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Good point. The terms 'first/second/third world' are rough terms that came from the cold war. There is a rough consensus that first world are countries that ali
by discordance 11y ago
Good point. The terms 'first/second/third world' are rough terms that came from the cold war. There is a rough consensus that first world are countries that aligned with the capitalist western axis, second world refers to former communist-socialist countries, and the third describes developing countries (Africa, Asia and LatAm).