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Uruguay is not third world country.
by armanini_io 8y ago
Uruguay is not third world country.
- whb07 8y agoYes it is. I do not want to be that stickler but this is the charts for that term: 1st world: US, UK, West Germany, essentially western countries 2nd world: Soviets, East Germany, communist countries 3rd world: everyone who doesn’t fit the Cold War theater. Either way, a GDP per capita of $15k isn’t considered “first” at whatever category you want to assign it by. Unfortunately there are no “1st world” countries in Latin America.
- dullgiulio 8y agoSoviets, East Germany... in 2018?
- nso 8y agoThe terms first, second and third world were coined during the cold war, during which those countries did exist. First world were countries allied with the US. Second world were countries allied with the USSR. Third world were neutral countries. So Switzerland, Ireland, and Sweden are third world countries.
- gnl 8y agoWhile the terms may have been originally coined during the Cold War, the meaning and common usage has clearly changed. If you use 'third world countries' in a conversation hardly anyone will assume that you're including Switzerland in that. When enough people use a word "wrong" for a long enough time, they kinda stop being wrong.
- Blackstone4 8y ago> I do not want to be that stickler Really?! You do but you don't but you do want to be a stickler? .... PS West Germany and East Germany are not separate countries. :)
- whb07 8y agoThey were 30 years ago. The term “1st world” and “2nd world” came to existence in the second half of the 20th century. I’m only mentioning this as people usually attribute it to only economic power.
- perfmode 8y agothis isn’t the way the OP used the term. they used it to make a statement about a lack of resources. “studying CS in 3rd world country 35k is a lot of money”
- jacquesm 8y agoYou really should read a couple of newspapers every now and then, East Germany no longer exists and most communist countries don't either.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThis could be related to the fact that while you still hear a lot about "first-world" and "third-world" countries, you don't ever hear anyone use the term "second-world".
- messick 8y ago"X World" has gone he way of "begs the question", "Literally vs. Figuratively", "One bad apple..", etc. Popular usage has destroyed the original meaning, and it's no use trying to get people on board with what those phrases actually mean.
- freyir 8y agoYou're getting downvoted, but you're right. A "third-world country" was a country that wasn't aligned to either the Western countries (first world) or the Communist Bloc (second world). These terms have become outdated, and "developing" countries is more commonly used now by, e.g., the press.
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- dang 8y agoCome on you guys. There's no need to descend into one of these circles of hell.
- wodenokoto 8y agoAccording to Wikipedia, it is a developing country, which is basically the modern way of saying third world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country#Country_lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country#Country_lis...