rural farmers through rising energy and fertilizer costs. Using World Systems Theory and the Farmer’s Moral Economy, the study challenges the assumption that villages are naturally resilient, introducing instead the idea of “forced resilience,” where farmers sustain production out of necessity rather than state protection. The manuscript concludes by advocating an “asubsistence” policy approach centered on agrarian justice, structural protection, and ethical state responsibility.