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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 Our “backwards, absurdly outdated, colonialist constitution” has no bearing on whether or not we are a developed country.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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