> [1] We do not love that phrasing. The Cold War is over. Just say which continent you mean specifically. I wonder how many people are thinking of a particular

> [1] We do not love that phrasing. The Cold War is over. Just say which continent you mean specifically. I wonder how many people are thinking of a particular place when they say 'third world country.' In my experience they're just using it as a slightly less offensive way to mean 'shithole'. Which of course we also see when Europeans want to talk shit about America, so they call it a third world country.