UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoThe Complexity of the Conflictlemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down19
arrow-up180arrow-down1imageThe Complexity of the Conflictlemmy.worldUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 hour 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-up1·58 minutes 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 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”).