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You may have missed that they're from the developing world, where menial labor is far less well paid and far more backbreaking and dangerous than in the US.
by virgildotcodes 5mo ago
You may have missed that they're from the developing world, where menial labor is far less well paid and far more backbreaking and dangerous than in the US.
- stavros 5mo agoKorea is hardly the developing world, but they're from not-US, basically, which might as well be the developing world as far as the conversation is concerned.
- virgildotcodes 5mo agoHmm, yeah I'm confused, they said "as a citizen of the third world" but then noted working in Korea and Japan.
- jdw64 5mo agoThe point that is often misunderstood is this: Korea is a wealthy country, but that wealth is highly concentrated in Seoul. Once you leave Seoul, the quality of jobs often drops significantly.
- shimman 5mo agoAlso why are we acting like Korean workers aren't actively being exploited upon? Long hours, no time off; hardly a society worth preserving unless you're an elite who disregards human life.
- Tomte 5mo agoThird world is historically outside the American (first world) and Soviet bloc (second world). I don‘t think it‘s terribly relevant today, but why beat around the bush? Let‘s call it how we mean it: Poor.
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- Terr_ 5mo ago> Third world is historically outside the American (first world) and Soviet bloc (second world). Right, and Korea is so incredibly-not "third world" that there's literally an armed border chopped across it dividing the extremely-First part from the extremely-Second part. In fact, I don't think there's a single third-world country (cold-war definition) anywhere within 2,000 miles.
- redanddead 5mo agoThe third world in 2026 is a high bar