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Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoFirst world is not “best world” but wester 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
FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the etymology but this definition really changed since and the “third world” is often used to describe poor countries (also “developing countries”).