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Well, unfortunately, having running water and having drinkable running water are not synonymous in the United States. Also, third world countries are not just
by ravitation 8y ago
Well, unfortunately, having running water and having drinkable running water are not synonymous in the United States.
Also, third world countries are not just countries without running water and dirt floors...
- dustincoates 8y agoNot at all, and I thought about being more explicit, but we both know that the gp wasn't referring to upper class third world neighborhoods.
- IOT_Apprentice 8y agoFirst world was non-communist NATO aligned countries. Communist countries were 2nd world, non-aligned with either were 3rd world. That said, American having protectorates where citizens don't have power, drinkable running water or cities where there is no drinkable running water are poor examples for a nation with such resources as the US.
- ravitation 8y agoI know the etymology of third world, but it's meaning has also changed significantly since the end of the Cold War... I was referring specifically to American cities (cities in America, not American "protectorates") that don't have drinkable running water...