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This viewpoint is funny, because if you go to many places in Eastern Europe that Americans likely consider "behind", the infrastructure is far, far superior to
by keiferski 2y ago
This viewpoint is funny, because if you go to many places in Eastern Europe that Americans likely consider "behind", the infrastructure is far, far superior to anything in the US. In my experience, pretty much every developed country has better infrastructure than the US.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoEastern Europe is pretty much by definition not "third world". Third world would be Africa, maybe the Middle East and Southeast Asia. There's a wide range of circumstances there, which makes sense since "third world" was a political designation, not an economic one.
- keiferski 2y agoSure but my point was more that if you grab your passport and go for a walk, most places are going to have better infrastructure - even the “second world” countries like the Balkans.
- shiroiushi 2y agoIf you're going to use the political definition of "third world", then you need to include Switzerland. I'm sure that's not the type of country the OP was referring to. These days, almost everyone who uses this term is using it in the economic sense, since the Cold War has been over for decades. Do you also complain when people use the term "decimated" and they aren't talking about killing 1 of every 10 soldiers?