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> most third world countries (Brazil, Peru, India...) You are still considering India a third world country? Even though they have recently launched rockets to
by mandeepj 5y ago
> most third world countries (Brazil, Peru, India...)
You are still considering India a third world country? Even though they have recently launched rockets to Moon and Mars orbit
- LadyCailin 5y ago“Third world” in this context might refer to the original meaning, that is countries which neither aligned with the communist block nor NATO during the Cold War. Colloquially, of course, it’s mostly meant to mean technologically deficient or otherwise “not modern” countries. However, I am not OP, so I do not know which meaning they intend.
- dividedbyzero 5y agoWhat makes a country 2nd or 3rd world? Intuitively, I'd say India is straddling both categories, they're doing 2nd/1st world things in space, but vast swathes of their population still live in decidedly 3rd world conditions. I guess as far as passports are concerned, considering India 3rd world isn't far off the mark.
- caturopath 5y agoThey are extremely technologically advanced, but they also (1) two thirds of their population lives in poverty, on under $2/day, and (2) they were not a major player in the cold war so they can both be considered third world in that they are a developing country and in the original meaning of the term.