can we start by not calling it third world? What about "looted countries"? No? Ok, what about "Countries under Imperialist Dominance"? Name a country in the "Third World" that doesn't fit that definition
One of the biggest questions of our time:
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I like global majority countries
Third world is a term that was used during the cold war for countries that were not aligned with the two main factions.
I know. I learned that not so long ago. But in present day nobody uses it in that sense. When was the last time you heard somebody refer to China as a Second World country? And people would think you are sarcastic if you called Argentina Forst World. Not to mention that the framing is US-centric. Why not the USSR First and NATO second?
In present day "First world" is used as "model for what a country should aspire to be" and "third world" is used as "failed to achieve that model" or even more despectively "third category".