A Boring Dystopia

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Get rid of landlords... (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] denaggels@feddit.de 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The USSR is by definition a second world country

[–] Nevoic@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Correct, notice my phrasing. They were third world countries, they became global superpowers. Never even used the phrase first world country.

[–] denaggels@feddit.de 7 points 7 months ago

Okay, I can see where you are coming from, but as far as I know, the terms "first/second/third world country" originate from the cold war, where USA (+Allies?) were named first world countries, USSR was second world and the rest was third world.

The usage of "third world" as derogatory is maybe a more recent thing, but it's kinda ironic calling an original second world country a third world country