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Mao didn't invent the term...

• seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  Right, but China was technically third-world (non-aligned) at that point.
  • maaku 11y ago
    Or it was 2nd world (non-free).
    • seanmcdirmid 11y ago
      Albania was communist but was classic third-world given its rejection of the USSR. China would have been under the same umbrella in the 70s. Of course, now the cold war is over and the term doesn't make much sense in its original context.