UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoThe Complexity of the Conflictlemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down110
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minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·9 hours agoThe US south are functionally third world countries.
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoFirst world is not “best world” but western aligned countries Second world is not “the meh world” but eastern block aligned countries The third world isn’t “shit hole” but non-aligned countries I thought we all learned this already
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour ago The third world isn’t “shit hole” but non-aligned countries That’s the etymology but this definition really changed since and the “third world” is often used to describe poor countries (also “developing countries”).
The US south are functionally third world countries.
First world is not “best world” but western aligned countries
Second world is not “the meh world” but eastern block aligned countries
The third world isn’t “shit hole” but non-aligned countries
I thought we all learned this already
That’s the etymology but this definition really changed since and the “third world” is often used to describe poor countries (also “developing countries”).