• @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      The language is intentionally ambiguous, of course

      “Third-world” means Mexico to some, China to others, Africa to others. They all think this message is personalized to them. It’s how Trump’s coalition of the worst elements of our country holds together.

    • @[email protected]
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      231 month ago

      How do we determine what 3rd world is?

      You don’t speak right-wing? I’ll translate - “3rd world” means anything that isn’t white.

    • TachyonTele
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      51 month ago

      First and third world countries are specific countries categorized after WWII.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        Specifically third world countries were originally defined as countries neither aligned with NATO or the Soviet Union during the Cold War. So technically this would have included Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland, but generally the term is only used to describe poor and under developed countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        You should look into the history of it a bit, the categories were really always kinda about the skin color

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      Ironically it has a meaning, and Cuba, Jamaica, Bolivia, and Venuzeula (just sticking to a handful of American examples) are not third world countries… Or weren’t anyhow, the term no longer really has meaning post cold war.