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posted 1 year ago by ger111 on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +49Score on mirror )
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MI7BZ3EW on scored.co
1 year ago 11 points (+0 / -0 / +11Score on mirror ) 2 children
I don't think the idea of 1st, 2nd, 3rd world ever were useful.

Reality is that everyone is living in the "3rd" world.

Some people put in the miniscule extra work and restraint needed to keep their streets clean. But the default is to have dead horses and piled heaps of filth in your streets. That's the way the world is unless people spend a tiny fraction of their time and intellect exercising self-restraint and cleaning up the mess.
XBX_X on scored.co
1 year ago 4 points (+0 / -0 / +4Score on mirror )
It's certainly an outdated label, hence why "Developed" and "Developing" are used more commonly now.

> The “three worlds” model of geopolitics first arose in the mid-20th century as a way of mapping the various players in the Cold War. ... In this original context, the First World included the United States and its capitalist allies in places such as Western Europe, Japan and Australia. The Second World consisted of the communist Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites. The Third World, meanwhile, encompassed all the other countries that were not actively aligned with either side in the Cold War. These were often impoverished former European colonies, and included nearly all the nations of Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.

[Link](https://www.history.com/news/why-are-countries-classified-as-first-second-or-third-world)
Redpilled2Depression on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Originally those labels were used to describe 1st world countries that are aligned with the USA, 2nd world countries that were aligned with the USSR, and the 3rd world countries who weren’t associated with either.
MI7BZ3EW on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Yep
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