• nyoooom
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    52 years ago

    Third world was based on who participated in WW2, third world not taking part

    • @[email protected]
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      112 years ago

      No, it was the cold war. The First World was US/West Aligned, the Second World aligned with the Soviet Union/Communism, and the Third World trying to sit out and not take sides.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 years ago

        Yeah it’s this.

        So Cuba and North Korea are “Second World” but they meet the contemporary / colloquial definition of “Third World”.

        It’s just a dumb imprecise term.

        Developing Nation might be better but still not great.

      • nyoooom
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        12 years ago

        My bad, you’re right

        Thanks for the correction