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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well akchually the USA can never become a third world country, because the designations come from the cold war and first world means US aligned, second world means UdSSR aligned and third world are the neutral countries.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Let's just say civilized then.

The US is no longer a civilized nation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Idk. The us population definitely isn't aligned with the us government or vice versa.

Jokes aside, that's pretty interesting. I didn't know that's where those terms came from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep a better one might be developed/developing, since that's what people are usually thinking about when they use those terms