UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoThe Complexity of the Conflictlemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe Complexity of the Conflictlemmy.worldUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoFirst 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
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 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”).
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
That’s the etymology but this definition really changed since and the “third world” is often used to describe poor countries (also “developing countries”).