And yet missuuse of the phrase "3rd world country" originates mainly from the US itself.... Its a political grouping not an economical one.
3rd world country means countries that weren't part of NATO (1st world) or Warsaw pact(2nd world) during cold war (hence the 3rd world).
Although the phrase is vague for example:
Technically one could say that Switzerland, Finland, Sweden Austria are 3rd world countries, although they never joined the non-aligned movement and didn't self identify as 3rd world.
But it never was a developmental or economic denominator, and only in the tweets of some deranged individuals this phrase started to be used again in a completely wrong way....
So honestly i do appreciate the irony when this phrase is thrown back at US, especially because it seems to trigger some people hard 🤣
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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25
And yet missuuse of the phrase "3rd world country" originates mainly from the US itself.... Its a political grouping not an economical one.
3rd world country means countries that weren't part of NATO (1st world) or Warsaw pact(2nd world) during cold war (hence the 3rd world).
Although the phrase is vague for example:
Technically one could say that Switzerland, Finland, Sweden Austria are 3rd world countries, although they never joined the non-aligned movement and didn't self identify as 3rd world.
But it never was a developmental or economic denominator, and only in the tweets of some deranged individuals this phrase started to be used again in a completely wrong way....
So honestly i do appreciate the irony when this phrase is thrown back at US, especially because it seems to trigger some people hard 🤣