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"Second world" doesn't mean "half way between developed and developing" to me, it means "was part of or heavily allied with the USSR". I am not trying to insis
by caturopath 5y ago
"Second world" doesn't mean "half way between developed and developing" to me, it means "was part of or heavily allied with the USSR".
I am not trying to insist that "third world" needs to retain its original cold war meaning or anything, obviously it is widely used to refer to less-developed nations.
- pezezin 5y agoI understand you point, but the USSR collapsed 30 years ago, and the Baltics joined the EU in 2004. Nobody uses that definition of "second world" anymore.