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Isn't South America considered "western"?
by diego_sandoval 2y ago
Isn't South America considered "western"?
- pphysch 2y agoNo it's considered part of the "global south" relative to "the West" Japan/ROK are also sometimes considered "Western" due to being key components of Washington's force projection
- deaddodo 2y agoIt's usually considered Western-adjacent. "Western" is somewhat of a biased term to limit nations to an in-group of rich, affluent, mostly culturally eurocentric/euroderived nations. If you don't fit all of the qualifiers, you're not in. LATAM is missing out on the affluence (and, some would argue, a certain racial component), so they get excluded. Japan, SKorea, etc are also sometimes included or made adjacent for similar reasons.
- diego_sandoval 2y agoThat's kind of a nonsensical classification but apparently is the one being used. I always thought western meant "in the western hemisphere".
- deaddodo 2y agoIt broadly does. With the asterisk of "rich, culturally European (and probably white)".
- jemmyw 2y agoNew Zealand and Australia are Western countries that aren't anywhere near Europe and North America
- hollerith 2y agoNo. It means the Western part of the Old World as opposed to the Near East, India, China, etc, plus the parts of the New World setted by that part of the Old World.
- diego_sandoval 2y agoSouth America was settled by the western part of the old world.