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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoNo, 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoYeah 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.
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.
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.
My bad, you’re right
Thanks for the correction