• Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    First world is not “best world” but wester 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

    • FelixCress@lemmy.world
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      10 days 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”).