• Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    No, it was the cold war. The First World was US/West Aligned, the Second World aligned with the Soviet Union/Communism, and the Third World trying to sit out and not take sides.

    • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it’s this.

      So Cuba and North Korea are “Second World” but they meet the contemporary / colloquial definition of “Third World”.

      It’s just a dumb imprecise term.

      Developing Nation might be better but still not great.