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Weren't the terms used to connote alliance with the US (first world) or the USSR (second world) and third world meant non-aligned?
by strangeattractr 4y ago
Weren't the terms used to connote alliance with the US (first world) or the USSR (second world) and third world meant non-aligned?
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoso, the poster is wrong on the specifics but correct on the general idea that the term third world no longer makes much sense.
- frederikvs 4y agoI stand corrected, thank you! To clarify, I misremembered Factfulness. The book actually talks about "developed" versus "developing". In my memory I jumbled that up with "third world".