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Korea 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.
by stavros 6mo ago
Korea 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 6mo agoHmm, yeah I'm confused, they said "as a citizen of the third world" but then noted working in Korea and Japan.
- jdw64 6mo 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 6mo 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 6mo 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_ 6mo 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 6mo agoThe third world in 2026 is a high bar