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minus-squarenyoooom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 year agoThird world was based on who participated in WW2, third world not taking part
minus-squareSaint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoNo, it was the cold war. The First World was US/West Aligned, the Second World aligned with the Soviet Union/Communism, and the Third World trying to sit out and not take sides.
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah it’s this. So Cuba and North Korea are “Second World” but they meet the contemporary / colloquial definition of “Third World”. It’s just a dumb imprecise term. Developing Nation might be better but still not great.
minus-squarenyoooom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy bad, you’re right Thanks for the correction
minus-squareMyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoBut is it really the same country that participated in WW2?
minus-squareGoony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDidn’t it grow in power as a result of WW2?
Third world was based on who participated in WW2, third world not taking part
No, it was the cold war. The First World was US/West Aligned, the Second World aligned with the Soviet Union/Communism, and the Third World trying to sit out and not take sides.
Yeah it’s this.
So Cuba and North Korea are “Second World” but they meet the contemporary / colloquial definition of “Third World”.
It’s just a dumb imprecise term.
Developing Nation might be better but still not great.
My bad, you’re right
Thanks for the correction
But is it really the same country that participated in WW2?
Didn’t it grow in power as a result of WW2?