Comment on Why did there need to be a vote?

• TheChurn@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Global North/South is a socio-economic and political grouping.

  Developed countries = global north
  Developing = global south

  It does originate in geography, as the vast majority of wealth and high-tech industry is in the geographic North, but countries like Aus and NZ also fit, despite being South of the equator.

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  • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah. Thank you!

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  • Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And it’s such a ridiculous term.

    Just using developing/developed.

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• Nonameuser678@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yep but global north is a more appropriate way of saying ‘developed’ nations.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    is a more appropriate way

    No it isn’t. It’s a silly less clear way. And it doesn’t add anything, because any judgment that might be implied by the use of the term “developed” or “developing” is still carried by the terms “global north” and “global south”, because the terms are nothing other than a euphemism for the same thing.

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    • Nonameuser678@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I didn’t come up with these terms. That’s just what I was taught in an international development class. But you’re always welcome to publish your criticisms and contribute knowledge to this discussion if you feel that your expertise in this area is sufficient.

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• billytheid@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  it’s a silly way of saying undeveloped versus developed.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    1. We are a developed nation.
    2. “First world” doesn’t mean developed, it means “NATO or NATO-ally during the Cold War”. So we are a first world nation. (2nd world being USSR and its allies, and 3rd world being unaligned nations.)
    3. We are a very democratic country. We’re not the best in this regard, but top 20 isn’t too bad.
    4. Our “backwards, absurdly outdated, colonialist constitution” has no bearing on whether or not we are a developed country. It’s a completely orthogonal issue, and is also specifically the subject of this discussion.

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    • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “First world” doesn’t mean developed, it means “NATO or NATO-ally during the Cold War”. So we are a first world nation. (2nd world being USSR and its allies, and 3rd world being unaligned nations.)

      That’s not how it is used colloquially, though. Very few people using these terms in everyday discourse are referring to Cold War era definitions (or are even aware of them).

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