• @alvvayson
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    131 year ago

    Many people who study this topic reach the conclusion that the USA is not a first world country, just a third world country with a lot of money.

    Things like highly segregated societies with huge wealth and income inequalities are relatively rare in other developed nations, but more common in the USA and third world countries.

    • @vind
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      121 year ago

      I think the term “1st world” and “3rd world” are extremely outdated. I don’t have a solution however.

      • @EmpathicVagrant
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        41 year ago

        Originally they were propaganda to mean ‘involved’ and ‘not involved’ in the war, right? Now via usage they’ve evolved to mean ‘developed’ and ‘dystopian’.

      • @sheogorath
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        31 year ago

        Shithole country and regular country is good enough for me.

    • @Hobo
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      -11 year ago

      Mind linking to a few of the “many people who study this topic” that think the US isn’t a 1st world country? The term isn’t without controversy but I can’t find anything that excludes the US. I think you’d have a very hard time excluding the US without excluding virtually every country as well…